Christianity Today: The Rebellious Act of Rolling Back the Stone, by Richard Mouw (Former President, Fuller Theological Seminary):
Mary Magdalene’s role in the Easter story certainly deserves an upgrade. Another time in the ancient past, the Lord searched for a woman in a garden. On that occasion, the woman and her husband hid from their Creator. Many Eves later, the risen Lord looked for a weeping woman in a garden, and he gently called her by name. Mother Eve had rejected God’s authority in response to the Serpent’s challenge to her to be her own god. On Easter morning, this daughter of Eve met her Lord in the garden and cried out to him through her tears: “Rabboni!” (teacher).
We rightly see the Easter narrative as having to do with authority: Some of us must accept it as true out of a fundamental trust in the utter reliability of God’s Word. But the actions of the angels and Mary’s encounter with the risen Savior point us more concretely to the authoritative power of Jesus Christ as the King of Kings and the supremely trustworthy witness to the truth.
Pope Leo XIV, Easter Monday Message
Prior TaxProf Blog coverage:
- Good Friday’s Good News: Healing for a Wounded World
- Holy Saturday: Scandal and Grace
- Easter Sunday NY Times Debate: Did Jesus Rise From the Dead?
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