Bible Study Where was Mary?

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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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[Rollo Tamasi]

We should not exalt anyone so as to worship them.
She was in the care of John so we know she was nearby.

 

[Sparkey]

Of course just because the Lord's mom isn't named doesn't prove she wasn't out there at the cemetery.

I think that's part of what was said, yes.
Matthew speaks of Mary Magdalene and the other Mary
Mark tells of Mary Magdalene, and Mary the [mother] of James, and Salome.
Luke mentions Mary Magdalene, and Joanna, and Mary [the mother] of James, and other [women that were] with them.
John tells us of Mary Magdalene.

Some accounts mention an angel who rolled the stone back. Other words speak of two angels. Some gospels mention a man or men. The Good News throughout is that the tomb is empty and that Jesus is risen. Death could not hold him. The plan of God is being revealed, and is continued to be revealed. The count of the Omer and the Feast of firstfruits is also celebrated at this time. The 49 days would be counted and Jesus would be taken to the right-hand of God before the 50th day, Pentecost would arrive.

The Good News of His salvation, his death and the Promise of the Father is seen in the hearts of men, then and now. We will arrive at the time of the Harvest. I am speaking prophetically and might add, "if not us, then ours" because the call and Promise of God is to those near and those far off, even as many as the Lord, our God shall call. The spring time included the "peace offering" and the "Wave offering" for the time of the springtime harvest. This included the message of the kernel of corn being planted. The later rain is greater than the former rain. This "later rain" is there to assist the ripening of the fall harvest and the feast day celebration includes aspects of prophecy that have not yet been fully filled and not yet fully seen

Ye are the salt of the earth. Ye are the fruit of that Vine which is Christ. So is Mary, the Mother of Jesus, just by the way. So is John, the Baptist. And yet, we know that even the least of the Kingdom that is being ushered in is greater than he who is the greatest of the old agreement. None exceed John except Jesus, the one who marks the change in the agreement, the change in us and the change seen in the earth which shook that day. The same earth (thou art dust, and unto dust shall ye return) that shakes and trembles as we approach God, now rightly calling Him, by the Spirit of Christ in us, Abba/Father.

Greater are they who have not seen and yet believe. That is the word of Truth, delivered from God and into His the mind and mouth and heart of His only begotten Son who for the joy set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and the very word spoken and interpreted by Paul, the lawyer and expert Jew who became the Apostle (sent one) of the Gentiles in his letter to the Hebrews, chapter 2 and thereabouts.

This is the word that is not far from us but nigh and in our mouths. The very word that the Lord declares is spoken by saints who call upon the Name of the Lord, and the blood of the Lamb. "And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death." But how do we who have not so much as have shed blood become prepared for such a thing. John, the very one to whom the Reveal of Jesus was given answers, "Abide in Him and He in thee." There is much to say, and much that may be written. Continue to allow that which is written into your heart to work so that you may be matured, found to be complete, and lacking nothing so that your Joy may be complete.