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This morning we’re going to take a short break from our series through the book of Acts, because this morning we celebrate the culmination of God’s plan of salvation for mankind.
Christ is risen!
He gave up his life on the cross in order to tear that curtain, that veil, that separated us from God.
And at the moment of his death the physical curtain in the temple in Jerusalem, which symbolically represented that separation, was torn in two from top to bottom.
Because of Jesus death on the cross we can now approach God directly.
On Friday afternoon Jesus was taken down from the cross and he was buried.
And things didn’t look too good for the cause.
But we know that the story had another chapter.
Death wasn’t the end of the story, because Jesus had promised that on the third day he would rise again.
And that’s what we’re celebrating today.
Now the different gospel writers all give different perspectives of the stories they tell.
They’re all writing from different points of view so some tell certain stories and leave out others, and vice versa.
Well the resurrection is one of those stories that all 4 writers saw as important enough that they needing to tell it from their perspective, and rightfully so.
So this morning I want to read all 4 accounts of that first Easter morning so we can see the story from each of their perspectives.
We’ll begin with:
Next we’ll read:
​ ESVNow 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.
Then go quickly and tell his disciples that he has risen from the dead, and behold, he is going before you to Galilee; there you will see him.
See, I have told you.”
So they departed quickly from the tomb with fear and great joy, and ran to tell his disciples.
And behold, Jesus met them and said, “Greetings!”
And they came up and took hold of his feet and worshiped him.
Then Jesus said to them, “Do not be afraid; go and tell my brothers to go to Galilee, and there they will see me.”
Next we’ll read:
And then Luke tells us in:
​ ESVWhen the Sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices, so that they might go and anoint him.
And very early on the first day of the week, when the sun had risen, they went to the tomb.
And they were saying to one another, “Who will roll away the stone for us from the entrance of the tomb?”
And looking up, they saw that the stone had been rolled back—it was very large.
And entering the tomb, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, dressed in a white robe, and they were alarmed.
And he said to them, “Do not be alarmed.
You seek Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified.
He has risen; he is not here.
See the place where they laid him.
But go, tell his disciples and Peter that he is going before you to Galilee.
There you will see him, just as he told you.”
And they went out and fled from the tomb, for trembling and astonishment had seized them, and they said nothing to anyone, for they were afraid.
​ ESVWhen the Sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices, so that they might go and anoint him.
And very early on the first day of the week, when the sun had risen, they went to the tomb.
And they were saying to one another, “Who will roll away the stone for us from the entrance of the tomb?”
And looking up, they saw that the stone had been rolled back—it was very large.
And entering the tomb, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, dressed in a white robe, and they were alarmed.
And he said to them, “Do not be alarmed.
You seek Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified.
He has risen; he is not here.
See the place where they laid him.
But go, tell his disciples and Peter that he is going before you to Galilee.
There you will see him, just as he told you.”
And they went out and fled from the tomb, for trembling and astonishment had seized them, and they said nothing to anyone, for they were afraid.
And then Luke tells us in:
​And then finally in the book of John:
​ ESVBut on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they went to the tomb, taking the spices they had prepared.
And they found the stone rolled away from the tomb, but when they went in they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus.
While they were perplexed about this, behold, two men stood by them in dazzling apparel.
And as they were frightened and bowed their faces to the ground, the men said to them, “Why do you seek the living among the dead?
He is not here, but has risen.
Remember how he told you, while he was still in Galilee, that the Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men and be crucified and on the third day rise.”
And they remembered his words, and returning from the tomb they told all these things to the eleven and to all the rest.
Now it was Mary Magdalene and Joanna and Mary the mother of James and the other women with them who told these things to the apostles, but these words seemed to them an idle tale, and they did not believe them.
But Peter rose and ran to the tomb; stooping and looking in, he saw the linen cloths by themselves; and he went home marveling at what had happened.
And then finally in the book of John:
Now I know many people who are not believers would look these four accounts and start picking them apart.
“Well one says that it was Mary Magdalene, but another says it was Mary Magdalene and the other Mary and Salome, and another says it wasn’t Salome but Joanna, and another says...” You know what, sometimes minor details aren’t the most important thing.
In fact that’s why we call them “minor details.”
Does it really matter who all the other women were?
The point of the story is “Christ is risen,” not exactly which women first got the news.
But this morning I want to focus on just one of these accounts.
I want us to look particularly at the gospel of John, and how he tells the story of the Resurrection.
He begins, like the others, talking about the women going to the tomb to finish preparing the body of Jesus.
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