Earlier this morning I was reading from the book of John 20:10-17 , and came across the scene where Mary explodes in tears b/c the body of Jesus is not in the tomb and all that was left was the linen clothes he had worn. In this scene there are two angels and they are telling her that prophecy foretold of his death and resurrection, but still she kept crying. And on the other hand, Jesus shows up and is clearly talking to her but she still crying b/c she thinks this guy is the gardener who has taken His body away. Eventually, Mary turns around and realizes that this man is not the gardener but Christ himself resurrected. Then of course, the first thing anyone would like to do is go and touch the man who a couple of days ago had been horribly killed, but his response is “do not hold on to me” or as the World English Bible has it “don’t touch me”….. 

With that being said it’ll be cool to get some opinions as to why Christ denies Mary from holding/touching him.

But, other then that in the 17th verse, I love how Christ demolishes religion and articulates a welcoming statement declaring himself as the bridge/mediator to the Father clearly becoming our eternal hero. His Father is now our Father. His God is now our God. This makes it clear that we are “adopted” into his Kingdome and all thanks to His blood shed.