Excuses! Have you ever made one? Have you ever heard one? If you're out of diapers and able to walk and talk, I bet the answer is "yes" on both accounts! We live in a world that transfers blame and rationalizes wrongdoing. We fudge on legalities and hide behind lawyers (not naming any names here:-), or bureaucracies, or contemporaries. Well, just so that you know such developments are "nothing new under the sun," let's have a look at the Easter 1999 Edition of the Heavenly Top Ten which is:
Top Ten Excuses Given By the Guards At the Empty Tomb
- "I thought he was the pizza delivery guy leaving. No wondered he smiled when I tried to give him a tip!"
- "I was putting another denarius in the chariot meter!"
- "With the earth shakin' and all the bright lights, we figgered we was abducted by aliens!"
- "Since the tomb was already empty when the stone was rolled away, I'm afraid you're speaking to the wrong department. Let me give you a BR#245-A-Res form and direct you to Burial Services."
- "As we've already stated several times before, according to the legal definition of "escape", we emphatically deny any wrongdoing in this matter!"
- "We was HYPNO-TIZED! Centurion Bobicus is still clucking like a chicken!"
- "You told us to secure the tomb as best as we know how (Mat. 27:65). We did! May I suggest an assessment of our current training program?"
- "All I know is, this better not mess up my early retirement package!"
- "Hey! What'd you expect? Did you tell us we were guarding the Son of God? — NOOOOOOOOO!"
- And the number one excuse given by the guards at the empty tomb is:
- "What's the big deal? He said He'd be back!"
