After looking at the resurrection of Christ on Easter Sunday we followed up the next Sunday by looking at the reaction of Christ’s followers to this event, and if we look closely we can see ourselves in their reaction. What we see, is Mary at the tomb looking for the corpse of her Lord and the disciples hiding out somewhere behind locked doors “for fear of the Jews.” What is amazing about their reaction is that they all assume Jesus is dead and gone, when he clearly told them what was going to happen many times and in different settings: “From that time on Jesus began to explain to his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things at the hands of the elders, chief priests and teachers of the law, and that he must be killed and on the third day raised to life”(Matthew 16:21).

 You would think after all the details of what his mission would look like the Apostles and followers of Christ would be expecting something supernatural. They had seen the miracles and the unexplainable wisdom of Christ, yet the idea of someone overcoming death? Not possible! And so they went around blinded to what Christ had told them until he shows up and the reality of the supernatural sinks in. How often have we had the supernatural at our front door and called it coincidence, and so missed an opportunity to experience the love of a God, who cannot be explained by the human mind. Even in the day of information we still can’t grasp the vastness of the material universe or the complexity of the cell. Being amazed and in wonder, it seems, is the first step on the road that leads home. And just as Christ knocked on the physical door of the house the disciples were hiding in, he speaks today to the one who has ears to hear: “Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with him and he with me” (Revelation 3:20). Amazing!!!