The Jews not wanting the bodies to be hanging on Sabbath asked their legs be broken. They broke that of the thieves,but coming to Jesus, they saw He was already dead. One soldier to express His frustration pierced His side with a spear, and there came out blood and water. It's interesting to see that this was also prophesied that they will look on Him who they pierced. As it is written, that evens mans anger will praise God. Ps 76:10.
If you are a true disciple, even what men do or speak against you in anger will result to God's praise. God causes everything including man's anger to fulfill a predetermined purpose of God in the disciples life. We serve a living God.
Joseph of Arimathea sought permission to take Jesus' body to bury it. Nicodemus also brought expensive perfumed ointment and they took the body of Jesus and put it in a tomb nearby where no one else had been laid.
On the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene came very early while still dark and found that the stone had been rolled away from the entrance. She ran to call Simon Peter and John. They ran to the tomb and John overtook Peter, they looked inside and found the linen wrappings folded separately from that of the head. They saw and went away not knowing that He was to rise from the dead. Mary was left at the tomb weeping . She looked again in the tomb and saw two angels. The angels asked why she wept and she said the they had taken away her Lord and she didn't know where they kept it. She looked back and saw Jesus but didn't recognise Him and she asked Him to tell her where they laid Him so that she could take the body.
We see here the tremendous love that Mary Magdalene had for Jesus. When the other disciples went back, she remained weeping. She was willing to give all her energies to carry the body of Jesus back to the tomb. Jesus revealed Himself to her.
In the same way, when Jesus sees that we love Him deeply and are willing to do anything for Him, He reveals Himself to such.
Jesus told her not to cling to Him for He must first ascend His Father and your Father, and to His God, and your God.
Mary went announcing that she had seen Jesus to the disciples.
When Jesus reveals Himself to you, you will go on encouraging other disciples and through you they will experience the presence of Jesus in their own lives.
He is risen from the dead. He is alive forever more. He is on the throne reigning. He has conquered death, sin and the devil. He is on our side against the devil. He is Jesus Christ, our King and Lord.
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