{"id":1060,"date":"2023-12-31T23:41:23","date_gmt":"2023-12-31T23:41:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goodchristadelphiantalks.com\/index.php\/podcast\/276-roger-lewis-the-riddle-of-the-linen-clothes\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T07:43:18","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T07:43:18","slug":"276-roger-lewis-the-riddle-of-the-linen-clothes","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/goodchristadelphiantalks.com\/index.php\/podcast\/276-roger-lewis-the-riddle-of-the-linen-clothes\/","title":{"rendered":"276: Roger Lewis – The Riddle of the Linen Clothes"},"content":{"rendered":"

This week we are listening to an evening program by Bro. Roger Lewis titled \u201cThe Riddle of the Linens Clothes\u201d that was given at the Texas Bible School in 2006.<\/p>\n

We hope this strengthens your Faith and brightens your day!<\/p>\n

Thank you for listening, God bless, and talk to you next week.<\/p>\n

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\nWelcome to Good Chris Selfie and
\ntalks. <\/p>\n

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\nI’m Levi.
\nAnd I’m Chris. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd I’m Brian.
\nThank you for joining us this <\/p>\n

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\nweek.
\nOn this podcast, we select one <\/p>\n

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\ntalk a week to help us get the
\nBible in our Daily News feed. <\/p>\n

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\nWe post a new episode at the
\nstart of each week. <\/p>\n

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\nWith the short intro beforehand
\nto kind of set the stage for. <\/p>\n

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\nThe talk you’re about to listen
\nto. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd now, let’s talk more about
\nthis week’s talk. <\/p>\n

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\nHello, this is Chris.
\nBack to you with another talk <\/p>\n

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\nthis week.
\nFor this week, we’re listening <\/p>\n

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\nto a evening program that was
\ngiven by brother Roger Lewis at <\/p>\n

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\nthe Texas Bible School in 2006.
\nA few weeks ago I was talking to<\/p>\n

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\nsomebody on one of the social
\nmedia platforms giving <\/p>\n

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\nrecommendations to a different
\nclass, and they’d asked if we <\/p>\n

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\nhad other classes from Roger
\nLewis that were similar to the <\/p>\n

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\nEvening with Gabriel One, and in
\nthe process of talking about it <\/p>\n

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\nreminded me of this class, which
\nis entitled The Riddle of the <\/p>\n

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\nLinen Clothes and What makes
\nthis class particularly <\/p>\n

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\nimpactful for me and why.
\nI also wanted to recommend it <\/p>\n

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\nand I’d actually forgotten about
\nit because it had been so long <\/p>\n

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\nsince I heard it until I was
\ntalking with the this person a <\/p>\n

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\nfew weeks ago.
\nThis is one of the first classes<\/p>\n

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\nthat I really remember from my
\nteenage years having a really <\/p>\n

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\nsignificant impact.
\nIt just kind of digging into the<\/p>\n

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\nscriptures and finding so much
\ndetail out of just a few verses.<\/p>\n

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\nThe reading before this is John
\nchapter 20, the 1st 10 verses, <\/p>\n

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\nand in it Brother Rodger is just
\nlooking at all the little <\/p>\n

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\ndetails of Christ’s resurrection
\nand then in turn being made <\/p>\n

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\nimmortal after he was
\nresurrected. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd I just remember hearing
\nthis, I think I was 15 or 16 at <\/p>\n

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\nthe time and just seeing the
\nscriptures come alive in a whole<\/p>\n

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\nnew way.
\nFor me, when I heard this class <\/p>\n

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\nthe first time, I actually had
\nforgotten that I had ACD of it. <\/p>\n

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\nI liked it so much I made sure
\nto get a copy when I was at the <\/p>\n

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\nBible school.
\nSo I was able to go and dig <\/p>\n

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\nthrough and find this copy and
\ndigitize it here to be able to <\/p>\n

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\nshare with you.
\nAnd I just remember this <\/p>\n

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\nparticular class being really
\nimpactful. <\/p>\n

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\nAs I said to me, I found it
\nreally a fascinating one at <\/p>\n

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\nlooking at all the little
\ndetails that are there in the <\/p>\n

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\nscriptures to be found if you
\njust dig into them a little bit.<\/p>\n

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\nNone of this is super
\ndoctrinally critical stuff, but <\/p>\n

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\nI just really loved it because
\nit really, like I said, just <\/p>\n

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\nmade the scriptures come alive
\nin a way that I felt like I <\/p>\n

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\nhadn’t heard before, at least
\nthat I could really recall. <\/p>\n

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\nSo I really wanted to share this
\none. <\/p>\n

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\nOnce I found the old the old CD
\nthat we had at home, bundle of <\/p>\n

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\nother C DS that I had, I really
\nwanted to be able to share this <\/p>\n

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\nwith everybody.
\nSo I hope that you. <\/p>\n

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\nFind this to be as interesting
\nand as impactful as I did both <\/p>\n

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\nlistening to it again now many
\nyears later and then also for <\/p>\n

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\npast Chris when I was just a
\nteenager at the Texas Bible <\/p>\n

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\nSchool.
\nSo as always, thank you for the <\/p>\n

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\nsuggestions and the
\nrecommendations and all the <\/p>\n

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\ncommentary that we get from
\npeople through e-mail and social<\/p>\n

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\nmedia.
\nWe really appreciate everybody <\/p>\n

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\nbeing engaged and giving us
\ntheir feedback. <\/p>\n

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\nIt’s always super useful in the
\nrecommendations as well are <\/p>\n

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\nalways invaluable.
\nSo I hope you find this to be an<\/p>\n

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\nencouraging and uplifting talk.
\nAnd with that, we’ll turn it <\/p>\n

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\nover to brother Roger Lewis for
\nhis class, The Riddle of the <\/p>\n

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\nLinen Clothes.
\nWell, thank you brother, <\/p>\n

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\nChairman and good evening.
\nMy dear brothers and sisters. <\/p>\n

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\nI’ve got the serious topic.
\nThere are no overheads, no <\/p>\n

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\nPowerPoint presentations.
\nBut I hope all the same that by <\/p>\n

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\nthe time I’ve finished tonight
\nthat you will have still been <\/p>\n

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\nexcited by the Scriptures.
\nAnd maybe I should come clean <\/p>\n

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\nand say right at the outset what
\nI’m intending to say tonight, so<\/p>\n

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\nthat you’re not bewildered as
\nthe story unfolds tonight, is <\/p>\n

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\nreally a consideration of when
\nthe Lord was made immortal. <\/p>\n

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\nOf course we know the Lord was.
\nQuestion is simply when. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd tonight what I’m going to
\nsuggest is that I think the Lord<\/p>\n

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\nperhaps received immortality
\nvery earn early on in the peace,<\/p>\n

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\nand in fact that he may have
\nreceived his immortality in the <\/p>\n

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\ntomb before he stepped forth.
\nNow, before you get anxious <\/p>\n

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\nabout the fact that I’m about to
\npreach immortal emergence, <\/p>\n

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\nplease don’t feel that I’m going
\nto do so, because I’m not. <\/p>\n

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\nBecause I believe, there’s no
\ndoubt we all do, that the Lord <\/p>\n

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\nwas raised mortal in common with
\nall his Brezon. <\/p>\n

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\nIn fact, it was very important,
\nwasn’t it, that the Lord be <\/p>\n

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\nraised mortal because not only
\nwas He to, not only was the Lord<\/p>\n

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\nto experience that change to
\nimmortality at the appropriate <\/p>\n

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\ntime that the Father would
\ndecide, but it was very <\/p>\n

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\nimportant that the Lord be
\nraised in such a way that He did<\/p>\n

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\nforeshadow the experience of His
\nbrethren to come, who would be <\/p>\n

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\nraised mortal and who would then
\nbe judged, and if found worthy, <\/p>\n

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\nwould then receive the blessing
\nof immortality. <\/p>\n

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\nThere was going to be no
\ndisturbing of this type and the <\/p>\n

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\nstory of the resurrection of our
\nLord Jesus Christ. <\/p>\n

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\nJust a question of the time.
\nIn fact, I might just say that <\/p>\n

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\nthe very most we’re only
\ndebating a few hours here. <\/p>\n

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\nI think the traditional
\nviewpoint in Christadelphia up <\/p>\n

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\nto this point of time has
\nprobably been that the Lord <\/p>\n

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\nreceived immortality sometime on
\nthe Resurrection Day, when we’re<\/p>\n

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\nnot quite sure, but sometime
\nthat day. <\/p>\n

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\nAll I’m really going to suggest
\ntonight is that maybe it was <\/p>\n

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\njust a few hours earlier than
\nthat, but certainly after his <\/p>\n

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\nrevival to mortality in the
\ntomb. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd the reason why I believe
\nthat that granting of <\/p>\n

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\nimmortality to the sun may have
\nbeen as early as in the tomb <\/p>\n

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\nitself, well, it’s because of
\nthe Riddle of the linen clothes.<\/p>\n

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\nAnd that’s what we’re going to
\nlook at, God willing by way of <\/p>\n

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\ninvestigation tonight.
\nFunny thing, you know how <\/p>\n

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\ndifferent people can see the
\nsame thing in different ways? <\/p>\n

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\nCome on, have a look at the
\nGospel of Luke, chapter 24. <\/p>\n

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\nIn the Gospel of Luke and
\nchapter 24, we’re given Peter’s <\/p>\n

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\naccount of the story of the
\nlinen clothes, or at least <\/p>\n

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\nPeter’s viewpoint of them.
\nIt says in Luke chapter 24, and <\/p>\n

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\nreading from verse, maybe from
\nverse 10, says it was Mary <\/p>\n

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\nMagdalene, and Joanna, and Mary
\nthe mother of James, and and <\/p>\n

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\nother women that were with them,
\nwhich told these things unto the<\/p>\n

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\napostles.
\nAnd their words seemed to them <\/p>\n

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\nas idle tales, and they believed
\nthem not. <\/p>\n

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\nThen arose Peter and ran unto
\nthe Sepulchre, and stooping <\/p>\n

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\ndown, he beheld the linen
\nclothes laid by themselves, and <\/p>\n

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\ndeparted, wandering in himself
\nat that which was come to pass. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd you see, when you read the
\nrecord concerning Peter’s <\/p>\n

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\ninvestigation of the tomb, you
\nget the impression that Peter <\/p>\n

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\nrushed to the tomb, looked in,
\nsaw the linen clothes, and went <\/p>\n

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\naway shaking his head, saying, I
\ndon’t know what it’s all about, <\/p>\n

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\nI’m really not sure.
\nBut when we come to the Gospel <\/p>\n

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\nof John in chapter 20, as we
\nread it together tonight, we’ve <\/p>\n

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\ngot John’s reaction to the same
\nmatter, to the same episode, to <\/p>\n

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\nthe same event.
\nAnd John says, and John chapter <\/p>\n

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\n20, verse four, they both ran
\ntogether and the other disciple <\/p>\n

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\ndid outrun Peter and came first
\nto the Sepulchre, and he <\/p>\n

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\nstooping down and looking in,
\nsaw the linen clothes lying. <\/p>\n

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\nYet he went not in.
\nThen cometh Simon Peter <\/p>\n

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\nfollowing him, and went into the
\nsepulchre, and see if the linen <\/p>\n

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\nclothes lie, and the napkin that
\nwas about his head, not lying <\/p>\n

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\nwith the linen clothes, but
\nwrapped together in a place by <\/p>\n

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\nitself.
\nAnd then went in also that other<\/p>\n

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\ndisciple which came first to the
\nsepulchre. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd he he saw and believed.
\nNow you see, when it says in <\/p>\n

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\nJohn 20 and verse and verse
\neight that this disciple saw and<\/p>\n

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\nbelieved, it could be that John
\nsimply believed the report of <\/p>\n

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\nMary, that the body was gone.
\nBut I think the word belief is <\/p>\n

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\ngenerally used in a much more
\npowerful way than that in the <\/p>\n

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\nGospel of John.
\nIn fact, it’s a keyword in the <\/p>\n

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\nGospel of John.
\nAnd the word belief, as you’ll <\/p>\n

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\nknow, is interchangeable really,
\nwith the word for faith. <\/p>\n

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\nJohn had faith in something much
\nmore than merely that the body <\/p>\n

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\nwas missing.
\nThat was obvious. <\/p>\n

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\nJohn was the most spiritually
\nacute of the disciples. <\/p>\n

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\nIf anyone was to see a lesson in
\nthe linen clothes, then it would<\/p>\n

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\nbe this disciple most of all.
\nAnd I think there was a <\/p>\n

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\ntremendous lesson.
\nIn fact, there were several <\/p>\n

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\ntremendous lessons about the
\nlinen clothes that might well <\/p>\n

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\nhave exercised the mind of John
\nas he came and looked into the <\/p>\n

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\ntomb and saw and believed on
\nthis occasion, in fact, you <\/p>\n

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\nrealize of course, what John 20
\nis about. <\/p>\n

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\nThey’re running to the tomb.
\nThey’re running to the tomb to <\/p>\n

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\nverify what brothers and sisters
\nto verify that the body was <\/p>\n

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\ngone.
\nBut that’s not what John 20 <\/p>\n

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\nfocuses on, is it?
\nWhen John finally arrives at the<\/p>\n

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\ntomb and writes up the story in
\nhis gospel record, he doesn’t <\/p>\n

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\nfocus on the fact that the body
\nhad gone. <\/p>\n

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\n00:10:42,360 –> 00:10:47,920
\nHe focuses on what’s there and
\nwhat was there was the linen <\/p>\n

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\n00:10:47,920 –> 00:10:50,200
\nclothes.
\nLook at that verse five he saw <\/p>\n

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\n00:10:50,280 –> 00:10:54,320
\nthe linen clothes lying.
\nVerse six he seeth the linen <\/p>\n

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\n00:10:54,320 –> 00:10:57,080
\nclothes.
\nVerse seven he sees the linen <\/p>\n

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\n00:10:57,080 –> 00:11:00,160
\nclothes.
\nThe focus of John’s attention <\/p>\n

164
\n00:11:00,240 –> 00:11:03,120
\nwas not on the body that was
\ngone, but on the linen clothes <\/p>\n

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\n00:11:03,120 –> 00:11:06,720
\nthat were there.
\nA thrice repeated observation <\/p>\n

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\n00:11:06,880 –> 00:11:13,040
\nthat attracted John’s attention.
\nAnd I think the point of this, <\/p>\n

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\n00:11:13,040 –> 00:11:15,880
\nbrothers and sisters, is that
\nJohn’s belief was not prompted <\/p>\n

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\n00:11:16,080 –> 00:11:20,080
\nby what he knew before he
\nentered the tomb, but by what he<\/p>\n

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\n00:11:20,080 –> 00:11:27,760
\nsaw after he entered the tomb.
\nThe fact of the empty tomb ran <\/p>\n

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\n00:11:27,760 –> 00:11:35,320
\ncontrary to all his natural
\nexpectations, but there was <\/p>\n

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\n00:11:35,360 –> 00:11:39,760
\nevidence that furnished the
\nbasis of his leap to faith on <\/p>\n

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\n00:11:39,760 –> 00:11:43,680
\nthis occasion, and I think what
\ncaused John to see and to <\/p>\n

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\n00:11:43,760 –> 00:11:51,560
\nbelieve was the eloquent witness
\nof the linen clothes. <\/p>\n

174
\n00:11:53,840 –> 00:12:00,880
\nSo let’s tonight try and think
\nfor a moment or two what John <\/p>\n

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\n00:12:00,880 –> 00:12:05,400
\nhimself might have pondered as
\nhe thought about the linen <\/p>\n

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\n00:12:05,400 –> 00:12:10,240
\nclothes lying in the sepulchre
\nof Jesus. <\/p>\n

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\n00:12:11,880 –> 00:12:14,200
\nJust come back to Luke chapter
\n20 for a moment. <\/p>\n

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\n00:12:14,280 –> 00:12:20,160
\nI’m sorry, Luke chapter 2, the
\nGospel of Luke and chapter 2. <\/p>\n

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\n00:12:20,640 –> 00:12:23,880
\nJust want to read a handful of
\nverses from this particular <\/p>\n

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\n00:12:23,880 –> 00:12:28,280
\nchapter.
\nLuke 2 says this, and reading <\/p>\n

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\n00:12:28,280 –> 00:12:32,080
\nfrom verse 4, verse four to
\nverse 7. <\/p>\n

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\n00:12:33,880 –> 00:12:37,000
\nAnd Joseph also went up from
\nGalilee, out of the city of <\/p>\n

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\n00:12:37,000 –> 00:12:40,880
\nNazareth, unto Judea, into
\nJudea, unto the city of David, <\/p>\n

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\n00:12:40,880 –> 00:12:43,720
\nwhich is called Bethlehem,
\nbecause he was of the house and <\/p>\n

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\n00:12:43,720 –> 00:12:47,680
\nlineage of David to be taxed,
\nwith Mary his espoused wife, <\/p>\n

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\n00:12:47,680 –> 00:12:49,960
\nbeing great with child.
\nAnd so it was that while they <\/p>\n

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\n00:12:49,960 –> 00:12:52,080
\nwere there, the days were
\naccomplished that she should be <\/p>\n

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\n00:12:52,080 –> 00:12:56,560
\ndelivered, and she brought forth
\nher first born son, wrapped them<\/p>\n

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\n00:12:56,560 –> 00:13:03,600
\nin swaddling clothes, laid them
\nin a Manger, because there was <\/p>\n

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\n00:13:03,600 –> 00:13:09,800
\nno room for them in the inn.
\nSo at the birth of Christ, <\/p>\n

191
\n00:13:09,920 –> 00:13:18,520
\nbrothers and sisters, there was
\na virgin womb, there was a <\/p>\n

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\n00:13:18,520 –> 00:13:27,560
\nJoseph, there was a Mary, and
\nthere were swaddling clothes. <\/p>\n

193
\n00:13:30,320 –> 00:13:32,320
\nAnd now come to Matthew chapter
\n27. <\/p>\n

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\n00:13:35,440 –> 00:13:47,960
\nMatthew chapter 27 says and
\nreading from verse 59, Matthew <\/p>\n

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\n00:13:47,960 –> 00:13:53,720
\n27, verse 59.
\nAnd when Joseph had taken the <\/p>\n

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\n00:13:53,720 –> 00:14:00,840
\nbody, he wrapped it in a clean
\nlinen cloth and laid it in his <\/p>\n

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\n00:14:00,840 –> 00:14:03,760
\nown new tomb.
\nAnd of course, Luke adds, <\/p>\n

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\n00:14:04,080 –> 00:14:10,080
\nwherein never man before was
\nlaid a tomb which he had hewn <\/p>\n

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\n00:14:10,080 –> 00:14:12,600
\nout of the rock, and he rolled a
\ngreat stone to the door of the <\/p>\n

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\n00:14:12,600 –> 00:14:18,240
\nsepulchre, and departed.
\nAnd there was Mary Magdalene. <\/p>\n

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\n00:14:21,880 –> 00:14:28,880
\nAnd now at the resurrection of
\nChrist, there is a virgin tomb. <\/p>\n

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\n00:14:31,520 –> 00:14:39,560
\nThere is a Joseph, there is a
\nMary, and there are swaddling <\/p>\n

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\n00:14:39,560 –> 00:14:44,280
\nclothes.
\nAnd I wonder if John thought <\/p>\n

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\n00:14:44,280 –> 00:14:47,080
\nabout whether there was a
\nsuggestion here of a new birth. <\/p>\n

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\n00:14:48,880 –> 00:14:51,400
\nAnd just how significant might
\nthat new birth be? <\/p>\n

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\n00:14:51,400 –> 00:14:54,240
\nWas it a mere reviving back to
\nmortal life? <\/p>\n

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\n00:14:54,840 –> 00:15:00,200
\nOr did the man who stepped forth
\nfrom this tomb possess the life <\/p>\n

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\n00:15:00,400 –> 00:15:04,640
\nthat never ends?
\nEither way, there was a <\/p>\n

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\n00:15:04,640 –> 00:15:08,400
\nparallel, wasn’t there, that
\nmight have struck the attention <\/p>\n

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\n00:15:08,400 –> 00:15:10,400
\nand the thought of John on this
\noccasion. <\/p>\n

211
\n00:15:12,600 –> 00:15:15,600
\nCome back to John, Chapter 20,
\nand we’re going to come back to <\/p>\n

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\n00:15:15,600 –> 00:15:18,560
\nJohn 20 several times.
\nBy the way, we want to ring it <\/p>\n

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\n00:15:18,560 –> 00:15:21,680
\ndry.
\nIt’s just a few verses here, but<\/p>\n

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\n00:15:22,200 –> 00:15:26,960
\nwe want to ring them dry.
\nYou know, one of the interesting<\/p>\n

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\n00:15:26,960 –> 00:15:30,280
\nthings about the record of the
\nlinen clothes is it says there’s<\/p>\n

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\n00:15:31,320 –> 00:15:34,080
\nit says in verse three that
\nPeter therefore went forth and <\/p>\n

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\n00:15:34,080 –> 00:15:36,960
\nthat other disciple and came to
\nthe sepulchre and they ran both <\/p>\n

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\n00:15:36,960 –> 00:15:38,680
\ntogether.
\nAnd the other discipled about, <\/p>\n

219
\n00:15:38,680 –> 00:15:40,200
\nrun Peter and came to the
\nsepulchre. <\/p>\n

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\n00:15:40,480 –> 00:15:42,920
\nThey saw the linen clothes lying
\nverse 7. <\/p>\n

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\n00:15:43,000 –> 00:15:45,920
\nThe napkin about his head, not
\nlying with the linen clothes, <\/p>\n

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\n00:15:45,920 –> 00:15:48,800
\nbut wrapped together in a place
\nby itself. <\/p>\n

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\n00:15:48,800 –> 00:15:54,240
\nAnd to me, one of the remarkable
\nthings about the story, the <\/p>\n

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\n00:15:54,240 –> 00:15:58,240
\nthing that impressed John, is
\nthat they came running into the <\/p>\n

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\n00:15:58,240 –> 00:16:06,800
\ntomb.
\nAnd there was a sense somehow as<\/p>\n

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\n00:16:06,800 –> 00:16:11,240
\nif nothing had really been
\ndisturbed in that tomb at all. <\/p>\n

227
\n00:16:13,760 –> 00:16:17,000
\nIt was as if everything was just
\nas it should be. <\/p>\n

228
\n00:16:19,080 –> 00:16:24,040
\nEverything was in its place.
\nThere was no confusion. <\/p>\n

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\n00:16:24,120 –> 00:16:27,080
\nThere was no disarray.
\nThere were no strewn bandages. <\/p>\n

230
\n00:16:27,160 –> 00:16:29,800
\nThere was no scattering of
\nspices on the stone floor. <\/p>\n

231
\n00:16:29,800 –> 00:16:36,240
\nThere was just quietness and a
\nsense, apart from the puzzle of <\/p>\n

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\n00:16:36,240 –> 00:16:41,880
\nthe missing body, that
\neverything was lying just where <\/p>\n

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\n00:16:41,880 –> 00:16:45,920
\nit should be.
\nAnd I think you see, that was <\/p>\n

234
\n00:16:45,920 –> 00:16:48,120
\nthe Riddle of the linen clothes,
\nwasn’t it? <\/p>\n

235
\n00:16:48,120 –> 00:16:50,920
\nBecause there was no signs of
\nflight or removal. <\/p>\n

236
\n00:16:50,920 –> 00:16:57,000
\nAnd yet, indisputably, the body
\nwas gone, and yet there were no <\/p>\n

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\n00:16:57,000 –> 00:17:02,640
\nsigns of haste.
\nThere were only signs instead of<\/p>\n

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\n00:17:02,640 –> 00:17:07,480
\norder.
\nDo you see what the record says <\/p>\n

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\n00:17:07,480 –> 00:17:10,040
\nthat John saw about the linen
\nclothes? <\/p>\n

240
\n00:17:10,359 –> 00:17:12,280
\nHe didn’t just see the linen
\nclothes. <\/p>\n

241
\n00:17:12,359 –> 00:17:14,640
\nThere’s a keyword.
\nDid you notice that John 20 <\/p>\n

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\n00:17:14,640 –> 00:17:19,040
\nverse five and he stooping down
\nand looking in, saw the linen <\/p>\n

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\n00:17:19,040 –> 00:17:25,960
\nclothes lying?
\nThen comes Simon Peter, verse 6,<\/p>\n

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\n00:17:25,960 –> 00:17:27,720
\nand followed him, and he went
\ninto the circle here, and he <\/p>\n

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\n00:17:27,720 –> 00:17:33,760
\nsees the linen clothes lie, and
\nthe napkin that was about his <\/p>\n

246
\n00:17:33,760 –> 00:17:39,320
\nhead, not lying with the linen
\nclothes, but wrapped together in<\/p>\n

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\n00:17:39,320 –> 00:17:44,120
\na place by itself.
\nNow you see, what they used to <\/p>\n

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\n00:17:44,120 –> 00:17:47,480
\ndo in those days, brothers and
\nsisters, is that they would wrap<\/p>\n

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\n00:17:47,480 –> 00:17:53,720
\nthe body in linen wrappings,
\nwith the spices sprinkled <\/p>\n

250
\n00:17:53,720 –> 00:17:58,360
\nbetween the wrappings and the
\nmyrrh And aloes that Nicodemus <\/p>\n

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\n00:17:58,360 –> 00:18:03,520
\nand and Joseph of Arimathea used
\nwere resinous, gummy substances <\/p>\n

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\n00:18:04,000 –> 00:18:09,200
\nwhich, when sprinkled as spices
\non the linen garments would, as <\/p>\n

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\n00:18:09,200 –> 00:18:11,640
\nit were, glue the garments to
\nthe body. <\/p>\n

254
\n00:18:11,760 –> 00:18:14,880
\nAnd by the time that the legs
\nwere wrapped and the arms were <\/p>\n

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\n00:18:14,880 –> 00:18:18,960
\nwrapped and the torso was
\nwrapped, there was no way you <\/p>\n

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\n00:18:18,960 –> 00:18:21,200
\ncould get the body out of the
\nbandages. <\/p>\n

257
\n00:18:21,200 –> 00:18:26,240
\nIt was all glued together.
\nIn fact, that’s one of the great<\/p>\n

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\n00:18:26,240 –> 00:18:30,320
\nmysteries of the two, and it was
\ncertainly something that must <\/p>\n

259
\n00:18:30,320 –> 00:18:33,800
\nhave exercised the mind of John
\non this occasion. <\/p>\n

260
\n00:18:34,400 –> 00:18:37,840
\nAnd you see that word lying in
\nthe Greek it means to lie flat, <\/p>\n

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\n00:18:37,840 –> 00:18:42,200
\nto lie prostate.
\nAnd I think you see that what <\/p>\n

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\n00:18:42,200 –> 00:18:45,840
\nJohn saw was the shape of the
\nbody, except the weight of the <\/p>\n

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\n00:18:45,840 –> 00:18:50,800
\nspices had caused the garments
\nto fall flat. <\/p>\n

264
\n00:18:52,200 –> 00:18:55,400
\nBut the outline of the body
\ncould still be seen. <\/p>\n

265
\n00:18:57,200 –> 00:18:59,640
\nMind you, the head napkin was
\nslightly different, because <\/p>\n

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\n00:18:59,760 –> 00:19:02,760
\nthose seven seas concerning the
\nnapkin it was, was wrapped <\/p>\n

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\n00:19:02,760 –> 00:19:06,080
\ntogether in a place by itself.
\nAnd the Greek for the word <\/p>\n

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\n00:19:06,080 –> 00:19:09,120
\nwrapped means literally.
\nIt was twirled together, and <\/p>\n

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\n00:19:09,120 –> 00:19:12,400
\nthey crisscrossed the bandages
\naround the head in such a way <\/p>\n

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\n00:19:12,600 –> 00:19:16,440
\nthat even when the head was
\ngone, the concave shape of the <\/p>\n

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\n00:19:16,640 –> 00:19:21,200
\ncrisscrossed bandages meant that
\nthe turban remained in the shape<\/p>\n

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\n00:19:21,200 –> 00:19:28,440
\nof a head, but the head wasn’t
\nthere, and the wrappings look <\/p>\n

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\n00:19:28,440 –> 00:19:31,360
\nlike the shape of a body with
\narms and legs and torso. <\/p>\n

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\n00:19:31,360 –> 00:19:39,360
\nBut they were lying flat, You
\nsee, You might recall that there<\/p>\n

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\n00:19:39,360 –> 00:19:42,440
\nwas an occasion when the Lord
\nascended up into a mountain and <\/p>\n

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\n00:19:42,440 –> 00:19:47,560
\nwas transfigured.
\nThe word transfigured, of <\/p>\n

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\n00:19:47,560 –> 00:19:57,120
\ncourse, is the Greek word
\nmetamorpho, and it’s a word used<\/p>\n

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\n00:19:57,120 –> 00:20:03,040
\nof course of that transformation
\nthat happens when a Caterpillar <\/p>\n

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\n00:20:03,040 –> 00:20:08,360
\nspins A cocoon.
\nAnd what they do, of course, the<\/p>\n

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\n00:20:08,360 –> 00:20:11,160
\nCaterpillar spins A cocoon
\naround itself, and some of the <\/p>\n

281
\n00:20:11,160 –> 00:20:13,600
\ncocoons that you see look for
\nall the world. <\/p>\n

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\n00:20:13,600 –> 00:20:18,920
\nBy the way, like linen
\nwrappings, George happens inside<\/p>\n

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\n00:20:18,920 –> 00:20:22,080
\nthe cocoon of that Caterpillar
\nunder the process of <\/p>\n

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\n00:20:22,080 –> 00:20:26,640
\nmetamorphosis.
\nThe whole body of the <\/p>\n

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\n00:20:26,640 –> 00:20:32,400
\nCaterpillar liquefies,
\ncompletely liquefies, It melts <\/p>\n

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\n00:20:33,320 –> 00:20:37,560
\nupon itself, and when it’s
\ncompletely melted, the body <\/p>\n

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\n00:20:37,560 –> 00:20:41,760
\nmiraculously reforms into a new
\ncreature entirely. <\/p>\n

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\n00:20:43,800 –> 00:20:46,960
\nBut when the cocoon opens, the
\ncreature that emerges is not the<\/p>\n

289
\n00:20:46,960 –> 00:20:50,760
\ncreature that entered, and it
\nflies away on Gospel of Wings <\/p>\n

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\n00:20:52,000 –> 00:20:55,520
\nand leaves behind the outer case
\nof the Old Caterpillar. <\/p>\n

291
\n00:20:59,080 –> 00:21:03,800
\nAnd I think what John saw when
\nhe looked upon the linen <\/p>\n

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\n00:21:03,800 –> 00:21:10,160
\nclothes, brothers and sisters,
\nwas an empty chrysalis. <\/p>\n

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\n00:21:13,360 –> 00:21:18,160
\nBut the body was gone, and the
\nbody perhaps was already made <\/p>\n

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\n00:21:18,160 –> 00:21:23,360
\nbeautiful with immortality and
\nremoved by divine intervention <\/p>\n

295
\n00:21:25,040 –> 00:21:30,240
\nin some miraculous way.
\nAnd maybe the mind of John would<\/p>\n

296
\n00:21:30,240 –> 00:21:33,480
\nhave recognized that there was
\nin fact an Old Testament <\/p>\n

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\n00:21:33,480 –> 00:21:39,280
\nprophecy somewhat about the
\ntransformation of a cocoon. <\/p>\n

298
\n00:21:39,640 –> 00:21:42,280
\nWell, at least of sorts, was
\nthere not? <\/p>\n

299
\n00:21:43,880 –> 00:21:45,760
\nSo hold your hand in your right
\nhand. <\/p>\n

300
\n00:21:45,760 –> 00:21:50,880
\nCome to Ephesians chapter 4.
\nSo Ephesians chapter 4 in your <\/p>\n

301
\n00:21:50,880 –> 00:21:53,080
\nright hand.
\nI I wonder if the apostle <\/p>\n

302
\n00:21:53,080 –> 00:21:58,160
\nthought of this connection of
\npassages concerning the empty <\/p>\n

303
\n00:21:58,160 –> 00:22:03,000
\nwrappings that he gazed upon in
\nthe Sepulchre of Christ. <\/p>\n

304
\n00:22:03,000 –> 00:22:08,240
\nEphesians, chapter 4.
\nAnd in your left hand, Psalm <\/p>\n

305
\n00:22:08,240 –> 00:22:11,200
\n139.
\nDo you remember this passage? <\/p>\n

306
\n00:22:13,400 –> 00:22:18,400
\nSo Psalm 139 and Ephesians
\nchapter 4. <\/p>\n

307
\n00:22:21,520 –> 00:22:25,560
\nNow in Psalm 139 we have a
\nprophecy at least in measure <\/p>\n

308
\n00:22:25,560 –> 00:22:29,200
\nabout the birth of Christ,
\nbecause the record says in verse<\/p>\n

309
\n00:22:29,640 –> 00:22:33,800
\nin verse 13.
\nFor thou hast possessed my <\/p>\n

310
\n00:22:33,800 –> 00:22:36,320
\nreins.
\nThou hast covered me in my <\/p>\n

311
\n00:22:36,320 –> 00:22:39,480
\nmother’s womb.
\nI will praise thee, for I am <\/p>\n

312
\n00:22:39,480 –> 00:22:43,720
\nfearfully and wonderfully made.
\nMarvelous are thy works, and <\/p>\n

313
\n00:22:43,720 –> 00:22:48,800
\nthat my soul knoweth right.
\nWell, and so Psalm 139 speaks of<\/p>\n

314
\n00:22:48,800 –> 00:22:52,720
\nthe time when the Lord was
\nconceived and developed in the <\/p>\n

315
\n00:22:52,720 –> 00:22:57,880
\nwomb of his mother, Mary.
\nNow do you see what Psalm 139 <\/p>\n

316
\n00:22:57,880 –> 00:23:05,120
\ngoes on to say, Verse 15.
\nMy substance was not hid from <\/p>\n

317
\n00:23:05,120 –> 00:23:13,480
\nthee when I was made in secret
\nand curiously wrote in the <\/p>\n

318
\n00:23:13,480 –> 00:23:20,400
\nlowest parts of the earth.
\nAh, now where’s that the lowest <\/p>\n

319
\n00:23:20,400 –> 00:23:22,560
\nparts of the earth?
\nWell, have a look at Ephesians <\/p>\n

320
\n00:23:22,560 –> 00:23:25,360
\nchapter 4.
\nDon’t lose the Psalm, but look <\/p>\n

321
\n00:23:25,360 –> 00:23:27,880
\nat Ephesians chapter 4.
\nNow you see what it says. <\/p>\n

322
\n00:23:27,880 –> 00:23:31,640
\nVerse nine of Ephesians 4.
\nNow he that descended, what is <\/p>\n

323
\n00:23:31,640 –> 00:23:36,800
\nit but that he also descended
\nfirst into the lower parts of <\/p>\n

324
\n00:23:36,800 –> 00:23:39,080
\nthe earth?
\nThere’s the phrase out of Psalm <\/p>\n

325
\n00:23:39,080 –> 00:23:42,960
\n139.
\nHe that descended as the same <\/p>\n

326
\n00:23:42,960 –> 00:23:46,080
\nalso that they descended far
\nabove all heavens, that he might<\/p>\n

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\n00:23:46,080 –> 00:23:49,760
\nfill all things.
\nAnd so here in Ephesians chapter<\/p>\n

328
\n00:23:49,760 –> 00:23:54,520
\n4, the lower parts of the earth
\nare contrasted with the Lord who<\/p>\n

329
\n00:23:54,520 –> 00:24:01,160
\nascended up on high from the
\ndepths of Seoul to the heights <\/p>\n

330
\n00:24:01,160 –> 00:24:05,720
\nof heaven.
\nSo the phrase the lower parts of<\/p>\n

331
\n00:24:05,720 –> 00:24:10,640
\nthe earth and Ephesians chapter
\n4 verse nine is the grave. <\/p>\n

332
\n00:24:12,800 –> 00:24:17,000
\nSo Psalm 139 is not just a
\nprophecy concerning the birth of<\/p>\n

333
\n00:24:17,000 –> 00:24:21,360
\nChrist, but perhaps a prophecy
\nconcerning the rebirth of Christ<\/p>\n

334
\n00:24:21,600 –> 00:24:27,440
\nin the tomb.
\nBecause verse 16 of Psalm 139 <\/p>\n

335
\n00:24:27,440 –> 00:24:31,480
\nsays, or reading verse 15 again,
\nmy substance was not hid from <\/p>\n

336
\n00:24:31,480 –> 00:24:33,760
\nthee.
\nWhen I was made in secret, and <\/p>\n

337
\n00:24:33,800 –> 00:24:36,400
\ncuriously wrought on the lowest
\npaths of the earth. <\/p>\n

338
\n00:24:36,680 –> 00:24:41,520
\nThine eyes did see my substance,
\nyet being unperfect, and in thy <\/p>\n

339
\n00:24:41,520 –> 00:24:44,200
\nbook all my members were
\nwritten, which in continuance <\/p>\n

340
\n00:24:44,200 –> 00:24:46,720
\nwere fashioned when as yet there
\nwere none of them. <\/p>\n

341
\n00:24:47,000 –> 00:24:52,360
\nHere is a prophecy of mysterious
\nembroidery to take part and take<\/p>\n

342
\n00:24:52,360 –> 00:24:54,240
\nplace in the lower parts of the
\nearth. <\/p>\n

343
\n00:24:54,240 –> 00:24:57,200
\nAnd you’ll know that the word
\ncuriously wrought in verse 15 is<\/p>\n

344
\n00:24:57,320 –> 00:25:00,640
\nrelated to the embroidery of the
\nTabernacle in the Book of <\/p>\n

345
\n00:25:00,640 –> 00:25:02,800
\nExodus.
\nI’ve got an interesting <\/p>\n

346
\n00:25:02,800 –> 00:25:05,680
\nquotation here from Brother
\nThomas in Eureka. <\/p>\n

347
\n00:25:06,880 –> 00:25:10,760
\nActually, it’s Eureka volume
\none, pages 14 and 15. <\/p>\n

348
\n00:25:11,000 –> 00:25:14,360
\nBut you might find that quite a
\ntricky reference because <\/p>\n

349
\n00:25:14,680 –> 00:25:20,000
\nunfortunately it’s Eureka volume
\none of the little blue Eureka. <\/p>\n

350
\n00:25:20,240 –> 00:25:23,200
\nAnd so I don’t actually know
\nwhat the number is in the red <\/p>\n

351
\n00:25:23,200 –> 00:25:27,920
\nEureka nor in the brown Eureka,
\nnot even in the black Eureka. <\/p>\n

352
\n00:25:28,040 –> 00:25:31,960
\nThis is the little blue Eureka.
\nBut you might track it down, <\/p>\n

353
\n00:25:31,960 –> 00:25:35,920
\nbecause it’s early on in the
\npiece Eureka, volume one, pages <\/p>\n

354
\n00:25:36,000 –> 00:25:38,760
\n14 and 15 of the little blue
\nedition. <\/p>\n

355
\n00:25:38,760 –> 00:25:44,600
\nThis is what Mother Thomas says,
\nspeaking on this very verse. <\/p>\n

356
\n00:25:47,240 –> 00:25:50,280
\nHe says the man Jesus who had
\nleft behind him, a character <\/p>\n

357
\n00:25:50,280 –> 00:25:54,560
\nwhich the Father Spirit
\nacknowledged as his own, had <\/p>\n

358
\n00:25:54,560 –> 00:25:58,720
\nbeen too excellent and admirable
\na person to be abandoned to the <\/p>\n

359
\n00:25:58,720 –> 00:26:06,080
\npower of the enemy.
\nThe corpse rested, waiting to <\/p>\n

360
\n00:26:06,080 –> 00:26:08,400
\nbecome the basis of a new
\nrevelation of spirit. <\/p>\n

361
\n00:26:08,400 –> 00:26:11,720
\nAnd a spirit revelation was to
\nbe given to the body repaired <\/p>\n

362
\n00:26:11,840 –> 00:26:14,360
\nfor a body thou repairest for
\nme. <\/p>\n

363
\n00:26:14,400 –> 00:26:19,200
\nHebrews 10, verse 5A.
\nBreach had been made in it. <\/p>\n

364
\n00:26:19,880 –> 00:26:23,120
\nIts loins were filled with a
\nloathsome disease, and there was<\/p>\n

365
\n00:26:23,120 –> 00:26:28,240
\nno soundness in its flesh.
\nThis was its condition while <\/p>\n

366
\n00:26:28,240 –> 00:26:32,600
\nprostate, and hidden in the
\nnoisome pit beneath the turf, <\/p>\n

367
\n00:26:34,520 –> 00:26:37,720
\nbut those sealed up in Joseph’s
\ncave. <\/p>\n

368
\n00:26:39,120 –> 00:26:43,280
\nIt was not concealed from the
\nfather’s spirit who had so <\/p>\n

369
\n00:26:43,280 –> 00:26:50,080
\nrecently forsaken it.
\nWalls and seals and soldiers <\/p>\n

370
\n00:26:51,200 –> 00:26:54,040
\ncould not bar out the spirit
\nfrom the body he was about to <\/p>\n

371
\n00:26:54,040 –> 00:26:56,440
\nrepair for future
\nmanifestations. <\/p>\n

372
\n00:26:56,600 –> 00:27:00,720
\nHence the spirit, and David
\nrepresents the Son as saying, My<\/p>\n

373
\n00:27:00,720 –> 00:27:05,160
\nbody was not concealed from thee
\nwhen I was made in the secret <\/p>\n

374
\n00:27:05,160 –> 00:27:09,280
\nplace I was embroidered in the
\nunder parts of the earth. <\/p>\n

375
\n00:27:09,800 –> 00:27:13,440
\nThen I saw mine imperfect
\nsubstance, and in my book all of<\/p>\n

376
\n00:27:13,440 –> 00:27:15,600
\nthem were written as to the days
\nthey were fashioned. <\/p>\n

377
\n00:27:15,600 –> 00:27:23,200
\nWhen there was not one among
\nthem, the body was repaired, and<\/p>\n

378
\n00:27:23,200 –> 00:27:29,560
\nin its being freed from the
\nloathsomeness of death, it was <\/p>\n

379
\n00:27:29,560 –> 00:27:37,720
\ncreated a spiritual body with
\nall the embroidery of the <\/p>\n

380
\n00:27:37,720 –> 00:27:44,880
\nspirit.
\nPsalm 139 And do you see what <\/p>\n

381
\n00:27:44,880 –> 00:27:48,520
\nthe Psalm says?
\nThe Psalm goes on to say <\/p>\n

382
\n00:27:48,520 –> 00:27:51,960
\nconcerning this one, to be
\nembroidered in the lowest parts <\/p>\n

383
\n00:27:51,960 –> 00:27:55,600
\nof the earth.
\nVerse 17 How precious also are <\/p>\n

384
\n00:27:55,600 –> 00:27:59,440
\nthy thoughts unto me?
\nOh, God, how great is the sum of<\/p>\n

385
\n00:27:59,440 –> 00:28:02,080
\nthem?
\nIf I should count them, they are<\/p>\n

386
\n00:28:02,080 –> 00:28:04,000
\nthey are more in number than the
\nsand. <\/p>\n

387
\n00:28:04,800 –> 00:28:11,360
\nAnd now look at these words.
\nWhen I wake, I am still with <\/p>\n

388
\n00:28:11,360 –> 00:28:14,560
\nthee.
\nOh yes, I think there’s a <\/p>\n

389
\n00:28:14,560 –> 00:28:17,920
\nprophecy of the resurrection of
\nthe Lord and perhaps more than <\/p>\n

390
\n00:28:17,920 –> 00:28:21,400
\njust the resurrection.
\nBut the embroidery of his body <\/p>\n

391
\n00:28:21,560 –> 00:28:26,080
\nremoved atom by atom from the
\ngrave clothes, leaving them <\/p>\n

392
\n00:28:26,080 –> 00:28:28,560
\ndisturbed that he might be
\nrebuilt of spiritual body. <\/p>\n

393
\n00:28:28,560 –> 00:28:31,400
\nThere was no other way of
\nremoving the body from the <\/p>\n

394
\n00:28:31,400 –> 00:28:36,680
\nclothes other than by some
\noperation of Almighty God upon <\/p>\n

395
\n00:28:36,680 –> 00:28:41,320
\nHis Son.
\nNow coming to John Chapter 20. <\/p>\n

396
\n00:28:41,320 –> 00:28:45,240
\nAnd once you’ve got John chapter
\n20 in your right hand and <\/p>\n

397
\n00:28:45,440 –> 00:28:51,760
\nsitting comfortably, find John
\nChapter 11 with your left hand <\/p>\n

398
\n00:28:54,160 –> 00:29:02,840
\nand let’s just compare 2
\npassages in John chapter 20 and <\/p>\n

399
\n00:29:02,840 –> 00:29:09,600
\nJohn Chapter 11.
\nSo John 20 says that John comes <\/p>\n

400
\n00:29:09,600 –> 00:29:17,880
\nin verse 6 or verse 5 and saw
\nthe linen clothes lying. <\/p>\n

401
\n00:29:19,480 –> 00:29:22,480
\nNot only were they flat brothers
\nand sisters, but they were <\/p>\n

402
\n00:29:22,480 –> 00:29:26,240
\nthere.
\nThe body was gone but the <\/p>\n

403
\n00:29:26,240 –> 00:29:32,440
\nclothes were there.
\nNow do you see what John Chapter<\/p>\n

404
\n00:29:32,440 –> 00:29:37,200
\n11 says?
\nIn John 11, verse 41 the record <\/p>\n

405
\n00:29:37,200 –> 00:29:40,680
\nsays concerning Lazarus.
\nThen they took away the stone <\/p>\n

406
\n00:29:40,680 –> 00:29:42,400
\nfrom the place where the dead
\nwas laid. <\/p>\n

407
\n00:29:42,800 –> 00:29:45,920
\nAnd Jesus lifted up his eyes,
\nand said, Father, I thank thee <\/p>\n

408
\n00:29:45,920 –> 00:29:48,760
\nthat thou hast heard me, and I
\nknew that thou hearest me <\/p>\n

409
\n00:29:48,760 –> 00:29:51,760
\nalways, but because of the
\npeople which stand by, I said <\/p>\n

410
\n00:29:51,760 –> 00:29:54,000
\nit, that they may believe that
\nthou hast sent me. <\/p>\n

411
\n00:29:54,520 –> 00:29:56,960
\nAnd when he had thus spoken, he
\ncried with a loud voice. <\/p>\n

412
\n00:29:56,960 –> 00:30:05,360
\nLazarus come forth, and he that
\nwas dead came forth. <\/p>\n

413
\n00:30:07,480 –> 00:30:13,680
\nAh, but he was bound hand and
\nfoot with grave clothes, and his<\/p>\n

414
\n00:30:13,680 –> 00:30:19,960
\nface was bound about with a
\nnapkin, and Jesus said, loose <\/p>\n

415
\n00:30:19,960 –> 00:30:23,280
\nhim.
\nSo what do we make of the <\/p>\n

416
\n00:30:23,280 –> 00:30:26,600
\nemergence of Lazarus from the
\ntomb, brothers and sisters? <\/p>\n

417
\n00:30:26,600 –> 00:30:30,560
\nAnd the answer is that, you see,
\nLazarus, although raised <\/p>\n

418
\n00:30:31,720 –> 00:30:35,280
\nclearly, still remained shackled
\nto mortality. <\/p>\n

419
\n00:30:35,560 –> 00:30:39,320
\nThe bindings of Death still
\nremained upon him. <\/p>\n

420
\n00:30:39,400 –> 00:30:43,240
\nHe was raised, but he’s still
\nmortal. <\/p>\n

421
\n00:30:43,960 –> 00:30:49,360
\nHe’s still subject to death.
\nHe’s still bound by his grave <\/p>\n

422
\n00:30:49,360 –> 00:30:55,040
\nclothes, and the lesson of John
\n11 was that although the miracle<\/p>\n

423
\n00:30:55,040 –> 00:30:58,440
\nof resurrection had been had
\nbeen performed upon Lazarus, <\/p>\n

424
\n00:30:58,560 –> 00:31:01,960
\nthat he would nevertheless
\nreturn to the grave again, <\/p>\n

425
\n00:31:02,280 –> 00:31:05,800
\nbecause being bound by the grave
\nclothes, he was not yet free <\/p>\n

426
\n00:31:05,800 –> 00:31:13,080
\nfrom the shackles of mortality.
\nSo what do we make, then, of the<\/p>\n

427
\n00:31:13,080 –> 00:31:21,680
\nman of John 20, who has clearly
\nstepped forth from the tomb that<\/p>\n

428
\n00:31:21,680 –> 00:31:23,360
\nleft his grave clothes behind
\nhim? <\/p>\n

429
\n00:31:25,680 –> 00:31:29,120
\nAnd presumably the Lord has left
\nmortality behind. <\/p>\n

430
\n00:31:29,200 –> 00:31:33,600
\nHe’s now free from all those
\nearthly constraints that the <\/p>\n

431
\n00:31:33,600 –> 00:31:40,880
\nlinen grave clothes betokened.
\nHe’s not bound like Lazarus, you<\/p>\n

432
\n00:31:40,880 –> 00:31:46,120
\nsee.
\nHe’s walked away free of the <\/p>\n

433
\n00:31:46,120 –> 00:31:51,680
\nlinen clothes.
\nAnd that takes us to another <\/p>\n

434
\n00:31:51,800 –> 00:31:54,400
\ninteresting passage, because if
\nyou come to the Book of <\/p>\n

435
\n00:31:54,400 –> 00:31:58,760
\nLeviticus in chapter 16, we come
\nto the day of, well, the Day of <\/p>\n

436
\n00:31:58,760 –> 00:32:06,120
\nAtonement.
\nLeviticus chapter 16 tells us <\/p>\n

437
\n00:32:07,480 –> 00:32:14,560
\nthat of course, on the Day of
\nAtonement, the high priest would<\/p>\n

438
\n00:32:15,640 –> 00:32:19,200
\nwork a work of atonement on
\nbehalf of the nation as a whole.<\/p>\n

439
\n00:32:20,480 –> 00:32:24,600
\nIn fact, we’re told in verse 15
\nof Leviticus 16 that he would <\/p>\n

440
\n00:32:24,600 –> 00:32:27,680
\nkill the goat of the sin
\noffering, that is for the <\/p>\n

441
\n00:32:27,680 –> 00:32:30,640
\npeople, and bring his blood
\nwithin the veil, and do with <\/p>\n

442
\n00:32:30,640 –> 00:32:32,400
\nthat blood as he did with the
\nblood of the Bullock, and <\/p>\n

443
\n00:32:32,400 –> 00:32:35,320
\nsprinkle it upon the Mercy Seat
\nand before the Mercy Seat and <\/p>\n

444
\n00:32:35,440 –> 00:32:38,200
\nshall make atonement for the
\nHoly Place And So on. <\/p>\n

445
\n00:32:38,200 –> 00:32:42,760
\nThis on this special day, the
\nHigh Priest went into the Most <\/p>\n

446
\n00:32:42,760 –> 00:32:46,120
\nHoly Place itself to make
\natonement for his people. <\/p>\n

447
\n00:32:46,520 –> 00:32:48,840
\nYou know, brothers and sisters,
\non this day when the High Priest<\/p>\n

448
\n00:32:48,840 –> 00:32:52,280
\nwent into the Most Holy Place,
\nwe’re told expressly in verse <\/p>\n

449
\n00:32:52,280 –> 00:32:56,800
\nfour that he put on the holy
\nlinen coat that he had upon him <\/p>\n

450
\n00:32:56,800 –> 00:32:59,960
\nlinen breeches, that he was
\ngirded with a linen girdle and <\/p>\n

451
\n00:32:59,960 –> 00:33:02,320
\nhad a linen mitre attired upon
\nhis head. <\/p>\n

452
\n00:33:02,320 –> 00:33:05,200
\nThese are his holy garments, and
\nbefore he went into the Most <\/p>\n

453
\n00:33:05,200 –> 00:33:09,680
\nHoly Place, he arrayed himself
\nin linen clothes. <\/p>\n

454
\n00:33:13,160 –> 00:33:19,120
\nNow what’s interesting about the
\nDay of Atonement is that when <\/p>\n

455
\n00:33:19,120 –> 00:33:25,040
\nthe high priest came back out,
\nby the way, he went in about <\/p>\n

456
\n00:33:25,040 –> 00:33:27,360
\nfour times that day.
\nAnd every every time he he did <\/p>\n

457
\n00:33:27,360 –> 00:33:29,200
\nthe same thing.
\nHe put linen clothes on every <\/p>\n

458
\n00:33:29,200 –> 00:33:31,880
\ntime he went in, but when he
\ncame out, he he wasn’t wearing <\/p>\n

459
\n00:33:31,880 –> 00:33:33,160
\nthe same clothes.
\nDo you know? <\/p>\n

460
\n00:33:34,960 –> 00:33:36,960
\nEach time he came out he
\nchanged. <\/p>\n

461
\n00:33:39,200 –> 00:33:42,200
\nNow Leviticus 16 now he reports
\none of these episodes. <\/p>\n

462
\n00:33:42,200 –> 00:33:45,720
\nBut it was true of the totality
\nof his labours that day. <\/p>\n

463
\n00:33:45,840 –> 00:33:48,680
\nAnd you see what it says.
\nAnd Leviticus, chapter 16 and <\/p>\n

464
\n00:33:48,840 –> 00:33:55,320
\nverse 23.
\nAnd Aaron shall come into the <\/p>\n

465
\n00:33:55,320 –> 00:33:58,120
\nTabernacle of the congregation,
\ninto the most holy, is where he <\/p>\n

466
\n00:33:58,120 –> 00:34:00,400
\ncame, of course, to make
\natonement on that day. <\/p>\n

467
\n00:34:01,760 –> 00:34:09,320
\nAnd now verse 23 says, And he
\nshall put off the linen garments<\/p>\n

468
\n00:34:10,679 –> 00:34:15,920
\nwhich he put on when he went
\ninto the holy place, and he <\/p>\n

469
\n00:34:15,920 –> 00:34:24,960
\nshall leave them there.
\nThe work of atonement has been <\/p>\n

470
\n00:34:24,960 –> 00:34:31,639
\ncompleted, and the man who steps
\nforth is arrayed in different <\/p>\n

471
\n00:34:31,639 –> 00:34:36,360
\ngarments for glory and beauty
\nwhen he re emerges and his work <\/p>\n

472
\n00:34:36,360 –> 00:34:39,840
\nof atonement is done.
\nIsn’t that interesting? <\/p>\n

473
\n00:34:39,840 –> 00:34:42,760
\nDo you know, brothers and
\nsisters, if you stop and think <\/p>\n

474
\n00:34:42,760 –> 00:34:44,760
\nabout the tomb of our Lord Jesus
\nChrist? <\/p>\n

475
\n00:34:44,760 –> 00:34:50,440
\nIn a sense, the tomb was a most
\nholy place. <\/p>\n

476
\n00:34:53,480 –> 00:34:57,720
\nInside that tomb was the Ark of
\nthe Covenant. <\/p>\n

477
\n00:35:00,120 –> 00:35:07,320
\nInside that tomb were two
\nkerubic angels overshadowing the<\/p>\n

478
\n00:35:07,360 –> 00:35:11,360
\nark.
\nInside that tomb was the blood <\/p>\n

479
\n00:35:11,360 –> 00:35:14,640
\nspattered mercy seat in the form
\nof the body of our Lord Jesus <\/p>\n

480
\n00:35:14,640 –> 00:35:18,920
\nChrist.
\nAll the signs of the atonement <\/p>\n

481
\n00:35:18,920 –> 00:35:22,600
\nthat had been wrought were to be
\nfound in the Sepulchre of <\/p>\n

482
\n00:35:22,600 –> 00:35:28,960
\nChrist, and now the linen
\nclothes are left there as well. <\/p>\n

483
\n00:35:31,480 –> 00:35:37,440
\nWhen the Lord departs, come back
\nto John chapter 20. <\/p>\n

484
\n00:35:37,440 –> 00:35:41,520
\nThere was something else that
\nJohn saw. <\/p>\n

485
\n00:35:44,920 –> 00:35:49,800
\nWe know that he saw it because
\nhe makes a special reference to <\/p>\n

486
\n00:35:49,800 –> 00:35:56,160
\nit.
\nHe says this John chapter 20. <\/p>\n

487
\n00:35:58,320 –> 00:36:02,440
\nHe says verse five he saw the
\nlinen clothes but went not in. <\/p>\n

488
\n00:36:03,200 –> 00:36:05,920
\nSimon Peter following him, went
\ninto the sepulchre and sees the <\/p>\n

489
\n00:36:05,920 –> 00:36:08,920
\nlinen clothes lie, and the
\nnapkin that was about his head <\/p>\n

490
\n00:36:08,920 –> 00:36:11,440
\nnot lying with the linen
\nclothes, but wrapped together in<\/p>\n

491
\n00:36:11,440 –> 00:36:14,440
\na place by itself.
\nAnd John saw expressly that they<\/p>\n

492
\n00:36:14,440 –> 00:36:23,480
\nwere linen clothes in one place
\nand a linen turban still wrapped<\/p>\n

493
\n00:36:23,480 –> 00:36:30,280
\nin its shape in another place,
\nAnd that these two garments were<\/p>\n

494
\n00:36:30,280 –> 00:36:32,240
\ndistinct and different, the one
\nfrom the other. <\/p>\n

495
\n00:36:33,200 –> 00:36:34,600
\nThey weren’t all bundled
\ntogether. <\/p>\n

496
\n00:36:36,000 –> 00:36:40,760
\nThere was the linen clothes and
\nthe linen turban. <\/p>\n

497
\n00:36:43,600 –> 00:36:48,680
\nBut if you come back to
\nZechariah chapter three, you <\/p>\n

498
\n00:36:48,680 –> 00:36:51,840
\nremember the promise that was
\nmade to Joshua the high priest <\/p>\n

499
\n00:36:53,280 –> 00:36:58,720
\nas a result of his faithfulness.
\nWe’re told in Joshua chapter 3 <\/p>\n

500
\n00:36:58,720 –> 00:37:05,080
\nand verse 3 the record says this
\nNow Joshua was clothed with <\/p>\n

501
\n00:37:05,080 –> 00:37:07,640
\nfilthy garments, and stood
\nbefore the Angel. <\/p>\n

502
\n00:37:09,000 –> 00:37:13,040
\nAnd he answered and spake unto
\nthose that stood before him, <\/p>\n

503
\n00:37:13,040 –> 00:37:17,320
\nsaying, Take away the filthy
\ngarments from him. <\/p>\n

504
\n00:37:18,800 –> 00:37:21,480
\nAnd unto him he said, Behold,
\nI’ve caused thine iniquity to <\/p>\n

505
\n00:37:21,480 –> 00:37:25,160
\npass from thee, and I will
\nclothe thee with a change of <\/p>\n

506
\n00:37:25,160 –> 00:37:29,240
\nraiment.
\nAnd I said, let them set a fair <\/p>\n

507
\n00:37:29,240 –> 00:37:34,360
\nmitre upon his head.
\nSo they set a fair mitre upon <\/p>\n

508
\n00:37:34,360 –> 00:37:38,640
\nhis head, and plathed him with
\ngarments. <\/p>\n

509
\n00:37:40,800 –> 00:37:46,600
\nThe Angel of Yahweh stood by,
\nand the prophecy of Zechariah <\/p>\n

510
\n00:37:46,920 –> 00:37:49,560
\nprophesied of a time when there
\nwould be a change of garments <\/p>\n

511
\n00:37:49,560 –> 00:37:53,560
\nand a change of head covering.
\nAnd in the tomb is left behind a<\/p>\n

512
\n00:37:53,560 –> 00:38:00,480
\nset of garments and a head
\ncovering, in a sense. <\/p>\n

513
\n00:38:00,480 –> 00:38:04,840
\nYou see, the Lord’s been given
\nhis reward. <\/p>\n

514
\n00:38:07,240 –> 00:38:08,920
\nOh, and come back to John,
\nChapter 20. <\/p>\n

515
\n00:38:09,040 –> 00:38:10,720
\nI think there was something else
\nthat John saw. <\/p>\n

516
\n00:38:10,880 –> 00:38:16,320
\nYou see, You see, John 20 says
\nconcerning the napkin. <\/p>\n

517
\n00:38:16,320 –> 00:38:18,480
\nVerse seven, it says.
\nAnd the napkin that was about <\/p>\n

518
\n00:38:18,480 –> 00:38:21,240
\nhis head not lying with the
\nlinen clothes, but wrapped <\/p>\n

519
\n00:38:21,240 –> 00:38:24,600
\ntogether, and not just wrapped
\ntogether, but in a place by <\/p>\n

520
\n00:38:24,600 –> 00:38:31,000
\nitself, by itself.
\nSo the head turban was separated<\/p>\n

521
\n00:38:31,000 –> 00:38:32,680
\nfrom the rest of the linen
\nclothes. <\/p>\n

522
\n00:38:32,920 –> 00:38:35,200
\nAnd you notice it doesn’t say
\nthat the clothes were by <\/p>\n

523
\n00:38:35,200 –> 00:38:38,480
\nthemselves, it says the turban
\nwas by itself. <\/p>\n

524
\n00:38:39,440 –> 00:38:42,720
\nThe emphasis was on the fact
\nthat the wrapping for the head <\/p>\n

525
\n00:38:42,880 –> 00:38:46,960
\nwas in a place of its own, and
\ntherefore there was a gap <\/p>\n

526
\n00:38:46,960 –> 00:38:50,640
\nbetween itself and the rest of
\nthe linen garments which <\/p>\n

527
\n00:38:50,640 –> 00:38:53,840
\npertained to the body.
\nNow come to Ephesians chapter <\/p>\n

528
\n00:38:53,840 –> 00:38:57,240
\none and you’ll remember.
\nOr you may remember what it says<\/p>\n

529
\n00:38:57,360 –> 00:38:59,600
\nat the end of Ephesians chapter
\none. <\/p>\n

530
\n00:39:00,640 –> 00:39:04,680
\nEphesians chapter One puts it
\nthis way, and I think John <\/p>\n

531
\n00:39:04,680 –> 00:39:08,600
\nperhaps saw and understood the
\nsignificance of this matter. <\/p>\n

532
\n00:39:11,440 –> 00:39:19,760
\nThe turban, the napkin wrapped
\nin a place by itself, separated <\/p>\n

533
\n00:39:19,760 –> 00:39:23,280
\nfrom the linen garments.
\nThere’s a gap between the two <\/p>\n

534
\n00:39:24,720 –> 00:39:27,880
\nand verse.
\nEphesians chapter one, verse 22 <\/p>\n

535
\n00:39:27,880 –> 00:39:31,120
\nsays that after the resurrection
\nof Christ it says, And he has <\/p>\n

536
\n00:39:31,120 –> 00:39:39,120
\nput all things under his feet
\nand gave him to be the head over<\/p>\n

537
\n00:39:39,120 –> 00:39:47,320
\nall things to the ecclesia which
\nis his body, the fullness of him<\/p>\n

538
\n00:39:48,600 –> 00:39:54,600
\nthat filleth All in all.
\nSo you see, the Ecclesia of <\/p>\n

539
\n00:39:54,600 –> 00:40:01,760
\nChrist is considered to be his
\nbody and the Lord is considered <\/p>\n

540
\n00:40:01,760 –> 00:40:06,800
\nto be the head of that body.
\nIn fact, it’s in this very <\/p>\n

541
\n00:40:06,800 –> 00:40:10,640
\nepistle that we’re exhorted to
\ngrow up unto him which is our <\/p>\n

542
\n00:40:10,640 –> 00:40:12,920
\nhead, even the Lord Jesus
\nChrist. <\/p>\n

543
\n00:40:13,040 –> 00:40:18,960
\nBut there’s a gap when you come
\nto the First of Corinthians. <\/p>\n

544
\n00:40:20,080 –> 00:40:31,960
\nIn chapter 15 we understand why
\nthey had to be again that little<\/p>\n

545
\n00:40:31,960 –> 00:40:39,160
\nseparation of space that John
\nsaw in his alertness to all the <\/p>\n

546
\n00:40:39,160 –> 00:40:43,680
\ndetails.
\nFirst of Corinthians chapter 15 <\/p>\n

547
\n00:40:43,680 –> 00:40:48,320
\nsays in verse 22.
\nFor as in Adam all die, Even so <\/p>\n

548
\n00:40:48,320 –> 00:40:56,320
\nin Christ, so all be made alive.
\nBut every man in his own order, <\/p>\n

549
\n00:40:59,000 –> 00:41:08,520
\nChrist the first fruits, the
\nneck can wrapped in a place by <\/p>\n

550
\n00:41:08,520 –> 00:41:17,960
\nitself, and afterwards they that
\na Christ it is coming the linen <\/p>\n

551
\n00:41:17,960 –> 00:41:23,520
\nclothes of his body.
\nAnd in the separation between <\/p>\n

552
\n00:41:23,600 –> 00:41:26,920
\nthe head napkin and the clothes,
\nthere was a prophecy of the <\/p>\n

553
\n00:41:26,920 –> 00:41:31,000
\nresurrection of both Christ and
\nthe Saints that would follow a <\/p>\n

554
\n00:41:31,000 –> 00:41:35,120
\ngap of time being between the
\ntwo marvellous brother and <\/p>\n

555
\n00:41:35,120 –> 00:41:38,960
\nsisters.
\nEvery detail was so important in<\/p>\n

556
\n00:41:38,960 –> 00:41:43,360
\nthe story of the linen clothes
\nthat John saw on this occasion <\/p>\n

557
\n00:41:44,280 –> 00:41:48,720
\nas he looked with wondering eyes
\ninto the sepulchre. <\/p>\n

558
\n00:41:51,200 –> 00:41:54,560
\nNow do you know there are three
\nstages to the process of <\/p>\n

559
\n00:41:54,560 –> 00:41:57,920
\njudgement as we understand it,
\nor the process of resurrection <\/p>\n

560
\n00:41:57,920 –> 00:42:00,240
\nand judgement as we understand
\nit to come. <\/p>\n

561
\n00:42:00,480 –> 00:42:03,200
\nAnd it’s really summarized by
\nthree Greek words. <\/p>\n

562
\n00:42:03,440 –> 00:42:10,680
\nYou’ll know them Anastasis, the
\nstanding up of dead ones. <\/p>\n

563
\n00:42:13,480 –> 00:42:24,080
\nGrino, The time of judgement.
\nE Gyro, the rebuilding to <\/p>\n

564
\n00:42:24,080 –> 00:42:28,480
\nimmortality itself.
\nThose are the three stages that <\/p>\n

565
\n00:42:28,480 –> 00:42:31,640
\nwe all hope to go through, that
\nwe might end up with a body like<\/p>\n

566
\n00:42:31,640 –> 00:42:34,560
\nChrist, so that we can praise
\nthe Father in the Kingdom <\/p>\n

567
\n00:42:34,720 –> 00:42:38,200
\nwithout the weakness of our
\nmortal nature ever constraining <\/p>\n

568
\n00:42:38,200 –> 00:42:40,520
\nus again.
\nAnesthesis. <\/p>\n

569
\n00:42:41,200 –> 00:42:46,760
\nCrino Igyro.
\nNow think about that just for a <\/p>\n

570
\n00:42:46,760 –> 00:42:49,280
\nmoment.
\nWith regard to our Lord Jesus <\/p>\n

571
\n00:42:49,280 –> 00:42:52,760
\nChrist.
\nYou see, the Lord clearly was <\/p>\n

572
\n00:42:52,760 –> 00:42:57,640
\nraised Anesthesis, the bringing
\nback to life of a dead one. <\/p>\n

573
\n00:42:57,800 –> 00:43:00,800
\nIt happened for the Lord in the
\ntwo, no doubt about that <\/p>\n

574
\n00:43:00,800 –> 00:43:02,840
\nwhatsoever.
\nAnd by the way, He was mortal <\/p>\n

575
\n00:43:02,840 –> 00:43:06,080
\nwhen he was revived.
\nHe had to be mortal, not only as<\/p>\n

576
\n00:43:06,080 –> 00:43:08,960
\na parable for his brethren, but
\nfor another reason that we <\/p>\n

577
\n00:43:08,960 –> 00:43:14,080
\nshould look at by and by.
\nAnd was the Lord going to <\/p>\n

578
\n00:43:14,160 –> 00:43:17,880
\nexperience the process of egyo,
\nof rebuilding to immortality? <\/p>\n

579
\n00:43:17,880 –> 00:43:26,200
\nWhy, yes, of course, But the
\nmiddle word, Krino. <\/p>\n

580
\n00:43:28,680 –> 00:43:34,880
\nNow what was there that the
\nfather needed to judge in the <\/p>\n

581
\n00:43:34,880 –> 00:43:41,600
\nSon, do you think?
\nAnd the answer was nothing at <\/p>\n

582
\n00:43:41,600 –> 00:43:46,760
\nall.
\nSo you see, there was no need in<\/p>\n

583
\n00:43:46,760 –> 00:43:51,520
\nthe case of the Lord for there
\nto be an extensive delay between<\/p>\n

584
\n00:43:51,520 –> 00:43:56,280
\nhis revival from the dead and
\nhis rebuilding to immortality. <\/p>\n

585
\n00:43:56,280 –> 00:44:01,600
\nIt’s the same process.
\nBut there was no need for delay,<\/p>\n

586
\n00:44:01,600 –> 00:44:06,600
\nwas there?
\nDo you know what the Lord said <\/p>\n

587
\n00:44:06,600 –> 00:44:10,480
\nwhen he hung up on the cross as
\nhis life expired? <\/p>\n

588
\n00:44:12,200 –> 00:44:20,680
\nHe said it is finished and what
\nhe meant was that all his <\/p>\n

589
\n00:44:20,680 –> 00:44:24,000
\nlabours, all his work, all the
\nresponsibility of bringing the <\/p>\n

590
\n00:44:24,000 –> 00:44:26,360
\nwork of atonement to a
\nconclusion, it’s all finished, <\/p>\n

591
\n00:44:26,360 –> 00:44:30,560
\nit’s all done.
\nAnd so it was. <\/p>\n

592
\n00:44:33,000 –> 00:44:35,880
\nAnd I think that when the Lord
\nwas brought back to life in the <\/p>\n

593
\n00:44:35,880 –> 00:44:39,160
\ntomb, brothers and sisters, all
\nthe yearning of his heavenly <\/p>\n

594
\n00:44:39,160 –> 00:44:43,960
\nFather would be to glorify his
\nSon just as soon as he possibly <\/p>\n

595
\n00:44:43,960 –> 00:44:47,880
\ncould, don’t you think?
\nHe certainly wouldn’t want to <\/p>\n

596
\n00:44:47,880 –> 00:44:51,760
\nsay to him, well, look, sudden,
\nyou’re going to be given <\/p>\n

597
\n00:44:51,760 –> 00:44:54,520
\nimmortality this afternoon, but
\nthere’s a few hours left. <\/p>\n

598
\n00:44:54,520 –> 00:45:00,680
\nSo whatever you do, don’t do
\nanything that might upset the <\/p>\n

599
\n00:45:00,680 –> 00:45:06,440
\nwork that’s been accomplished.
\nWhy would God do that? <\/p>\n

600
\n00:45:08,800 –> 00:45:14,520
\nWhy would God cause the sun to
\nwait any longer than was <\/p>\n

601
\n00:45:14,520 –> 00:45:20,280
\nnecessary?
\nSo how long was necessary, do <\/p>\n

602
\n00:45:20,280 –> 00:45:24,360
\nyou think, brothers and sisters?
\nWell, I think there is an <\/p>\n

603
\n00:45:24,360 –> 00:45:28,880
\nanswer, you see.
\nSo come to Psalm 45. <\/p>\n

604
\n00:45:32,720 –> 00:45:39,440
\nSee, I think the Lord probably
\nexperienced the Psalm, or at <\/p>\n

605
\n00:45:39,440 –> 00:45:51,440
\nleast this moment of in Psalm 45
\nthe record says this verse 7. <\/p>\n

606
\n00:45:52,880 –> 00:46:01,520
\nPsalm 45 Thou lovest
\nrighteousness and hatest <\/p>\n

607
\n00:46:01,520 –> 00:46:07,920
\nwickedness.
\nTherefore God thy God, hath <\/p>\n

608
\n00:46:07,960 –> 00:46:15,240
\nanointed thee with the oil of
\ngladness above thy fellows all <\/p>\n

609
\n00:46:15,240 –> 00:46:20,240
\nthy garments smell of myrrh and
\naloes, and cassia. <\/p>\n

610
\n00:46:20,560 –> 00:46:24,800
\nAnd when the Lord lying in the
\nsepulchre revived, I wonder if <\/p>\n

611
\n00:46:24,800 –> 00:46:28,000
\nhe thought about that verse,
\nbrothers and sisters, as he took<\/p>\n

612
\n00:46:28,000 –> 00:46:33,160
\nhis first mortal breath again.
\nAnd he breathed in the smell of <\/p>\n

613
\n00:46:33,160 –> 00:46:36,840
\nthe spices that he was wrapped
\nin at that time, and he felt his<\/p>\n

614
\n00:46:36,840 –> 00:46:40,400
\nmortal life come back into him
\nThe breath and the spirit of God<\/p>\n

615
\n00:46:40,400 –> 00:46:42,240
\nrevived him, and he was awake
\nagain. <\/p>\n

616
\n00:46:42,400 –> 00:46:46,760
\nHe was aware of being awake, he
\nwas aware of being alive, he was<\/p>\n

617
\n00:46:46,760 –> 00:46:55,080
\naware of being mortal, and he
\ncould smell the spices. <\/p>\n

618
\n00:46:57,920 –> 00:47:01,400
\nBut he hadn’t yet had the oil of
\ngladness to anoint him, had he? <\/p>\n

619
\n00:47:04,120 –> 00:47:09,120
\nSo how long would God wait from
\nthat first sense of the reviving<\/p>\n

620
\n00:47:09,120 –> 00:47:13,560
\nof mortal life before He would
\nflood his Son with that <\/p>\n

621
\n00:47:13,600 –> 00:47:18,840
\nindescribable sense of joy and
\nwell-being and happiness that <\/p>\n

622
\n00:47:18,840 –> 00:47:23,080
\nwould come with the flooding of
\nimmortality into his body to <\/p>\n

623
\n00:47:23,080 –> 00:47:25,640
\nrelease him forever?
\nHow long would it be brothers <\/p>\n

624
\n00:47:25,640 –> 00:47:29,920
\nand sisters?
\nAnd I think the answer is just <\/p>\n

625
\n00:47:29,920 –> 00:47:34,920
\nas long as the as the Lord
\nneeded to know mortality again <\/p>\n

626
\n00:47:36,800 –> 00:47:41,800
\nso that He could experience the
\nthrill and the joy of <\/p>\n

627
\n00:47:41,800 –> 00:47:45,720
\nimmortality.
\nAnd I think it was the Father’s <\/p>\n

628
\n00:47:45,720 –> 00:47:50,120
\ngood pleasure at that time to
\ngrant that to him. <\/p>\n

629
\n00:47:51,960 –> 00:47:55,840
\nAnd that the man who stepped
\nforth into the fresh air of the <\/p>\n

630
\n00:47:55,920 –> 00:48:02,480
\nearly morning on that day in
\nJerusalem was a man already in <\/p>\n

631
\n00:48:02,480 –> 00:48:10,560
\npossession of his reward, and
\nfilled now with a life that <\/p>\n

632
\n00:48:10,560 –> 00:48:15,640
\ncould never be taken from him.
\nWell, who knows? <\/p>\n

633
\n00:48:15,680 –> 00:48:20,760
\nBrothers and sisters, it’s not a
\nmatter finally, of doctrinal <\/p>\n

634
\n00:48:20,760 –> 00:48:23,640
\nfundamental significance.
\nIt’s only a debate of hours of <\/p>\n

635
\n00:48:23,640 –> 00:48:25,480
\ntime.
\nJust a few hours. <\/p>\n

636
\n00:48:28,280 –> 00:48:34,200
\nBut if we can piece together
\njust a handful of scriptures, I <\/p>\n

637
\n00:48:34,200 –> 00:48:36,920
\nwonder what John must have
\nthought with his spiritually <\/p>\n

638
\n00:48:36,920 –> 00:48:41,560
\nacute mind, whether he put all
\nthat together and much more <\/p>\n

639
\n00:48:41,560 –> 00:48:44,840
\nbesides.
\nAnd that that’s why the record <\/p>\n

640
\n00:48:44,840 –> 00:48:52,680
\ntells us that when John looked
\nand saw, he believed. <\/p>\n

641
\n00:48:54,760 –> 00:48:56,360
\nHe believed brothers and
\nsisters. <\/p>\n

642
\n00:48:58,760 –> 00:49:05,760
\nBecause I think he’d understood
\nthe Riddle of the linen clothes.<\/p>\n

643
\n00:49:19,920 –> 00:49:21,800
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\nGod bless and talk to you next
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