On Sunday morning while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb and saw that the stone had been rolled away from the entrance.
She ran to Simon Peter and to Jesus' favorite disciple and said, “They have taken the Lord from the tomb! We don't know where they have put him.” Peter and the other disciple started for the tomb. They ran side by side, until the other disciple ran faster than Peter and got there first.
He bent over and saw the strips of linen cloth lying inside the tomb, but he did not go in.
When Simon Peter got there, he went into the tomb and saw the strips of cloth. He also saw the piece of cloth that had been used to cover Jesus' face. It was rolled up and in a place by itself. The disciple who got there first then went into the tomb, and when he saw it, he believed. At that time Peter and the other disciple did not know that the Scriptures said Jesus would rise to life.
John 20:1-8
After three years of being daily with Jesus, Peter and John did not know that the Bible said that Jesus would rise to life. It seems to me that not knowing about the resurrection was a glaring omission in their understanding of what was going on. But they quickly got “up to speed” when they went in the empty tomb.
The experience of Peter and John should give me great humility when it comes to thinking that I understand what God is doing today. Every time I read the Bible I need to ask God to show me things that I have never seen before. And I assure you they are there. We know a little of what God is doing in this world and we know a little of why God made us in the first place.
Being a child of God like being a six year old child with a father who is a world class scientist with several doctorates. We know God’s voice and we know His love for us, but to know His mind is beyond our human capability.
“Lord, teach me something today that I have never known before, but which You have known from the beginning. Amen.”
(This was written, recorded and originally posted on March 7, 2012)
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