The Day All Things Became New

Mark 16:1 KJV

And when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, had bought sweet spices, that they might come and anoint him.

"When the Sabbath was past..."

There are no accidents in the Bible. The Holy God is so infinitely wiser than man that we cannot conceive of it has placed in His Word living truths. Each jot and each tittle is filled with meaning. 

I see in this simple phrase a subtle transition from Old Testament Law to New Testament grace. The Old Testament Sabbath was past, finished, over and a brand new thing was on the disciples' horizon. While they fretted over who would roll the stone away Jesus had already removed it to reveal the tomb was empty. 

No more would these believers practice a religion that looked for hope

From this day forward they would live in the assurance of a risen Lord and Saviour. Old things passed away. All things became new. 

No longer did they look for a deliverer from the bondage of Rome

They knew the One who had delivered them from the bondage of death itself. 

No more would they cringe in the fear of judgment for sin

Their judgment had been paid on the cross and the empty tomb was the seal that it had been paid in full.