"But these words seemed to them an idle tale, and they did not believe them."
~Luke 24:11
I know, more feminism. Yesterday I'm defending Barbie and today I'm doing...this. I guess I'm on a roll.
I have never understood certain things about men. One of them is this story. Three women that these guys know come back and tell them that something completely bizarre has happened. They ran into some angels at the tomb of Jesus and they tell them:
"Why do you look for the living among the dead? He is not here, but has risen. 6 Remember how he told you, while he was still in Galilee, 7 that the Son of Man must be handed over to sinners, and be crucified, and on the third day rise again." 8 Then they remembered his words, 9 and returning from the tomb, they told all this to the eleven and to all the rest.
These aren't just any women. Nobody mentions that Mother Mary was a drunk, Mary Magdalene smoked too much weed, and Joanna had a few marbles rolled out of her jar. These are reputable people from what I can tell. The gospel writer has the men writing it off as an idle tale like they'd just be telling stories to tell stories. About this? Seriously? I'm starting to understand why Mary Magdalene was the first person to see the risen Christ. She was the only one who hadn't reverted from miracle land all the way back to bland reality already.
But did you notice that even after telling them to stop being silly Peter gets up and goes and looks for himself?
Yes, Jesus was a man. He was the Son of Man but he was also the Son of a woman and I think that went a long way with how he handled things sometimes. It's like that old joke about compelling evidence that Jesus was a woman:
But the most compelling evidence of all - 3 proofs that Jesus was a woman:
1. He had to feed a crowd at a moment's notice when there was no food.
2. He kept trying to get a message across to a bunch of men who just didn't get it.
3. Even when He was dead, He had to get up because there was more work for Him to do.
Yup, my Lord understands. He understands more than we care to admit sometimes.
~Luke 24:11
I know, more feminism. Yesterday I'm defending Barbie and today I'm doing...this. I guess I'm on a roll.
I have never understood certain things about men. One of them is this story. Three women that these guys know come back and tell them that something completely bizarre has happened. They ran into some angels at the tomb of Jesus and they tell them:
"Why do you look for the living among the dead? He is not here, but has risen. 6 Remember how he told you, while he was still in Galilee, 7 that the Son of Man must be handed over to sinners, and be crucified, and on the third day rise again." 8 Then they remembered his words, 9 and returning from the tomb, they told all this to the eleven and to all the rest.
These aren't just any women. Nobody mentions that Mother Mary was a drunk, Mary Magdalene smoked too much weed, and Joanna had a few marbles rolled out of her jar. These are reputable people from what I can tell. The gospel writer has the men writing it off as an idle tale like they'd just be telling stories to tell stories. About this? Seriously? I'm starting to understand why Mary Magdalene was the first person to see the risen Christ. She was the only one who hadn't reverted from miracle land all the way back to bland reality already.
But did you notice that even after telling them to stop being silly Peter gets up and goes and looks for himself?
Yes, Jesus was a man. He was the Son of Man but he was also the Son of a woman and I think that went a long way with how he handled things sometimes. It's like that old joke about compelling evidence that Jesus was a woman:
But the most compelling evidence of all - 3 proofs that Jesus was a woman:
1. He had to feed a crowd at a moment's notice when there was no food.
2. He kept trying to get a message across to a bunch of men who just didn't get it.
3. Even when He was dead, He had to get up because there was more work for Him to do.
Yup, my Lord understands. He understands more than we care to admit sometimes.
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