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Empedocles.
(494 – c. 434 BC born in Sicily, Italy Follower of Pythagorus- he is credited with the four element theory of matter- Earth, Air, Fire, and Water)
Aristotle called him the inventor of rhetoric.
Galen regard him as the founder of Italian Medicine.
“I, an immortal god, no more a mortal, so honored by all, go about among you… I am praised by men and women, and followed by thousands who ask for deliverance…”
This is a prideful man, who promises deliverance to his followers.
Empedocles is reported to have died when he threw himself into the molten crater of Mount Etna, the volcano that dominates Sicily.
there are many stories like this one.
There are many religions and man a man who have promised deliverance, but there is one thing that each of those men have in common.
Their ability to provide deliverance ended in their death.
We come to a passage of Scripture that really means so much for us.
Really, it is the reason we are even here today.
We worship as believers on Sunday, because Jesus rose on a Sunday.
This is known as the Lord’s Day.
Evil Men had their day on Friday, but Sunday is Lord’s Day.
And what He did on that Sunday makes all the difference for us.
The entirety of our faith hinges on what happened on this particular day.
And really…
It is the definitive difference between our faith and all the other religions of the world.
Jesus, Our Lord and God, rose from the dead.
The message of the resurrection is the truth we proclaim.
This resurrection is the truth we rest in as the assurance of our victory.
The resurrection is our message of hope.
The resurrection is the reason why funerals for believers should have some sense of celebration in the middle of our sadness.
Why?
Any preacher will proclaim the resurrection in a funeral.
We believe because Christ is raised, we will also be raised with him.
On the other hand, if the resurrection is not true, we have no hope.
There is no gospel message.
There is no hope apart from the resurrection of Jesus.
In fact, can you imagine what the disciples must have been feeling?
Jesus is dead.
He’s gone.
A man that appeared to be larger than life has succumb to the weight of death.
And that had to be what the disciples and the true followers of Jesus were feeling after his death and then a day without him.
Remember what has happened over the previous weeks.
Jesus has been betrayed by one of his own followers.
He has stood before the Jewish leaders as they in their self righteousness and sin have done their level best to ensure that he will be killed.
He has stood before Pilate who struggled with the idea of killing an innocent man, but he did it anyhow.
He has stood as they beat him within an inch of His life.
He has stood before the people where the mockery of a crown of thorns and a purple robe.
He has carried his cross to Golgotha.
Jesus has hung for hours stripped naked of any clothes and dignity.
Jesus has stood in our place, as the Father has empty the cup of wrath out on him.
Now it appears that Jesus is done standing.
They have laid him in a tomb.
They believe they he will never stand again.
His followers believe that they will visit him, but he will no longer visit them.
Its a typical death scenario.
The person dies and those who know and love them take it upon themselves over the next days or weeks to do what we can to pay tribute to their lives.
Look what happens in verse 1.
John 20:1
Mary Magdelene- This is a woman who has been faithful to Jesus.
She was there at the crucifixion of Jesus.
She is now coming to care for the body of Jesus.
No doubt, she is sorrowful.
She is in mourning.
This trip would not have been one of expectation, but one of lamentation.
She loved him, and she missed him.
But when she arrived, there’s something wrong.
John tells us, its dark and the stone is already been taken away from the tomb.
She automatically jumps to conclusions.
She doesn’t run away joyful.
She isn’t running to celebrate the resurrection.
Her immediate thought is the worst.
Look what she does.
They run to Peter and John.
These men were the most prominent of the disciples, the most mentioned of Jesus’s disciples.
These were the men she knew would know what to do.
“They have taken him away.”
Grave Robbery was common is this time period.
The assumption her is that the grave of Jesus has been robbed.
This really is the most logical conclusion for her to make.
Someone has taken the body and they have laid him some where else.
Why?
BecauseThe assumption is that the dead stay dead.
The grave stays closed unless tampered with.
The assumption is that the dead body of Jesus is somewhere.
Mary assumed this.
The disciples assumed this.
I f they would have thought that Jesus would rise, they would have been waiting by the grave.
They don’t expect Jesus to rise.
The disciples do not correct her interpretation of the events.
They go to investigate.
John 20:3-4
Couple of interesting things here.
John arrives first.
He beat Peter there.
He’s younger.
This is to be expected, and of course John includes it.
(btw I beat Peter to the tomb)
But John doesn’t enter.
John may be fearful of defilement, fearful of entering a grave.
He may be fearful of defilement.
John looks in from the outside.
Peter isn’t afraid.
Peter, true to character rushed right in to the tomb.
Peter goes in a sees the linen wrappings.
A different word is used here by John for what Peter sees.
John simply glanced in.
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