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April 1 - Mark 16 · A Chapter a Day Bible Reading

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  Hello friends. It's shown here.
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  It is Easter Monday. It is the first of a new month.
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  Christ is risen. This is when you say He is
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  risen, indeed. Ready.
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  Let's try it again. Christ is risen.
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  He is risen indeed. So great to have you company.
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  Ah, thank you for joining me on this.
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  Probably a public holiday for most of you, but a chance for us
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  to celebrate the glorious, glorious, glorious moment of
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  Easter Sunday. Yes, today we get to finish
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  reading the book of Mark together, which shares the very,
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  very good news. Now, the whole of Mark has been
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  this incredibly quick journey when Mark is telling the story.
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  Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, one point after the other.
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  And the ending of Mark is no different.
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  He he doesn't go into a huge amount of detail, but he ends
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  with the women fleeing the tomb trembled and not wanting to tell
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  anyone what they'd seen and, well, the first number of
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  manuscripts, that's where it ends.
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  And then in language that doesn't match the rest of the
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  gospel, and in manuscripts, which came a bunch later, there
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  are another few verses which go on to tell the rest of the
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  story. And well, the general consensus
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  is that they were added later because it seemed a little bit
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  of a of an unfortunate and sad way to end with these women not
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  telling anyone what that happened because they were so
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  frightened. But one theory that I quite like
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  is that Mark finished his gospel this way because frankly, he
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  wanted us Jesus disciples to know that actually this is our
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  work to go and share the good news, to tell people that Jesus
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  is risen. So I'm happy to cop that and
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  take it and that be my challenge.
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  But for the fullness of this chapter, I'm going to read the
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  whole chapter and you can make your decision for yourself what
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  you think happened. But we're going to read it all,
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  our friends. This is the day when we
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  celebrate that our Lord conquered death and did that all
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  so that we can know that we are loved and that we can come
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  before God forgiven. And Hull.
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  Yeah, friend, that's you. That's me.
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  That is the gift of Easter. So with all that said and done
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  with great excitement in our hearts, let's finish the story.
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  Well, it's not at all the end, but it's the end of the Gospel
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  narratives. So let us read it together.
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  Mark Chapter 16 Saturday evening when the
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  Sabbath ended, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James and
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  Salome, went out and purchased burial spices so they could
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  anoint Jesus body. Very early on Sunday morning,
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  just at sunrise, they went to the tomb.
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  On the way they were asking each other who will roll away the
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  stone for us from the entrance of the tomb.
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  But as they arrived, they looked up and saw that the stone, which
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  was very large, had already been rolled aside.
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  When they entered the tomb, they saw a young man clothed in a
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  white robe sitting on the right side.
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  The women were shocked, but the Angel said don't be alarmed.
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  You were looking for Jesus of Nazareth who was crucified.
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  He isn't here. He is risen from the dead.
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  Look, this is where they laid his body.
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  Now go and tell his disciples, including Peter, that Jesus is
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  going ahead of you to Galilee. You will see him there, just as
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  he told you. Before he died.
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  The women fled from the tomb, trembling and bewildered, and
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  they said nothing to anyone because they were too
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  frightened. After Jesus rose from the dead
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  early on Sunday morning, the first person who saw him was
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  Mary Magdalene, the woman from whom he had cast out seven
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  demons. She went to the disciples, who
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  were grieving and weeping, and told them what had happened.
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  But when she told them that Jesus was alive and she had seen
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  him and didn't believe her afterward, he appeared in a
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  different form to two of his followers who were walking from
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  Jerusalem to the country. They rushed back to tell the
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  others that no one believed them.
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  Still later, He appeared to the 11 disciples as they were eating
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  together. He rebuked them for their
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  stubborn unbelief because they refused to believe those who had
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  seen him after he had been raised from the dead.
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  And then he told them, go into all the world and preach the
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  good news to everyone. Anyone who believes and is
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  baptised will be saved, but anyone who refuses to believe
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  will be condemned. These miraculous signs will
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  accompany those who believe. They will cast out demons in my
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  name. They will speak in new
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  languages, they will be able to handle snakes with safety, and
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  if they drink anything poisonous, it won't hurt them.
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  They will be able to place their hands on the sick and they will
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  be healed. When the Lord Jesus had finished
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  talking with them, he was taken up into heaven and sat down in
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  the place of honour at God's right hand.
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  And the disciples went everywhere and preached, And the
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  Lord worked through them, confirming what they said.
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  By many miraculous signs you are risen.
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  Indeed, Jesus, death could not hold you down.
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  You are stronger, more mighty than any other force in this
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  universe. Even the forces of life and
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  death and decay, the things that we think are unavoidable, are
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  all within your grasp and your hands.
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  That's the Almighty Creator of all Jesus.
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  You went through all of this and out the other side, risen back
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  to glory, to prepare a way to carve out a path so that we,
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  through your death and your resurrection today, can stand
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  wholly and blameless before the throne of the Most High God.
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  Thank you, Jesus. Here we are with you, with your
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  Spirit dwelling in us all, thanks to you and all that
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  you've done for us. You are the Most wonderful, the
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  Most High, most precious. We love you and we praise you,
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  and it's in your name that we live, we breathe and we pray all
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  these things. Ah man.