THE PARTY IS CRASHED!!

In the beginning, God created man, in His own image;

God maintained the relationship with man through fellowship in the Garden.

“Should God have fellowship with man?”  “I don’t think so.” The devil might have said.

So he devised a plan, to destroy the fellowship between God and man.

Through his scheme, man disobeyed God.

The devil was most likely ecstatic; he had succeeded, and probably beamed with pride. 

But God might have said, “Not so fast Satan, it’s not over until it’s over.     

God is grieved of course, but in order to satisfy His justice, sin must be atoned for.

So God became Man, in the Person of His Son Jesus, and dwelt among men, and lived a sinless life.

Through his Son Jesus, He showed man how to have restored fellowship; it’s through faith in His Son Jesus.

The devil incited the people against Jesus; they crucified Him, He died and was buried.

Again the devil might have thought to himself, “Finally, I have done it!  Man will never be saved.”

“Not so fast Satan, remember, it’s not over until it’s over.”

When Jesus died, the devil, I believe was overjoyed, and threw a party, and

Guess who was probably at the party?

The devil and his demons of course!

They must have slapped each other on the back and congratulated each other, and said something like:

“We did it, we did it! The tomb is tightly sealed, what good is a dead Savior?” An angel must have responded:

‘Not so fast, not so fast Satan, it’s not over until it’s over.”

On the third day, as the party was probably still going on, there was a big earthquake!

All back-slapping and celebration, I'm sure stopped, abruptly, and Satan asked: “What’s going on?” 

Before anyone could answer, I'm sure he saw the stone at the mouth of the tomb rolled away, and

Jesus walked out with angels ministering to Him!      

O, NOoooooo, the devil might have whispered to himself, “JESUS IS ALIVE, MY ENEMY IS ALIVE!!!”  

“This wasn’t supposed to happen; man will find his way back to God through faith in Jesus!”

“What can I do differently?” The angel most likely responded: "Nothing at all, Satan, nothing at all!

"From now on Satan, understand that God is the Victor; you are the loser! Jesus has become the mediator between God and man!”

Jesus has paid for man’s sins; God’s wrath is forever satisfied!

Happy Easter! Jesus is risen indeed!