By Michelle Klein This coming Easter I am reflecting on the words of Jesus as He spoke to Martha when she ran to meet him in sorrow, saying that her brother Lazarus had died four days before. Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live, even though they die; and whoever lives by believing in Me will never die. Do you believe this?� As many of you know, Jesus went to the tomb of Lazarus and had the stone rolled away. He prayed to His Father, “Thank You, that You have heard Me,� and when He had said these things, He cried out with a loud voice, “Lazarus come forth!� And he who had died came out, bound hand and foot with grave clothes, and his face wrapped with a cloth and Jesus said to them, “Loose him and let him go.� This is one of three resurrections, where Jesus brought the dead to life, but the most amazing of all was that of His own resurrection.  After suffering the horrific crucifixion on the cross (1 Cor. 5:7, “Christ our Passover Lamb was sacrificed.�), Jesus was laid in a rich man’s tomb, and on the morning of the third day, He rose to life from the grave. He was seen first by Mary Magdalene, in whom He had cast out seven demons, then Joanna and Mary the mother of James, and other women with them, who told the apostles that Jesus was seen by Mary and the others, and said the tomb was empty. To the disciples it seemed like idle tales. Even so, the apostle Peter ran to the tomb along with John, and they saw for themselves the tomb was empty. Later that day, Jesus appeared to Cleopas and another disciple as they walked seven miles on the Road to Emmäus. but disguised Himself  as He opened up the scriptures to them and, beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, He expounded to them in all the Scriptures, the things concerning Himself. When they came to the village, Jesus indicated that He would have to leave, but still not knowing it was Jesus, they did not want Him to leave and invited Him in. As He sat at the table with them, He took the bread, blessed it, broke it, and gave it to them. Then their eyes were opened and they knew Him, and He vanished from their sight.  [C]onfused, they said, “Did not our hearts burn within us as He talked with us on the road while He opened the Scriptures to us?� So they rose up and returned to Jerusalem, and found the eleven disciples and those who were with them gathered together. As they were speaking, Jesus stood in the midst of them, and said, “Peace to you.� But they were terrified and frightened and supposed they had seen a spirit. But Jesus said to them, “Behold My hands and feet, that it is I, Myself. Handle Me and see, for a spirit does not have flesh and blood as you see I have.� Jesus walked on the earth for 40 days, and was seen by over five hundred men and women at once. Before He left into heaven, He told the disciples to stay in Jerusalem and wait for the promise of the Father and said to them, “You shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.� After He had spoken these things, while they watched, He was taken up, and a cloud received Him out of their sight. While they looked steadfastly toward heaven as He went up, they beheld two men in white apparel who stood by them and said, “Men of Galilee, why do you stand gazing up into heaven? This same Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, will come in like manner as you saw Him go into heaven.� So all believers in Jesus have this profound promise that Jesus is coming back again (1 Thessalonians 4:16-17): “For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a cry of command, with the voice of the archangel, and with the sound of the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. Then, we who are alive and remain, shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And thus shall we always be with the Lord.� (1 Th 4:17) Michelle Klein livestreams her profound knowledge of the Bible online to her International Women’s Bible Study, Mondays at 9 a.m. (Link to: meet.jit.si/drinkfromthewellwithmichelle). Her husband, Pastor John Klein broadcasts his message every Sunday Morning at 11:00 a.m., live from Topanga Christian Fellowship, 269 Old Topanga Canyon Road, Topanga, CA 90290; (310) 455-1028.