Something about this translation, really hit hard "the apostles did not believe what they said. it sounded like nonsense." Of course it sounded like nonsense; it is staggering to believe the beauty of the cross and the death and resurrection of Jesus. (Amen!). But what connected today was that the women were not believed, and it reminds my of the mythology of Cassaandra.
I'm not trying to focus on a negative, it's an immensely beautiful and powerful story. The women's role in it is amazing, and easily overlooked. I've heard sermons that address the women being the first to discover Jesus resurrection. I've never heard a sermon focusing on how the women's testimony was accurate, truthful, honest, and yet dismissed and not believed by the men. Maybe that aspect should be the focus of a sermon?
thank you for this.
Something about this translation, really hit hard "the apostles did not believe what they said. it sounded like nonsense." Of course it sounded like nonsense; it is staggering to believe the beauty of the cross and the death and resurrection of Jesus. (Amen!). But what connected today was that the women were not believed, and it reminds my of the mythology of Cassaandra.
I'm not trying to focus on a negative, it's an immensely beautiful and powerful story. The women's role in it is amazing, and easily overlooked. I've heard sermons that address the women being the first to discover Jesus resurrection. I've never heard a sermon focusing on how the women's testimony was accurate, truthful, honest, and yet dismissed and not believed by the men. Maybe that aspect should be the focus of a sermon?
And oftentimes, we women are still not heard or believed. Yet, we keep pressing on.
Amen!
Melissa YES! Everything you said here!!!!! That should totally be the focus of a sermon.