✨ Prophecy Fulfilled: The Life of Yeshua (Jesus)
“Do Not Be Afraid”
The earth had already shaken.
The stone had already moved.
But the world did not yet know.
“After the Sabbath, toward the dawn of the first day of the week…” (Matthew 28:1), the women came—Mary Magdalene, the other Mary, and those who had loved Him enough to stay near the cross.
They came carrying spices.
They came expecting death.
Instead, they found an empty tomb.
Matthew tells us an angel of the Lord descended, his appearance “like lightning, and his clothing white as snow” (Matthew 28:3). The Roman guards trembled and fell like dead men.
But the angel did not speak first to soldiers.
He spoke to the women.
“Do not be afraid, for I know that you seek Jesus who was crucified. He is not here, for He has risen, as He said.”
(Matthew 28:5–6)
Do not be afraid.
The first command of Resurrection morning was not triumph.
It was calm.
The women entered and saw that the body was gone. Luke records their confusion—“they were perplexed about this” (Luke 24:4). Two men in dazzling apparel reminded them of His words:
“Why do you seek the living among the dead? He is not here, but has risen.”
(Luke 24:5–6)
And suddenly, they remembered.
Everything He had told them.
Every promise about the third day.
Matthew says they departed the tomb “with fear and great joy” (Matthew 28:8).
Not polished faith.
Not composed theology.
But trembling joy.
They ran.
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The Race
Mary Magdalene ran to Simon Peter and the disciple whom Yeshua loved.
“They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we do not know where they have laid Him!”
(John 20:2)
Even in resurrection, there was still uncertainty.
Peter and John did not pause to debate.
They ran.
John tells us, almost breathless in detail:
“The two were running together, but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb first.”
(John 20:4)
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