But very early on Sunday morning the women went to the tomb, taking the spices they had prepared.

They found that the stone had been rolled away from the entrance.

So they went in, 

but they didn't find the body of the Lord Jesus. 

As they stood there puzzled, two men suddenly appeared to them, clothed in dazzling robes.

The women were terrified and bowed with their faces to the ground. Then the men asked, 

"Why are you looking among the dead for someone who is alive?"

Luke 24:5 NLT

In the quiet of the early morning, after seeing the brutal killing of Jesus by Roman soldiers just 2 days earlier, carrying their grief with their spices, they expected to tend to a dead person.

Instead they were met by some kind of angelic being. 

Quite a tough question to be asked when you're grieving "why are you looking among the dead for someone who is alive?"

Was the expectation from these angels that Mary, Mary and Salome should have known Jesus had risen from the dead?

They'd seen him die.

Were coming prepared to tend his body. 

Maybe the angels question was to set the scene for what they said next:

"He isn't here!

He is risen from the dead!"

Everything had shifted.

There'd been a change (& they hadn't realised it).

Sunday.

I wonder how long it took for their fear of the messengers to be replaced by the wonder of the message?

How long it took to sink in...what their questions were, whether they asked them.

What would we have done if we'd been there?

#Easter

#Sunday

#hopeishere

#unexpected

#everythinghaschanged