028. Jesus Rises from the Dead, as Seen by Angels

Jesus Rises from the Dead, as Seen by Angels
About 5 minutes, from Matthew 28:1-10

Participants (No need to memorize lines; the aim is to relive sacred events, not perform)
Angel
Grieving woman Â Â Â Â
PrompterÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Shout a brief line and Echoes repeat it.
Echoes Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Children and all adults who want to take part. Echoes need no script

Angel	God sends me from heaven to Jesus’ grave. It is early on the first day of the week, and the earth shakes.
Prompter & Echoes	Earthquake!
Angel	I roll away the Roman soldiers’ heavy stone and sit upon it. The Roman guards shake for fear and become like dead men. Now they have fled, and a few women come weeping.
Grieving woman	Oh, look! An angel in shining white clothes! Bright as lightning!
Prompter & Echoes	He is terrifying!
Grieving woman	The angel has rolled the stone away! He is powerful! Oh, he sees us! Help!
Angel	Do not fear. You seek your Lord whom men have slain. He is risen, just as he had said. Come see where he was lain.
Grieving woman	We go in and look.
Prompter & Echoes	The tomb is empty!
Angel	Go quickly, tell Jesus’ disciples that he has risen from the dead. He goes before them into Galilee; there they will meet him on a mountain.
Grieving woman	We go, and Jesus meets us; we hold his feet and worship him. We are afraid.
Voice	Do not fear. Go and tell my brothers to go and meet me in Galilee.
Angel	Jesus appears to many after that, before he ascends to glory. He has forgiven men their sins and given them eternal life.
Prompter & Echoes	Infinite grace!
Angel	In Eden God told the man that all who sin must die, but then the father of all lies told Eve, â€œYou surely will not die!â€
Prompter & Echoes	The first lie ever spoken on earth!
Angel	Satan knows that men must die if they disobey God. They have to die, because it is God’s law, and the lying fiend makes use of it!
Prompter & Echoes	The wages of sin is death.
Angel	Now we angels understand what Jesus Christ has done! Through his death, he has cancelled Satan’s power over death. He has freed believers from Adam’s curse and the fear of death.
Prompter & Echoes	The devil’s slaves are freed!
Prompter & Echoes	We live forever!
Grieving woman	Now, the third day of Jesus’ death has dawned, and the greatest miracle of all time has happened!
Angel	The Lord, who lay resting in death’s repose on the Sabbath day now lives!
Grieving woman	We ladies run to tell the disciples the wonderful news. He has risen!
Prompter & Echoes	Death is defeated!