All of Creation Cries Out

We are told in the first verse of the book of John that Jesus was the Word. He was God, was with God in the beginning, and with God in the creation of the universe; that nothing was created without Him. Then Jesus came down to walk on the planet that he had designed and created in every detail. He experienced what He had made firsthand. He put on a body that He had designed and formed from dust and breathed life into; made in God's image. He lived 30 years on this planet, that He had carefully balanced in orbit around the sun with the moon to hold it in place. He watched the sunsets, smelled the flowers, ate the fruit from the trees and commanded the wind and the waves to be still. He said the stones would cry out and praise Him if the people were silenced while riding on an unbroken colt through a noisy crowd! All of His creation obeyed His commands. It is not surprising, that when he died on the cross with the sins of the world on him, his creation reacted! It became dark in the day, there was an earthquake, and the dead came out of their tombs and walked. I wonder, did the birds pause in flight? Did the Lions roar? Did the angels cry? Almighty, all powerful, God the Creator had died. 

Then, on that first Easter Sunday, didn't the earth and the heavens rejoice? Perhaps even the wind carried a sigh of relief. The tomb was empty! Satan was defeated! And the sins of the world were paid for. Praise God! The Creator is alive and lives forever, and so will we!