Now may the God of peace, who through the blood of the eternal covenant brought back from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep…

When I was first in the ministry, I had a poster on a wall of my bed-sit in Southport. It read: ‘We are an Easter people and Hallelujah is our song.’

This wonderful blessing, with just a few words, enshrines the heart of the Easter message: Jesus died and rose again. (Tom Wright translates this: ”May the God of peace, who led up from the dead our Lord Jesus…”). Through Him, and His achievement, we may come into a covenant relationship with ”the God of peace” (and know the peace of God). We are also brought into the fold, where we live under the loving, Shepherding staff of Christ.

No wonder ‘Hallelujah is our song’!