June 1
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Four gospels and four resurrection stories. We have read through the four accounts of Jesus' life and they have all ended the same. No matter how many times you read it, there it is, Jesus overcomes sin and overcomes death and the message is still true for today. He is still with us and we have the presence of his Holy Spirit to go out and build his kingdom. There are a couple of items here to note. One, it shows that Mary thought Jesus was the gardener, also there are mentionings that it is the "first day of the week". Some people think what this means is that John is showing us that this is about "re-creation", meaning that the "garden" and "first day of the week" reminds us of Genesis 1, except here is the first day of the new creation, when Jesus has defeated the last enemy and is to take the right hand of God as the victorious Lord... Though this ends (tomorrow actually) the gospel readings, as we continue this resurrection of Jesus will be what it's all about in the story of the early church, Paul's letters, John's letters, etc. It's all about Jesus.
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