Good morning. Remember
that Jesus had given orders that they should depart to the other side (of the
lake). While Jesus was asleep in the boat, there arose a great storm, so that
the boat was covered with the waves. This was no afternoon shower; it was one
of those “make the palm trees bend over and touch the ground" kind of
storms. And Jesus just slept through it! He had confidence in His Father to
protect Him. The disciples, however, were not confident. They were focusing on
the circumstances and not on the word Jesus had given them. They awoke Jesus
saying, “save us, Lord; we are perishing!” Jesus had told them to go to the
other side; so they should've been confident that they would make it. They did
not even think about all of the miracles that Jesus had just finished doing.
But even if they had, they probably would've said “well that was one thing,
this is something entirely different”. The same thing happens to us. God tells
us to do something, and a storm arises. We look at the circumstances, instead
of focusing on what God has told us to do. If God told us to do something, then
we know that it will take place, as long as we keep our eyes on Him and not on
the storm trying to sink us. Jesus asks them, “why are you timid, you men of
little faith?” Jesus arose, rebuked the
winds and the sea; and it became perfectly calm. That is what the disciples
should've done – and that is what we should do. They marveled that even the
winds and the sea obeyed Jesus. They had gained no insight into just who Jesus
was. Father thank You that when You tell the reader to do something, he/she
does it, and rebukes the storms that come against him/her. He/she makes it to
the other side.
So the other disciple who had first come to the tomb then also entered, and he saw and believed
Good morning. We left John at the entrance of the tomb, stooping and looking in. “Shy” Peter then arrives following John, and enters the tomb; and he saw the linen wrappings lying there. So the other disciple, John, who had first come to the tomb then also entered, and he saw and believed. It does not say whether or not Peter believed. For as yet they did not understand the scripture, that He must rise again from the dead. So the disciples went away again to their own homes. I’m not exactly sure what it means by their own homes. They were originally from Galilee and would not have had homes in Jerusalem. Perhaps it means the homes where they were staying while in Jerusalem. Apparently, they were not staying in the upper room, or it would have said so. But Mary was standing outside the tomb weeping; and so, as she wept, she stooped (just like John) and looked into the tomb. She saw two angels in white sitting, one at the head and one at the feet, where the body of Jesus had been l...
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