04/16/2022
✝🥚Egg #11 The Stone
The stone reminds us of the tomb with the stone rolled away.
Egg Color: Pink
Matthew 28:1-2
1In the end of the sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulchre.
2And, behold, there was a great earthquake: for the angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat upon it.
Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to the tomb of Jesus to anoint His body with spices prepared beforehand. When they came and found the stone moved away from the tomb, they were shocked! The soldiers were gone and all that they found in the tomb were Jesus’ grave clothes. They did not remember Jesus had said He would rise from the dead. They were fearful and didn’t’ know what to do.
In the case of Jesus, the Pharisees were especially worried that the disciples or His other followers would take the body so they could day Jesus had risen from the dead. In order to prevent this, Pilate had Roman soldiers guard the tomb.
Pilate even had the soldiers close the tomb and set the official Roman seal on the stone so that no one could get in or out without breaking the seal. This, they thought, would keep the disciples from stealing Jesus’ body because the penalty for breaking the seal was death. Not only that, but the penalty for the Roman soldiers if they let anyone break the seal was death for them, as well.
Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to the tomb of Jesus to anoint His body with spices prepared beforehand. When they came and found the stone moved away from the tomb, they were shocked! They soldiers were gone and all that they found in the tomb were Jesus’ grave clothes. They did not remember Jesus had said He would rise from the dead. They were fearful and didn’t’ know what to do.
If only they had remembered Jesus’ words that He would rise from the dead, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary would have had faith instead of being afraid or confused. Sometimes things happen in our lives that cause us to be afraid and confused. And because we don’t remember or don’t know God’s Word, the Bible, we don’t have faith. But God wants us to remember His words in the Bible. His words give us faith, hope, joy, courage, and direction, even when life is scary or confusing.