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Easter week commemorates the most important event in the history of
mankind-- Christ's resurrection.
The Bible says that Jesus was raised again for our justification (Rom 4:25).
In other words: his recovery validates Christianity.
†. 1Cor 15:17 . . If Christ is not risen, your faith is futile; you are still in
your sins!
But did his mom believe he would be back from the dead? I don't think so.
Search the list of names of the women who went out to Christ's gravesite on
Easter morning, and you will not find her mentioned among them. None of
Christ's original disciples believed he was going to recover from crucifixion,
so it shouldn't surprise anyone that Christ's mom didn't believe either. It's
not like she committed some kind of heinous atrocity or gross sin. Her doubt
was simply status quo among Christ's followers.
There's really very few plausible Bible reasons why Christ's mom wasn't out
in the cemetery waiting to greet her son Easter morning.
1• She didn't believe he was coming back
2• She didn't believe he could come back
3• She forgot he said he was coming back
4• She didn't know he said he was coming back
5• She was indisposed when he came back
6• She was out of town when he came back
In regards to #1; because normal mothers are so bonded to their own flesh
and blood, this reason seems to us the most likely.
In regards to #2; the physical mess Jesus was in after his ordeal makes this
a likely possibility; but no excuse.
In regards to #3; that actually happened to a number of the disciples-- but
would a normal mother forget something like that?
In regards to #4; it's highly unlikely Jesus would confide such an important
matter with his disciples and not his own mom-- the alleged Queen Of
Heaven and the Mother Of All Christians?
In regards to #5; there's nothing in the Gospel narratives suggesting
Christ's mom was indisposed.
In regards to #6; it's highly unlikely Christ's mom would leave Jerusalem if
she knew her boy was going to recover from crucifixion. Any truly loving
mother would want to be on hand when her boy was 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 war in Iraq.
I don't know if you have any children of your own, but I can tell you from
34+ years of parental experience with a very sensitive woman, that if my
son were to be killed, and his mother expected him back in three days; she
would have been camped out in that cemetery all three of those days
waiting for him; and threats to cut her throat wouldn't persuade her
otherwise. Any normal mother would have been out there in that cemetery
even if there was only a remote chance their boy might recover. I know,
because I've seen that kind of mother's love right here in my own home.
If Christ's mom truly believed her boy would recover, and truly expected him
to; then if she was even half the mother my wife is; she would have been
out there at the very least on the third day waiting for him with food and
water and fresh clothing; but alas, she wasn't: not because she didn't love
her son; but simply because she wasn't expecting him to be there.
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Easter week commemorates the most important event in the history of
mankind-- Christ's resurrection.
The Bible says that Jesus was raised again for our justification (Rom 4:25).
In other words: his recovery validates Christianity.
†. 1Cor 15:17 . . If Christ is not risen, your faith is futile; you are still in
your sins!
But did his mom believe he would be back from the dead? I don't think so.
Search the list of names of the women who went out to Christ's gravesite on
Easter morning, and you will not find her mentioned among them. None of
Christ's original disciples believed he was going to recover from crucifixion,
so it shouldn't surprise anyone that Christ's mom didn't believe either. It's
not like she committed some kind of heinous atrocity or gross sin. Her doubt
was simply status quo among Christ's followers.
There's really very few plausible Bible reasons why Christ's mom wasn't out
in the cemetery waiting to greet her son Easter morning.
1• She didn't believe he was coming back
2• She didn't believe he could come back
3• She forgot he said he was coming back
4• She didn't know he said he was coming back
5• She was indisposed when he came back
6• She was out of town when he came back
In regards to #1; because normal mothers are so bonded to their own flesh
and blood, this reason seems to us the most likely.
In regards to #2; the physical mess Jesus was in after his ordeal makes this
a likely possibility; but no excuse.
In regards to #3; that actually happened to a number of the disciples-- but
would a normal mother forget something like that?
In regards to #4; it's highly unlikely Jesus would confide such an important
matter with his disciples and not his own mom-- the alleged Queen Of
Heaven and the Mother Of All Christians?
In regards to #5; there's nothing in the Gospel narratives suggesting
Christ's mom was indisposed.
In regards to #6; it's highly unlikely Christ's mom would leave Jerusalem if
she knew her boy was going to recover from crucifixion. Any truly loving
mother would want to be on hand when her boy was 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 war in Iraq.
I don't know if you have any children of your own, but I can tell you from
34+ years of parental experience with a very sensitive woman, that if my
son were to be killed, and his mother expected him back in three days; she
would have been camped out in that cemetery all three of those days
waiting for him; and threats to cut her throat wouldn't persuade her
otherwise. Any normal mother would have been out there in that cemetery
even if there was only a remote chance their boy might recover. I know,
because I've seen that kind of mother's love right here in my own home.
If Christ's mom truly believed her boy would recover, and truly expected him
to; then if she was even half the mother my wife is; she would have been
out there at the very least on the third day waiting for him with food and
water and fresh clothing; but alas, she wasn't: not because she didn't love
her son; but simply because she wasn't expecting him to be there.
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