“And behold, there was a great earthquake; for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat on it. His countenance was like lightning, and his clothing as white as snow. And the guards shook for fear of him, and became like dead men (Mt 28:2-4).
Jesus did not need the angel to roll away the stone for him. He could walk through walls (John 20:19). The stone was rolled away for Jesus’ followers to have access to the empty tomb. He could have simply appeared to the disciples and declared his resurrection, but they might have thought he was only a spirit (Mt 14:26). Seeing the empty tomb was part of the proof of his physical resurrection.
Jesus is literally physically alive today (Acts 2:34; 5:31; 7:55; Hebrews 1:3).
