On 8th May 1945 Victory in Europe was declared. In the UK people poured onto the streets, and from the balcony of Buckingham Palace the King and Prime Minister joined in the celebrations of a hard-won victory over tyranny. But Europe was a continent in ruins. Some regions were on the brink of famine and the threat of Communism was marching west. Having won the war now it was time to secure the peace. 



Likewise, from the cross Jesus declared a final victory over the tyranny of sin and death. But human nature was still in ruins. As St Paul put it people were still ‘filled with wickedness, evil, murder, strife, deceit and malice.’ Jesus may have won the victory. Now it was time to secure the peace and, as St Paul discovered, that peace was found by individuals turning to Jesus.



In the years after the Second World War politicians made bold claims to be able to improve the lives of those they served. In 1957 Harold Macmillan declared that Britons ‘have never had it so good’. But all too often circumstances intervened, and their promises turned out to be empty. By contrast the promises of Jesus to build a peaceful future were based on an empty tomb and, therefore, rather more certain!








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