The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-06-20
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Jesus Eiscn," MARK 10; f-13-Gold'
en- Text, Cor, 10; 2O-Notcs.


sentcd to the action OF the council respecting
Jesus Gor he was secretly disciple of jesus,
went boldly 10 Plate and begged the body of
Jesus, and having received 10, he and Nicode-
mus wrapped IL in linen with about an hum
dred pounds of myrrh and aloes, and laid it
in his own new tomb hewn out in the rock,
wherein mover man before was laid, and
rolled great stone TO the door The women
who came with Jesus from Galilee watched
these proceedings, then returned and pro
pared spices and ointments and rested tho
Sabbath day, according 10 the Command
ment. Plate, at tho request Of the Jews,
caused the stone 10 BE- sealed, and set watch
until after the third day, lest the disciples
should steal Him away for they remembered
that He hnd said After three days will
rise again Matt. xvii, $40; Luke
Nxiii., JO-56; John xix, 3S42) IL Is not
strange that the unbclieving Jews In this case
remembered more that the disciples, for al
though He had repeatedly said that He
would rise again the third day. they seem
not 10 have believed IL nor thought Of IL.
2. And very early in the morning, the
first day of the week, they came unto the
sepulchrc AZ the rising of the sun" What a
dark Sabbath IL must have been to them the
light Of their life had gone ont. they had
left NIL and followed Him, day by dpy minis
toring unto Him, hanging upon His words.
rejoicing in His mighty works and constantly
expecting that He would show Himself in
reality rs the King of Israel: but He was
dead. more than twcnty-four hours His body
had now lain in the tomb, and they were on
their way thithcr, thinking only Of amounting
His dead body.
3. "They said among themselves who
shall roll Us away the stone from the door OF
the sepulchrcY They evidently expected to
find everything just ms they saw Joseph and
Nicodemus leave il on the evening lpforc tho
Sabbath, and they seem not to have known
Of the scaling Of the stone nor Of the watch
that had been set.
{. And when they looked they saw that
the stone was rolled away; for IL was very
great" The fact that they went on though
believing the stone to be in their way. teaches
us of the love that rises above all difficulties,
aud the fact that the stone was gone when
they got there reminds us that difficulties
vanish we 90 forward
.. And entering into the scpulchrc they
saw young man sitting on the right side,
clothed in long white garment: and they
were aifrighted' Ihave no doubt but that
the children of God are always accompanied
by one or more of these faithful. patient,
ministcring spirits; and the more we delight
In Jesus whom they serve tho more will wo
be sensible Of their presence and rejoice in il.
q. And He saith unto them, BE not af-
frighted' So said the angel to Hagar and
Mary, 10 Xacharias and the shepherds Gen
xxi, Il; Lu. /. 20, l3 H., 10: and from the
first Fear not 10 Abram 10 the last to
John Gen. XIV, |: Rev l., ~ what comfort
indescribablo this word from heaven brought
60 sinful, trembling humanity; and to-day il
comes with as much power as ever to every
penitent soul who sincerely looks To Jesus
saying; Fear not, for ] am with thee"
lisa. Kill, 10) "Ye seek Jesus of Nazareth
who was crucihed" They sought Him ig-
norantly and in some measure blindly be-
cause of their unbelief; but they sought Him
sincerely. and all true seekers shall find Him,
and in due time have their blindness re-
moved. Blessed are all they that seek Him
with the whole heart. "lIe is risen; He is
not hore; behold the place where they laid
Him" They could see for themselves that
the angels words were true, for the linen
clothes were there In which His body had
been wrapped, and the napkin that was
about His head wrapped together in place
by itself John Xxx, q, y; and the angels re-
minded the women of the words which He
had spoken concerning His death, and rcsur-
rection the third day. duke xiv, ~
!. And they went out quickly, and fed
from the sepulchre,' etc. In Matt. xviii, 8,
Il is written that with fear and grea joy
they did run In bring His disciples word
Mark, in this verse, evidently implies that ON
their way to the disciples they said nothing
10 any one but were filled with trembling
and amazomont fear and joy, as thoy fled
along; their unbelief now revealed to them
would cause them fear and amazcmcnt, while
the fact that Jesus was risen would fill them
with JOY. But where was now the use of
litlI spices ana NIlut uNhllei inc tltllc spent
IN the preparation thcreoty Tho unbclcf OF
Christians causes the waste Of much time and
money because they know not the thoughts
of tho Lord, nor understand His ways
.. He appeared first 10 Mary Magdalcne.n
The other women had seen the empty tomb,
and had been assured by the angels that lie
was risen, but this Mary is the first to SEQ
Himself and speak % Him and hear Him
speak.
TO- "And she went and told them that had
been with Him, MS they mourncd and wcpt."
Before she saw the Saviour that morning
she had been to the tomb, seen tho empty
sepulchre, run and told Peter and john and
then evidently returned, hoping to find some
trace of His body, like the others not looking
for His resurrection; but now she had seen
HIM. He had spoken To her and said: ''Cio
10 My brethren and say unto them, ascend
unto my Father and your Father: and 10 Nv
God and your God" John Xxx, ~; and this
Is the message which she bears from Him TO
these disconsolate disciples
II. And they, when thoy had heard that
lie was alive, and had been seen of her be-
heved not" In Luke xiv. II, it is written
that their words seemed to them rs idle tales.
and they believed them not IL may be that
their own unbeliof ON this occasion often ro-
CURED 20 them as in aftor days they had TO
deal with the same dullness and slowness Of
heart in Others
l~' AlcI tnht ne appeared IN another
form unto two OF them, as they walked and
went into the country" After He appeared
to Mary Mngdalene IL would seem that He
ascended 10 the Father then quickly returned
and appeared 10 the other women Matt.
xviii, o, i0, after which He mado the APP
pcarance recorded in this verse TO the two as
they walked to Emmaus. Who these two
wcro we know not
~. And they went and told IL unto tho
res,duA neither believed they themn Jesus
walked with the two 20 Emnaus and being
constrained by Them went in to abide with
them, and in breaking of bread was revealed
o. them, and vanished out OF their sight;
they rose up at once and returned 10 Jeru-
salem and found the eleven gathered to-
gether and told them all that had happened,
with the result stated in this verse Of onr les.
son; and according 10 the next verso (which
may possibly refer to His appearance eight
days later Hc appears suddenly in the midst
Of the disciples gathered together in the
city Of Jerusalem and upbraids them with
their unbelief and hardness OF heart, be
cause they believed not them which had seen
Him after He was risen. There Is nothing so
grieyous rs unbeliof and nothing that 50
abounds among His professed followers and
especially in connection with the glorious
truths associated with resurrection, III Christ
be not risen there is no forgiveness of sins,
mt Christ bainQ rlSan thara IL not only tho