Hey, this is Stephen Fertake. I'm the pastor of Elevation Church and this is our

podcast. I wanted to thank you for joining us today. Hope this inspires you.

Hope it builds your faith. Hope it gives you perspective to see God is moving in your life,

enjoy the message.

March 16, verse 1, when the Sabbath was passed Mary Magdalene and married the mother of

James and Salome brought spices so that they might

go and annoy him.

Very early on the first day of the week when the sun had risen, they went to the tomb.

They were saying to one another, who will roll the stone for us from the entrance

of the tomb?

Who's going to do it?

And looking up, they saw that the stone had been rolled back. It was very large. And entering the tomb

they saw a young man sitting on the right side dressed in a white robe and they

were alarmed and he said to them don't freak out you seek Jesus of Nazareth who was crucified he is

risen he is not here see the place where they laid him but go and tell his disciples in words, you can look but don't stay long because he is not here in this dead place.

He is not here. He is risen.

So go tell his disciples and Peter that he is going before you to Galilee and there you will see him just as he told you. They went out and fled from, I wonder what you're running from today.

Because sometimes when life disappoints our expectations, we find ourselves hiding from the very places

that we came to looking for God.

They fled from the tomb for trembling and astonishment had seized them and they said nothing to anyone

for they were afraid. And on that note, Mark's gospel ends. It's an anticlimactic ending. It's not how we would expect it to end, but that's how it ends.

And there is an announcement that I want to give to you. but that's how it ends.

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