This week, we cannot help but worship, when we read:
Now after the Sabbath, toward the dawn of the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to see the tomb. And behold, there was a great earthquake, for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven and came and rolled back the stone and sat on it. His appearance was like lightning, and his clothing white as snow. And for fear of him the guards trembled and became like dead men. But the angel said to the women, “Do not be afraid, for I know that you seek Jesus who was crucified. He is not here, for he has risen, as he said. Come, see the place where he lay.
What a sight! Imagine it. Waking early, the woman prepared to do the loving but grim task of embalming the lifeless body of Jesus. But as they arrived, the event that changed history occurred.
Sufficiently frightening to stun the soldiers, the calming words of the angel invited them to see where they thought he lay. They did not have to believe the angel's word. The angel invited them to remove any doubt.
He is risen!
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