SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 5/26/2017
12:34 PM
My Worship Time Focus: PT-1
Christ’s Appearance to Mary Magdalene
Bible Reading & Meditation Reference: John
20:11-18
Message of the
verses: “11 But Mary was standing
outside the tomb weeping; and so, as she wept, she stooped and looked into the
tomb; 12 and she saw two angels in white sitting, one at the head and one at
the feet, where the body of Jesus had been lying. 13 And they said to her,
"Woman, why are you weeping?" She said to them, "Because they
have taken away my Lord, and I do not know where they have laid Him." 14
When she had said this, she turned around and *saw Jesus standing there, and
did not know that it was Jesus. 15 Jesus said to her, "Woman, why are you
weeping? Whom are you seeking?" Supposing Him to be the gardener, she said
to Him, "Sir, if you have carried Him away, tell me where you have laid
Him, and I will take Him away." 16 Jesus said to her, "Mary!"
She turned and said to Him in Hebrew, "Rabboni!" (which means,
Teacher). 17 Jesus said to her,
"Stop clinging to Me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father; but go to
My brethren and say to them, ’I ascend to My Father and your Father, and My God
and your God.’" 18 Mary Magdalene came, announcing to the disciples,
"I have seen the Lord," and that He had said these things to her.”
Mary was from the town of Magdala which was on the Western
shore of the Sea of Galilee which was near Tiberias. The love that Jesus had for this woman
symbolizes the love and faithfulness that He has for all believers, no matter
how seemingly insignificant they might be.
Mary was the name of different women who traveled with Jesus and His
disciples and yet the Lord chose to appear to her first. We learned from John 4:28-29 that Jesus
declared His messiahship to a woman, the woman at the well.
We learned when we looked at the first eleven verses of
John chapter 20 that the disciples left and when back to their homes, and yet
Mary stayed and was standing outside the tomb.
We also talked about Mary coming to prepare the body of Jesus for
burial, not knowing that Joseph and Nicodemus had already done that, and so she
waited by the tomb.
As she waited she was crying, not knowing where the body
of Jesus was, knowing she desired to prepare it for burial. Her cries were uncountable, as He love for
the Lord was great. Mary looked into the
tomb and “she saw tow angels in white sitting, one at the head and one at the
feet, where the body of Jesus had been lying.”
When Mary looked at these angels she did not realize that they were
angels as according to Mark 16:5 and Luke 24:4 they had human appearances. The angels asked Mary, “Why are you weeping?” MacArthur adds “The time for mourning was
over; the sorrow of death was forever shattered by the joyous reality of the
resurrection.” To that I say (“Amen!”)
Since Mary did not know who they were she thought that
they had taken the body of Jesus away “and I do not know where they have laid
Him.” Mary was crying because she did
not know where the body of Jesus was.
We will continue to look at the rest of this story in our
next SD.
Answer to yesterday’s Bible
question: “Jonah” (Johan 1:17).
Today’s Bible
question: Who are the four major
prophets?”
Answer in our next SD.
5/26/2017 12:55 PM
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