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I would think that a woman was given the honor of seeing Jesus first because of the ministry of reconciliation. When Eve took of the fruit she "saw" that it was good; (for lack of better words) she thought she was doing right. She gave what she found to Adam and he did eat with her. Now, Jesus is giving her another chance to truly "make it right" (remember the men also came to the tomb and when they saw it empty, they left. If He had wanted to give the message to the men, He could have.) She now has something that is truly "good" to take back and feed man. Only this time, man is far more cautious about what he will "eat" from the hand of the woman and believes not (Mark 16:11). But, when Jesus returns again and sups with them, it is as He is breaking bread that their eyes are open and He vanishes from sight (Luke 24:30-31). Our eyes were opened in the Garden and we saw death, now our eyes are opened again to Life.

--Soldiers falling back: Ps 40:14 - Let them be ashamed and confounded together that seek after my soul to destroy it; let them be driven backward and put to shame that wish me evil. --John's detail: John's Gospel deals more with the fulfillment of prophecy than any of the other gospels. --Rebuking Peter: Peter, still at this point, does not understand that Jesus is fulfilling prophecy; that being to save those who are lost. We don't save by killing, we save by loving. Jesus loved us enough to die for us. --No resistance from Jesus: Because this is what He came to do and He did so willingly; nobody made Him do it...and no one could stop Him. --Thank God!

Q1. (John 1:1-3) According to the Apostle John, is Jesus fully God? What does it mean that Jesus is the "Word"? What does this say about him and his ministry? The closest that I am coming to summarizing my understanding of Jesus as God is the analogy of our word or testimony in court situations. When in court we are told to verbalize our witness to what we know; silence has little weight in the court system and is sometimes viewed as guilt even without substantiating proof. Our word testifies to our view, it testifies to who we are. No one else can go to court and give our testimony. Our word is who we are. When our word is written in print form and designated with our name, whenever that testimony is read by others they are compelled to visualize who we are according to what they read. Jesus is God's verbalization, His testimony, His Word. No one else but God can accurately denote who He is or represent Him. (This is as much as I have perceived thus far. I'm having glimpses and I know that as I give myself more fully to Him, I will understand more clearly albeit through dark glass.)

Hello, I am a mother of four beautiful daughters and 12 wonderfully entertaining grandchildren. I look forward to delving into this Bible study with my like minded brothers and sisters in Christ; Peace.