To the Tomb - Mark 15:46

And he bought fine linen, and took him down, and wrapped him in the linen, and laid him in a sepulchre which was hewn out of a rock, and rolled a stone unto the door of the sepulchre. Mark 15:46

Jesus was dead; they had seen Him die and they had placed Him in the tomb. There hopes of an earthly kingdom, freedom from Rome and a new era were dashed.  What happened? Why did He let them kill Him so easily? He didn’t even give up a fight; He just laid there and let them nail Him to the tree.  This isn’t at all how it was suppose to be, they must have thought as they mourned the loss of their Master. 

I imagine, all the while Satan danced with joy, “I’ve done it, I’ve done it, He’s dead and I will make sure He stays that way!”.  With all the power he could muster he planned to make sure the King of Kings would stay dead. He had failed to overthrow God once before and paid dearly, He would not make the same mistake again.  As the days begin to pass, he became more eager, more energized, he would be conqueror; he would defeat God’s Son.

The time between Jesus’ death and resurrection was an emotional time.  When the fate of mankind seemed to hang in the balance and as doubts and fears filled the hearts of those who followed Him, all seemed lost.  Little did they realize that everything was going precisely as God had planned. That third morning held something that neither Christ’s followers nor Satan had foreseen…