Shalom,

I relly like Mark 16, which we read in our Spoken Word Bible Reading Plan for today, for a few reasons! One of them is seen here in verses 1-8:

1 And when the Sabbath was past [that is, after the sun had set], Mary Magdalene, and Mary [the mother] of James, and Salome purchased sweet-smelling spices, so that they might go and anoint [Jesus’ body].
2 And very early on the first day of the week they came to the tomb; [by then] the sun had risen.
3 And they said to one another, Who will roll back the stone for us out of [the groove across the floor at] the door of the tomb?
4 And when they looked up, they [distinctly] saw that the stone was already rolled back, for it was very large.
5 And going into the tomb, they saw a young man sitting [there] on the right [side], clothed in a [long, stately, sweeping] robe of white, and they were utterly amazed and struck with terror.
6 And he said to them, Do not be amazed and terrified; you are looking for Jesus of Nazareth, Who was crucified. He has risen; He is not here. See the place where they laid Him.
7 But be going; tell the disciples and Peter, He goes before you into Galilee; you will see Him there, [just] as He told you.
8 Then they went out [and] fled from the tomb, for trembling and bewilderment and consternation had seized them. And they said nothing about it to anyone, for they were held by alarm and fear.

Notice the reaction of the women who went after the Sabbath to anoint the body of Jesus when they saw the angel! The stone was rolled away, Jesus was not there, and the angel told them the TRUTH, but they did not believe out of fear! Then we see this in verses 9-14:

9 Now Jesus, having risen [from death] early on the first day of the week, appeared first to Mary Magdalene, from whom He had driven out seven demons.
10 She went and reported it to those who had been with Him, as they grieved and wept.
11 And when they heard that He was alive and that she had seen Him, they did not believe it.
12 After this, He appeared in a different form to two of them as they were walking [along the way] into the country.
13 And they returned [to Jerusalem] and told the others, but they did not believe them either.
14 Afterward He appeared to the Eleven [apostles themselves] as they reclined at table; and He reproved and reproached them for their unbelief (their lack of faith) and their hardness of heart, because they had refused to believe those who had seen Him and looked at Him attentively after He had risen [from death].

Mary believed when she saw JESUS! Then she reported to the rest and they did not believe her or the two who had met Jesus on the road! They did not believe until they SAW HIM! So my question is, why is Thomas always singled out as 'Doubting Thomas' when none of them believed until they SAW? I think he deserves and apology when we all see him one day! Then my favorite verses are 19-20:

19 So then the Lord Jesus, after He had spoken to them, was taken up into heaven and He sat down at the right hand of God.
20 And they went out and preached everywhere, while the Lord kept working with them and confirming the message by the attesting signs and miracles that closely accompanied [it]. Amen (so be it).

JESUS will do the same for us when WE share the Word! HE will confirm what WE speak! AMEN! Here is Brandon Lake with "Count 'Em" (and you CAN'T)! 

Shalom in Him!