Come, Follow Me · Week 14 · March 30–April 5

Easter

This Week's Reading

This week's Come, Follow Me reading for Easter centers on the profound truth of Jesus Christ's resurrection, which stands as the cornerstone of our faith and the ultimate victory over death. The scriptures this week reveal how Christ bore our sins in His body upon the cross, fulfilling ancient prophecies found in Isaiah and Job while demonstrating His divine power to raise the dead. We read about the empty tomb where the stone was rolled away, confirming that He is not here but has risen as promised. These passages teach us that through Christ's resurrection, death is conquered and the promise of eternal life is secured for all who believe.

Key Passages

Isaiah 53:3–12 This passage describes the Messiah as a suffering servant who was despised and rejected yet bore our griefs and iniquities, making intercession for transgressors and justifying many through His sacrifice.
Job 19:25–27 Job expresses his confident hope that his Redeemer lives and will stand at the latter day, promising that even after physical decay, he shall see God with his own eyes.
Psalms 22:1 This verse captures the deep anguish of Christ on the cross when He cried out to His Father, feeling forsaken as He bore the weight of our sins.
Luke 24:1–9 The women find the stone rolled away and the tomb empty, where two men in shining garments declare that Jesus is risen and remind them of His prediction in Galilee.
1 Corinthians 15:20–22 Paul explains that Christ is the firstfruits of those who have slept, establishing that just as death came through one man, resurrection comes through Him.

Questions to Ponder

How does the prophecy of the suffering servant in Isaiah help you understand the depth of Christ's love for you personally?
In what ways can you trust in the promise that your Redeemer lives even when you face difficult circumstances or physical decay?
Why is it significant that Jesus predicted His resurrection before He died, and how does this strengthen your testimony today?
How does the truth that Christ is the firstfruits of the dead change your perspective on your own mortality and future hope?

A Thought to Take Home

The empty tomb is not merely a historical event but a living reality that assures us of our own resurrection and eternal life with God. As we reflect on these sacred scriptures, we are reminded that Christ's victory over death means we can face any challenge with courage and hope. May you feel the warmth of His love as you study these words and pray for a deeper understanding of His redemptive work.

Further study Isaiah 53:3–12, Job 19:25–27, Luke 24:1–9, 1 Corinthians 15:20–22

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Key passages

Isaiah 53:3–12

³He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not. ⁴Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. ⁵But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed. ⁶All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all. ⁷He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth. ⁸He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken. ⁹And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death; because he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth. ¹⁰Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in his hand. ¹¹He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities. ¹²Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.

Job 19:25–27

²⁵For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth: ²⁶And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God: ²⁷Whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another; though my reins be consumed within me.

Psalms 22:1

¹My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring?

Luke 24:1–9

¹Now upon the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they came unto the sepulchre, bringing the spices which they had prepared, and certain others with them. ²And they found the stone rolled away from the sepulchre. ³And they entered in, and found not the body of the Lord Jesus. ⁴And it came to pass, as they were much perplexed thereabout, behold, two men stood by them in shining garments: ⁵And as they were afraid, and bowed down their faces to the earth, they said unto them, Why seek ye the living among the dead? ⁶He is not here, but is risen: remember how he spake unto you when he was yet in Galilee, ⁷Saying, The Son of man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again. ⁸And they remembered his words, ⁹And returned from the sepulchre, and told all these things unto the eleven, and to all the rest.

1 Corinthians 15:20–22

²⁰But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept. ²¹For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead. ²²For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.