John 20
10: Great guys, leave poor crying Mary in front of the tomb.
13: Her Lord is gone, the one whom she had been following, the one who was the center of her life.
15: "Whom are you seeking" echoes the question Jesus asked the first disciples in John 1.
16: One word, her name. And all melts and is restored. Do I let Jesus name me? Is my identity found in him?
21: Shalom was here. Far more than peace, it was rightness, goodness, restoration of life itself. The true Kingdom of God had now irrevocably "broken in" to the world and was to be spread throughout the world by the "little Christs".
24-29: Thomas is the patron saint of skeptics. ;) John is setting things up for verse 31 here...even the skeptic gets a "second chance" by hearing the story about Thomas.
29: Not-so-subtle wink at the reader.
31: Here's the "twist": This book is written so that YOU may believe. (Who, me?!) But not just so there's one more believer in the world, but so that "you may have life in his name".
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