John 20:11

John 20:11 says, But Mary stood without the sepulchre weeping: and as she wept, she stooped down and looked into the sepulchre.  The disciples came, looked and left.  Mary Magdalene remained outside weeping.  She had been given hope through Jesus, and she was not given up easily.  She wept for Jesus's death and His body not being there, but also because of her love and devotion to Him.  We today, if we find ourselves somehow out of the knowledge of the presence of the Holy Spirit in our lives, should weep bitter tears until we know we are once again filled with His presence.  We do not really have to seek the Holy Spirit, but we have to acknowledge His leadership.  Mary was seeking answers, and we see God provided them.  Verse twelve adds, And seeth two angels in white sitting, the one at the head and the other at the feet, of where the body of Jesus had lain.  Peter and John had looked in and saw only the grave clothes, but Mary saw two angels.  We might wonder why she saw them when they didn't but must acknowledge that angels appear where God sends them.  There was not a multitude of angels, but two.  Two witnesses were required to prove the truth of testimony, and they were there to attest to the truth of the resurrection.  They were dressed in white, to attest to the purity of Jesus.  He was not decaying in the tomb but was resurrected in victory.  Jesus had fulfilled His mission, and the angels were again serving Him.  The had proclaimed His coming and now they were honoring His resurrection. At any point in time between those two events, Jesus could have called on all the angels and have claimed a military victory, but He chose a victory based on humiliation and defeat.  We today need to realize that just because we have the power to do something doesn't mean that it is right to do it.  We must reach the world with a Christ like love, not and not a Pilate like power.  We must also realize that angels are but servants of God and never to be worshipped. They appear where and when God sends them.