Easter Uncovered

Easter Uncovered

Easter is known as the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. But even within its traditions, there are signs pointing beyond what is seen.

An egg carries life, yet from the outside, it appears closed, finished, contained. There is no evidence of what is within until the shell is broken.

So it is with man.

“Christ in you, the hope of glory.” — Colossians 1:27

The life is already there. The light is already present. But it is covered.

We are like a lamp placed under a bowl—not lacking light, but hidden.

“Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl…” — Matthew 5:15

The issue has never been the absence of life, but the covering over it.

Jesus did not return merely to life as it was. He rose into glory.

What was once contained was no longer held.

What was hidden became visible.

The body that once carried life could no longer contain it.

This is resurrection.

Not the creation of something new, but the revealing of what was always there.

The shell breaks.

The tomb is rolled away.

The covering is removed.

The lamp is no longer hidden.

And what remains?

The glory within the shell—now uncovered and seen.