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Lesson <strong>12</strong><br />
Hope-Filled New<br />
Beginnings<br />
MARK 15:42–16:20<br />
“Don’t be afraid. I know that you’re here<br />
looking<br />
for Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified.<br />
He isn’t here—he has risen victoriously!” (<strong>Mark</strong> 16:6)<br />
Hopelessness. Despair. Devastation. Fear.<br />
These emotions must have dominated Jesus’ followers at<br />
the beginning of today’s reading. Who could blame them? In<br />
one fell swoop, Jesus’ movement of rescue, healing, <strong>and</strong><br />
release seemed to evaporate. The powers that be had won.<br />
Jesus <strong>and</strong> his disciples had lost. What would that mean for<br />
them—for their lives <strong>and</strong> livelihood?<br />
And yet, like a biting, deep-freeze winter that gives way to<br />
a new, hope-filled spring, their hopelessness transformed into<br />
relief, their despair into joy, their fear into awestruck wonder.
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