IMITATE THEIR FAITH/MARY MAGDALENE - "I Will Take Him Away"

 After Jesus' body was placed in a tomb, Mary was among the women who got some additional spices so that they could later apply the to his body. (Mark 16:1, 2; Luke 23:54-56) Then she rose early in the morning after the Sabbath was over. Picture her walking along the darkened streets with other women, heading to Jesus' tomb. On the way, they wondered how they could roll away the heavy stone that blocked the entrance. (Matthew 28:1; Mark 16:1-3) Yet, they did not turn back. Their faith evidently moved them to do what they could and entrust the rest to Jehovah.

Mary may have been ahead of the others as she arrived at the tomb. She stopped in her tracks, shocked. The stone had been rolled away-and the tomb was empty! A woman of action, she ran back to report to Peter and John what she saw. Imagine her breathlessly exclaiming: "They have taken away the Lord out of the tomb, and we do not know where they have laid him"! Peter and John rushed to the tomb, verified that it was empty, and then went back to their homes. - JOHN 20:1.

When Mary returned to the tomb, she lingered there alone. Very early in the morning, the silence of that empty tomb descended on her, and she was overcome with weeping. She stooped forward to look into the tomb, still not believing that the Lord was gone, and she received a great shock. Two angels in white sat there! "Why are you weeping?"  they asked. Baffled, she repeated what she had said to the apostles: "They have taken my Lord away, and I do not know where they have laid him." - JOHN 20:11-13.

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