But on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they went to the tomb, taking the spices they had prepared. And they found the stone rolled away from the tomb, but when they went in they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus. While they were perplexed about this, behold, two men stood by them in dazzling apparel. And as they were frightened and bowed their faces to the ground, the men said to them, “Why do you seek the living among the dead? He is not here, but has risen. Remember how he told you, while he was still in Galilee, that the Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men and be crucified and on the third day rise.” And they remembered his words, and returning from the tomb they told all these things to the eleven and to all the rest. (Luke 24:1-9 ESV)
This is the most eventful and memorable day in human history to this point. We do well to identify with the women and the rush of thoughts and emotions they went through that resurrection day: They went prepared, but were very unprepared for what they encountered. They were rightly perplexed: what a rush of emotions and thoughts they experienced in a matter of moments. And they were prodded to remember, to go and to tell. May we have the same experience as we look back on that great event and consider how it matters to us.
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