Shattered. It is really the only one word description that fits what happened to the faith and hope of Jesus’ disciples in the aftermath of His crucifixion. It had all seemed to end in mind-numbing, soul-wrenching defeat. Evil won.

Then it all changed. Not everything all at once, but everything altogether, it all changed because of one significant life-altering event. The resurrection. He was not dead but alive, He had risen as He promised. The tomb was empty, and He appeared to His startled, perplexed and fearful followers to point them on, to lead them forward.