Matthew 27:51-53 Jesus wasn’t the only one raised from the dead.

Here’s a passage of scripture that I know I’ve read times before, but have never heard any preacher share in a message – let alone an Easter Message which I would expect.

Then Jesus shouted out again, and he released his spirit. [51] At that moment the curtain in the sanctuary of the Temple was torn in two, from top to bottom. The earth shook, rocks split apart, [52] and tombs opened. The bodies of many godly men and women who had died were raised from the dead. [53] They left the cemetery after Jesus’ resurrection, went into the holy city of Jerusalem, and appeared to many people. [54] The Roman officer and the other soldiers at the crucifixion were terrified by the earthquake and all that had happened. They said, “This man truly was the Son of God!”  – Matthew 27:50-54 (NLT)

After hearing this, how amazing I thought it was that church after church, preacher after preacher, year after year, Easter after Easter, could miss something so powerful and meaningful, yet so important.

“Common” has the tendency to leave out the very things we need to become “uncommon”.  This resurrection event was so powerful and so super-natural, so uncommon, that it altered the way we tracked history.