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Let's join Rick Renner.
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Welcome to today's program.
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My name is Rick Renner
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and today we're continuing the series called - Easter,
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The Rest of the Story.
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Have you learned some new things about
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the passion of Christ.
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That's my goal is that
you really understand
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and appreciate every single
phase of what Jesus went
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through in those final hours
before he went to the cross.
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Of course, at the cross, the burial
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and the resurrection - all
of it is so very important
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for us to understand.
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And today you can see on the
screen behind me an image
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of Nicodemus
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and Joseph of Arimathea as
they're preparing the body
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of Jesus for burial.
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And today we're going to see
that Jesus wasn't just buried
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but he was sealed in the tomb.
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And my friends, 3 days later when Jesus came out
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of the tomb, it was no hoax,
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it was no fabricated story. He
really came out of that tomb.
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And today we have so much to cover
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and it is really going to be good.
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But if you have a prayer
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and Jesus is gonna do
something wonderful for you.
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Now we're going to begin the
teaching in just a moment.
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But first, watch this.
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Do you know the story of
Easter, the resurrection
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of Jesus, the empty tomb
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and the appearances to the disciples?
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But did you know that's only part of the story?
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The Rest of the Story,
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Rick delves into the lesser known details
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of the Easter story that
are often overlooked.
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Details like - who was Pontius Pilate,
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what really happened to the Garden of Gethsemane?
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What happened to the temple when Jesus died?
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What exactly did the disciples witness on
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that miraculous mourning?
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Today,
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when people go to the city of Jerusalem
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and they visit the Church of the Holy Sepulcher. They walk
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through massive ancient doors at the front of the church
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and immediately to the right they see a staircase which goes
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up to a top level.
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And if you take that
staircase to the top level,
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you can see the very top of what is left of Golgatha.
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But when you also walk in the front door,
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if you go straight ahead, you will see
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what looks like a stone platform.
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And people often wonder
what in the world is that?
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Then to the left, you see the
shrine that holds the tomb
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where Jesus was buried and
where Jesus was resurrected.
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But that slab of stone in the very middle
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of the room is very important.
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It was called the Stone of Anointing
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or the Stone of Unction
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and it was the place where Joseph of Arimathea
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and Nicodemus prepared the
body of Jesus for burial.
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In about the year 326 AD, the mother of Constantine,
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The Great, her name was Helena, she came to Jerusalem.
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She began to interview people
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so she could identify all the
sites that were associated
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with the death, burial and resurrection.
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That's when she identified Golgatha, the place of the tomb
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and this huge stone, which today is called the Stone
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of Anointing or the Stone of Unction.
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And today people still visit that site
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and often they get on their knees
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and they lay their hands on it,
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but it really was the place where Joseph of Arimathaea
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and Nicodemus prepared the body of Jesus.
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And today I want to talk to
you about the burial of Jesus
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and we're going to begin in Mark 15
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and talk a little bit about Joseph of Arimathea.
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And in Mark 15:42-43, the Bible says - Now
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when the evening was come,
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because it was the preparation - that is the day
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before the Sabbath, Joseph of Arimathea,
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an honorable counselor which
also waited for the Kingdom
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of God, came and went in boldly unto Pilate
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and craved the body of Jesus.
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But notice this first says he was an honorable counselor.
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This word honorable in Greek depicts one
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that has a very good reputation.
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This is someone who has a
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or someone who is prominent,
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The word counselor is a word
which was particularly used
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to describe members of the Sanhedrin.
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And of course he was a
member of the Sanhedrin.
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But verse 43 says, he went
in boldly under Pilate
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and craved the body of Jesus.
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The word craved means to
be adamant in requesting
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and insisting or demanding something.
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He really demanded the body of Jesus.
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And the word body is the
Greek word for a dead body
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or a corpse, which tells
us Jesus really was dead
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by this time. But it was the Roman custom
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to leave a body hanging on
the cross until it rotted
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and until the vultures were
finished picking away at it.
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Then when the vultures were
finished with the body,
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they would take the body down
discarded into the wilderness
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where it was to be eaten by wild dogs.
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But Jews held the body in great awe
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because it was made in the image of God.
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And even when a person was crucified,
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they held the human body in
such respect they would not
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allow it to be picked apart by vultures
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or to be eaten by dogs.
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And Jews would not permit
a human body to be hung
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after sunset.
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So they would take it down
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and they would prepare it for burial.
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And when we come to Mark 15:44-45,
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it says - And Pilate marveled if he were already dead
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and calling unto him the centurion,
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he asked him whether he had been any wild dead.
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And when he knew it of the centurion,
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he gave the body to Joseph.
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Well, let me tell you, a centurion would know if someone was
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alive or dead.
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And if the centurion said Jesus was dead,
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it meant Jesus was dead.
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But it was at this point that Nicodemus joined Joseph
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of Arimathea.
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Well, what do we know about Nicodemus?
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Well, we know from John 3:1
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that he was a Pharisee
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and Pharisees believed in the supernatural.
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And Nicodemus was a private follower of Jesus
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and was very attracted
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to the supernatural ministry of Jesus.
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We know from John 3:1, he was a ruler
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of the synagogue.
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And the word ruler means a chief one, a ruler or a prince.
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It denoted the rulers of local synagogues
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and members of the Sanhedrin
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who were the highest
authorities in the land.
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So now we see Joseph of Arimathea, who is a member
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of the Sanhedrin and Nicodemus,
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who also is a member of the Sanhedrin
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and these two were private followers of Jesus.
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It was very difficult for
them during their life
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to publicly follow Jesus,
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but to the best of their ability,
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to the extent that they could,
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they were very devoted followers of Jesus.
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But when we come to John 19:39,
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we find out about that
moment when Nicodemus came
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and the Bible says, and
there came also Nicodemus,
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which at the first came to Jesus by night.
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Remember this is when he came
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to Jesus in John 3,
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and Jesus said to Nicodemus - You must be born again.
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That is the same Nicodemus.
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Now he's been following
Jesus all this time.
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And now at the time of Jesus burial,
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he has reappeared alongside of Joseph of Arimathea,
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and the Bible says that Nicodemus brought a mixture of myrrh
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and aloes about a hundred pound weight.
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Well, what do we mean by myrrh and aloes?
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Myrrh was an expensive yellowish,
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brown sweet smelling gum resin
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that had a bitter taste,
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and it was chiefly used as a chemical
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for embalming the dead.
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So this was embalming fluid,
but he also brought aloes.
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Aloes describes a sweet smelling fragrance derived from the
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juice, pressed from the leaves
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of a tree found in the Middle East,
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and it was used to ceremonially cleanse, purify
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and to counteract the terrible smell of a corpse
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as it decomposed
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and like myrrh, this was very, very expensive and rare.
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And the Bible says that Nicodemus brought a hundred pounds
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of these chemicals.
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Now, my friends, that is a lot
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and only a very,
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very wealthy man could have
brought a hundred pounds.
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And by the way, a hundred
pounds was not needed.
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This was far, far beyond what was needed.
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But in their burial of Jesus, their intention was
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to treat him lavishly, lavishly. Nicodemus
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and Joseph of Arimathaea intended to fully cover the body
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of Jesus in myrrh and aloes
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and spared no cost in preparing his body for burial.
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This was their last demonstration of love for Jesus.
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And when you come to John 19:40, it says,
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Then took they the body of Jesus
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and wound it in linen clothes
with the spices as the manner
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of the Jews is to bury.
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And when the Jews buried the
dead, they buried them naked,
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but they covered them in
a linen cloth just like is
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described in this verse.
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And the word linen cloth
here describes a cloth made
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of very fine
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and expensive materials
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that were fabricated primarily in Egypt.
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Nobles would often pay very
high prices to have robes made
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for their wives from this same material.
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But this word suggests
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that Jesus was carefully
laid in a large linen sheet
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or a fine weave with specially
prepared spices mingled
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between the folds
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of this garment in which Jesus dead body was wrapped.
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In other words, they gave
meticulous care to the way
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that they were burying Jesus.
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And here we have the amazing
story of two men who dearly,
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dearly loved Jesus.
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And as I told you, during
the ministry of Jesus,
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it was very difficult
for Joseph of Arimathea
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and Nicodemus to publicly follow Jesus,
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but they did it to the
fullest of their capacity.
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And when Jesus died, they demonstrated their deep, deep love
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for him as they treated his
dead body with tender care
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and used their personal
wealth to bury him with honor.
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how much they loved Jesus.
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Jesus had taught - For
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where your treasure is there
will your heart be also.
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So when they buried Jesus,
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they put their treasure into
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and they used his wealth to bury him
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and demonstrated their
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He was their highest priority.
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So they invested their
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how much they loved him in the way
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that they buried him
using a hundred pounds
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of these expensive substances.
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where Jesus was buried. In John 19:41-42,
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the Bible says - Now in the place where he was crucified,
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there was a garden.
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yet laid. There laid they Jesus
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therefore because of the Jews' preparation day
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for the sepulcher was nigh at hand.
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and indeed today when you go to the Church
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of the Holy Sepulcher, you will see
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that all these places are
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it was a new sepulcher wherein was never man yet laid.
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And the word new means new or fresh or unused.
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And Matthew, Mark
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and Luke all record that this tomb was really a tomb
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that was made for Joseph of Arimathea.
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It was the custom of
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to prepare their grave for the future.
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It was the tomb he had prepared for his own burial.
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and Luke 25:53, that it was hewn out of the rock.
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because it means to cut out or to polish.
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as especially highly developed refined tomb
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or a tomb that was splendid and expensive
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and only royalty
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or wealthy individuals could afford
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to have a tomb of this kind.
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that the Messiah would be buried in a rich man's tomb.
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And my friends, that is exactly the kind of tomb
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that Jesus was buried in.
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But Jesus' body was carefully inspected
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before the stone was rolled before the door.
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We know that because of John 19:42,
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which says there laid they Jesus.
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And the word laid means to set in place.
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It portrays the careful
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and thoughtful placing of Jesus' body in its resting place
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inside the tomb.
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So think about it - they had been bathing his body in spices
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for hours and hours.
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They had been washing all of his wounds,
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washing away the blood, that
blood was all over their hands
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as they begin to press the myrrh
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and the aloes into his
flesh and into every wound.
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And if there had been a pulse
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or a heartbeat, they
would have known that.
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But Jesus was dead
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and they placed him in
the tomb very carefully.
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They inspected the place
where they placed him.
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And then were told in Luke 23:55,
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that women from Galilee came
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and it says they beheld the sepulcher
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and how his body was laid.
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The word beheld means they carefully,
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carefully gazed upon the sepulcher
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and how his body was laid.
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It means to look at intently.
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And here we find the women
not only inspected the tomb,
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but they gazed on the
dead body of Jesus to see
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that it had been honorably laid in place.
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There were hands all over Jesus,
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there were eyes all over Jesus dead body.
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And Mark 15:47 says these women beheld
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where he was laid.
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And here in Greek we have the imperfect tense,
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which means they really took time
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to make sure Jesus was appropriately laid there.
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You could translate it -
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they carefully contemplated where he was laid;
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and if he was alive, they would've known it.
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They had spent substantial
time preparing his
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body for burial.
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They came into the tomb, they gazed
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and took time contemplating
where he was laid,
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and they knew he was dead.
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in Matthew 27:60
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and Mark 15:46, that Joseph
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of Arimathaea rolled a grave stone to the door
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of the sepulcher and departed. The deal was
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done, but the religious leaders in Jerusalem
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were concerned that Jesus disciples would steal his body
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and then declare that he had been resurrected.
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So when we come to Matthew 27:63-64,
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we find that the religious leaders came to Pilate
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and said - Sir, we remember
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that the deceiver said while he was yet alive,
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after 3-days, I will rise again.
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Command therefore that the sepulcher be made sure.
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Notice those words - be made sure -
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until the 3rd day lest his disciples come by night
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and steal him away
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and saying to the people
he's risen from the dead.
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So the last error shall
be worse than the first.
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Well, what does it mean when it says -
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to be made sure? This depicts a legal seal
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that was placed on documents,
letters and possessions,
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or in this case on the tomb.
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And its purpose was to authenticate
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that the sealed item had
been properly inspected
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before sealing and that all
the contents were in order.
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it guaranteed the contents inside were safe and sound
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and an all probability,
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it was a string that was stretched across the stone at the
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entrance of the tomb, which
was then sealed on both sides
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by Pilate's, legal authorities.
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And here I have an illustration which shows this very well.
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This was the seal, the sealing of the tomb by Pilate's
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legal authorities.
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But before they could seal the
tomb, they had to reopen it.
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They had to roll the stone
out of the way, go in,
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make sure all the contents
were there, make sure the body
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of Jesus was really there
and that he was really dead.
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everything was in place,
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they put the stone back in
place and they sealed it.
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And then we read in Matthew 27:65, that Pilate said
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to the religious leaders, you
have a watch, go your way.
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Make it as sure as you can.
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The word - watch - describes a group
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of 4-Roman soldiers whose shift changed every
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3 hours.
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The changing shifts assured
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that the tomb would be guarded
24 hours a day by soldiers
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who were awake, attentive and fully alert.
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So when you come to Matthew 27:66, it says - So they went
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and made the sepulcher sure, sealing the stone
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and setting the watch.
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So the chief priests hastened to the tomb.
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They made certain that the
guards were set in place.
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A full inspection was made,
everything was in order.
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My friend's Jesus dead body
was inspected again and again
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and again and again.
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This centurion said Jesus was dead.
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Joseph of Arimathea and Nicodemus bathed his body.
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They knew that Jesus was dead.
The women came from Galilee.
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They inspected his body. They
knew that Jesus was dead.
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They sealed the door and then Pilate's authorities reopened
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the stone: went in to make sure everything was in order
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that Jesus was really dead.
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Then they resealed it
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and they sealed it with Pilate's official legal seal
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my friends, he'd been checked again and again and again
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and then soldiers were set in front of the stone
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to guard it.
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But guess what? Even though
all these people had affirmed
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that Jesus really was dead on the 3rd day, the power
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of God detonated inside that tomb
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and Jesus came out of the tomb.
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But what I want you to
see is this was no hoax
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and this was no fabricated story.
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My friends, Jesus was not lying in the tomb in a coma,
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it had been verified again and again and again,
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he was really dead.
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But when Peter was preaching on the day of Pentecost,
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it's recorded that he said in Acts 2:22 -
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Because it was not possible that he should be holden of it.
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And the power of God literally exploded
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inside the tomb behind that stone.
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It reconnected Jesus' spirit with his dead body
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and flood filled his corpse with life
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and Jesus arose. My friends,
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this is not a hoax.
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This is not a fabricated story.
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And when you consider
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how many people had their
hands all over the dead body
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of Jesus, and how many
eyes inspected him to see
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that he was really dead, my
friends, he really was dead.
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This was not a hoax, this
was not a fabricated story.
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There were many proofs
that he really was dead.
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But yet on the 3rd day, the power of God exploded in
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that tomb and Jesus arose.
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And when we come back in the
next program, we're going
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to see many events which occurred on the
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morning of the resurrection.
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It is going to be amazing.
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Now, I'll be back in just a moment to pray for you
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but first, watch this.
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Someone asked the question -
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Who was the 1st prophet in the Old Testament?
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Well, according to Jewish Rabbis,
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the 1st official prophet in the Old Testament was Enoch.
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And we read about Enoch in Genesis 5:23,
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which tells us he walked with God and was not
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for God took him.
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And it's the first official
rapture in the Bible.
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But when we come to Jude 14
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and 15, Jude quotes Enoch
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as the first official prophet in the Old Testament,
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and Jude says -
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And Enoch also the 7th from Adam prophesied
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of these saying - Behold, the Lord comes with 10 thousands
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of his saints to execute judgment upon all
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and to convince all that
are ungodly among them
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of all their ungodly deeds,
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which they have ungodly committed
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and all of their hard speeches,
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which ungodly sinners
have spoken against him,
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which means in the very
outset of time, Enoch was
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so spiritually attuned
that he saw the very end
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of all the ages
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and prophesied about the 2nd coming of Jesus.
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Are you tired of the same
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The Rest of the Story,
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This series is an opportunity
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to rediscover the profound spiritual significance of Easter
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and its lasting impact on our lives today.
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In this powerful 15-part series, you'll learn -
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The reality of Judas Kiss of betrayal: the horror
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and resurrection, which are
the cornerstone of our faith.
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His death was not just a tragic event,
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it was a purposeful act of
love that fulfilled God's plan
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for redemption. By taking on the weight
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of our transgressions,
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Jesus bridged the gap between sinful humanity
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and a holy God.
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Today we have seen there
were many verifications
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that Jesus was really dead when he was placed into the tomb
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and when we come back tomorrow,
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we're gonna see all the
events which took place on the
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morning of the resurrection.
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I just pray I can get it all into one program
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because there's so much for
us to learn about Easter,
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The Rest of the Story. There is so much for us
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to know about Easter that
most of us have never heard
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before, and we need to understand it
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because it really is an amazing story
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that is true.
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But if you need prayer, I want you to reach out to us.
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You can call the number
on the screen right now.
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We're waiting for the phone to ring.
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Or if you wish, you can send
us an email, whether you call
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or whether you send an email.
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The result will be the same.
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We're gonna pray for you
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and we're gonna really release
our faith for Jesus to do
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what needs to be done in your life.
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And sometimes what needs to
be done is different than
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what we think, but the
good thing is Jesus does
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what needs to be done.
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But we'll get into agreement
with you in prayer.
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Jesus will move
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and Jesus will do exactly what needs to be done -
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say - Amen. But reach out to us
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by calling the number on the screen
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or by sending us an email.
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But I wanna pray for you right now.
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Father, I thank you that the
resurrection is not a hoax.
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It is not a fabricated story,
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and I thank you that according to Romans 8:
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11, the same spirit
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that raised Jesus from
the dead dwells in us
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and he is in us to quicken us
with the power that we need.
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Lord, help us to embrace the power
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of the resurrection in our life today in Jesus'
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wonderful name - Amen.
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Well, today we've covered a lot.
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Tomorrow we're gonna cover more, but don't miss it.
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But until then, remember Ecclesiastes 8:4 says,
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"Where the word of a king is, there is power."
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Hey friends, this is Rick Renner, and Denise
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and I are coming to the United States for our brief trip,
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and we want to invite you to come to some
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of our meetings. On Sunday, April 19th,
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we'll be ministering at Vertical Church in West Haven,
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Connecticut with Pastors Ken and Kathy Vance.
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Then on Wednesday - Sunday, April 22-26,
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I'll be speaking at Perry Stone's -
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Wonderful 2026 Prophetic Summit - in
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Cleveland, Tennessee.
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Then on Sunday, May 3rd,
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I'll be speaking at Resurrection Life in Grandville,
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Michigan with Pastors Duane & Jeanie Vander Klok.
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Friend, if you can come to
any of these meetings, Denise
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and I would just be so
thrilled to see you.
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But please go online
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or give us a call to make
sure none of the dates
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or times have changed.
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If you've never received
Jesus as your Savior
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and Lord, now is the time for
you to experience a new life
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Jesus has to give you.
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Pray this prayer with me right now - Lord,
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I repent of my sin and receive you as my Savior
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and Lord. Wash away my sin
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and make me completely new.
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I thank you that my sin is removed
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and Satan no longer has any
right to lay claim on me.
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I faithfully promise that
I will serve you as my Lord
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for the rest of my life -
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Amen.
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If you just prayed the prayer of salvation with us,
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would you please let us know by going
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to renner.org/salvation?
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We would love to connect with you.
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Thank you for joining Rick Renner today.
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For more information
about Renner Ministries
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and product resources, visit renner.org.
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of the God called Partners of Renner Ministries.