To get maximum benefit from this post, you will want to do the following: Think about a time when something you thought to be one-hundred percent true was cast into doubt - a time when something of which you were completely certain became uncertain. According to the way the Bible tells it, Easter is first and foremost about that kind of uncertainty. The people who came to the empty tomb that first Easter morning came to it certain about a part of their lives, and, after they left the empty tomb, they were more uncertain about it then they had ever been. And what certainty does Easter seek to make less certain? When followers of Jesus went to the tomb that first Easter morning, they were certain that Jesus’ life was completely over. Why else would they bring spices with them? They came with spices that were used to embalm dead bodies so that the stench from the tombs wouldn’t be overwhelming. They came expecting what had been their experie...