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Gramps,
Why could Mary Magdalene NOT touch Christ at the tomb? My husband’s
priesthood quorum got way off track last week and he asked me (he figures
because I teach Gospel Essentials and sometimes Gospel Doctrine I should
know, but…) well, I’m hoping you do? Thanks. Nancy |
Dear
Nancy,
People
may speculate forever on things that have not been revealed. All we know is that
when Mary met Jesus at the tomb following his resurrection, he said to her
“Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father” (John 20:17). The
reason Mary was not to touch Jesus was because he had not yet ascended to his
Father. The word “for” in the scripture means the same as “because.” But
all that is obvious. I guess the question is “Why could not Mary touch Jesus
just because he had not yet ascended to the Father?” That is the question on
which we have no revealed word.
Gramps