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Women at the Tomb
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voice inquired, “Woman, why weepest thou? Whom seekest thou?”
Her eyes were so blinded by tears that she did not observe the person
who spoke to her, but she immediately grasped the idea of obtaining
from her interrogator some information concerning the whereabouts
of her Master’s body. She thought that the speaker might be the one
who had charge of the garden, and she addressed him pleadingly: “Sir,
if thou have borne him hence, tell me where thou hast laid him, and I
will take him away.”
She felt that if she could only gain possession of the precious
crucified body of her Saviour, it would be a great consolation to her
grief. She thought that if this rich man’s tomb was considered too
honorable a place for her Lord, she would herself provide a place
for him. Her great anxiety was to find him, that she might give him
honorable burial. But now the voice of Jesus himself fell upon her
astonished ears. He said to her, “Mary.” Instantly her tears were
brushed away; and he whom she supposed was the gardener stood
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revealed before her—it was Jesus! For a moment she forgot in her joy
that he had been crucified; she stretched forth her hands to him, saying,
“Rabboni!” Jesus then said, “Touch me not, for I am not yet ascended
to my Father; but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto
my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God.”
Jesus refused to receive the homage of his people until he knew
that his sacrifice had been accepted by the Father, and until he had
received the assurance from God himself that his atonement for the
sins of his people had been full and ample, that through his blood they
might gain eternal life. Jesus immediately ascended to Heaven and
presented himself before the throne of God, showing the marks of
shame and cruelty upon his brow, his hands and feet. But he refused to
receive the coronet of glory, and the royal robe, and he also refused the
adoration of the angels as he had refused the homage of Mary, until
the Father signified that his offering was accepted.
He also had a request to prefer concerning his chosen ones upon
earth. He wished to have the relation clearly defined that his redeemed
should hereafter sustain to Heaven, and to his Father. His church must
be justified and accepted before he could accept heavenly honor. He
declared it to be his will that where he was, there his church should be;
if he was to have glory, his people must share it with him. They who
suffer with him on earth must finally reign with him in his kingdom. In