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82 - The Desire of Ages - Ellen Gould · Philosophy and Faith

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  Why weepest thou. The women who had stood by the cross of Christ waited
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  and watched for the hours of the Sabbath to pass. On the first day
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  of the week, very early, they made their way to the tomb,
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  taking with them precious spices to anoint the Saviour's body. They did not think
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  about his rising from the dead. The sun of their hope had set,
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  and night had settled down on their hearts. As they walked, they recounted
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  Christ's works of mercy and his words of comfort, but they remembered not his
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  words, I will see you again John sixteen twenty two. Ignorant of what
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  was even then taking place, they drew near the garden, saying as they
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  went, who shall roll us away the stone from the door of the sepulcher.
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  They knew that they could not remove the stone, yet they kept on
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  their way, and lo, the heavens were suddenly alight with glory that came
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  not from the rising sun. The earth trembled. They saw that the great
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  stone was rolled away, the grave was empty. The women had not all
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  come to the tomb from the same direction. Mary Magdalene was the first to
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  reach the place, and, upon seeing that the stone was removed. She
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  hurried away to tell the disciples. Meanwhile, the other women came up.
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  A light was shining about the tomb, but the body of Jesus was not
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  there. As they lingered about the place, suddenly they saw that they were
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  not alone. A young man clothed in shining garments was sitting by the tomb.
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  It was the angel who had rolled away the stone. He had taken
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  the guise of humanity that he might not alarm these friends of Jesus. Yet
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  about him, the light of the heavenly glory was still shining, and the
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  women were afraid. They turned to flee, but the angel's words stayed their
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  steps. Fear not ye, he said, for I know that ye seek
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  Jesus, which was crucified. He is not here, for he has risen.
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  As he said, Come see the place where the Lord lay, and
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  go quickly and tell his disciples that he has risen from the dead. Again
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  they look into the tomb, and again they hear the wonderful news. Another
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  angel in human form, and he says, why seek ye the living among
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  the dead. He is not here, but has risen. Remember how he
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  spake unto you when he was yet in Galilee, saying, the son of
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  Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men and be crucified, and
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  the third day rise again. He is risen. He is risen. The
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  women repeat the words again and again. No need now for the anointing spices.
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  The Savior is living and not dead. They remember now that when speaking
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  of his death, he said that he would rise again. What a day
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  is this to the world. Quickly the women departed from the sepulcher with fear
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  and great joy, and did run to bring his disciples word. Mary had
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  not heard the good news. She went to Peter and John with the sorrowful
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  message. They have taken away the Lord out of the sepulcher, and we
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  know not where they have laid him. The disciples hurried to the tomb and
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  found it as Mary had said. They saw the shroud and the napkin,
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  but they did not find their Lord. Yet even here was testimony that he
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  had risen. The grave clothes were not thrown heedlessly aside, but carefully folded,
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  each in a place by itself. John saw and believed he did not
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  yet understand the scripture that Christ must rise from the dead, but he now
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  remembered the Saviour's words for telling his resurrection. It was Christ himself who had
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  placed those grave clothes with such care. When the mighty Angel came down to
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  the tomb, he was joined by another, who with his company, had
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  been keeping guard over the lord's body. As the angel from Heaven rolled away
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  the stone, the other entered the tomb and unbound the wrappings from the body
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  of Jesus. But it was the Saviour's hand that folded each and laid it
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  in its place. In his sight, who guides alight the star and the
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  atom, there is nothing unimportant. Order and perfection are seen in all his
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  work. Mary had followed John and Peter to the tomb. When they returned
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  to Jerusalem, she remained as she looked into the empty tomb, grief filled
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  her heart. Looking in, she saw the two angels, one at the
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  head and the other at the foot where Jesus had lain. Woman, Why
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  weep best, thou, they asked her, because they have taken away my
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  lord, she answered, and I know not where they have laid him.
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  Then she turned away even from the angels, thinking that she must find some
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  one who could tell her what had been done with the body of Jesus.
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  Another voice addressed her woman, Why weepest thou, whom seekest thou. Through
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  her tear dimmed eyes, Mary saw the form of a man, and,
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  thinking that it was the gardener, she said, sir, if thou have
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  borne him, hence, tell me where thou hast laid him, and I
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  will take him away. If this rich man's tomb was thought too honorable a
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  burial place for Jesus, she herself would provide a place for him. There
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  was a grave that Christ's own voice had made vacant, the grave where Lazarus
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  had lain. Might she not there find a burial place for her Lord?
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  She felt that to care for his precious crucieified body would be a great consolation
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  to her and her grief. But now, in his own familiar voice,
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  Jesus said to her Mary, Now she knew that it was not a stranger
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  who was addressing her, and turning she saw before her the living Christ.
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  In her joy, she forgot that he had been crucified. Springing toward him
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  as if to embrace his feet, she said, rabonai. But Christ raised
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  his hand, saying, detain me not, for I am not yet ascended
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  to my father. But go to my brethren, and say unto them,
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  I ascend unto my Father and your Father, and to my God and your
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  God. And Mary went her way to the disciples with the joyful message.
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  Jesus refused to receive the homage of his people until he had the assurance that
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  his sacrifice was accepted by the Father. He ascended to the heavenly courts,
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  and from God himself heard the assurance that his atonement for the sins of men
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  had been ample, that through his blood all might gain eternal life. The
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  Father ratified the covenant made with Christ, that he would receive repentant and obedient
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  men and would love them even as he loves his son. Christ was to
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  complete his work and fulfill his pledge to make a man more precious and fine
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  gold, even a man than the golden wedge of Opher. Isaiah thirteen twelve.
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  All power in heaven and on earth was given to the Prince of Life,
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  and he returned to his followers in a world of sin, that he
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  might impart to them of his power and glory. While the Savior was in
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  God's presence receiving gifts for his church, the disciples thought upon his empty tomb
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  and mourned and wept. The day that was a day of rejoicing to all
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  heaven was to the disciples a day of uncertainty, confusion, and perplexity.
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  Their unbelief in the testimony of the women gives evidence of how low their faith
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  had sunk. The news of Christ's resurrection was so different from what they had
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  anticipated that they could not believe it. It was too good to be true.
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  They thought he had heard so much of the doctrines and the so called
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  scientific theories of the Sadducees that the impression made on their minds in regards to
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  the resurrection was vague. They scarcely knew what the resurrection from the dead could
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  mean. They were unable to take in the great subject. Go your way,
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  the angels had said to the women, tell his disciples and Peter,
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  that he goeth before you into Galilee. There shall ye see him as he
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  said unto you. These angels had been with Christ as guardian angels throughout his
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  life on earth. They had witnessed his trial and crucifixion. They had heard
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  his words to his disciples. This was shown by their message to the disciples,
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  and should have convinced them of its truth. Such words could have come
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  only from the messengers of their risen Lord. Tell his disciples and Peter,
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  the Angel said, since the death of Christ, Peter had been bowed down
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  with remorse. His shameful denial of the Lord, and the Saviour's look of
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  love and anguish were ever before him. Of all the disciples, he had
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  suffered most bitterly to him, the assurance is given that his repentance is accepted
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  and his sin forgiven. He is mentioned by name. Tell his disciples and
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  Peter, that he goeth before you into Galilee. There shall ye see him.
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  All the disciples had forsaken Jesus, and the call to meet him again
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  includes them all. He has not cast them off. When Mary Magdalene told
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  them she had seen the Lord, she repeated the call to the meeting in
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  Galilee, and a third time the message was sent to them. After he
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  had ascended to the Father, Jesus appeared to the other women, saying,
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  all hail, And they came and held him by the feet and worshiped him.
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  Then Jesus said, unto them, be not afraid. Go tell my
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  brethren that they go into Galilee, and there they shall see me. Christ's
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  first work on earth after his resurrection was to convince his disciples of his undiminished
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  love and tender regard for them, to give them proof that He was their
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  living savior, that he had brought broken the fetters of the tomb and could
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  no longer be held by the enemy death. To reveal that he had the
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  same heart of love as when he was with them as their beloved teacher.
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  He appeared to them again and again he would draw the bonds of love still
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  closer around them. Go tell my brethren, he said, that they meet
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  me in Galilee. As they heard this appointment so definitely given, the disciples
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  began to think of Christ's words to them for telling his resurrection. But even
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  now they did not rejoice. They could not cast off their doubt and perplexity.
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  Even when the women declared that they had seen the Lord, the disciples
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  would not believe. They thought them under an illusion. Troubles seemed crowding upon
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  trouble. On the sixth day of the week, they had seen their mastered
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  eye. On the first day of the next week, they found themselves deprived
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  of his body, and they were accused of having stolen away for the sake
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  of deceiving the people. They despaired of ever correcting the false impressions that were
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  gaining ground against them. They feared the enmity of the priest and the wrath
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  of the people. They longed for the presence of Jesus, who had helped
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  them in every perplexity. Often they repeated the words, we trusted that it
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  had been he which should have redeemed Israel. Lonely and sick at heart,
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  they remembered his words, if they do these things in a green tree,
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  what shall be done in the dry Luke twenty four twenty one, twenty three
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  thirty one. They met together in the upper chamber and closed and fastened the
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  doors, knowing that the fate of their beloved teacher might at any time be
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  theirs, and all the time they might have been rejoicing in the knowledge of
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  a risen savior in the garden, Mary had stood weeping when Jesus was close
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  beside her. Her eyes were so blinded by tears that she did not discern
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  him and the hearts. The disciples were so full of grief that they did
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  not believe the Angel's message or the words of Christ himself. How many are
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  still doing what these disciples did how many echo Mary's despairing cry. They have
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  taken away the Lord Lord, And we know not where they have laid him.
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  To how many might the Saviour's words be spoken? Why weepest thou,
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  whom seekest thou. He is close beside them, but their tear blinded eyes
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  do not discern him. He speaks to them, but they do not understand.
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  Oh, that the bowed head might be lifted, that the eyes might
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  be open to behold him, that the ears might listen to his voice.
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  Go quickly and tell his disciples that he has risen. Bid them Look not
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  to Joseph's new tomb that was closed with the Great Stone and sealed with the
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  Roman seal. Christ is not there. Look not to the empty sepulcher.
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  More not as those who are hopeless and helpless. Jesus lives, and because
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  he lives, we shall live also, from grateful hearts, from lips touched
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  with holy fire. Let the glad song ring out. Christ is risen.
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  He lives to make intercession for us. Grasp this hope and it will hold
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  the soul like a sure tried anchor. Believe, and thou shalt see the
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  glory of God end of chapter eighty two,