Now on the first day of the week Mary Magdalene came to the tomb early, while it was still dark, and saw that the stone had been taken away from the tomb. John 20:1
I don't know if it ever occurred to me before, but it struck me this morning: the stone wasn't rolled away to let Jesus out, but to let the disciples in!
If Jesus, after his resurrection, could appear behind locked doors, and if he could pass through his grave clothes leaving them neatly folded where they lay, then surely he could have passed through the stone as well.
So the angelic moving of the stone is a divine invitation. An open door that beckons his followers to enter in and witness the evidence of the resurrection.
It seems the gospel of John ends with the same invitation which Jesus himself gave at its beginning: "Come and see!"
[Originally posted to Facebook 03/02/18]
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