THE APPEARANCE TO MARY MAGDALENE (2 OF 5)
Scripture: John 20:10-18
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The Appearance to Mary Magdalene (2 of 5)
Series: He's Not Here
Jonathan McLeod
John 20:10-18
DEATH IS NOT THE END OF THE STORY
Sixty-four-year-old Herzlinde Eissler had been admitted to a hospital in Austria with stomach pains. Several days later she left the hospital and was shocked when she discovered why her family had not visited her during her stay.
The hospital had made a mistake and told her family that she had died. Her son Leopold said, ''I could not believe it when she walked in through the front door and the whole family was all sitting around dressed in black and planning the funeral. At least it explains why we could not find the body when we wanted to pay our last respects.''
The disciples couldn't find the body of Jesus either. But it wasn't because of a mix-up, it was because He has risen from the dead!
''Why are you crying?'' (John 20:13, 15). This question was a gentle rebuke. ''Why are you crying when Jesus is alive?''
We all would have reason to weep if Mary had been given what she was weeping for-the dead body of Jesus.
Why didn't Mary recognize Jesus? It's possible that her tears blurred her vision. But there seems to have been something different about the risen Jesus so that He was not always recognized.
The two disciples on the road to Emmaus were ''kept from recognizing him'' (Luke 24:16; cf. Mark 16:12). The disciples in the boat on the lake of Tiberias did not recognize the man on the shore (John 21:4). When the disciples saw Jesus on a mountain in Galilee, they worshipped, ''but some doubted'' (Matthew 28:17). On other occasions, the disciples seemed to have recognized Jesus fairly quickly (Matthew 28:9, 17; John 20:19, 26-28; 21:7, 12).
''I know that my Redeemer lives, and that in the end he will stand upon the earth. And after my skin has been destroyed, yet in my flesh I will see God; I myself will see him with my own eyes-I, and not another. How my heart yearns within me!'' (Job 19:25-27).
''I am t ...
Series: He's Not Here
Jonathan McLeod
John 20:10-18
DEATH IS NOT THE END OF THE STORY
Sixty-four-year-old Herzlinde Eissler had been admitted to a hospital in Austria with stomach pains. Several days later she left the hospital and was shocked when she discovered why her family had not visited her during her stay.
The hospital had made a mistake and told her family that she had died. Her son Leopold said, ''I could not believe it when she walked in through the front door and the whole family was all sitting around dressed in black and planning the funeral. At least it explains why we could not find the body when we wanted to pay our last respects.''
The disciples couldn't find the body of Jesus either. But it wasn't because of a mix-up, it was because He has risen from the dead!
''Why are you crying?'' (John 20:13, 15). This question was a gentle rebuke. ''Why are you crying when Jesus is alive?''
We all would have reason to weep if Mary had been given what she was weeping for-the dead body of Jesus.
Why didn't Mary recognize Jesus? It's possible that her tears blurred her vision. But there seems to have been something different about the risen Jesus so that He was not always recognized.
The two disciples on the road to Emmaus were ''kept from recognizing him'' (Luke 24:16; cf. Mark 16:12). The disciples in the boat on the lake of Tiberias did not recognize the man on the shore (John 21:4). When the disciples saw Jesus on a mountain in Galilee, they worshipped, ''but some doubted'' (Matthew 28:17). On other occasions, the disciples seemed to have recognized Jesus fairly quickly (Matthew 28:9, 17; John 20:19, 26-28; 21:7, 12).
''I know that my Redeemer lives, and that in the end he will stand upon the earth. And after my skin has been destroyed, yet in my flesh I will see God; I myself will see him with my own eyes-I, and not another. How my heart yearns within me!'' (Job 19:25-27).
''I am t ...
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