Everybody has a “big hope” in life. It is a hope defined by dreams and desires, sometimes even by dreads and disasters. The life, ministry and person of Jesus were the source and object of so much hope in first century Israel. The big hope of these people, for their own lives and for their nation, was focused on Him. But the events of that week would not fulfill the hopes of those who heralded Him as King. His arrest, trial and crucifixion would dash those hopes, and crush those dreams. His resurrection from the dead would vindicate and transform the hope people had placed in Jesus. In the new reality of His resurrection, crushed hopes and dashed dreams can become something more, something bigger...