diff --git a/content/bible_journal/luke_24:1-12.md b/content/bible_journal/luke_24:1-12.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..8f19610 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/bible_journal/luke_24:1-12.md @@ -0,0 +1,49 @@ ++++ +title = "Luke 24:1–12" +date = "2023-02-23" ++++ + +### [Read the passage.](https://biblia.com/bible/esv/Lk24.1-12) + +It's kind of funny how each of the Gospels includes different details, when +they share an event in common. I would have liked to discuss the soldiers +guarding the tomb of Jesus, and the seal that had been placed on the stone that +closed off the tomb. But it's not in our text today, so I shall refrain. +Instead we will focus as Luke does on the women who have come to finish the +hasty burial preparations for Jesus now that the Sabbath is over. Since Sabbath +ended at sundown, they may have worked through the night in order to get things +ready as early as they did. Their love for Jesus was so strong that they wanted +to honor Him in death as well as they could as soon as they could. + +Having a stone to close the tomb was a common practice, and Mark's account +tells us they saw it put in place and also that they wondered who would roll it +out of the way for them. When they reached the tomb, however, they find the +stone in front of it has been rolled away, and Jesus's body is not there. +Instead, two men in dazzling clothes appear before them and remind them of the +things Jesus said about rising again after He would be crucified. + +Note how the women react to seeing these two angels (as John and Matthew call +them). They bow their faces to the ground in fear. Angels can be incognito and +appear as normal men, but when they reveal themselves for what they are, this +is how everyone reacts when they see them, if they don't faint outright. If +anyone tells you they met an angel, and it wasn't the scariest thing they've +ever seen, then they are lying or deceived. + +The veil of forgetfulness has now been lifted from the women, and they remember +that Jesus did say He would rise again, so they do as the angels instruct them +and go tell the other disciples about it. For first-century Jews, this is +radical that women are the ones who get to tell everyone else what's been going +on. The disciples didn't believe them at first not because these women are +prone to telling tales, but because they were from a culture that didn't value +anything women had to say. Court cases required two witnesses to provide ample +evidence of an accusation, but only if they were men. + +Peter may not have believed everything they said, but it was enough to get him +to go to the tomb to see for himself. He runs to the tomb, anxious to know what +he will find. And it's just as the women said: Jesus isn't there, but the +burial clothes are. He still doesn't know what to make of it as he heads home. + +* * * + +Keep Your words ever in our minds, so that we may live according to them, and +give You the honor and praise You deserve.