1. The First... Neil Armstrong Apostle John

2. I. The First Person To Discover Jesus’ Body Missing 1,2 v1 First day of the week… – Sunday early – Mary Magdalene … ‘saw’ v2 Mary reports to Peter and John - Ran … - Reports … - First to find the tomb empty Lesson For Us: Be near Jesus –> all the time

3. First Century Tomb Near Bethphage

4. II. The First Person To Enter The Empty Tomb 3-7 v3-5 Run to the tomb Peter John … ‘saw’ [5]… v6-7 Simon Peter the first to enter the tomb Peter … ‘saw’ [6] … Peter departs Lesson For Us: Peter had his faults, but they led to an important discovery. Lord used him in spite of his faults.

6. III. The First Person To Believe Jesus Rose From The Dead 8-10 John already believed … 8 John entered the tomb – John ‘saw’ [8] and believed 9 The Scriptures - Is 53:10-12; Ps 16:10; Ho 6:2 10 Returned home Lesson For Us:

7. Lessons For Us You will never be the first to see the empty tomb or to enter the empty tomb. You can have the same thrill of the first believer when you… ‘see’ who Jesus is and, you ‘see’ what the empty tomb means and, you ‘see’ what this means to you. The important thing is that you ‘see’ and believe.