Be With Me: 7 Minutes of Biblical Wonder
Be With Me is a daily 7 minute chronological walk through the New Testament hosted by Michael Smith. It is for everyone who is curious about what Jesus actually said and did in the gospels. Most episodes will leave you with at least one good thought to chew on for the rest of the day. We start with the Bible and hopefully end with Awe. We are walking through the chronological events of Jesus' life and then thoughtfully considering them. It is meant to spur the devotional life of the Christian and the not-yet-Christian. We occasionally venture into the Old Testament when it helps our understanding of the New Testament events. Everybody has 7 minutes. Everybody needs to wonder. Be With Me is hosted by Michael Smith who has absolutely no special qualifications to do a podcast. He is not a pastor. He has not been to seminary. He does not lead a mega-church. He is not a professional and he has no more credentials than you do. He does, however, follow a great God with an observant eye and a curious heart. Each day, he starts with a study bible and aims for astonishment. ‘be with him’ for 7 minutes as he sets out daily to discover the God who invites us to ‘Be With Me.’
Be With Me: 7 Minutes of Biblical Wonder
“He has risen,” or else S28e161 Mark 16:6
Without the reality of these 3 words, all of Christianity falls.
Without this day, there are no other days of Christianity
Absent this treasure of Jesus, there are no other treasures of Jesus.
The stone is rolled away by an angel, not to release, but to reveal. And then, to a group of most faithful women the 3 sweetest words in all of history: HE IS RISEN.
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“He has risen,” or else S28e161 Mark 16:6
It is impossible to overemphasize the significance of Easter
Without this day, there are no other days of Christianity
If the resurrection of Easter isnt’ true, then nothing is true in the Bible
Absent this treasure of Jesus, there are no other treasures of Jesus
It all comes down to Easter Sunday, Resurrection day,
What happens on the third day?
Scene 1: Guards, earthquake, angels and stoneMatt 28: 28 Now after the Sabbath, toward the dawn of the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to see thetomb. 2 And behold, there was a great earthquake, for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven and cameand rolled back the stone and sat on it. 3 His appearance was like lightning, and his clothing white as snow. 4 And for fear of him the guards trembled and became like dead men.
Everybody gets an empty tomb moment.
Tomb guards get it first. They experience and earthquake and an angel and a rolling of the stone. Not to let Jesus out, but to reveal that He has already risen!; to REVEAL, not to RELEASE
The angel tells everybody Do not be afraid = everybody was afraid, esp. soldiers, who were no friends of Jesus. Nobody said, oh good, the angel is here. Tremebled. Became like dead men. Fell down. This isn’t even Jesus.
No angel has risen from the dead. Never. Not before. Not since.
Though the angel is glorious, the real story is Jesus.
Scene 2: Guards flee
Later, they will exchange their witness for money and a story.
From the first moments after the resurrection, people have been managingthe aftermath with
. Scene 3 Women approach VERY early in the morning..Luke 24:1,10
Mark 16:1 16 vWhen the Sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices, so that they might go and anoint him. 2 And very early on the first day of the week, when the sun had risen, they went to the tomb. 3 And they were saying to one another, “Who will roll away the stone for us from the entrance of the tomb?”
.Hear their conversation. Their concern. WHEN THE SUN HAD RISEN
Luke 24 But on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they went to the tomb, taking the spices they had prepared. 2 And they found the stone rolled away from the tomb,
.The faithful, ministering, brave women are still here, 12. Hours later. Still Dark. No plan on what to do with the stone. Poof. Problem solved. Angel has already been there.
Plan isn’t for a resurrection, plan is for spice application.
Scene 4 Mary takes off to tell disciples
All Mary needs to run this up the chain of command is the stone.
The stone is out of place. There are no guards. Something is veryamiss. I wonder if she believed right then.
John 20 Now on the first day of the week Mary Magdalene came to the tomb early, while it was still dark, and saw that the stone had been taken away from the tomb. 2 So she ran and went to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one whom Jesus loved, and said to them, “They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we do not know where they have laid him
had said these things to her.
Scene 5 HE HAS RISEN
At the tomb: Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James and Joses, Joanna, Salome (likely the mother of the disciples James and John) and other women
three named, AND OTHER women: whole possy
Mark 16: 4 And looking up, they saw that the stone had been rolled back—it was very large. 5 And enteringthe tomb, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, dressed in a white robe, and they were alarmed. 6 And he said to them, “Do not be alarmed. You seek Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified. He has risen; he is not here
.He has risen. He has risen. Packed in here is a lot of dependent theology:
He conquered Death. He defeated the grip that the evil one has had.
He can conquer YOUR death, when the time comes.
The rescue operation is complete. It is FINISHED.
He’s soon on His way to heaven To SIT DOWN, and help you believ
The announcement of the resurrection of Jesus, the Christ, the anointed, the One who was to come, has indeed come, and seized death
This announcement first goes to a group of women
Everybody gets a resurrection moment: but this group of travelling, faithful, generous, grateful, ministering women get it first.
First in flight: NC licence plate. Women: first in the resurrection.
In so many ways, the church follows faithful women. In example, in Lydia being the first new believer in Europe in Phillipi. All the wonderful things that were said first to women. One comes to mind MARTHA: John 11:25
25 Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live,
Etc.
I cannot think of anything sweeter. Announced by an angel to a bunch of women (angels) and now to everybody who reads this: HE HAS RISEN
Everything depends on this. Christianity rises or falls on 3 words.
Happy Easter. He has risen.
Proposed Chronology of Resurrection Sunday
Matthew 28:2-4 Before dawn the earth quakes, an angel appears to the guards and the stone is rolled away to reveal an empty tomb. The guards faint from fear.
Matthew 28:11-
15 The guards apparently awaken and flee to the authorities. The authorities then bribe them to spread a false rumor that the disciples stole the body of Jesus.
Luke 24:1,10
Mark 16:1 Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James and Joses, Joanna, Salome (likely the mother of the disciples James and John) and other women go to the tomb with spices to attend to the body of Jesus and see the stone rolled away.
John 20:1 Mary Magdalene sees the stone and runs to tell the disciples.
Matthew 28:5-6
Mark 16:6-7
Luke 24:4-7 Angels appear to the women at the tomb, tell them that Jesus has risen and send them to tell the disciples.
Matthew 28:8
Mark 16:8
Luke 24:9 Women are initially afraid, but run to tell the disciples.
John 20:3-10 Peter and John run to the tomb and see that it is empty having heard from Mary Magdalene. (It is possible they do this after the other women also tell them.) They don't understand and return to their homes.
John 20:11-17
Mark 16:9 Mary Magdalene returns to the tomb weeping, not having heard the angels say that Jesus has been raised, and Jesus appears to her.
Matthew 28:9,10 The women also meet Jesus on their way to tell the disciples, and he tells them to tell the disciples to meet him in Galilee.
Luke 24:11
The women tell the disciples, but they don't believe.
John 20:18
Mary Magdalene also returns to tell the disciples she has seen Jesus.
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