Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb and saw that they stone had been removed from the entrance. So she came running to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one Jesus loved, and said, “They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we don’t know where they have put him!”
So Peter and the other disciple started for the tomb. Both were running, but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb first. He bent over and looked in at the strips of linen lying there but did not go in. Then Simon Peter came along behind him and went straight into the tomb. He saw the strips of linen lying there, as well as the cloth that had been wrapped around Jesus’ head. The cloth was still lying in its place, separate from the linen. Finally the other disciple, who had reached the tomb first, also went inside. He saw and believed. (They still did not understand from scripture that Jesus had to rise from the dead.) Then the disciples went back to where they were staying.
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They still didn’t quite understand what was happening even though they had been told by Jesus and in the scriptures what was going to take place. I think it’s because it’s just such an impossible thing to take place that it would be difficult for anyone to really believe it was going to happen. That’s what makes Jesus’ resurrection to powerful! It’s never happened and will never happen again! Only God could pull that off…and He did! Be in awe of the resurrection today. Don’t let it be normalized in your mind because you know the story…be reminded of it’s awe factor today.
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