{"id":1375,"date":"2025-09-21T21:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-21T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goodchristadelphiantalks.com\/index.php\/podcast\/366-bryan-styles-exhortation-comfort-one-another-with-these-words\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T23:35:18","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T23:35:18","slug":"366-bryan-styles-exhortation-comfort-one-another-with-these-words","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/goodchristadelphiantalks.com\/index.php\/podcast\/366-bryan-styles-exhortation-comfort-one-another-with-these-words\/","title":{"rendered":"366: Bryan Styles – Exhortation: Comfort One Another with These Words"},"content":{"rendered":"

This week’s talk is an exhortation by Brother Bryan Styles titled \u201cComfort One Another with These Word,\u201d which he gave at the Livonia Ecclesia in Michigan, USA on January 26, 2025.<\/p>\n

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\nthis same encouragement.
\nThis week’s talk will be an <\/p>\n

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\nexhortation given by Brother
\nBrian Styles at the Livonia <\/p>\n

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\nEcclesia in Michigan on the 26th
\nof January earlier this year to <\/p>\n

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\nthe theme Comfort one Another.
\nWith these words, Brother Brian <\/p>\n

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\nwalks us through the
\nresurrection accounts, calling <\/p>\n

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\nto view the details spread
\nacross the four Gospels. <\/p>\n

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\nI particularly loved his closing
\nremarks regarding the parallel <\/p>\n

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\nbetween our Lord’s resurrection
\nand the coming resurrection. <\/p>\n

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\nI found this talk very
\ncomforting and encouraging, and <\/p>\n

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\nI’m sure you will too.
\nSo with that, I’ll give you over<\/p>\n

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\nto our brother Brian for his
\nexhortation. <\/p>\n

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\nComfort one another with these
\nwords. <\/p>\n

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\nGood morning, my dear brothers
\nand sisters in our Lord Jesus <\/p>\n

31
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\nChrist.
\nToday’s third portion reading is<\/p>\n

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\nabout the resurrection of Jesus.
\nAnd as I was taking a look at <\/p>\n

33
\n00:02:13,680 –> 00:02:16,880
\nthis reading, I began to think
\nabout how many times we’ve <\/p>\n

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\nactually read this account.
\nIn one year alone. <\/p>\n

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\nWe read it 8 times.
\nIt’s in all four accounts of the<\/p>\n

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\nGospel.
\nWe read through the New <\/p>\n

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\nTestament twice.
\nBut I began to wonder, how many <\/p>\n

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\ntimes have we really stepped
\nback and tried to put ourselves <\/p>\n

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\nin the account, to experience
\nit, to piece all the different <\/p>\n

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\nelements together and enter into
\nthe story itself. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd that’s really what we intend
\nto do this morning by way of <\/p>\n

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\nexhortation, really three
\nthings. <\/p>\n

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\nOne is to try to make it come
\nalive for ourselves to see the <\/p>\n

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\npieces as they come together.
\nThe second is to see the call to<\/p>\n

45
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\naction.
\nWhat did those do at the time <\/p>\n

46
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\nwho had received this good news
\nabout the resurrection? <\/p>\n

47
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\nAnd what are we expected to do
\ntoday? <\/p>\n

48
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\nAnd 3rd is to conclude with the
\nmessage of hope that’s contained<\/p>\n

49
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\nwithin the resurrection for each
\nof us. <\/p>\n

50
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\nWell, as we begin try to imagine
\nwhat the believers were <\/p>\n

51
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\nexperiencing after the death of
\nour Lord Jesus Christ. <\/p>\n

52
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\nJust 3 1\/2 years earlier, Jesus
\nhad appeared on the public stage<\/p>\n

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\nand he brought with him a
\npromise of deliverance. <\/p>\n

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\nBut that deliverance was
\ndifferent depending on who you <\/p>\n

55
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\nwere.
\nSome looked at Jesus to deliver <\/p>\n

56
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\nthem from the Roman authority.
\nOthers had chronic illness or <\/p>\n

57
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\ndisease from which they wanted
\nto be delivered. <\/p>\n

58
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\nSome had sin that burdened them
\ndown that they felt trapped by, <\/p>\n

59
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\nthat they needed to be delivered
\nfrom by the Lord Jesus Christ. <\/p>\n

60
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\nAnd others had loved ones that
\nthey wanted to be raised back to<\/p>\n

61
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\nlife.
\nWell, in addition to individual <\/p>\n

62
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\nexpectations, there was an
\noverriding national expectation <\/p>\n

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\nof what Jesus would do.
\nThat he’d cast off the Roman <\/p>\n

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\nauthority, that he’d established
\nthe Kingdom, and that those who <\/p>\n

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\nwere with him, those who were
\nfaithful, would receive <\/p>\n

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\npositions of prominence in his
\nKingdom. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd as seeming evidence of this,
\nhis innumerable healings, his <\/p>\n

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\namazing miracles, and his
\nirrefutable teachings all seem <\/p>\n

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\nto only further this storyline
\nof what it was that Jesus would <\/p>\n

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\ndo in regards to delivering the
\npeople at that time. <\/p>\n

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\nIn fact, just one week before
\nthe crucifixion, Jesus had <\/p>\n

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\nridden into the city as the
\nformer kings of Judah would do <\/p>\n

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\non the donkey, and the people
\nwere crying out. <\/p>\n

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\nHosanna, son of David.
\nSave now, is what they were <\/p>\n

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\nsaying.
\nJesus was going to set up the <\/p>\n

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\nKingdom, or so they thought.
\nHis disciples thought that this <\/p>\n

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\nwas it.
\nThe Kingdom was now here. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd yet, how quickly things can
\nchange to where life’s events <\/p>\n

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\nveer drastically from one’s
\nexpectations. <\/p>\n

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\nBecause within just one week of
\ntime, the disciples were now on <\/p>\n

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\nthe other side of the Lord’s
\ndeath. <\/p>\n

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\nIn one moment, they were
\njoyfully welcoming Jesus into <\/p>\n

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\nthe city.
\nAnd in just one week’s time, <\/p>\n

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\nthat joy had precipitously
\nfallen, and their hopes and <\/p>\n

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\naspirations were dashed to
\npieces. <\/p>\n

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\nFor many, their hopes and
\nexpectations died when Jesus <\/p>\n

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\ndied on the cross.
\nAnd even though that was true <\/p>\n

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\nfor many, that wasn’t the case
\nfor all because there was a <\/p>\n

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\ngroup of faithful women who
\nstayed with Jesus until the end.<\/p>\n

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\nIf you’re not already there, if
\nyou could open to Matthew <\/p>\n

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\nchapter 27 and we find in verse
\n55 the women, we could join them<\/p>\n

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\nnow at the site of the cross.
\nWe’re told that there were many <\/p>\n

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\nwomen beholding afar off.
\nThis is after Jesus had now <\/p>\n

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\ndied, but still at the site of
\nthe crucifixion. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd we’re told that amongst them
\nwere Mary Magdalene and Mary, <\/p>\n

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\nthe mother of James and Joseph
\nand the mother of Zebedee’s <\/p>\n

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\nchildren.
\nA few helpful cross references <\/p>\n

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\nnext to this verse would be
\nMatthew 13 and verse 55 because <\/p>\n

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\nit identifies the mother of
\nJames and Joseph as Mary, the <\/p>\n

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\nmother of Jesus.
\nMark 15 and verse 40 connects <\/p>\n

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\nthat the mother of Zebedee’s
\nchildren would have been Salome <\/p>\n

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\nand John 19 and verse 25 links
\nSalome as the sister to Jesus <\/p>\n

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\nmother.
\nIt’s interesting as well because<\/p>\n

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\nover in John 19 verse 25 it also
\ntells us that Mary the wife of <\/p>\n

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\nCleophus was one of the women
\nthere and so amongst the group <\/p>\n

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\n00:07:10,640 –> 00:07:14,920
\nwere Mary Magdalene, Mary the
\nmother of Jesus, Mary the wife <\/p>\n

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\nof Cleophus and Salome, Mary’s
\nsister. <\/p>\n

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\nWe know as well from John 19,
\nverse 25, that during the <\/p>\n

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\ncrucifixion that these women
\nwere actually at the foot of the<\/p>\n

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\ncross, very close to Jesus
\nhimself. <\/p>\n

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\nThey were there likely for the
\nduration, the six hours. <\/p>\n

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\nThey would have experienced the
\nthree hours of darkness from <\/p>\n

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\nnoon until 3:00 PM, and the
\nlifting of that darkness at the <\/p>\n

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\nvery hour when the Passover lamb
\nwould have been slain. <\/p>\n

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\nThey’d heard the final words of
\nJesus. <\/p>\n

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\nIt is finished as He committed
\nHis life into the hand of His <\/p>\n

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\nFather, as Jesus bowed his head,
\nand death, as we’re told in John<\/p>\n

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\n19 and verse 30.
\nMatthew tells us here in chapter<\/p>\n

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\n27 and verse 51 that the earth
\nbeneath them suddenly began to <\/p>\n

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\nquake, and you can imagine that
\npeople would scream and alarm as<\/p>\n

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\nthey stumbled to gain footing.
\nWe’re told as well in Matthew’s <\/p>\n

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\naccount that the rocks
\nthemselves split, and you can <\/p>\n

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\nimagine the sound of rocks
\ntearing apart and beneath them <\/p>\n

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\nthey would hear the moan of the
\nearth’s plates. <\/p>\n

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\nIt was as though the earth
\nitself was groaning and <\/p>\n

126
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\nanguishing over the death of the
\nSon of God. <\/p>\n

127
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\nBut as the earth stopped
\nquaking, those present would <\/p>\n

128
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\nhave looked around at each other
\nand then they would have stared <\/p>\n

129
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\nup at the cross, and they would
\nhave seen the body of Jesus <\/p>\n

130
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\nhanging motionless on the cross.
\nAnd such was the impact of the <\/p>\n

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\nscene that we’re told in Matthew
\n27 and verse 54 that the <\/p>\n

132
\n00:09:00,120 –> 00:09:04,920
\ncenturion and those who are with
\nthem were led to proclaim truly <\/p>\n

133
\n00:09:05,440 –> 00:09:10,640
\nthis was the Son of God.
\nYou can imagine those present <\/p>\n

134
\n00:09:10,640 –> 00:09:14,640
\nstaring at the cross for a
\nperiod of time in the silence <\/p>\n

135
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\nthat now ensued, wondering if
\nperhaps something might happen, <\/p>\n

136
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\nif the body might begin to move.
\nBut in the moments that <\/p>\n

137
\n00:09:26,240 –> 00:09:29,520
\nfollowed, as the earth settled
\nand the reality of the scene set<\/p>\n

138
\n00:09:29,520 –> 00:09:33,520
\nin, a deep conviction came over
\nthose who were present. <\/p>\n

139
\n00:09:34,600 –> 00:09:39,480
\nThey had done something terribly
\nwrong, but there was now no <\/p>\n

140
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\ngoing back.
\nLuke 23 and verse 48 tells us <\/p>\n

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\nthat those who were present
\nsmote their chest as a sign of <\/p>\n

142
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\nthe deep anguish that they felt
\nwithin, and they returned home. <\/p>\n

143
\n00:09:54,280 –> 00:09:56,160
\nWhat else could they do at this
\npoint? <\/p>\n

144
\n00:09:57,560 –> 00:10:01,280
\nWell, we’re told in Matthew 27
\nand verse 55 that the band of <\/p>\n

145
\n00:10:01,280 –> 00:10:08,520
\nwomen had now moved afar off,
\nnot wanting to go home but not <\/p>\n

146
\n00:10:08,520 –> 00:10:12,440
\nknowing what to do, not wanting
\nto leave Jesus. <\/p>\n

147
\n00:10:13,640 –> 00:10:19,160
\nAs evening came in verse 56 and
\nverse 57, Joseph of Arimathea <\/p>\n

148
\n00:10:19,160 –> 00:10:21,800
\ngained permission to have the
\nbody of Jesus. <\/p>\n

149
\n00:10:22,560 –> 00:10:27,840
\nAnd John tells us in his account
\nthat both Nicodemus and Joseph <\/p>\n

150
\n00:10:28,120 –> 00:10:31,480
\ntook care of the body of Jesus,
\nwrapping it in linen with myrrh <\/p>\n

151
\n00:10:31,480 –> 00:10:36,120
\nand aloes and placing it in
\nJoseph’s tomb, and that a stone <\/p>\n

152
\n00:10:36,120 –> 00:10:41,040
\nwas rolled over the mouth of the
\ntomb as everyone else went home.<\/p>\n

153
\n00:10:41,720 –> 00:10:46,480
\nThe record tells us in Matthew
\n27 and verse 61 that Mary <\/p>\n

154
\n00:10:46,480 –> 00:10:53,920
\nMagdalene and Jesus mother sat
\ntogether facing the tomb and how<\/p>\n

155
\n00:10:53,920 –> 00:10:57,200
\nthe sword of Luke 2 verse 35
\nmust have pierced through her <\/p>\n

156
\n00:10:57,200 –> 00:11:02,080
\nheart at this moment as she sat
\nand pondered in her heart what <\/p>\n

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\nthese things meant.
\nThe tomb closed, Jesus now gone.<\/p>\n

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\nHow could these things be and
\nwhat could these things mean? <\/p>\n

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\nIt would have been a very
\nunsettling time for the <\/p>\n

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\nfollowers of Jesus.
\nOver the next few days, based on<\/p>\n

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\nthe words of Mark 16 and verse
\n14, we get an indication of the <\/p>\n

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\ndespondency that the disciples
\nhad fallen into. <\/p>\n

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\nBecause when Jesus finally does
\nappear to the disciples, we find<\/p>\n

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\nthat He has to upbraid them for
\ntheir unbelief at believing the <\/p>\n

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\nwitness of those who had
\nactually seen Him after He had <\/p>\n

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\nbeen resurrected.
\nYet despite the despondency of <\/p>\n

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\nsome, not all had given into
\ndoubt. <\/p>\n

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\nWhich brings us to the beginning
\nof our reading this morning in <\/p>\n

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\nMatthew chapter 28, the account
\nof the resurrection. <\/p>\n

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\nOne of the first things to note
\nwhen we come to the account of <\/p>\n

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\nthe resurrection is that it’s
\ngiven from the perspective of <\/p>\n

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\nthe women who were first to the
\ntomb. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd that’s the case in all four
\naccounts of the Gospel. <\/p>\n

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\nThe gospel writers don’t
\nactually begin when Jesus rose <\/p>\n

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\nfrom the dead.
\nThey begin when the women set <\/p>\n

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\nout to go to the tomb.
\nThe resurrection of Jesus had <\/p>\n

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\nactually occurred before this,
\nand so this is now after the <\/p>\n

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\nresurrection of Jesus.
\nIt’s noteworthy that all four <\/p>\n

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\ngospel writers record that the
\nwomen rose up early to go to the<\/p>\n

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\ntomb.
\nIn fact, in Mark 16 and verse 2,<\/p>\n

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\nit tells us that it was
\nexceeding early that the women <\/p>\n

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\nset out to go to the tomb and
\nthat they arrived at the rising <\/p>\n

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\nof the sun around Passover time.
\nIn Israel, the sun rises at <\/p>\n

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\nabout 6:00 AM, which meant that
\nthe women would have gotten up <\/p>\n

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\nwell before this, so very, very
\nearly in the morning if they <\/p>\n

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\nwere going to actually get to
\nthe tomb by around 6:00 AM. <\/p>\n

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\nBut I wonder what would cause
\nthe women to arise at such an <\/p>\n

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\nunearthly hour?
\nWell, we’re told at some point <\/p>\n

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\nprior to their arrival, there’d
\nbeen a great earthquake that was<\/p>\n

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\ncaused by the Angel of the Lord
\ndescending from heaven to remove<\/p>\n

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\nthe stone and to raise Jesus.
\nMatthew 28 and verse 2 tells us <\/p>\n

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\nthat this had actually occurred,
\nand I wondered if the women were<\/p>\n

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\nshaken out of sleep by the earth
\nmoving beneath them. <\/p>\n

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\nPerhaps they were all staying
\ntogether with Jesus mother to <\/p>\n

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\ncomfort her in the aftermath of
\nthe things of Jesus death. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd given everything that had
\nhappened, it’s doubtful that <\/p>\n

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\nthey were sleeping soundly,
\nprobably still haunted by the <\/p>\n

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\nscene at the cross.
\nThese nights would have been <\/p>\n

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\nrestless for them.
\nAnd while the earthquake’s <\/p>\n

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\nepicenter was at the tomb, I
\nwonder if the shock waves were <\/p>\n

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\nin some way felt by the women.
\nAnd as the women rose from <\/p>\n

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\nsleep, you can imagine them
\nquestioning if they really had <\/p>\n

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\nfelt this and what these things
\nmight mean. <\/p>\n

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\nWell, we’re told that the women
\nprepared spices for the body of <\/p>\n

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\nJesus and they set out to go to
\nthe tomb in the cool of the pre <\/p>\n

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\ndawn morning.
\nIt’s clear that they didn’t <\/p>\n

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\nexpect that Jesus would be
\nraised because Mark 16 and verse<\/p>\n

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\n3 tells us that as they were on
\ntheir way to the tomb, they were<\/p>\n

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\ndiscussing how they might
\novercome the challenge of the <\/p>\n

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\nstone in front of the tombs
\nmouth, how they could remove it <\/p>\n

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\nso that they could anoint the
\nbody of Jesus. <\/p>\n

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\nSo we can just imagine the women
\napproaching the tomb, spices in <\/p>\n

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\nhand, preparing to anoint their
\nLord. <\/p>\n

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\nMark 16 and verse 2 tells us
\nthat they arrived at the rising <\/p>\n

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\nof the sun, and just as the sun
\nbegan to rise, the sight of the <\/p>\n

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\ntomb would come before them.
\nAnd perhaps you’ve experienced <\/p>\n

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\nDaybreak when the sun begins to
\npeak just over the horizon. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd when that occurs, the light
\ncan almost be a bit blinding as <\/p>\n

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\nit shines into our eyes.
\nWell, this was a similar <\/p>\n

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\nexperience to what the women
\nhad, but in this case, the light<\/p>\n

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\nwasn’t coming from the sun, it
\nwas actually coming from the <\/p>\n

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\ntomb.
\nAnd so the woman would have <\/p>\n

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\ncautiously moved towards this
\nlight. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd as they drew closer, they
\nsaw that this blinding light was<\/p>\n

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\nactually the face of an Angel
\nwhose complexion was like that <\/p>\n

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\nof lightning, and that this
\nAngel was now sitting on top of <\/p>\n

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\nthe stone.
\nThe stone was actually removed <\/p>\n

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\nfrom the mouth of the tomb.
\nHe was wearing white raiment <\/p>\n

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\nsitting upon the stone, the tomb
\nbeing opened. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd as the women beheld the
\nscene, they looked around and <\/p>\n

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\nthey saw soldiers who were
\npetrified on the ground as <\/p>\n

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\nthough they were dead.
\nAnd you can imagine their eyes <\/p>\n

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\nwidening with a bit of terror as
\nthey realized the scene before <\/p>\n

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\nthem.
\nPerhaps they begin to wonder, is<\/p>\n

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\nthis what their fate was going
\nto be? <\/p>\n

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\nThe fate of those who are now
\nseemingly dead in the presence <\/p>\n

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\nof the Angel of the Lord.
\nBut sensing the fear, the Angel <\/p>\n

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\nsaid to these women, do not be
\nafraid, for I know that you seek<\/p>\n

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\nJesus, which was crucified.
\nHe is not here, he is risen as <\/p>\n

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\nhe said.
\nYou can imagine the women trying<\/p>\n

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\nto process everything, the
\nAngel, the open tomb, and the <\/p>\n

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\ndeclaration that Jesus was
\nalive. <\/p>\n

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\nSensing their confusion, their
\nperplexity, the Angel continues <\/p>\n

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\non to speak to them.
\nCome see the place where the <\/p>\n

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\nLord lay.
\nHe knew that seeing the empty <\/p>\n

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\ntomb would bring a sense of
\nreality for the women. <\/p>\n

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\nMark 16 and verse 5 tells us
\nthat when they entered the tomb,<\/p>\n

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\nthey saw the Angel sitting on
\nthe right side, another Angel. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd sensing their alarm, He also
\ncomforted them with the words <\/p>\n

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\nrecorded in Mark 16 and verse 6.
\nDo not be alarmed. <\/p>\n

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\nYou are looking for Jesus of
\nNazareth who was crucified. <\/p>\n

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\nHe has risen.
\nHe is not here. <\/p>\n

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\nSee the place where they laid
\nhim. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd as they stared in silence
\nand amazement, the Angel <\/p>\n

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\ncontinued on to say, But go your
\nway. <\/p>\n

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\nTell his disciples and Peter
\nthat he goeth before you into <\/p>\n

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\nGalilee.
\nThere you shall see Him as He <\/p>\n

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\nsaid to you.
\nLuke 24, verse 7 contains an <\/p>\n

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\nadditional explanation to the
\nwomen to help them really bring <\/p>\n

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\nthe pieces together, because
\nstill at this point it wasn’t <\/p>\n

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\nquite connecting for them.
\nHe quoted the words of Jesus and<\/p>\n

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\nLuke 24 and verse seven said,
\nthis is what He said to you in <\/p>\n

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\nGalilee, that the Son of Man
\nmust be delivered into the hands<\/p>\n

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\nof sinful men and be crucified.
\nAnd the third day rise again. <\/p>\n

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\nIt’s at these words that the
\npieces clicked, and Luke 24 and <\/p>\n

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\nverse 8 contains the phrase, and
\nthey remembered His words. <\/p>\n

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\nThink about the import of this
\nfor us, that there’s a lot of <\/p>\n

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\nsignificance in this short
\nlittle phrase. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd they remembered His words.
\nUntil they remembered the words <\/p>\n

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\nof Jesus in their present
\ncircumstance, they couldn’t <\/p>\n

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\nfully understand how to process
\nthe events around them. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd this is quite often the case
\nfor us in our lives as well, <\/p>\n

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\nthat remembering the words of
\nJesus helps us a great deal as <\/p>\n

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\nwe try to process the events of
\nlife as they transpire. <\/p>\n

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\nWell, the women were commanded
\nto go back. <\/p>\n

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\nThe other women must have gone
\nback because Mary Magdalene <\/p>\n

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\nfinds herself alone at the tomb.
\nAmazingly, it was to Mary <\/p>\n

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\nMagdalene that Jesus first
\nappeared, Not to the disciples, <\/p>\n

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\nnot to others that he could have
\nchosen to appear to, but to Mary<\/p>\n

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\nMagdalene.
\nWe wonder why might this be the <\/p>\n

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\ncase?
\nThis interaction is recorded for<\/p>\n

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\nus over in John chapter 20.
\nAnd here was a woman who had <\/p>\n

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\nnever given up on Jesus.
\nEven when others had sunken into<\/p>\n

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\ndespair, she did not.
\nShe continued to pursue finding <\/p>\n

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\nher Lord.
\nThe record tells us that Jesus <\/p>\n

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\nhad done much for her and as a
\nresult, she loved Jesus <\/p>\n

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\nsignificantly.
\nAnd you wonder if this might be <\/p>\n

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\na bit of a clue, the words that
\nJesus says in Luke 7 and verse <\/p>\n

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\n47 when speaking about a woman
\nto whom much had been forgiven. <\/p>\n

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\nIf perhaps Mary Magdalene found
\nherself in this position, Jesus <\/p>\n

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\nsaid in Luke 7 and verse 47, her
\nsins, which are many, are <\/p>\n

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\nforgiven.
\nFor she loved much, but to whom <\/p>\n

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\nlittle is forgiven, the same
\nloveth little. <\/p>\n

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\nJust pause for a moment and
\nthink about that first <\/p>\n

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\ninteraction with Jesus and what
\nthat realization would have felt<\/p>\n

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\nlike for Mary as she realized
\nfor the first time that Jesus <\/p>\n

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\nhad risen from the dead and she
\nbeheld her risen Lord no longer <\/p>\n

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\nmortal but immortal.
\nTry to capture this for yourself<\/p>\n

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\nas you project yourself forward
\nto seeing the Lord Jesus Christ <\/p>\n

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\nfor the first time.
\nWell, this feeling that Mary <\/p>\n

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\nwould have experienced occurred
\na number of times in the <\/p>\n

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\naccounts of the gospel because
\nwe find that Matthew 28 verses 9<\/p>\n

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\nand 10 tells us that Jesus also
\nappeared to the group of women. <\/p>\n

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\nJesus then appeared at some
\npoint to Peter. <\/p>\n

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\nIt’s not recorded what that
\nexchange was like. <\/p>\n

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\nWhat we can imagine Jesus
\nspeaking and interacting with <\/p>\n

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\nPeter, his dear friend, then to
\nCleopas and his wife in Luke 24 <\/p>\n

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\non the road to Emmaus.
\nHe then appeared to the 10 <\/p>\n

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\ndisciples minus Thomas, and then
\nfinally to all 11 disciples as <\/p>\n

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\nis recorded for us.
\nFinally, First Corinthians 15 <\/p>\n

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\nand verse 6 tells us that Jesus
\nappeared to more than 500 at <\/p>\n

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\nonce, likely up in the region of
\nGalilee where he told them that <\/p>\n

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\nhe would go and meet them after
\nhis resurrection. <\/p>\n

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\nYou may have noticed that
\nthere’s a pattern that emerges <\/p>\n

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\nin the resurrection as you’ve
\nread this before and maybe even <\/p>\n

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\nas you read it this morning and
\nyou ask yourself the question, <\/p>\n

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\nwhat is it that people
\nconsistently did every time they<\/p>\n

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\nunderstood the reality of the
\nresurrection of the Lord Jesus <\/p>\n

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\nChrist?
\nTake a look at the women, for <\/p>\n

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\nexample.
\nLuke 24 and verse 9 tells us <\/p>\n

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\nthat they returned from the tomb
\nand told these things to the 11 <\/p>\n

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\nand to the rest as they were
\ncommanded to do by the Angel, <\/p>\n

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\nthe two on the road to Emmaus.
\nLuke 24 verses 33 and 34, it <\/p>\n

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\ntells us that when they realized
\nthat this was actually Jesus <\/p>\n

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\nthat they rose up the same hour
\nand travelled the seven miles <\/p>\n

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\nback to Jerusalem after the day
\nwas already over, because they <\/p>\n

327
\n00:22:41,360 –> 00:22:46,960
\nwere so excited to go and tell
\nthe disciples that Jesus was <\/p>\n

328
\n00:22:46,960 –> 00:22:50,200
\nalive.
\nAnd the disciples themselves are<\/p>\n

329
\n00:22:50,200 –> 00:22:54,880
\ncommanded by Jesus.
\nAnd Mark 16 and verse 15 where <\/p>\n

330
\n00:22:54,880 –> 00:22:57,760
\nhe says, go ye into all the
\nworld and preach the gospel to <\/p>\n

331
\n00:22:57,760 –> 00:23:01,200
\nevery creature.
\nThey were to share the gospel, <\/p>\n

332
\n00:23:01,800 –> 00:23:05,880
\nthe good news that Jesus had
\nrisen from the dead with <\/p>\n

333
\n00:23:06,000 –> 00:23:10,280
\neveryone that they encountered.
\nIn each case, whether it was <\/p>\n

334
\n00:23:10,280 –> 00:23:14,800
\nthrough personal compulsion or
\nexternal command, the <\/p>\n

335
\n00:23:14,800 –> 00:23:19,320
\nexpectation was that they would
\nshare the good news with other <\/p>\n

336
\n00:23:19,320 –> 00:23:22,320
\npeople.
\nOnce you had personally accepted<\/p>\n

337
\n00:23:22,320 –> 00:23:25,680
\nthe reality of the resurrection,
\nyou were to share that good news<\/p>\n

338
\n00:23:25,680 –> 00:23:28,520
\nwith others.
\nSee how strong this was, this <\/p>\n

339
\n00:23:28,520 –> 00:23:32,000
\nconviction was with those that
\nwe’ve read about this morning, <\/p>\n

340
\n00:23:32,520 –> 00:23:35,960
\nwhether it was the women who
\nwere overjoyed, Cleopas and his <\/p>\n

341
\n00:23:35,960 –> 00:23:39,360
\nwife travelling 7 miles in the
\ndark to share with others. <\/p>\n

342
\n00:23:39,680 –> 00:23:44,600
\nAnd you ask yourself the
\nquestion, how excited are we to <\/p>\n

343
\n00:23:44,600 –> 00:23:49,720
\nshare the good news that we’ve
\nreceived about the resurrection <\/p>\n

344
\n00:23:49,720 –> 00:23:53,840
\nof the Lord Jesus Christ?
\nEach of us has said that we <\/p>\n

345
\n00:23:53,840 –> 00:23:57,720
\npersonally accept the reality of
\nthe resurrection of the Lord <\/p>\n

346
\n00:23:57,720 –> 00:24:02,240
\nJesus Christ, but have we made
\nit real for ourselves? <\/p>\n

347
\n00:24:02,760 –> 00:24:08,560
\nDo we actively remember His
\nwords as the women did as a part<\/p>\n

348
\n00:24:08,560 –> 00:24:12,920
\nof our daily lives?
\nDo we truly believe? <\/p>\n

349
\n00:24:13,960 –> 00:24:17,040
\nAn indicator of our level of
\nbelief could be our level of <\/p>\n

350
\n00:24:17,040 –> 00:24:20,880
\nexcitement about sharing this
\ngood news with others that we <\/p>\n

351
\n00:24:20,880 –> 00:24:25,720
\nencounter because those who
\ntruly believed couldn’t help but<\/p>\n

352
\n00:24:25,720 –> 00:24:28,600
\nshare the gospel message with
\nthose that they came into <\/p>\n

353
\n00:24:28,600 –> 00:24:32,480
\ncontact with.
\nDo others know what we believe? <\/p>\n

354
\n00:24:33,120 –> 00:24:37,080
\nDo others know what truly
\nmotivates us on a daily basis? <\/p>\n

355
\n00:24:38,040 –> 00:24:40,600
\nIt’s worth turning to Mark 16
\nfor a moment. <\/p>\n

356
\n00:24:41,240 –> 00:24:46,160
\nAnd if you have a a red pencil,
\na coloring pencil, and a blue <\/p>\n

357
\n00:24:46,160 –> 00:24:50,880
\none, it’s very helpful to color
\na few themes in that come up in <\/p>\n

358
\n00:24:50,880 –> 00:24:57,000
\nMark 16 verses 9 to 18, because
\nthese verses focus predominantly<\/p>\n

359
\n00:24:57,280 –> 00:25:02,040
\non the response of the disciples
\nto hearing the good news from <\/p>\n

360
\n00:25:02,040 –> 00:25:05,600
\nothers that Jesus had been
\nraised from the dead. <\/p>\n

361
\n00:25:06,760 –> 00:25:12,040
\nAnd surprisingly, their response
\nconsistently was one of <\/p>\n

362
\n00:25:12,240 –> 00:25:15,120
\nunbelief.
\nAnd of all the people who would <\/p>\n

363
\n00:25:15,120 –> 00:25:18,320
\nbelieve that Jesus had risen
\nfrom the dead, you would think <\/p>\n

364
\n00:25:19,280 –> 00:25:22,000
\nthat the disciples would be at
\nthe top of that list. <\/p>\n

365
\n00:25:23,080 –> 00:25:26,080
\nBut we find repeatedly that that
\nwasn’t the case. <\/p>\n

366
\n00:25:26,880 –> 00:25:29,840
\nTake a look at Mark 16, verse
\n11. <\/p>\n

367
\n00:25:30,600 –> 00:25:33,800
\nYou color in these phrases of
\nwhere at the report of Mary <\/p>\n

368
\n00:25:33,800 –> 00:25:39,360
\nMagdalene they believed not.
\nMark 16 and verse 13 tells us <\/p>\n

369
\n00:25:39,360 –> 00:25:43,360
\nthat the report from Cleopas and
\nhis wife neither believe they <\/p>\n

370
\n00:25:43,360 –> 00:25:49,120
\nthem and it wasn’t until on Mark
\n16 and verse 14 that Jesus <\/p>\n

371
\n00:25:49,120 –> 00:25:52,440
\nactually appears to them and
\nreprimands them for their <\/p>\n

372
\n00:25:52,840 –> 00:25:58,080
\nunbelief because they believed,
\nnot the eyewitnesses that they <\/p>\n

373
\n00:25:58,080 –> 00:26:01,800
\nfinally believe.
\nAnd a good cross reference there<\/p>\n

374
\n00:26:01,800 –> 00:26:07,640
\nnext to verse 14 is John 20,
\nverses 24 and 25 where we have <\/p>\n

375
\n00:26:07,640 –> 00:26:11,880
\nadditional detail about Thomas,
\nwhere Thomas actually says, <\/p>\n

376
\n00:26:11,880 –> 00:26:16,840
\nexcept I can see in his hands
\nthe print of the nails, put my <\/p>\n

377
\n00:26:16,840 –> 00:26:22,240
\nfinger into the print and thrust
\nmy hand into his side, I will <\/p>\n

378
\n00:26:22,240 –> 00:26:27,640
\nnot believe.
\nIn other words, unless Jesus <\/p>\n

379
\n00:26:27,640 –> 00:26:32,400
\nreveals himself in the way that
\nI’m willing to accept, I won’t <\/p>\n

380
\n00:26:32,400 –> 00:26:36,240
\nbelieve him.
\nAt its core, the disciples had <\/p>\n

381
\n00:26:36,240 –> 00:26:40,640
\nan expectation for how Jesus
\nwould work in their lives, and <\/p>\n

382
\n00:26:40,640 –> 00:26:43,600
\nunless Jesus showed up in their
\nlives in the way that they <\/p>\n

383
\n00:26:43,600 –> 00:26:47,640
\nexpected, they were not willing
\nto believe his words. <\/p>\n

384
\n00:26:48,640 –> 00:26:52,080
\nThe disciples weren’t willing to
\naccept that Jesus could work <\/p>\n

385
\n00:26:52,080 –> 00:26:56,000
\nthrough Mary Magdalene or
\nCleopas and his wife, or in the <\/p>\n

386
\n00:26:56,000 –> 00:26:58,960
\ncase of Thomas, even the other
\n10 disciples. <\/p>\n

387
\n00:26:59,640 –> 00:27:02,840
\nThey had put the stipulation on
\nJesus that unless they could <\/p>\n

388
\n00:27:02,840 –> 00:27:06,840
\npersonally experience Jesus
\npresence in their lives in the <\/p>\n

389
\n00:27:06,840 –> 00:27:10,680
\nway that they had defined, they
\nwouldn’t believe. <\/p>\n

390
\n00:27:12,000 –> 00:27:15,840
\nI wondered, is it possible for
\nus to do the same? <\/p>\n

391
\n00:27:16,760 –> 00:27:20,120
\nIf these men who were in the
\npresence of Jesus for 3 1\/2 <\/p>\n

392
\n00:27:20,120 –> 00:27:24,080
\nyears could fall into this trap?
\nCould it be that we <\/p>\n

393
\n00:27:24,080 –> 00:27:27,560
\nunconsciously fall into this
\ntrap ourselves? <\/p>\n

394
\n00:27:28,960 –> 00:27:31,840
\nDespite all the warnings of
\nJesus throughout his ministry, <\/p>\n

395
\n00:27:31,840 –> 00:27:36,720
\nthe disciples had expected Jesus
\nto set up the Kingdom and their <\/p>\n

396
\n00:27:36,720 –> 00:27:38,720
\nminds.
\nHe was never supposed to die. <\/p>\n

397
\n00:27:38,920 –> 00:27:44,520
\nThis was not a part of the plan.
\nAs a result, their worlds were <\/p>\n

398
\n00:27:44,520 –> 00:27:48,240
\nshattered and so to protect
\nthemselves from further hurt, <\/p>\n

399
\n00:27:48,400 –> 00:27:52,400
\nthey closed themselves off from
\nany input that was different <\/p>\n

400
\n00:27:52,720 –> 00:27:56,320
\nthan their current expectation.
\nTheir current belief. <\/p>\n

401
\n00:27:57,280 –> 00:28:01,640
\nOnly the physical appearing of
\nthe Lord Jesus Christ could <\/p>\n

402
\n00:28:01,640 –> 00:28:05,480
\nchange their minds.
\nCan we find ourselves in this <\/p>\n

403
\n00:28:05,480 –> 00:28:09,000
\ntype of a position of where
\nwe’re hurt so severely that <\/p>\n

404
\n00:28:09,000 –> 00:28:12,720
\nwe’re unwilling to see that
\nJesus is alive in our life <\/p>\n

405
\n00:28:12,720 –> 00:28:16,480
\ncircumstances?
\nSimilar to the disciples? <\/p>\n

406
\n00:28:17,200 –> 00:28:21,480
\nCan things be so contrary to our
\nexpectations that we close <\/p>\n

407
\n00:28:21,480 –> 00:28:25,360
\nourselves to Jesus being able to
\nspeak to us through the loved <\/p>\n

408
\n00:28:25,360 –> 00:28:30,480
\nones in our lives, just as the
\ndisciples did with Mary and <\/p>\n

409
\n00:28:30,480 –> 00:28:35,000
\nCleopas and his wife?
\nCan we unconsciously inhibit <\/p>\n

410
\n00:28:35,000 –> 00:28:39,440
\nJesus ability to work in our
\nlives by limiting him to a very <\/p>\n

411
\n00:28:39,560 –> 00:28:44,360
\nnarrow set of parameters that we
\nare willing to receive, just as <\/p>\n

412
\n00:28:44,360 –> 00:28:48,040
\nThomas did in the stipulations
\nthat he placed on his belief? <\/p>\n

413
\n00:28:49,440 –> 00:28:52,240
\nWe know that we’ll each go
\nthrough things in our lives that<\/p>\n

414
\n00:28:52,240 –> 00:28:54,320
\nare very challenging to our
\nfaith. <\/p>\n

415
\n00:28:55,160 –> 00:28:57,960
\nWe’re told that it’s through
\nmuch tribulation that we must <\/p>\n

416
\n00:28:57,960 –> 00:29:01,400
\nenter into the Kingdom.
\nAnd this was one of those things<\/p>\n

417
\n00:29:01,400 –> 00:29:05,520
\nfor the disciples because it was
\nso different than their <\/p>\n

418
\n00:29:05,520 –> 00:29:10,000
\nexpectations.
\nThey just couldn’t believe that <\/p>\n

419
\n00:29:10,080 –> 00:29:14,160
\nJesus was alive.
\nAnd the challenge to us is, are <\/p>\n

420
\n00:29:14,160 –> 00:29:19,360
\nwe willing to see Jesus is alive
\nin our lives even when things <\/p>\n

421
\n00:29:19,360 –> 00:29:22,440
\nare very different than our
\nexpectations? <\/p>\n

422
\n00:29:22,800 –> 00:29:26,960
\nAre we willing to receive that?
\nFor each of us, the cross must <\/p>\n

423
\n00:29:26,960 –> 00:29:31,120
\ncome before the crown.
\nOur willingness to receive this <\/p>\n

424
\n00:29:31,120 –> 00:29:35,200
\nwill be challenged at various
\npoints in our lives, just as it <\/p>\n

425
\n00:29:35,200 –> 00:29:39,520
\nwas here for the disciples.
\nAnd when Jesus was speaking to <\/p>\n

426
\n00:29:39,520 –> 00:29:44,400
\nThomas, he had these words to
\nThomas that actually provide a <\/p>\n

427
\n00:29:44,400 –> 00:29:46,720
\nsignificant amount of comfort to
\neach of us. <\/p>\n

428
\n00:29:46,720 –> 00:29:53,240
\nIn John 20 and verse 29, he said
\nto Thomas, because you have seen<\/p>\n

429
\n00:29:53,240 –> 00:29:57,920
\nme, you have believed.
\nBlessed are they that have not <\/p>\n

430
\n00:29:57,920 –> 00:30:04,440
\nseen and yet have believed.
\nNone of us have seen the risen <\/p>\n

431
\n00:30:04,440 –> 00:30:09,160
\nLord, but we’ve all professed
\nthat we believe that Jesus has <\/p>\n

432
\n00:30:09,160 –> 00:30:12,120
\nrisen and that He is alive in
\nour lives. <\/p>\n

433
\n00:30:13,040 –> 00:30:17,000
\nAnd this is important because
\nJesus has very clear words about<\/p>\n

434
\n00:30:17,000 –> 00:30:20,080
\nthe implications of believing or
\nnot believing in His <\/p>\n

435
\n00:30:20,080 –> 00:30:23,240
\nresurrection.
\nAnd if you still have your <\/p>\n

436
\n00:30:23,240 –> 00:30:28,440
\npencil in Mark 16 and verse 16,
\nit’s worth coloring in in blue <\/p>\n

437
\n00:30:28,440 –> 00:30:32,280
\nthe promise that’s in contrast
\nto those who don’t believe where<\/p>\n

438
\n00:30:32,280 –> 00:30:35,680
\nhe says in Mark 16 and verse 16,
\nhe that believeth and is <\/p>\n

439
\n00:30:35,680 –> 00:30:41,040
\nbaptized shall be saved.
\nBut the warning about unbelief, <\/p>\n

440
\n00:30:41,040 –> 00:30:43,360
\nhe that believeth not shall be
\ncondemned. <\/p>\n

441
\n00:30:44,520 –> 00:30:46,520
\nAnd so the call to action is
\nthis. <\/p>\n

442
\n00:30:47,040 –> 00:30:50,440
\nJesus commands that we
\ndemonstrate our belief in his <\/p>\n

443
\n00:30:50,440 –> 00:30:56,400
\nresurrection by first being
\nbaptized and then by sharing the<\/p>\n

444
\n00:30:56,400 –> 00:31:00,080
\nGood News with those who we come
\ninto contact with. <\/p>\n

445
\n00:31:01,240 –> 00:31:05,480
\nSo where are we at in our
\njourney of belief, in our <\/p>\n

446
\n00:31:05,480 –> 00:31:10,160
\njourney of baptism and in our
\njourney of Gospel proclamation? <\/p>\n

447
\n00:31:11,120 –> 00:31:15,080
\nThis is something for us to
\nindividually consider as we <\/p>\n

448
\n00:31:15,080 –> 00:31:20,960
\nabout or prepare to enter this
\ntime of self examination because<\/p>\n

449
\n00:31:20,960 –> 00:31:23,440
\nthis is really a personal
\nreflection isn’t it? <\/p>\n

450
\n00:31:23,440 –> 00:31:27,920
\nAs to where we’re at in regards
\nto our own journey when it comes<\/p>\n

451
\n00:31:27,920 –> 00:31:34,960
\nto belief, do we really believe
\nwhat we read and are we willing <\/p>\n

452
\n00:31:34,960 –> 00:31:37,720
\nto put it into action even if
\nit’s different than our <\/p>\n

453
\n00:31:37,720 –> 00:31:41,040
\nexpectations in regards to
\nbaptism? <\/p>\n

454
\n00:31:41,760 –> 00:31:45,040
\nHave we committed our lives
\nthrough the waters of baptism? <\/p>\n

455
\n00:31:45,960 –> 00:31:50,240
\nAnd if not yet, what’s holding
\nus back from being able to make <\/p>\n

456
\n00:31:50,240 –> 00:31:53,640
\nthat commitment, and are we
\nactively working toward it? <\/p>\n

457
\n00:31:53,640 –> 00:32:00,080
\nAnd in regards to proclamation,
\nhow active are we in sharing the<\/p>\n

458
\n00:32:00,080 –> 00:32:02,880
\ngood news of the resurrection
\nand the coming Kingdom? <\/p>\n

459
\n00:32:03,640 –> 00:32:06,280
\nThis was the Great Commission
\nthat Jesus had given to his <\/p>\n

460
\n00:32:06,280 –> 00:32:10,160
\ndisciples to share the good news
\nand the excitement. <\/p>\n

461
\n00:32:11,200 –> 00:32:14,640
\nAnd if we’re not careful, what
\nwe can find is that both <\/p>\n

462
\n00:32:14,640 –> 00:32:19,960
\npersonally and ecclesially, we
\ncan become so busy, so consumed <\/p>\n

463
\n00:32:19,960 –> 00:32:23,640
\nwith the things in front of our
\nfaces, that the Great Commission<\/p>\n

464
\n00:32:23,640 –> 00:32:28,920
\nbecomes the Great Omission.
\nIt’s very easy for a busy life, <\/p>\n

465
\n00:32:30,240 –> 00:32:34,400
\nfor being burdened down with
\nanxious care, for those things <\/p>\n

466
\n00:32:34,400 –> 00:32:37,680
\nto consume us, and for us to
\nfind ourselves with our lamp <\/p>\n

467
\n00:32:38,360 –> 00:32:42,160
\nbeneath A bushel, not really
\nemanating the light that we are <\/p>\n

468
\n00:32:42,160 –> 00:32:44,880
\ncommanded to the emanate to
\nthose around us. <\/p>\n

469
\n00:32:45,520 –> 00:32:49,640
\nAnd so Jesus appeals to each of
\nus to share the good news, to <\/p>\n

470
\n00:32:49,640 –> 00:32:54,000
\nbelieve that we have not seen
\nand to abide until this coming. <\/p>\n

471
\n00:32:55,640 –> 00:32:58,560
\nAnd contained within the
\nresurrection is a great message <\/p>\n

472
\n00:32:58,560 –> 00:33:02,320
\nof hope to each of us as we
\nstart to draw our thoughts to a <\/p>\n

473
\n00:33:02,320 –> 00:33:04,600
\nclose.
\nBecause as I read the <\/p>\n

474
\n00:33:04,600 –> 00:33:09,200
\ndescription in Matthew 28 and
\nverse 2, I couldn’t help but <\/p>\n

475
\n00:33:09,200 –> 00:33:11,560
\nthink about the application to
\nour day. <\/p>\n

476
\n00:33:12,400 –> 00:33:15,760
\nThink about the similarity that
\nwe read in Matthew 28 and verse <\/p>\n

477
\n00:33:15,760 –> 00:33:21,200
\n2 of where it says there was a
\ngreat earthquake for the Angel <\/p>\n

478
\n00:33:21,200 –> 00:33:25,200
\nof the Lord descended from
\nheaven and came and rolled back <\/p>\n

479
\n00:33:25,200 –> 00:33:27,480
\nthe stone from the door and sat
\nupon it. <\/p>\n

480
\n00:33:28,680 –> 00:33:33,240
\nCompare what will happen when
\nthe Lord Jesus Christ returns as<\/p>\n

481
\n00:33:33,240 –> 00:33:36,600
\nwe consider the familiar words
\nin First Thessalonians 4 and <\/p>\n

482
\n00:33:36,600 –> 00:33:41,760
\nverse 16.
\nFor the Lord Himself, not an <\/p>\n

483
\n00:33:41,760 –> 00:33:47,440
\nAngel, but this time the Lord
\nHimself shall descend from <\/p>\n

484
\n00:33:47,440 –> 00:33:51,760
\nheaven with a shout, with the
\nvoice of the Archangel, and with<\/p>\n

485
\n00:33:51,760 –> 00:33:58,680
\nthe trump of God, And the dead
\nin Christ shall rise first, no <\/p>\n

486
\n00:33:58,680 –> 00:34:01,720
\nlonger an Angel, but the Lord
\nHimself will descend. <\/p>\n

487
\n00:34:01,720 –> 00:34:05,040
\nAnd you can imagine the apostle
\nPaul through the Spirit thinking<\/p>\n

488
\n00:34:05,040 –> 00:34:09,000
\nabout this instance in Matthew
\n28 of when the Angel descended, <\/p>\n

489
\n00:34:09,000 –> 00:34:13,719
\nand seeing the full fulfillment
\nof that when our Lord Jesus <\/p>\n

490
\n00:34:13,719 –> 00:34:17,159
\nChrist returns.
\nAnd in First Thessalonians 4 and<\/p>\n

491
\n00:34:17,159 –> 00:34:21,800
\nverse 16, when it says that the
\nLord will shout, it means a <\/p>\n

492
\n00:34:21,800 –> 00:34:25,239
\ncommand.
\nHe will issue a command with the<\/p>\n

493
\n00:34:25,239 –> 00:34:28,639
\nvoice of the Archangel.
\nAnd as we think about this <\/p>\n

494
\n00:34:28,639 –> 00:34:33,480
\nvoice, the writer to the Hebrews
\nmentions this in Hebrews 12 and <\/p>\n

495
\n00:34:33,480 –> 00:34:36,960
\nverse 26, this same Greek word
\nfor voice. <\/p>\n

496
\n00:34:37,360 –> 00:34:40,280
\nAnd it comes up in reference to
\nthe Archangel where it says <\/p>\n

497
\n00:34:40,280 –> 00:34:45,520
\nwhose voice shook the earth,
\nreferring back to the things at <\/p>\n

498
\n00:34:45,600 –> 00:34:50,199
\nMount Sinai in former times.
\nBack in Sinai, the voice of <\/p>\n

499
\n00:34:50,199 –> 00:34:54,120
\nGod’s Archangel shook the earth,
\nand we’re told in the very next <\/p>\n

500
\n00:34:54,120 –> 00:34:59,080
\nverse in Hebrews 12 and verse 27
\nthe significance of earthquakes <\/p>\n

501
\n00:34:59,480 –> 00:35:02,600
\nand how God uses them.
\nI found this to be fascinating. <\/p>\n

502
\n00:35:03,240 –> 00:35:07,560
\nHe says about earthquakes
\nsignifying the removing of those<\/p>\n

503
\n00:35:07,560 –> 00:35:12,400
\nthings that are shaken as of
\nthings that are made, that those<\/p>\n

504
\n00:35:12,400 –> 00:35:15,800
\nthings which cannot be shaken
\nmay remain. <\/p>\n

505
\n00:35:17,040 –> 00:35:20,920
\nIn other words, those things
\nthat are temporary are shaken <\/p>\n

506
\n00:35:20,960 –> 00:35:24,960
\nout of place by God’s
\nearthquakes, but the things that<\/p>\n

507
\n00:35:24,960 –> 00:35:29,080
\nare permanent remain.
\nAnd in the case of the Lord <\/p>\n

508
\n00:35:29,120 –> 00:35:33,520
\nJesus Christ, the voice of the
\nArchangel caused an earthquake <\/p>\n

509
\n00:35:33,840 –> 00:35:37,520
\nthat shook away the stone that
\nwas covering the mouth of the <\/p>\n

510
\n00:35:37,520 –> 00:35:40,760
\ntomb.
\nThe door to the grave of Christ <\/p>\n

511
\n00:35:41,560 –> 00:35:45,920
\nwas temporary, and hence the
\nearthquake removed it from its <\/p>\n

512
\n00:35:45,920 –> 00:35:48,600
\nplace.
\nIn fact, we’re told in Matthew <\/p>\n

513
\n00:35:48,600 –> 00:35:53,920
\n27, verses 52 and 53 that in
\naddition to Jesus that the <\/p>\n

514
\n00:35:53,920 –> 00:35:58,560
\nearthquake actually opened the
\ntombs of many of the Saints at <\/p>\n

515
\n00:35:58,560 –> 00:36:02,360
\nthat time, and that they arose
\nand were seen by many in the <\/p>\n

516
\n00:36:02,360 –> 00:36:07,280
\ncity as they also were
\nresurrected from death, A type <\/p>\n

517
\n00:36:07,280 –> 00:36:12,640
\nof what will occur in our day.
\nAnd when Jesus returns, he will <\/p>\n

518
\n00:36:12,640 –> 00:36:17,040
\nissue a command with this same
\nvoice, a voice that’s so <\/p>\n

519
\n00:36:17,040 –> 00:36:20,680
\npowerful that it will shake the
\nearth, and it will shake away <\/p>\n

520
\n00:36:21,160 –> 00:36:26,400
\nthe door of the graves of those
\nwho sleep in Jesus, the <\/p>\n

521
\n00:36:26,400 –> 00:36:29,680
\ntemporary closure that covers
\nthose who sleep. <\/p>\n

522
\n00:36:30,880 –> 00:36:35,120
\nAnd just as Jesus used his voice
\nin John 11 and verse 43 to <\/p>\n

523
\n00:36:35,120 –> 00:36:40,040
\ncommand Lazarus to come forth,
\nso to his voice will issue the <\/p>\n

524
\n00:36:40,040 –> 00:36:43,000
\nsame command to those who now
\nsleep in the dust. <\/p>\n

525
\n00:36:44,400 –> 00:36:47,400
\nWe’re told in Matthew 28 and
\nverse 2 that this Angel was <\/p>\n

526
\n00:36:47,400 –> 00:36:51,680
\nsitting upon the stone, a sign
\nthat this Angel had been given <\/p>\n

527
\n00:36:51,680 –> 00:36:55,400
\nauthority over death itself.
\nAnd when we read in first <\/p>\n

528
\n00:36:55,400 –> 00:37:02,640
\nCorinthians 15 verses 24 to 28,
\nwe’re told about the end of when<\/p>\n

529
\n00:37:02,640 –> 00:37:05,640
\ndeath will be placed under the
\nfeet of the Lord Jesus Christ <\/p>\n

530
\n00:37:05,640 –> 00:37:09,480
\nonce and for all, when he will
\nhave final authority over death <\/p>\n

531
\n00:37:10,480 –> 00:37:14,440
\nand he will eliminate it once
\nand for all for humanity. <\/p>\n

532
\n00:37:15,800 –> 00:37:20,280
\nJesus resurrection is so vital
\nfor us because in His <\/p>\n

533
\n00:37:20,280 –> 00:37:23,760
\nresurrection we see the
\ncertainty of ours. <\/p>\n

534
\n00:37:24,320 –> 00:37:29,640
\nHe is the firstfruits of those
\nwho sleep, Christ the <\/p>\n

535
\n00:37:29,640 –> 00:37:32,040
\nfirstfruits and after.
\nThey that are Christ at His <\/p>\n

536
\n00:37:32,040 –> 00:37:35,760
\ncoming and considering.
\nThe resurrection of our Lord <\/p>\n

537
\n00:37:36,440 –> 00:37:42,480
\nallows us to clothe the future
\nwith substance, the substance of<\/p>\n

538
\n00:37:42,480 –> 00:37:47,520
\nthings hoped for and the
\nevidence of things not seen, so <\/p>\n

539
\n00:37:47,520 –> 00:37:51,080
\nthat we can confidently
\nanticipate the day that we will <\/p>\n

540
\n00:37:51,080 –> 00:37:54,880
\ndeclare death is swallowed up in
\nvictory. <\/p>\n

541
\n00:37:56,000 –> 00:38:00,680
\nReading a few verses and verses
\n55 to 58 of First Corinthians <\/p>\n

542
\n00:38:00,680 –> 00:38:04,240
\n15, we read, O death, where is
\nthy sting? <\/p>\n

543
\n00:38:04,920 –> 00:38:09,160
\nO grave, where is thy victory?
\nThe sting of death is sin, and <\/p>\n

544
\n00:38:09,160 –> 00:38:14,880
\nthe strength of sin is the law,
\nBut thanks be to God which <\/p>\n

545
\n00:38:14,880 –> 00:38:17,840
\ngiveth us the victory through
\nour Lord Jesus Christ. <\/p>\n

546
\n00:38:18,760 –> 00:38:26,040
\nTherefore, my beloved brethren,
\nbe steadfast, unmovable, always <\/p>\n

547
\n00:38:26,040 –> 00:38:27,800
\nabounding in the work of the
\nLord. <\/p>\n

548
\n00:38:28,320 –> 00:38:32,760
\nFor as much as you know that
\nyour labor is not in vain in the<\/p>\n

549
\n00:38:32,760 –> 00:38:36,760
\nLord.
\nAnd though Jesus has ascended, <\/p>\n

550
\n00:38:38,120 –> 00:38:41,520
\nwe’ve been given the assurance
\nthat this same Jesus which is <\/p>\n

551
\n00:38:41,520 –> 00:38:45,720
\ntaken up from you into heaven
\nshall so come in like manner as <\/p>\n

552
\n00:38:45,720 –> 00:38:50,680
\nyou have seen him go up into
\nheaven, that He will return. <\/p>\n

553
\n00:38:51,640 –> 00:38:55,520
\nAnd this gives us the confident
\nassurance that our labor each <\/p>\n

554
\n00:38:55,600 –> 00:39:00,200
\nand every day as we take on the
\nthings that are before us each <\/p>\n

555
\n00:39:00,200 –> 00:39:03,840
\nand every day, are not in vain
\nin the Lord. <\/p>\n

556
\n00:39:04,880 –> 00:39:08,720
\nThat the dead in Christ shall
\nrise first, and that we that are<\/p>\n

557
\n00:39:08,720 –> 00:39:12,040
\nalive and remain shall be caught
\nup together with him in the <\/p>\n

558
\n00:39:12,040 –> 00:39:14,920
\nclouds to meet the Lord in the
\nair. <\/p>\n

559
\n00:39:15,440 –> 00:39:18,560
\nAnd so shall we ever be with the
\nLord. <\/p>\n

560
\n00:39:19,640 –> 00:39:22,360
\nAnd we’re instructed to comfort
\none another with these words as <\/p>\n

561
\n00:39:22,360 –> 00:39:26,320
\nwe think about the resurrection
\nof our Lord Jesus Christ this <\/p>\n

562
\n00:39:26,320 –> 00:39:30,560
\nmorning, His life, his death,
\nand his resurrection. <\/p>\n

563
\n00:39:31,760 –> 00:39:34,120
\nSo let’s commit as we step
\nforward to making the <\/p>\n

564
\n00:39:34,120 –> 00:39:39,080
\nresurrection come alive for
\nourselves, to heed the call to <\/p>\n

565
\n00:39:39,120 –> 00:39:42,800
\naction, to be able to share the
\ngood news with others that we <\/p>\n

566
\n00:39:42,800 –> 00:39:46,600
\ncome into contact with, and to
\nstrengthen each other in the <\/p>\n

567
\n00:39:46,600 –> 00:39:50,440
\nhope of the coming resurrection
\nat the return of our Lord Jesus <\/p>\n

568
\n00:39:50,440 –> 00:40:06,160
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\nThank you for listening to the <\/p>\n

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\n00:40:06,160 –> 00:40:07,760
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