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For most of her days and nights, Mary Magdalene’s life had been a mess!
Many today believe she was a prostitute, but we don’t know that for sure. However, if she was alive today, she might be a resident of a mental institution. The reason I think that is because the Gospels record she was inhabited by seven demons.
Mary Magdalene could also have been deeply depressed. And people in her condition today would probably be alcoholics or addicted to drugs. She may have been suicidal as well. Mary had no hope for a bright future and was probably deeply ashamed of the way she was living. Trapped in a sinister lifestyle, she couldn’t rise above what she had become — a deeply troubled woman rejected by most people.
But then everything changed instantly! She met Jesus one day and He did not reject her like almost everyone else did! In fact, He welcomed her and gave her the best gift of all — the gift of a brand-new life. She found — to her great joy — that she had peace of mind instead of tormenting thoughts! The degrading passions that drove her unmercifully were replaced by a deep self-sacrificing love for other people and especially for Jesus! What a transformation!
When Jesus gave her a brand-new life, He probably gave her a number of true friends as well — including some other loving women. They along with Mary Magdalene ministered to Jesus and His friends out of their own funds.
Soon personal tragedy overwhelmed her! Jesus — her Savior and Leader — was arrested, convicted and nailed to a Roman cross beside two criminals.
Joseph of Arimathea and Nicodemus, two wealthy and highly respected Jewish leaders, exposed themselves to public ridicule by giving Jesus an honorable burial in Joseph’s own new tomb. Crucified criminals were often thrown into a common burial pit. These two men tenderly took Jesus down from the cross and carried His body to the cave tomb. They wrapped His corpse around and around with yards of expensive linen material saturated with ointments and sweet-smelling spices. The ointment acted as a kind of glue which transformed the long cloth into a cocoon. Then they laid Him in the tomb and rolled a large stone over the entrance.
Mary Magdalene and at least one of her friends watched while Joseph of Arimathea and Nicodemus entombed Jesus in the cave that afternoon after His crucifixion.
Mary and her friends went home and rested when the sun went down that day in order to kept the Sabbath that began at sundown, so they didn’t have time to anoint Jesus’s body themselves.
However, early the next morning while the sun was just rising, Mary Magdalene and her friends brought sweet spices to add their spices to Jesus’s burial wrappings. While they journeyed to the cave, they questioned among themselves who would roll the stone away since it was too heavy for them.
Imagine how astonished they were when they arrived at the cave to discover the huge stone had already been moved! You see, there had been a great earthquake accompanied by the coming of an angel who rolled the stone away and then sat on it. When the guards saw this glistening being shining like lightning, they collapsed on the ground in a dead faint!
Mary did not realize that an angel had come because she didn’t see him when she arrived at the cave and only knew that the stone had been rolled away. Deeply disturbed, she discovered the body of her Lord was gone.
Mary Magdalene quickly found Simon Peter, who had betrayed the Lord, and John. She broken-heartedly announced, “They have taken away the Lord out of the sepulcher and we don’t know where they have taken Him!”
Immediately Peter and John rushed to the tomb to see what had happened while Mary followed at a distance.
Since John was younger, he outran Peter and arrived at the tomb first. John didn’t go into the tomb, but Peter did. A wondrous sight awaited their gaze! The linen wrappings wound so tightly around Jesus’s body were still on the shelf where His body had been, but the long burial cloth had collapsed without being unwound. And the napkin covering Jesus’s face was in a separate place by itself where his head had been. Most amazing of all, Jesus’s body was no longer in the mummy cocoon. No one had unwrapped the glued together layers of cloth! The resurrected body of Jesus had simply passed right on through the burial shroud!
When John observed the collapsed mummy cocoon, he believed Jesus had risen from the dead from the evidence right before his eyes!
Peter and John left the cave, but Mary Magdalene stayed behind. She was deeply grieved since she still thought Jesus’s body had been taken away.
However, her grief soon turn to ecstatic joy when not long afterwards she was visited by Jesus Himself!
This is how she met the risen Lord face to face.
First — as she turned to go home, she noticed a man standing in the garden near the empty tomb who she assumed was the gardener.
Try to put yourself in her place and imagine the glorious thrill that came to her heart when Jesus gently called her by her own name — “Mary!”
It was then that she recognized her risen Lord!
Jesus gave to Mary the awesome commission of telling His disciples this earth-shaking news — He is alive forever!
And that is how Mary Magdalene became an evangelist to the apostles.
Latest Information On 2012: Earth Changes, Solar Storms, And More By: Jean Hantch
By now most people have heard some of the theories about what may happen in the year 2012. There are people who suggest it is going to be a cataclysmic situation that results in the obliteration of mankind, and there are others who say it will be a time when man takes consciousness to a new level. The number of theories keeps adding up all the time. The latest theories are for 2012: Earth Changes, arrival of Planet X, giant solar storms, contact with Extra Terrestrial life, galactic alignment, and of course the destruction of the planet.
1. Earth Changes: There has been a lot of discussion about the planetary wide changes that might happen in 2012. A common theme is that there could be a polar shift. This has actually happened in the Earth’s history, and there is some evidence to back up the claim.
There is some evidence that the world underwent a pole shift around 780, 000 years ago, so another such event is long overdue. If such a shift were to take place then the results would be incalculable – it would trigger mega tsunamis, earthquakes the like of which have never been experienced in historical times, and also the triggering of super volcanoes.
2. Galactic Alignment: Every planet, star, and heavenly body has cycles. On Earth we are all aware of the solstices that occur on June 21 and December 21, as well as the equinoxes twice a year on March 21 and September 21. These are calculated by the Earth’s movement around the sun. It is important to understand that our solar system is also moving in a cycle through the galaxy.
It has been said that during 2012, on the winter solstice in the Northern Hemisphere, the solar system is going to be aligned at the centre of the galaxy in an equinox position. This cycle has been exactly calculated at 25, 800 years. We can only speculate on what will happen when our planet is aligned in such a manner. It is often quoted that the ancient Mayan people developed their long count calendar in relation to the Galactic equinox.
3. Giant Solar Storms: Every scientist will tell you that our Sun is an incredibly active and evolving star. It regularly releases solar flares that cause d
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isruption through electro magnetic fields here on earth. NASA has acknowledged that sometime around 2012 there will be a massive solar maximum event that may stop all satellites from functioning as well as complete disruption to our electronic telecommunications and power grids.
4. Planet X: This is one theory that many people have been talking about. It involves the Earth coming extremely close to a planet that is not yet visible. This planet is often called Planet X, Wormwood, or Niburu. Believers say that it is on a huge elliptical orbit that only passes close to our planet once every 6000 years. They back up their claims through interpretations of ancient tablets that were carved during the Sumerian culture of the Middle East. If it is true then the earth will become unrecognizable.
5. Arrival of Extra Terrestrial life forms: This theory suggests that in 2012 we shall be visited by life forms that are not from the earth. Actual evidence for this concept is purely based on speculation.
If you’ve been keeping up with my blog posts lately you’ll know I’ve come to adding a few news posts from around the web on this subject. I’ve got a couple more today that are new and updated, so let me know what you think of em…
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