Mark 16
The Sabbath having passed, at sunrise on the first day of the week Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of James came with the sweet spices, which they had brought to the sepulcher to anoint the body. As they walked along, they wondered who would roll away the heavy stone covering the tomb entrance. Arriving, they saw that it had been rolled away.
Entering the sepulcher, the women saw a young man sitting on the right side, clothed in a long white garment. They were amazed and alarmed. He told them not to be alarmed-Jesus was risen. They could see the place where the body had been laid. He instructed them to go and tell Jesus' disciples, especially Peter, to go to Galilee. There they would see Him as He had told them before His death. Being afraid, they fled from the sepulcher and said nothing to any man.
Having risen early on the first day of the week, Jesus appeared first to Mary Magdalene who had had seven demons cast out by Him. She went and told the disciples that Jesus was alive and that she had seen Him. Mourning and weeping, they didn't believe her.
Jesus Appears to His Disciples
Jesus appeared in a different form to two of the disciples as they walked in the country. They immediately returned to the city and told the rest of the disciples, but they did not believe them either. Then Jesus appeared unto the eleven as they were eating. He rebuked them for the hardness of their hearts and unbelief, because they had not believed those who had seen Him after He had risen.
The Divine Commission
He said to them, "Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned." There would be signs that would follow those who believed. In Jesus' name they would cast out demons and speak with new tongues. Serpents would be tame to them, poisonous food would not harm them, and they would lay hands on the sick who would then recover.
After speaking to the disciples, Jesus the Lord rose up into heaven to sit on the right hand of God. The disciples went forth to preach everywhere, with the Lord working with them and confirming the word with miracles.
How beautifully the perfect holy Servant Son of God completes His given work promptly and with moral glory. No glory is too great for Jesus. Amen.