Why Did He Come?

Luke 20:1-18

1 Early on Sunday morning, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb and found that the stone had been rolled away from the entrance. 2 She ran and found Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one whom Jesus loved. She said, “They have taken the Lord’s body out of the tomb, and we don’t know where they have put him!”

3 Peter and the other disciple started out for the tomb. 4 They were both running, but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb first. 5 He stooped and looked in and saw the linen wrappings lying there, but he didn’t go in. 6 Then Simon Peter arrived and went inside. He also noticed the linen wrappings lying there, 7 while the cloth that had covered Jesus’ head was folded up and lying apart from the other wrappings. 8 Then the disciple who had reached the tomb first also went in, and he saw and believed—9 for until then they still hadn’t understood the Scriptures that said Jesus must rise from the dead. 10 Then they went home.

11 Mary was standing outside the tomb crying, and as she wept, she stooped and looked in. 12 She saw two white-robed angels, one sitting at the head and the other at the foot of the place where the body of Jesus had been lying. 13 “Dear woman, why are you crying?” the angels asked her. “Because they have taken away my Lord,” she replied, “and I don’t know where they have put him.”

14 She turned to leave and saw someone standing there. It was Jesus, but she didn’t recognize him. 15 “Dear woman, why are you crying?” Jesus asked her. “Who are you looking for?” She thought he was the gardener. “Sir,” she said, “if you have taken him away, tell me where you have put him, and I will go and get him.”

16 “Mary!” Jesus said. She turned to him and cried out, “Rabboni!” (which is Hebrew for “Teacher”).

17 “Don’t cling to me,” Jesus said, “for I haven’t yet ascended to the Father. But go find my brothers and tell them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’”

18 Mary Magdalene found the disciples and told them, “I have seen the Lord!” Then she gave them his message.

PRAISE GOD!! In this season of celebrating the birth of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, it is a great refresher to read and ponder the reason for His coming. He came to conquer sin, death and the grave so we didn't have to. He came to provide a way to everlasting life in heaven through His shed blood. He came to save that which was lost in the garden when Adam sinned. He came to restore the creation He helped create. He came to die so that I may live. PRAISE GOD!!

What a turn of events for the followers of Jesus. They had recently witnessed His betrayal, His crucifixion and now some where witnesses of the confirmation of His resurrection. I still don't think they had truly realized what this meant for their future here on earth and their future in eternity. I am thankful that they wrote down these events so that I could learn about this man, Jesus, who I call Lord and Savior. I am truly thankful and blessed to have Him in my life and I do not want to even think about where my life would be if it weren't for Him. I am nothing without Him.

PRAISE GOD!! Thank You Father for sending Your Son to earth to live as a human so He could truly understand what we go through here on earth. Thank You Jesus for giving up Your place in heaven to make Yourself poor so that I could be rich. Thank You Holy Spirit for coming and staying until Jesus comes back again so that I could understand the Word and how to apply it in my life each day. PRAISE GOD!!

My prayer for today is that I live out the blessings that He bought and paid for on the cross and redeemed by His resurrection. I pray that during this season that everyone who reads this will also be truly humbled by what Jesus has done for them. Just saying thank you is not enough, Lord. Reveal Yourself to me in a new way today and may Your love shine through me today so that others may see what I see in You. Thank You for coming and saving me. I know that Your love for me is unconditional and that Your love changes lives for eternity. I thank You today through my words, my actions and my attitude. PRAISE GOD!!