Something that struck me differently this time was the question of why the Apostle Matthew wrote so little about the time that Jesus spent on earth after the resurrection.
Matthew writes 26 chapters about Jesus' pre-crucifixion life and he literally includes only one quote from Jesus after he was raised.
The quote was this....
Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”
I spent some time thinking about it...and I thought of a possible reason. The last thin that Jesus said before he died was "It is finished," We do not know exactly what he meant by this--he could have been referring to death, or sin, or his life (Or all of the above) and he could have been referring to his mission on earth. After his death, his work was done.
Maybe his only post-resurrection mission was to turn his job over to the disciples-to make sure that they were really aware of the mission that he had assigned them (and us) to.
Maybe he said little, because he wanted his followers to know that it is now their job to do the talking!
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