A New Day Has Dawned

This sermon, based on Matthew 27:45-54 and Matthew 28:1-10, explores the profound significance of Christ's death and resurrection. Rev. John Vermeer uses the metaphor of dawn—"a new day has dawned"—to explain how the resurrection fundamentally transforms human history and experience. The sermon is structured around three main themes: resurrection signs (the earthquake, angel, rolled stone), resurrection words (God's interpretive message), and the resurrected Christ himself. Throughout, the preacher emphasizes that Christ's resurrection establishes a new covenant, begins a new age, and offers believers a new perspective characterized by peace, pardon, hope, reverence, grace, joy, and worship. The sermon concludes by reminding listeners that this resurrection reality "makes all the difference for all the rest of our days."