The Resurrection

Meditations of the Gospel of Mark

October 19, 2020

The Resurrection

“But go, tell his disciples and Peter that he is going ahead of you to Galilee; there you will see him, just as he told you.”

Mark 16:7

Read: Mark 16: 1-8

After sundown on Saturday, the women could purchase the spices they needed and then go to the tomb after daybreak on Sunday, the first day of the week. When the women arrived at the tomb, they met a young man sitting in the tomb. The young man says those words that capture our souls:

“He isn’t here. He is risen.”

No rational first century Jew would make up a story like this. There is no way that these women (In first century Israel, women were considered worthless as witnesses) would be the first to both hear what will become some of the most well-known words in the world and also be dispatched to announce the Good News to others. Mark has been hinting at the way Jesus would reorder the world. Now Mark is emphatic. Things have changed!

My Takeaway: The young man at the grave site specifically mentions Peter. He instructs the women to tell Peter that Jesus will be waiting for him in Galilee. The first instructions from God on Easter Sunday morning affirm that our God is a redeeming, forgiving God.

Sē’lah

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(Selah is a word that appears in the Book of Psalms that I often use as the Complimentary Closing in my correspondence. Its meaning, as I use the word, is to pause and think about these things.)

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