The Gospel of Mark has a confusing, somewhat chaotic, short and urgent Easter morning account and ending. But it begins "very early on the first day of the week…" which is a clue about what is to happen… or rather, that what has happened in Easter is the start of something entirely new.
In Easter, in the Resurrection of Jesus Christ, God has defeated sin and death. God has made a new creation — in us, and in the world. The old is gone, behold! The new has come! (2 Corinthians 5:17)
The angel tells the women at the tomb that Jesus is not there, but to go back home to Galilee, and that Jesus has gone ahead of them and they will see him there.
They will find Jesus at home, in the ordinary days and areas of their lives.
What Good News! We do not only experience God in the mountaintop moments or even only in the depths of despair and chaos, but we experience God in our ordinary, day to day lives. But everything is new, now — our work, our lives, our families, our days. We are new, because of God’s grace given to us and to the world in Christ’s resurrection. Glory to God. Alleluia! May you know deep blessings this Easter season and always.
Pastor Nancy
