Luke 24:1

Luke 24:1 says, Now upon the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they came unto the sepulchre, bringing the spices which they had prepared, and certain others with them.  The women who had followed Jesus from Galilee and some other women came to the tomb early on Sunday morning to properly prepare the body of Jesus with spices they had prepared.  They not only got up early to do this, but they provided the spices.  Matthew Henry says they had prepared the spices before the Sabbath, and did not decide it was a waste to use them now after they had time think about it.  We should likewise always fulfill what we propose to do for God.  Verse two adds, And they found the stone rolled away from the sepulchre.  We know the names of three of these women to be Mary Magdalene, Joanna, and Mary the mother of James.  They had been concerned about how they would be able to remove the stone covering the tomb, but it was already rolled away.  I believe that God will always remove the obstacles that stand between Him and us, but we may never knowif we don't act by faith.  Verse three continues, And they entered in, and found not the body of the Lord Jesus.  The women went into the tomb,but they didn't find the body of Jesus there.  We too will never find the body of Jesus in a tomb.  Verse four states, And it came to pass, as they were much perplexed thereabout, behold, two men stood by them in shining garments:  While the woman stood there perplexed, what appeared to be two men in shining garments stood by them.  Though they appeared to be men, they were angels, and there may be times when we encounter angels unaware that they are angels.  Verse five adds, And as they were afraid, and bowed down their faces to the earth, they said unto them, Why seek ye the living among the dead?  Though the women were afraid and bowed down before these angels, we should never bow to any of God's creation.  The angels asked the women why they sought the living among the dead.  We will never find Jesus if we do not look for Him as the living, resurrected Savior.  Verse six continues, He is not here, but is risen: remember how he spake unto you when he was yet in Galilee,  The angels told them that Jesus was not there, but He had risen, and asked them did they not remember what He had said to them in Galilee about this.  We should always look to God's word to know the truth.  Verse seven concludes, Saying, The Son of man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again.  The angels reminded the women that Jesus had said that He must be delivered to evil men, crucified, which they had seen happen, and rise again the third day, which they must not have had faith in happening.  We must always hear and believe all of what God has to say to us.  Verse eight says, And they remembered his words,  After the angels reminded them, the women remembered the words of Jesus.  Even if at times we may need a little reminder from someone, we must always remember the words of Jesus as His followers.  Verse nine adds, And returned from the sepulchre, and told all these things unto the eleven, and to all the rest.  The women returned and told all that they had seen to the eleven disciples, since Judas was no longer there, and to all the others around them what they had seen.  Jesus was not in the tomb, but had risen from the dead.  This is the message that we as followers of Christ must share with the world today.