Ellen Gould White über: "When Jesus rose from the dead, Mary wanted to take him in her arms because she thought that Jesus was dead and that the body had been taken away. Jesus rebuked her and said, 'Do not touch me, I have not yet ascended to my Father.' Does Ellen White describe why Mary was not allowed to touch him?"

Ellen White explains that Jesus rejected Mary's touch because he first had to ascend directly to his Father in heaven. He wanted to hear from the mouth of God the confirmation that his sacrifice had been accepted for humanity and that he had done everything well.

After he had received the divine confirmation and all power in heaven, he returned to earth later that same day. The refusal of touch therefore served to preserve the holy priority of his communion with the Father and the ratification of the work of redemption.

The Confirmation of the Sacrifice by the Father

»Jesus held back and said, “Do not touch me, for I have not yet ascended to my Father; but go to my brothers and tell them: I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.” ... Jesus quickly ascended to his Father in order to hear from his mouth that he had accepted the sacrifice and that he had done everything well, and to receive all power in heaven and on earth from his Father.«

1 - Ellen Gould White, Spiritual Gifts, vol. 1 (1SG 73.1)

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The State of Jesus Until the Resurrection

»Jesus said to Mary, “Do not touch me; for I have not yet ascended to my Father.” When he closed his eyes in death on the cross, Christ’s soul did not go immediately to heaven, as many believe, for otherwise how could his words be true: “I have not yet ascended to my Father”? The spirit of Jesus slept with his body in the tomb...«

2 - Ellen Gould White, The Spirit of Prophecy, vol. 3 (3SP 203.2)

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