He has been raised from the dead - Matthew 28

[Mendalla]

Bible Gateway passage: Matthew 28 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition

The Resurrection of Jesus - After the Sabbath, as the first day of the week was dawning, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to see the tomb. And suddenly there was a great earthquake, for an angel of the Lord, descending from heaven, came and rolled back the stone and sat on it. His...

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Matthew's Resurrection narrative kicks off with a scene as dramatic as his Death of Jesus scene. No simple act of the stone being rolled away. There's a "great earthquake", then an angel moves the stone away and makes a dramatic pronouncement:

Do not be afraid, for I know that you are looking for Jesus who was crucified. 6 He is not here, for he has been raised, as he said. Come, see the place where he[a] lay. 7 Then go quickly and tell his disciples, ‘He has been raised from the dead,[b] and indeed he is going ahead of you to Galilee; there you will see him.’ This is my message for you.

Note the familiar "Do not be afraid" that so often prefixes manifestations like this.

The witnesses to all this are "Mary Magdalene and the other Mary". The "other Mary" is the mother of Jesus, I guess? Though, presumably, all of Jerusalem would have felt the quake since those are rarely this localized.

As the duo of Marys race off to bring the news to others, who should they run into but Jesus himself. And he says, "Greetings." Now, can you imagine running into a dead friend/relative and them just smiling and greeting you? Then, after they fall at his feet in worship, he goes on, "“Do not be afraid; go and tell my brothers and sisters to go to Galilee; there they will see me.”

There's that "Do not be afraid" thing again.

We have the leaders then paying off the guards, telling them to lie about what happened. Why? Is discrediting Jesus and the Resurrection more important than the truth? Are they scared that it really happened and are in denial to the point where they want to bury any thought that it might be real?

Finally, we have a brief appearance by the resurrected Christ to the apostles where he gives the famous "Great Commission":

“All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19 Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit 20 and teaching them to obey everything that I have commanded you. And remember, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”

So once we put this together with the account of Jesus' trial and death in Matthew 27, we get a picture, IMHO, of a rather dramatic, apocalyptic death and resurrection ending in Jesus calling on his followers. That final line really resonates given the events above, too. "And remember, I am with you always, to the end of the age."

 

[Luce NDs]

Magi ... what we can learn from nothing ... if nothing is Eris in sentient that is only temporal! Recall this is primarily all in your head and your peers will do anything to remove it ...

It suggests head people only see dimly ... especially the inflationary lift to folk that control the physical world ... psyche is just beyond them! Thus the world of insane psychology the really fixed will claim! Thus busted and broken folk ... due to unseen insubstantial matter ... birth in a desert at the heat of impact? OHM-AE!

 

[unsafe]

The Empty tomb means Jesus rose and defeated the eternal Second death --------

Jesus lives -----
Jesus is in heaven sitting down on the Right hand of His Father ----

--------So what does Jesus do for His Children in Heaven ------

There in Heaven ---

He is the Believers Bridge to the Father -----

He is The Believers Advocate ----He represents us to the Father as He intercedes for us -----

He is preparing a place for His Believers in Heaven -----

He Lives in every Believer through the presents of the Holy Spirit -----
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Through His Resurrection He paid our sin debt in Full for those who believe and trust in Him

Through His Resurrection there is a name change for believers -----from Sinners to Saints ----

Through His Resurrection all believers will have eternal Life and will Reign with Him forever --

Through His Resurrection --Believers are Heirs to all His Promises
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Jesus died for all people but not all people will believe or receive what freely is made available to them ------

God's Grace made available Salvation for all but many will reject this free Graced Gift ------

sad but true -----

The Empty Tomb ----Glory Be To God

 

[jimkenney12]

It is quite dramatic.

 

[BetteTheRed]

The "other Mary" is the mother of Jesus, I guess?

Or Mary of the family of Martha and Lazarus.

 

[Mendalla]

Or Mary of the family of Martha and Lazarus.

Thought that was Mary Magdalene.

 

[paradox3]

I read somewhere that 25% of all women were named Mary in Jesus's day.

 

[BetteTheRed]

And in fact, a quick wiki suggests seven individual Mary's in the New Testament. However, the Mary of Bethany stories are unique to John, so not likely the Mary that Matthew refers to .

 

[paradox3]

The multiple characters named James and John get confusing too.

 

[Luce NDs]

It is said in some myths that Magdalena was a lady in a towering position ... high on something or other ...

Do you get what she is up to? That's some thing else again ... like Hallelujah in the dark ... something was found!

In Celt lands as hard as it is they say ochmon ... and say it is untranslatable ... so speak not about it! Otherwise look out ... then it gets sophisticated regarding what was lost and complexity ensues ... round we go again ... whip or Wiles?