Section 4
and do not blame her. But now I realize that the Lord was not taken away. Look at the wrappings. He has certainly walked out of the tomb."
This shows us a picture of how to seek the Lord. The first one who saw the tomb was Mary, and the first person who entered into the tomb was Peter. Here the brothers are really the broth ers because they are clearer in the mind and find it easier to believe the fact than the sisters do. The two brothers saw the empty tomb, the linen cloths, and the napkin, and were very clear that the Lord must have been resurrected. Al though they saw the fact, realized it, and believed in it objectively, they did not have the experience subjectively. After being satisfied with the ob jective fact, they left the tomb. However, Mary, the sister, lingered, for she was still waiting, look ing, and expecting. It was her additional seeking that gained the experience of the Lord's resur rection. Since the Lord revealed Himself to her, she not only received the fact but also the expe rience. She was the first to experience the resur rected Lord.
Here we see a picture disclosing the two sides related to the Lord—the fact and the experience. You may believe in the fact but not have the expe rience. Peter and John realized and believed in