Easter: More than a man.

Swathed in a million colours of light Jesus steps from His throne, wraps Himself in skin and enters a dark wet womb. He becomes one of us; a man, yet He is more than a man...

As a child He cries for His milk and falls as He takes His first steps. As a teenager He learns the trade of His surrogate father by making furniture while living out the Jewish culture that surrounds Him. At 13 years of age He stands before the assembly at Barmitzvah and says 'Today I am a man.' Yet He is more than a man...

Showered with spit and dragged from pillar to post as His accusers demanded death, and finally, after six trials, a cowardly judge offers Him over to the angry crowd saying "behold the man", yet He is more than a man...

His beard is ripped from His face, His flesh resembles a ploughed field after the relentless lashings of a whip, His skull is swollen, bruised and cut from the crown of thorns; soon the suffering will stop. For six hours one Friday Jesus is on a cross. His blood soaked skin is now exposed to the elements as He breaths His last and cries out "Father forgive them." This is more than a cry from a Godly man this is the cry of the God-man. He is more than a man, this is God on a cross.

Three days later the brooding presence of the Spirit moves over clammy grey skin of a corpse as angels gather around to watch the dawn of a 'new day'. A heart beat, a pulse, a rush of air into dry lungs as shades of pink return . He stands to His feet and as He walks out into the sunshine as all of heaven erupts to the praise of His Glory; He has risen.

Satan crouches Gollum-like in the shadow of the trees [he knows what's happenings, and Smeagol doesn't likes it!]. Satan came with his best punch and this defeat has him running like a scared cat.

Death has lost it's sting, salvation has come and Jesus is Lord.

Jesus the man that can't save himself saves others...

Drag yourself to a good bible-believing church this Easter; there is so much more to the Easter story than you realise. Take a few moments to reflect on the God-man Jesus Christ. No army, nation or person has changed the course of history like Jesus. He is the most famous person in history, even the very date on your newspaper points to his existence. More has been written about him, sung about him and painted depicting him than anyone else.

He is more than a man, He is God and He is as close as the mention of His name.