On the first day of the week, very early in the morning, the women took the spices they had prepared and went to the tomb. They found the stone rolled away from the tomb, but when they entered, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus. While they were wondering about this, suddenly two men in clothes that gleamed like lightning stood beside them. In their fright the women bowed down with their faces to the ground, but the men said to them, “Why do you look for the living among the dead? He is not here; he has risen! Remember how he told you, while he was still with you in Galilee: ‘The Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, be crucified and on the third day be raised again.'” Then they remembered his words. (Luke 24:1–8, NIV 1984).
My Musings – How distraught they must have been, having witnessed His death and burial. Even more so when they found an empty tomb. They did not go looking for the living, but the dead, having brought spices to anoint His body. If they had remembered His words, they would not have wondered about the empty tomb.
My Advice – When we open the Scriptures, we must not go looking for a martyred Messiah, but a rather a living Savior. “Because [the Father did] not abandon [the Son] to the grave, nor [did He] let [His] Holy One see decay.” (Psalm 16:10, NIV 1984).” Just “as He told [us].” Let’s not “wonder” about this, but rather simply believe.
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