How many strange phenomena happened when Jesus died on the cross-- -The veil of the Temple was ripped in two from top to bottom. There was a great earthquake and the tombs broke open, with the result that many of God's saints were raised from the dead -Matthew 27-51-52-, though they did not walk out and appear to people until after Jesus' resurrection -Matthew 27-53-.- -Jesus rose on the day after the Sabbath, the eighth day, the first day, not simply of the week, but the first day of the new creation -2 Corinthians 5-17-, a day that marks the end of one world order and the beginning of a new -Hebrews 9-8-18- Colossians 2-9-12- Genesis 17-12-.- -Jesus had obtained full forgiveness for all our sins when he cried out, -It is finished- -John 19-30- Hebrews 9-11-14-. But he did not complete his rescue of his people until he ascended to the Father -Hebrews 10-12-14-, and brought Old Testament saints into their heavenly possession -Hebrews 11-39-40-.--That's why he tells Mary Magdalene, -Don't cling to me- -John 20-17-. --It wasn't that he could not be touched- he wasn't a ghost. Though he could do things in his glorified human body that he could never do before, such as disappearing at will -Luke 24-31-, he ate and drank with his disciples and invited them to touch him -Luke 24-38-43- John 20-27-.--As with Elisha's command to Gehazi -2 Kings 4-29- and our Lord's instructions to the seventy -Luke 10-4-, the urgency of Jesus' mission does not allow him to delay with Mary Magdalene.