Assuming that the book of Mark originally ended after verse 8, this is the most unlikely endings that we’ll ever find! It makes no sense to us. Throughout the whole book, Jesus continually tells people not to tell anyone who he is, yet people could not shut up about him. Now, finally Jesus has risen from the dead and the women who come to the tomb are commissioned to go and tell the others. So, of course they go out and tell everyone, right? Nope. It says in v. 8 that they told no one, because they were afraid! And then the book, at least in its original form appears to end! How can you end a book like this? This has to be the worst ending ever!
Or is it? I think this is an ingenious ending. It makes us angry by asking, ‘How could they not tell anyone?’, but eventually forces us to ask ourselves, ‘How could we not tell anyone?’ We start off by wanting to change the ending of the story, but end up wanting to change the end of our own stories. Rather than remaining silent about the risen Messiah, we are challenged to overcome our fear and go share the Good News with everyone! We are challenged to share in both word and deed, knowing that the resurrected life has changed us completely!
So do you want to change how this story ends, or will you let this story change how your story ends? Choose to share the resurrection in all that you do.
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