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有时我们可能会想，复活节的故事是否可以有不同的结尾。也许是这样的：“祂复活了，看——祂在这里！”然后就会有惊奇的喊叫、拥抱、喜悦的泪水和手舞足蹈。那该是一个多么美好的时刻啊！

然而，天使宣告的却是“祂不在这里……祂在你们以先往加利利去”了。（参可 16:6-7）

什么，祂不在这里？

神不会邀请你留在坟墓里。而是跟随耶稣，去到祂带你去的地方。

所以，我们不要把坟墓当作神龛，或把石头变成潜在的崇拜对象。这不是我们要停留的地方。我们需要跟随复活的主。

《马可福音》即将结束，我们被引导离开坟墓，提醒我们故事并没有结束。相反，这个故事会在每一个将跟随耶稣进入世界的人的生命中继续。仿佛复活为耶稣的追随者——包括你和我，打开了一扇通往全新生活的大门。

今天，因着耶稣已经复活，你的生活可以有一个新的方向，一个新的目标。

Sometimes we might wonder if the Easter story could have gone differently. Maybe something like this: “He has risen, and—look—here he is!” And then there could have been cries of amazement, hugs, tears of joy, and dancing. What a great time that could have been!

But instead the announcement was “He is not here. . . . He is going ahead of you into Galilee.”

What? He’s not here?

There is no invitation to stay at the tomb. The invitation is to go and follow where Jesus is leading.

So let’s not make a shrine of the tomb or turn the stone into a potential object of adoration. This is not where we need to stay. We need to be following the risen Lord.

As Mark’s gospel comes quickly to a close, we are directed away from the tomb to realize that the story has not ended. Instead, the story continues in the lives of everyone who will follow Jesus into the world. It is as if the resurrection is opening a doorway to an entirely new life that is yet to unfold for Jesus’ followers—including you and me.

Today, because Jesus has risen, your life can take a new course and have a new purpose.