On the first Easter day, after Jesus had arisen from the grave, he appeared to his disciples and John 21 tells us that "The disciples were overjoyed when they saw the Lord." Easter was and still is a time to rejoice over the fact that Jesus, the Messiah and the Savior of the world, is alive. The scriptures teach us that we serve a living Savior who ascended and is sitting at the right side of God the Father interceding for us.