ANGELS AT THE TOMB It's important to realize those angels rolled away that stone NOT to let Jesus >out<, but RATHER to let US IN. God, as always, works to reveal Himself and His work as clearly as He can to us, to reveal and NOT to obscure. WHY DID THEY STAY? To >guard< that entrance into teh revelation! Satan would have liked nothing more than to have rolled that stone BACK over the entrance, to HIDE from ALL Mankind that demon-horrifying truth of Jesus TRIUMPHANT over Hell, Sin and the Grave. The Angels weren't there as some sort of advertising front men, they were God's hardened Combat Assault troops, HOLDING that bridgehead into eternal life against ALL Hells attempts to obscure and bury the Truth that sets ALL Humanity FREE - those Angels were HARD Warriors - with orders to HOLD that Bridge and HOLD it they DID. Thank GOD for those Angels - that was the most CRITICAL juncture for us ALL - if Satan could close off that tomb, destroy taht bridge, we would ALL have to wonder if resurrection was only a faint theoretical wish or a Hell shattering Life confirming Reality upon which ALL our hopes are assured. Pity the poor demons, sent to face that aweful position of Angelic Defense - implacable, immoveable, filled with Divinely wrought Angelic Firepower blasting apart all who dared attack - like the sea bashing itself hopelessly against the Eternal Rock of Ages - without even the OCEANS hope of erosion...