The Word for Easter(Mark 16:1-8)

Happy Easter, the Sunday of our Lord, resurrected from the dead!  (Don't worry about what some churches say, the word "Easter" is not of pagan origin, but simply a word taken from Germanic language to mark the sun rising in the east, basically the dawn.)  

We are going to learn this week from the women visiting the empty tomb of Jesus.  In the coming weeks, we are going to learn about what it is to live out the resurrection in today's world.  

Mark 16:1-8

1 When the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices so that they might go to anoint Jesus’ body. 2 Very early on the first day of the week, just after sunrise, they were on their way to the tomb 3 and they asked each other, “Who will roll the stone away from the entrance of the tomb?”

4 But when they looked up, they saw that the stone, which was very large, had been rolled away. 5 As they entered the tomb, they saw a young man dressed in a white robe sitting on the right side, and they were alarmed.

6 “Don’t be alarmed,” he said. “You are looking for Jesus the Nazarene, who was crucified. He has risen! He is not here. See the place where they laid him. 7 But go, tell his disciples and Peter, ‘He is going ahead of you into Galilee. There you will see him, just as he told you.’ ”

8 Trembling and bewildered, the women went out and fled from the tomb. They said nothing to anyone, because they were afraid.

Memory Verse: Phil 2.9-11

          "Therefore God exalted him to the highest place

         and gave him the name that is above every name,

         that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow,

         in heaven and on earth and under the earth,

         and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord,

         to the glory of God the Father."