Reading Plan Text for June 30: John 20:11-18
Angels here. Angels there. Angels everywhere. Paging Dr. Suess!
They just appear in the tomb. They even sound a lot like Jesus: "Woman," just like Jesus addressed his mother. "Woman, why are you weeping?" What is it with Marys and angels? Just like Jesus' mother when Gabriel shows up unannounced, Mary Magdalene doesn't seem fazed in the least. They show up out of thin air, and she simply tells them why she's crying.
And once she turns around, the angels disappear from the story. Was there even a purpose for them to be there? If they are messengers, they have remarkably little--to announce. Or maybe they are the heralds with their trumpets announcing the arrival of the king.
And there he is, although Mary first mistakes him for a gardener. Jesus whole and and alive, standing before her. He sends Mary to tell the other disciples what has happened. She becomes his messenger, the first bearer of the good news to the world.
Peace,
Jeffri
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