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Galilee, and there they shall see Me.” Mark 16:7, “But go, tell
His disciples and Peter, ‘He is going before you into Galilee;
there you will see Him, just as He said to you.”
They had a clear word from heaven. “After I arise again,
I’ll meet you in Galilee.” The angels told them to go to Galilee.
Jesus told them to go to Galilee. So, these seven disciples go to
Galilee. Why did they go to Galilee? They went to see the risen
Savior. He invited them to go see Him alive. That was in their
hearts; to go meet the risen Savior. But at this time He didn’t
give them an address. He didn’t say, “Go to 35 Jerusalem
Avenue.” He just said, “Go to Galilee.”

The prophet Amos in chapter 3 says, “Can two men walk
together if they haven’t agreed?” So, they are going to Galilee.
Galilee is a big place. He didn’t say where to go. He just said,
“Go to Galilee.” Galilee is a region. There’s an upper Galilee
and a lower Galilee. He didn’t tell them what city. He didn’t
say, “Meet me by the sea.” He didn’t say, “I’ll meet you at the
base of the mountain.” Where were they going to go?

I can picture these disciples discussing it. “Maybe we
should go to Cana in Galilee. That’s where he did His first
miracle.” Someone else might have said, “No, no. Maybe it’s
Nazareth. That’s in Galilee. That was his boyhood town.”
Someone else might have said, “Let’s go to Capernaum. That’s
where He did so many miracles. That’s in Galilee.” Another
might have said, “I think we should go to Mount Carmel.” Do
you see how vague that command was? He puts it in your heart,
“Go see the risen Savior,” but you don’t know where to go.
They finally came to a decision, “Let’s go to the Sea of
Galilee. That’s where He walked on water and that’s where He
multiplied the fish. It was on the shores of Galilee that He fed
the multitude. That’s where Peter caught the fish with the coin
lodged in the gill. That’s where Peter lent Jesus his boat and
Jesus preached from the boat.” So, they went to Galilee.
John 21:3, “Simon Peter said to them, ‘I am going
fishing.’ They said to him, ‘We will also come with you.’ They
went out, and got into the boat; and that night they caught