19 Then the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews, came Jesus and stood in the midst, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you.

We trace Mary’s shift from the paralysis of grief to the clarity of Christian witness by examining the how Jesus's presence turns the tide of emotions. We demonstrate how Christ’s personal call reorients her focus from a stolen body to a risen Sovereign, grounding our discipleship in the transformative power of the living Word.

11 But Mary stood without at the sepulchre weeping: and as she wept, she stooped down, and looked into the sepulchre,

12 And seeth two angels in white sitting, the one at the head, and the other at the feet, where the body of Jesus had lain.

13 And they say unto her, Woman, why weepest thou? She saith unto them, Because they have taken away my Lord, and I know not where they have laid him.

14 And when she had thus said, she turned herself back, and saw Jesus standing, and knew not that it was Jesus.

15 Jesus saith unto her, Woman, why weepest thou? whom seekest thou? She, supposing him to be the gardener, saith unto him, Sir, if thou have borne him hence, tell me where thou hast laid him, and I will take him away.

16 Jesus saith unto her, Mary. She turned herself, and saith unto him, Rabboni; which is to say, Master.

17 Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God.

18 Mary Magdalene came and told the disciples that she had seen the Lord, and that he had spoken these things unto her.

We look at the event and the individuals involved! This is a very important 3 part study that will most likely involved multiple lessons. This is lesson one of the section titled "From the Perspective of the Individuals Personal Witnesses ."

Now Jesus was crucified on the passover, fulfilling the type of the passover lamb. 

Exodus 12:10

And ye shall let nothing of it remain until the morning; and that which remaineth of it until the morning ye shall burn with fire.

Jesus said upon the cross just before giving up the Spirit in His mortal body, “It is finished.”

John 10:11

“I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.”

Ruth How God Speaks in Loves Story 

Ruth Chapter 4 1-8 Boaz’s Mission of Redemption in the face of Law and Justice

Now I encourage you to speak to your audience as the Lord leads you and when. You are doing the work in study, trust the Lord and speak the gospel.

Zechariah 12:10

10 And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn.

Sovereignly and Providentially, God would make the cross of Jesus Christ a memorial for the death and destruction of sin and a warning to all those who perpetuate it. It was brutal and humiliating for a reason. God makes a statement about how He feels about sin, even the sin that occurred in the garden of Eden and your sin and mine. What to us may seem a casual mistake, a misstep or error…to God is as ugly and revolting as the cross itself. Can you imagine facing God yet in the guilt of your sin? What a hopeless and devastating position to be in! 

John 15:5

*Boaz promises to do all that is right as it pertains to Ruth, why? 

31 For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged.

32 But when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we should not be condemned with the world.