The account of the empty tomb begins with a group of faithful women. Luke 24 indicates there were five or more: Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the mother of James and other women. Just as we would be, they were puzzled, perplexed. When those same women brought the good news to the men, they thought it was nonsense. Resurrection is not a logical, scientific experiment. It is not something that we can reproduce in a test facility. Yet it is the basis of Christianity. It is something that we either believe or not. Certainly we are puzzled by it, but being perplexed does not mean disbelief. It simply means that we do not even have the same experience as those ancient witnesses. Yet, it is something that we believe in, an eternity beyond this life. We are people of the resurrection.
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