.
Where was the Lord's mom on resurrection morning? Didn't she believe he
would be back from the dead?
Her gal pals Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome
weren't expecting him back, nor were any of the apostles; so why would
she? Search the list of names of the women who went out to the Lord's
gravesite on Easter morning, and you will not find her mentioned among
them; nor is she mentioned among the people in 1Cor 15:1-8 who saw
Christ back from the dead.
I should think that any truly loving mother would want to be on hand when
her boy is restored to life and his injuries healed. Surely that would be just
as much cause for a joyous reunion as a son coming home alive and well
from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Mary loved her boy deeply; there can be no doubt about that because it was
predicted while he was yet an infant that the Lord would cause his mom to
experience the pain of a sword piercing her soul (Luke 2:35) which I take to
mean she experienced a depth of anguish at the Lord's crucifixion that only
a mother who's watched her own precious flesh and blood mutilated and
crucified can truly understand how that really feels.
So I believe, with all my own parental heart, that the Lord's mom would
have been the very first person out at the cemetery on Easter morning if for
no other reason than to be there just in case what her son predicted about
his three days and three nights resurrection might actually be true. I think
she would have been out there with food and water, and a fresh change of
clothing like any normal mother would do for a child who's survived a
terrible ordeal. My wife and I would certainly have been out there for our
own son if for no other reason than to give him a ride home.
Anybody who's watched the televised home-comings of servicemen
returning from Iraq and/or Afghanistan; have seen for themselves what that
does to the emotions of kin waiting for their loved ones' safe return. And
where do the families typically wait? At home? No, they mostly wait at the
airport; sometimes several hours ahead of arrival times. If Mary had
sincerely believed that her boy was going to return from his ordeal in just
three days; there's no doubt in my mind whatsoever that she would have
already been out there on Easter morning way before anybody else arrived.
Didn't Joseph's wife believe her son would be back from the dead? I don't
think so; and that unbelief would explain her absence. Of course just
because the Lord's mom isn't named doesn't prove she wasn't out there at
the cemetery. However; I just think it's very curious that a name as
important as hers is missing.
Buen Camino
/
Where was the Lord's mom on resurrection morning? Didn't she believe he
would be back from the dead?
Her gal pals Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome
weren't expecting him back, nor were any of the apostles; so why would
she? Search the list of names of the women who went out to the Lord's
gravesite on Easter morning, and you will not find her mentioned among
them; nor is she mentioned among the people in 1Cor 15:1-8 who saw
Christ back from the dead.
I should think that any truly loving mother would want to be on hand when
her boy is restored to life and his injuries healed. Surely that would be just
as much cause for a joyous reunion as a son coming home alive and well
from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Mary loved her boy deeply; there can be no doubt about that because it was
predicted while he was yet an infant that the Lord would cause his mom to
experience the pain of a sword piercing her soul (Luke 2:35) which I take to
mean she experienced a depth of anguish at the Lord's crucifixion that only
a mother who's watched her own precious flesh and blood mutilated and
crucified can truly understand how that really feels.
So I believe, with all my own parental heart, that the Lord's mom would
have been the very first person out at the cemetery on Easter morning if for
no other reason than to be there just in case what her son predicted about
his three days and three nights resurrection might actually be true. I think
she would have been out there with food and water, and a fresh change of
clothing like any normal mother would do for a child who's survived a
terrible ordeal. My wife and I would certainly have been out there for our
own son if for no other reason than to give him a ride home.
Anybody who's watched the televised home-comings of servicemen
returning from Iraq and/or Afghanistan; have seen for themselves what that
does to the emotions of kin waiting for their loved ones' safe return. And
where do the families typically wait? At home? No, they mostly wait at the
airport; sometimes several hours ahead of arrival times. If Mary had
sincerely believed that her boy was going to return from his ordeal in just
three days; there's no doubt in my mind whatsoever that she would have
already been out there on Easter morning way before anybody else arrived.
Didn't Joseph's wife believe her son would be back from the dead? I don't
think so; and that unbelief would explain her absence. Of course just
because the Lord's mom isn't named doesn't prove she wasn't out there at
the cemetery. However; I just think it's very curious that a name as
important as hers is missing.
Buen Camino
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