This Joyful Eastertide

"This Joyful Eastertide" (LSB 482) tells of the necessity of Christ's resurrection from 1 Corinthians 15. 

In 1 Corinthians 15, the Apostle Paul refutes any claims that Christ did not rise bodily from the dead. 1 Corinthians 15:17 and 20 is echoed in each refrain: "If Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile and you are still in your sins... But in fact Christ has been raised from the dead, the first fruits of those who have fallen asleep."

Since Christ has been bodily resurrected and lives and reigns, Christians receive comfort, hope, and the assurance of our own bodily resurrection!

Alleluia! Christ is risen! He is risen, indeed! Alleluia!

1 This joyful Eastertide
Away with sin and sorrow!
My love, the Crucified,
Has sprung to life this morrow: Refrain

ref Had Christ, who once was slain,
Not burst His three-day prison,
Our faith had been in vain:
But now has Christ arisen,
arisen, arisen;
But now has Christ arisen!

2 Death’s flood has lost its chill
Since Jesus crossed the river;
Lover of souls, from ill
My passing soul deliver: Refrain

3 My flesh in hope shall rest
And for a season slumber
Till trump from east to west
Shall wake the dead in number: Refrain

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