When the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices so that they might go to anoint Jesus’ body. Very early on the first day of the week, just after sunrise, they were on their way to the tomb and they asked each other, “Who will roll the stone away from the entrance of the tomb?” But when they looked up, they saw that the stone, which was very large, had been rolled away.
Mark 16:1-4
Then the disciples went back to their homes, but Mary stood outside the tomb crying. As she wept, she bent over to look into the tomb and saw two angels in white, seated where Jesus’ body had been, one at the head and the other at the foot. They asked her, “Woman, why are you crying?” “They have taken my Lord away,” she said, “and I don’t know where they have put him.” At this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing there, but she did not realize that it was Jesus. “Woman,” he said, “why are you crying? Who is it you are looking for?” Thinking he was the gardener, she said, “Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have put him, and I will get him.”
Jesus said to her, “Mary.”
She turned toward him and cried out in Aramaic, “Rabboni!” (which means Teacher). John 20: 10-16
Today's highlight verse(s): John 20:16 Jesus said to her, "Mary."
There is so much in the resurrection! Today, in keeping with our Easter discussion I'd like to look at one point.
We read earlier, that on Good Friday, Joseph and Nicodemus to Jesus' body to the tomb and prepared it for burial. We also read here that these women went on Sunday to do the same thing. Could it be that the men acted somewhat in secret, and that the women did not know that the body had already been prepared? Or that the preparations were not complete? That might explain their actions.
Maybe, just maybe, God caused these events to happen this way, for His purposes. Had they no reason to return to the tomb, they would have not discovered the 'missing' body at that particular time! But by obeying the Law, obeying God's Law, they found Jesus!
May this be a lesson for us. Sometimes, we don't need any other reason, we don't need all the information, we just need to obey...to do that which He has commanded in His Word for us to do. In that way, we too may find the resurrected Christ.
As we close this season of Easter, may we continue to seek Him...He has promised that we will find Him.
Questions:
1. What do you think of this passage?
2. Is it hard to obey without knowing the 'why'?
3. How do you feel on this, the day He arose?
2. Is it hard to obey without knowing the 'why'?
3. How do you feel on this, the day He arose?
May we seek God by obeying His Word. Jim
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