“Both were running, but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb first.” Commentary: After the burial of Jesus and after Mary informed John and Peter the tomb was empty the race was on! We can spend our entire life running away from our tomb but one day it catches up with us! We will be the first to enter our own tomb! However Jesus beat you there! To raise you from the dead out of your tomb! He raises all some to everlasting life and some to eternal judgment! This is a race you do not want to lose! Your decision today will determine where you spend eternity! The empty tomb is the best news we will ever get! The queen of England has thousands of people at her funeral yet not one of them has the power to raise her from the dead! All the mortals can only mourn! Only God can raise the dead and he does that for all! The righteous and the wicked! No one escapes! Your tomb will not protect you from judgment! It will be your best friend for those in Christ! It will be the worst nightmare come true for those that reject Christ! We attended an old English church in India where the church cemetery surrounded the church! So you had to walk through the cemetery to get to the front door of the church! If you were superstitious you would probably not attend this church! In fact that is why the British did this because the Hindus and the Muslims would never try to take over this church! In fact we tried to hold evangelism meetings in the fellowship hall of this church but the Hindus would not come because the building was to close to the cemetery! So we had to change locations! Every Sunday as I walked through the cemetery to get to the church it would remind me of my mortality and that this life is temporary but eternity is forever! Everyone will visit their own tomb once just like Jesus did yet he was raised from the dead just once and promises the same for those that trust him in this life and the life to come! James & Hamsa Sasse. IndiaJesusLovesYou.com