Luke 24:1-12<\/p>\n

A group of women go to the tomb to get Jesus’ body ready for final burial. Three years of ministering, several warnings about what He was going to have to endure, and those around Jesus still thought this was the end.<\/p>\n

Did they ask each other what happened? They were sure that Jesus was the promised Messiah. Now, He was in a tomb. How could He save Israel when He was dead? Did they have second thoughts about what they had seen. All the healings, others raised from the dead, the miracles. Was what going on? What would you or I be thinking?<\/p>\n

They get to the tomb, that huge stone is moved. That wasn’t going to happen without several strong men, and the guards would prevent that. Jesus was gone; a dead body had moved, or been moved. This was enough to wonder about, then two strange men in glowing clothes appeared. Check, please.<\/p>\n

In a subtle reminder, the men ask why the women were looking for the living among the dead. Jesus had told them He would die and rise again. had they forgotten? This jogged the women’s memory.<\/p>\n

They left the tomb and returned to the 11 remaining disciples and others that were with them. What were the menfolk thinking when the women related what had happened at the tomb? Crazy ladies. We saw that He was dead, there is no way that He got up and walked out of there. Maybe some of the paranoid among them blamed the Romans and expected them to accuse the disciples of stealing the body. That story was circulated. We do know that the men thought the women were talking nonsense.<\/p>\n

Peter had to see for himself. Maybe he set out to prove the women wrong. He was going to tell them that they looked in the wrong tomb, or in the wrong spot. Jesus was, in fact, still in the tomb. That’s what men like to do to people they don’t agree with or don’t believe; prove them wrong.<\/p>\n

Peter got there and looked in. The body was gone. There goes that idea. He couldn’t tell the women how crazy they are. But that blow to his ego was overshadowed by the fact that they were right, Jesus’ body was gone. Did Peter remember the words of Jesus now? He was amazed, so did he realize that Jesus fulfilled His mission?<\/p>\n

What would I do in this situation? Spent 3 years with a Man that preached God’s salvation. I saw the miracles, I heard the prophecies, I experienced the fellowship. Would I stand firm in what He said? Would I pull a Peter and, not just run away, but deny that I even knew Jesus?<\/p>\n

I’d like to sit here and write that I would have been the only one that stayed with Jesus. That I went up during the trial and told the Sanhedrin that they could take Jesus over my dead body. There are some problems there. It was prophesied that Jesus would be deserted. But, I also know that I am too big of a coward to follow through with my fantasy of being the only person that didn’t leave Jesus in the garden.<\/p>\n

So, would I have waited in anticipation of Jesus showing up in Jerusalem on that Sunday morning? Again, I want to say that I would. Maybe throw a few fish on the fire so that I could offer Him a plate when he walked in. That’s crazy talk, too. I would probably have told the women they were nuts. Then, go with Peter to the tomb. That way, we could discuss how to rub it in when we found Jesus’ body still in the tomb. Tell the women how mean that was to get our hopes up like that.<\/p>\n

Since I wasn’t alive back then, I am left with the choice of what would I do now? Jesus won’t face that same trial again. But, will I acknowledge Him before people when they ask me? Will I not cower when they make fun of or deride Christianity? Will I have the faith to humbly carry the name of “little Christ?”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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