Have you ever had good news and couldn't wait to tell someone else what you knew? Well these women have not only good news but great news. They were told to tell the disciples about what they knew. Mark 16:7 (KJV) But go your way, tell his disciples and Peter that he goeth before you into Galilee: there shall ye see him, as he said unto you. It looked as if they couldn’t get there fast enough to tell what they knew to the disciples. But looks can be deceiving. Mark 16:8 (KJV) And they went out quickly, and fled from the sepulchre; for they trembled and were amazed: neither said they any thing to any man; for they were afraid. They went out quickly. These women fled from the sepulcher, all looks well if you stop reading there. But if you continue to read we get a clearer picture of what fear, trembling and being amazed can do. Now these women ran and what they were told to do they didn’t do. No they didn’t go tell Jesus’s disciples and Peter that Jesus is going to Galilee and there you shall see Him. But because of the trembling and being amazed as well as being afraid they didn’t tell anyone what they had seen. That should be no surprise to us. When is the last time someone told you that Jesus is alive? When is the last time you have? But Mary Magdalene stayed behind and because she did her life would never be the same. Mark 16:9 (KJV) Now when Jesus was risen early the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had cast seven devils. Mark 16:10 (KJV) And she went and told them that had been with him, as they mourned and wept. Mark 16:11 (KJV) And they, when they had heard that he was alive, and had been seen of her, believed not.
When Mary found the disciples they were weeping. When she told them of the good news they didn’t believe her. Oh there is so much that floods my mind as I read these verses. Like when I asked Jesus into my heart many felt as if it was something that would wear off in a month or so. Oh no 50 years later I know more about Jesus than I could have ever imagined. I have told 1000’s about Jesus yet many believed not. It looks to me that even though we are taught we don’t get it until we experience what we have been taught. Then we read that Jesus appeared to two as they walked. We know this to be the two walking home the day of the resurrection and later that day Jesus revealed Himself to them and these two ran and told the disciples and they didn’t believe them either. Mark 16:12 (KJV) After that he appeared in another form unto two of them, as they walked, and went into the country. Mark 16:13 (KJV) And they went and told it unto the residue: neither believed they them. This is unbelievable. One would think, have these men listened at all to the Lord Jesus as He taught them? Just wait, the Rubber is about to meet the road.
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