Page 47 - Shalom: The Peace That Comes From Being Whole

Shalom is the peace that comes from being
whole. Our covenant is a covenant of peace.

Greeting from the Risen Savior
After Jesus blotted out the sin that was against
us, having nailed it to His cross, after He
spoiled principalities and powers, making a
show of them openly and triumphing over
them in it, He came back to the tomb to re-
trieve His body before ascending to the Father
to offer the blood of His Atonement. When
Mary at last recognized Him, He admonished
her not to touch Him.
John 20:17 Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not;
for I am not yet ascended to my Father: but go
to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend
unto my Father, and your Father; and to my
God, and your God.
Flesh could not be allowed to contaminate the
perfect sacrifice before it had been offered to
the Father and the Father had received it as a
recompense for sin and its consequences.
That same night, the first day of the week
(our Sunday), He returned to the earth and
appeared to His disciples. Notice the first
words out of His mouth.
John 20:19 Then the same day at evening,
being the first day of the week, when the doors
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