The God of Resurrection and Light

Today's Gospel John 20:1-9

It was very early on the first day of the week and still dark, when Mary of Magdala came to the tomb. She saw that the stone had been moved away from the tomb and came running to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one Jesus loved. ‘They have taken the Lord out of the tomb’ she said ‘and we don’t know where they have put him.’

So Peter set out with the other disciple to go to the tomb. They ran together, but the other disciple, running faster than Peter, reached the tomb first; he bent down and saw the linen cloths lying on the ground, but did not go in. Simon Peter who was following now came up, went right into the tomb, saw the linen cloths on the ground, and also the cloth that had been over his head; this was not with the linen cloths but rolled up in a place by itself. Then the other disciple who had reached the tomb first also went in; he saw and he believed. Till this moment they had failed to understand the teaching of scripture, that he must rise from the dead.

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Christ the Lord is Risen today! Allelujah!

From utter disappointment to unspeakable joy. What a roller coaster ride of emotions must have overtaken the disciples upon “understanding” that Christ must rise from the dead!

It was certainly not because Jesus had not spoken of this, but men, even in the presence of God, are slow in understanding. I find this daily in my life, for it is not uncommon for God to be speaking to me and I only realize it through hindsight. And what a realization it must have been to John, to enter the empty tomb and see and believe! All of the doubt about the man who died on the Cross, in the epitome of darkness, was now proven in fact to be the God of Resurrection and Light!

May God's fullest blessing be with you all this Easter morning!

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