Part 1: The stone
After the death of Jesus, some of the ladies who followed Him took a walk to His grave. They wanted to honor Him by anointing His body with spices-- a common custom, but there hadn't been time to do it the other evening when He died. So now, early Sunday morning, they walked together.
Suddenly one of them must have realized, "We will never be able to roll the stone away from the tomb!" Those circular grave stones, generally four to six feet across and weighing a ton or more, would rest inside a carved groove and cover the tomb's entrance. There was no way these weary ladies would be able to move the stone and reach the body of Jesus. Still they walked, unwilling to return home.
I don't think we can even imagine how shocked they were to reach the tomb and see that the stone was already rolled away! When they were informed by a white-robed stranger that Jesus had risen, they were first confused and afraid. But soon enough they saw Jesus Himself!
Easter is all about the stone that was rolled away. Although the grave of Jesus was covered by a literal stone, there are also many figurative stones that might seem to prevent us from reaching Him.
In this series (between now and Easter Sunday), we'll consider seven people who had plenty of stones to worry about-- but in the end, not one stone remained. If Jesus is the Lord, no obstacle will prevent Him from reaching us.
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