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 We've looked at man as ruler, man as ruined, we've looked at the proper man, Jesus Christ.

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! This morning we looked at man as renewed, and this evening we're going to look at man as resurrected.

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 Death, whatever you think or feel about it, you cannot ignore its statistics. One out of one people die.

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 Yet despite its statistics, it's the most avoided subject in our society. Death is taboo. Nobody wants to talk about it.

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 Yet the fact is, you can't hide from it, and if you try, it will find you.

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 As the late Christopher Hitchens said, you don't have to get out of bed for death. Wherever you happen to be, they bring it to you, free.

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 Death is the all-conquering dictator, which is served by wars, terrorism, murder, its loyal servants are AIDS, cancer, disease, infection.

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 Nothing and no one escapes its dominion. Death is the ruthless tyrant who comes uninvited into our lives and steals our loved ones, never to return them to us.

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 The gaping hole in our lives, the unused cot, the empty space at the dinner table, the bed not slept in, are all reminders of its unwelcome visit.

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 I read last year that for the memorial of those 77 victims of Anders Breivik, they're going to cut a hole right across that little island in Norway.

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 What a poignant reminder of death's deadly work.

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 So what then are we to do with this unconquerable enemy called death?

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 C.S. Lewis said there are only three things you can do with death.

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 Desire it, fear it, or ignore it.

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 Some people's approach is to ignore the reality of death and view it simply as a doorway into nothingness.

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 So Bertland Russell, the British atheistic philosopher, was once asked what he believed would happen to him when he died.

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 He replied, I believe that when I die, I shall rot.

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 Richard Dawkins in The God's Illusion writes,

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 Being dead will be no different from being unborn.

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 I shall be just as I was in the time of William the Conqueror, or the dinosaurs, or the trilobites.

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 There's nothing to fear in that.

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 In other words, according to Dawkins and Bertland Russell,

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 When we die, we will return to the prior state of nothingness, of non-being,

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 just like all the other potential non-being people who were never born.

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 Others remain agnostic about death.

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 Sam Harris, one of the new atheist clans, says,

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 He doesn't know what he believes about death.

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 Quote, I'm not pretending to know that you get a dial tone after death, he says.

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 I don't know what happens after the physical brain dies.

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 End quote.

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 The Christian approach to death is neither pessimistic or agnostic.

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 The Christian approach to death is optimistic.

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 Because while death may be an enemy to the human race,

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 it is a wounded enemy.

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 And one day, it will die.

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 Death will surrender its dead.

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 Jackie and I traveled to Germany a number of years ago,

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 and we went to the city of Wittenberg.

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 And we walked down the cobbled streets from the church where Martin Luther

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 nailed the 95 Theses to the door.

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 And we went to the church where Luther preached regularly.

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 It wasn't actually the church where he nailed the Theses to the door.

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 It was St. Mary's down the other end of Wittenberg.

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 And I wanted to go to this church not just to see the building and the pulpit in which Luther preached,

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 but I wanted to go for another reason.

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 And I walked to the front of the pulpit and then moved round to the right,

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 and there was the thing that I wanted to see.

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 A headstone to Magdalena Luther.

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 Luther lost his daughter when she was 14 years old.

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 He spent the final hours with her by her bedside.

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 He told her that she was about to go and be with God.

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 And then when she finally died,

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 it is reported that Luther broke down with inconsolable sobbing.

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 And as they placed his daughter's body in that coffin,

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 Luther stood on the other side of the door.

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 And as he heard the nails being driven into the coffin,

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 he shouted to the undertaker,

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 She will rise at the last day.

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 And then by her grave later that day,

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 he said,

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 There is a resurrection of the body.

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 How can a man like Luther have such confidence?

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 Is this blind faith, as the atheists tell us?

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 Has his reason lost, left him?

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 She was dead.

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 And yet he shouts from the other side of the door,

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 She will rise at the last day.

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 How could Luther have such courage

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 in the face of this great enemy called death?

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 Well, the answer lies in our passage this evening.

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 In 1 Corinthians 15,

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 Paul is writing to a church

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 that no longer believed in the future resurrection of the dead.

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 Teaching had infiltrated this church

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 that there was just a true spiritual state

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 that could be achieved this side of death.

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 An angelic existence,

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 which meant that the body was unnecessary and unwanted.

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 And if you could reach this true spiritual state in this life,

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 then who cared whether there was a resurrection of the dead or not?

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 And so Paul addresses this question head on

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 in 1 Corinthians 15, 12 to 28.

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 Will there be a future resurrection of the dead?

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 Now it's important to note what the Corinthians were not denying.

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 They were not denying the resurrection of Jesus.

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 They were denying the resurrection of the dead.

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 Their problem was not with the first resurrection.

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 Their problem was with the future resurrection.

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 And Paul answers their question

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 over whether or not there will be a future resurrection

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 by doing two things.

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 He first of all plays along

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 with the hypothetical scenario

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 that the dead are not raised.

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 That's the first thing he does.

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 He plays along with the hypothetical scenario

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 that the dead are not raised.

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 That's verses 13 to 19.

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 And then in verses 20 to 28,

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 he argues for the real scenario,

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 the true scenario,

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 that the dead will be raised.

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 So let's look at the first scenario,

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 the hypothetical scenario.

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 What if there is no resurrection from the dead?

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 Verses 13 to 19.

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 And in this scenario,

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 Paul basically says,

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 okay, for the sake of argument,

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 let's say the dead are not raised.

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 Let's say the dead are not raised.

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 And then he makes two points.

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 First, if we are not raised from the dead,

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 then not even Christ has been raised from the dead.

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 If we are not raised from the dead,

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 then not even Christ has been raised from the dead.

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 Verses 13, 15, and 16.

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 His second point is this.

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 If Christ has not been raised from the dead,

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 then we're in big trouble.

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 If Christ has not been raised from the dead,

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 then we're in big trouble.

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 Verses 14 and 15 and 17 to 19.

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 And Paul, in verses 13 to 19,

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 he swings back and forth between these two points.

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 So in verse 13, he makes the first point.

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 But if there is no resurrection of the dead,

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 then not even Christ has been raised.

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 Then in verses 14 to 15,

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 he makes the second point.

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 And if Christ has not been raised,

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 then our preaching is in vain,

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 and your faith is in vain.

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 We are even found to be misrepresenting God

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 because we testified about God

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 that he raised Christ,

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 whom he did not raise,

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 if it is true that the dead are not raised.

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 And then he switches back to the first point.

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 For if the dead are not raised,

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 not even Christ has been raised.

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 And then he returns to the second point,

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 verse 17.

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 And if Christ has not been raised,

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 your faith is futile,

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 and you are still in your sins.

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 Then those who have fallen asleep in Christ

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 have perished.

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 If in this life only we have hoped in Christ,

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 we are of all people most to be pitied.

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 So those are Paul's two points

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 in this hypothetical scenario.

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 If we are not raised from the dead,

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 then not even Christ has been raised from the dead.

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 And if Christ has not been raised from the dead,

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 then we're in big trouble.

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 Let's look at both of these points.

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 If we are not raised from the dead,

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 then not even Christ has been raised from the dead.

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 Did you notice the back-to-front logic

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 in Paul's argument?

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 He does not say,

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 if Christ is not raised,

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 then the dead are not raised.

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 He doesn't say that.

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 He says it back-to-front.

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 He says,

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 if the dead are not raised,

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 then not even Christ is raised.

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 He's working backwards, not forwards.

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 This is because, remember,

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 the Corinthians,

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 they're not denying Christ's resurrection,

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 the first resurrection.

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 They're denying the Christian's resurrection,

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 the future resurrection.

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 That's why he argues back-to-front.

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 But the back-to-front logic reveals a key assumption of Paul's,

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 and it's this,

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 that there are not two resurrections.

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 There's only one resurrection,

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 with two distinct but inseparable moments.

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 Paul is teaching us that the resurrection is like a coin.

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 Imagine I had a coin on me this evening,

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 and I rolled it on this table.

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 Let's say the head side of the coin was on the left,

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 and the tail side was on the right,

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 and I rolled the coin,

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 and it fell to the left,

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 to the head side.

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 What happens to the tail side?

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 Well, it falls with it.

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 And what happens if I rolled that coin,

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 and it fell to the tail side,

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 to the right?

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 What happens to the head side?

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 Well, it falls with it.

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 Why?

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 Because there's only one coin,

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 with two sides.

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 Two distinct sides,

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 but they are inseparably connected.

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 And that is what Paul is teaching us here,

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 in his logic.

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 There are not two resurrections.

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 There's only one resurrection,

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 with two distinct,

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 but inseparable moments.

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 You cannot separate the two sides of a coin,

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 without creating two separate coins.

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 And Paul is saying is,

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 you cannot separate Christ's resurrection,

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 and the Christian's resurrection,

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 without creating two entirely different kinds of resurrection.

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 Paul is saying,

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 that because Christ has been raised,

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 we will be raised.

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 And if we're not going to be raised,

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 then Christ himself was not even raised.

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 To deny one of these resurrection episodes,

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 is to deny the other.

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 To negate one,

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 is to negate the other.

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 To nullify one,

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 is to nullify the other.

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 To deny the resurrection of the dead,

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 is to keep Jesus in the grave.

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 The one who makes all resurrections possible.

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 That is Paul's first point in this hypothetical scenario.

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 If we are not raised from the dead,

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 then Jesus Christ was never raised from the dead.

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 Let's go to the second point in that hypothetical scenario.

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 If Christ has not been raised from the dead,

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 then we are in big trouble.

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 If Christ has not been raised from the dead,

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 then we are in big trouble.

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 Paul gave six consequences,

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 if Christ has not been raised from the dead.

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 Just glance down these verses with me.

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 Verse 14,

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 Paul's preaching is useless in vain.

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 Verse 14,

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 Our faith is useless.

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 Verse 15,

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 Paul is a false witness about God.

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 Verse 17,

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 Our faith is futile,

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 and we are still in our sin.

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 Verse 18,

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 Christian believers who have died

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 are lost forever.

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 They perish.

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 Verse 19,

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 We are the most pitiable people on earth.

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 So those are the six consequences.

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 Two for gospel ministers,

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 your preaching is pointless,

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 and you're a liar.

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 Four for believers,

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 our faith is futile,

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 we're still in our sin.

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 Those who are already dead are lost eternally,

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 and of all people on earth,

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 we are the most to be pitied.

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 And you can just hear Richard Dawkins and co.

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 giving a loud amen

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 to Paul's hypothetical argument,

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 can't you?

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 And they would be right, wouldn't they?

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 If Christ has not been raised from the dead,

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 then we are in big trouble.

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 But there's a catch.

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 And I wonder if you've spotted it.

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 Someone has said that

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 the resurrection of Jesus from the dead

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 is the nail upon which

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 the painting of Christianity hangs.

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 You know at home you have a painting

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 or a photograph on the wall.

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 What is it that keeps that on the wall?

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 Well, it's the nail in the wall

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 on which it hangs.

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 And someone has said that

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 the resurrection of Jesus Christ

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 is like that nail in the wall.

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 Take it out.

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 What happens to the painting?

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 Falls to the ground.

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 But that's the catch.

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 It falls to the ground.

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 And what do you have around you?

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 A smashed painting

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 with glass around your feet.

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 The painting,

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 when you pull the nail out of the wall,

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 doesn't disappear into thin air.

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 And Paul's argument is

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 if Christ has not been raised from the dead,

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 if you take the nail out of the wall

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 for the sake of argument,

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 Paul's point is

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 you've still got a problem.

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 Look at verse 15.

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 If Christ has not been raised from the dead,

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 then there is still a God.

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 We have misrepresented God.

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 God.

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 If Christ has not been raised from the dead,

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 verse 17,

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 we are still sinners.

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 If Christ has not been raised from the dead,

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 verse 18,

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 there's still a hell.

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 Do you see that?

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 If you disprove the resurrection,

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 God doesn't go

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 and disappear into thin air.

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 If you disprove the resurrection,

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 your sin doesn't evaporate.

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 If you disprove the resurrection,

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 hell doesn't all of a sudden disappear.

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 Do you see Paul's point?

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 If Christ has not been raised from the dead,

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 you are still in big trouble.

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 Though Paul plays along

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 with the hypothetical scenario,

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 he doesn't get rid of his theistic,

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 moralistic,

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 life-after-death worldview.

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 If Christ has not been raised from the dead,

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 you are not free to do as you choose.

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 To do as you choose.

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 You're still in trouble.

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 Pull the nail out of the wall.

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 The painting doesn't evaporate.

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 It falls to the ground

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 and you've got broken glass

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 that you need to tidy up.

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 So next time you're talking

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 to a non-Christian friend

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 and they say they don't believe

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 in the resurrection of Jesus from the dead,

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 maybe catch them by surprise

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 and play along with them.

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 Okay.

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 Yeah.

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 Okay, let's say Jesus isn't risen from the dead.

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 What are you going to do about your sin?

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 Okay, let's say that Jesus isn't risen from the dead.

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 How are you going to escape hell?

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 Because just because you prove

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 that he's not risen from the dead

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 doesn't mean you've disproved hell

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 or disproved the existence of God

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 or disproved your sin.

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 It's a surprising but powerful apologetic, isn't it?

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 Well, that's the hypothetical scenario.

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 In Paul 9, verses 20 to 20,

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 it turns to the real scenario.

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 The real scenario.

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 There is a resurrection from the dead.

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 And in this real scenario,

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 like in the hypothetical scenario,

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 Paul makes two arguments.

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 Number one,

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 But Christ has in fact been raised from the dead.

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 And so we also will be raised from the dead.

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 But Christ has in fact been raised from the dead.

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 And so we also will be raised from the dead.

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 Verses 20 to 22.

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 Paul states the point emphatically.

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 But in fact, indeed,

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 Christ has been raised from the dead.

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 And then he gives two analogies.

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 The first is agricultural.

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 The second is anthropological.

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 Or the first is agricultural.

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 And the second is Adam versus Christ.

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 The agricultural analogy is in verse 20.

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 But in fact,

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 Christ has been raised from the dead.

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 The first fruits of those who have fallen asleep.

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 Now the first fruits were not merely a sample

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 from the whole crop,

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 but a symbol of the whole crop.

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 They were the first ripened fruit picked from the crop

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 as an indication that the rest of the crop was to follow.

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 So at harvest time,

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 a farmer would walk down into his field,

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 into his vineyard,

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 and he'd look at his grapevines.

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 And on them,

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 he would look for the first signs

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 of a deep purple-colored grape on a bunch.

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 And when he saw such a grape,

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 he would pluck it and taste it.

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 And when he knew that that grape tasted just right,

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 he knew that the rest of the harvest was coming.

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 That was the first fruit.

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 And what did that first fruit symbolize?

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 Not a sample of the harvest,

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 but the whole harvest that was coming.

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 If these first plucked grapes were ready,

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 then the rest of the bunch would soon be ready.

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 Why?

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 Because the first fruits belong to the same crop.

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 There was an inseparable connection

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 between the first fruit and the crop.

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 That's the key to this analogy.

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 The first fruits represented the whole harvest of that crop.

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 The farmer didn't pick the grape,

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 taste it and say,

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 there's the first fruit,

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 it's ready,

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 and then walk two miles down the road

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 into another field

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 and start harvesting another crop.

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 That first fruit was inseparably connected

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 to that crop in that field.

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 And that's the field that was going to be harvested.

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 And that is what this analogy is for.

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 Christ's resurrection is representative

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 of our resurrection

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 because there is this inseparable connection between them.

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 We're back to the coin.

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 One coin, two sides.

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 One resurrection, two moments of the resurrection.

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 Christ's resurrection, the first fruit,

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 and then our resurrection.

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 As our minister in Cambridge put it so well,

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 he said,

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 after Christ's resurrection,

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 it's as if he ran into God's presence,

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 into his Father's presence,

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 and said,

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 I'm here,

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 and the others are coming.

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 We're back to that idea of two,

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 not two resurrections,

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 one resurrection with two episodes.

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 And in order to underline the certainty

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 of the link between Christ's resurrection

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 and our resurrection,

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 Paul makes another analogy.

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 This time,

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 it's anthropological.

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 In other words,

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 this time,

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 it's about two men,

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 Adam and Christ.

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 Verse 21.

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 And as I read this,

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 note the little word for that keeps coming up.

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 Verse 21.

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 Christ is the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.

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 For,

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 as by a man came death,

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 by a man has come also the resurrection of the dead.

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 For,

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 as in Adam all die,

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 so also in Christ

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 shall all be made alive.

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 Now,

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 if we're going to understand these two verses,

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 boys and girls,

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 we need to go back to that picture

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 that I gave you this morning

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 in Sunday school

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 and also in church,

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 of the two giants.

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 Remember?

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 You've got these two giants.

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 Their feet would fill this building.

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 So they are big,

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 big giants.

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 And they've got a belt around their waist.

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 And they've got little hooks on that belt.

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 And there are people

00:22:22.960 --> 00:22:25.940
 hanging on those hooks.

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 The first giant is Adam.

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 The second giant

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 is Jesus Christ.

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 And when one of those giants

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 goes for a walk,

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 what happens to everyone

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 attached to their belt?

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 They go with them.

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 If one of those giants

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 trips and falls to the ground,

00:22:43.819 --> 00:22:44.599
 what happens

00:22:44.599 --> 00:22:46.660
 to those who are attached to the giant?

00:22:46.660 --> 00:22:48.700
 They fall to the ground.

00:22:49.940 --> 00:22:51.560
 And what if the second giant

00:22:51.560 --> 00:22:52.600
 is walking

00:22:52.600 --> 00:22:53.920
 and he goes somewhere?

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 What happens to the people

00:22:55.600 --> 00:22:56.320
 on his belt?

00:22:57.120 --> 00:22:57.420
 Well,

00:22:57.480 --> 00:22:58.279
 they go with him.

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 And what happens

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 if he trips

00:23:00.759 --> 00:23:02.360
 and falls to the ground?

00:23:03.200 --> 00:23:03.480
 Well,

00:23:03.540 --> 00:23:04.759
 the people on his belt

00:23:04.759 --> 00:23:06.160
 fall to the ground.

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 But what happens

00:23:08.019 --> 00:23:09.600
 if he gets up

00:23:09.600 --> 00:23:11.240
 after he's fallen?

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 What happens

00:23:12.880 --> 00:23:13.720
 to those people?

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 They get up with him

00:23:16.500 --> 00:23:18.180
 because they're attached

00:23:18.180 --> 00:23:19.120
 to his belt.

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 And that is the picture

00:23:21.420 --> 00:23:23.319
 that Paul gives us here.

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 It's a picture

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 of effectiveness,

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 of inevitable effectiveness.

00:23:29.680 --> 00:23:30.819
 As in Adam,

00:23:31.380 --> 00:23:32.819
 all died.

00:23:33.360 --> 00:23:34.319
 As all those

00:23:34.319 --> 00:23:35.700
 attached to Adam's belt

00:23:35.700 --> 00:23:36.940
 fell with Adam,

00:23:37.440 --> 00:23:38.700
 so in Christ

00:23:38.700 --> 00:23:39.539
 all those

00:23:39.539 --> 00:23:41.160
 attached to his belt

00:23:41.160 --> 00:23:43.160
 will be made

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 alive.

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 Adam and Jesus

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 are the two great giants

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 of human history.

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 What Adam does

00:23:51.300 --> 00:23:52.279
 affects those

00:23:52.279 --> 00:23:53.220
 united to him.

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 And what Jesus does

00:23:55.000 --> 00:23:56.460
 affects those

00:23:56.460 --> 00:23:57.920
 united to him.

00:23:58.019 --> 00:23:58.759
 And this is

00:23:58.759 --> 00:23:59.500
 an analogy,

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 a comparison

00:24:00.580 --> 00:24:02.640
 of effectiveness.

00:24:03.720 --> 00:24:04.980
 And what Paul is saying,

00:24:05.100 --> 00:24:06.160
 if Adam's fall

00:24:06.840 --> 00:24:08.420
 into sin

00:24:08.420 --> 00:24:10.600
 was so effective

00:24:10.600 --> 00:24:11.880
 to bring death

00:24:11.880 --> 00:24:13.080
 to all those

00:24:13.080 --> 00:24:14.000
 united to him,

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 how much

00:24:16.400 --> 00:24:17.680
 more effective

00:24:17.680 --> 00:24:19.980
 will Christ's

00:24:19.980 --> 00:24:21.060
 resurrection be

00:24:21.060 --> 00:24:23.000
 for all those

00:24:23.000 --> 00:24:24.120
 united to him?

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 It can't

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 but not

00:24:27.800 --> 00:24:28.720
 affect them.

00:24:30.200 --> 00:24:31.420
 In verse 22,

00:24:31.620 --> 00:24:32.300
 Paul explains

00:24:32.300 --> 00:24:33.800
 how each giant

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 can be so effective.

00:24:35.119 --> 00:24:36.779
 for as in Adam

00:24:36.779 --> 00:24:37.339
 all die,

00:24:37.479 --> 00:24:38.139
 so also

00:24:38.139 --> 00:24:39.359
 in Christ

00:24:39.359 --> 00:24:40.559
 shall all

00:24:40.559 --> 00:24:41.439
 be made alive.

00:24:41.939 --> 00:24:42.479
 It is

00:24:42.479 --> 00:24:43.259
 an analogy

00:24:43.259 --> 00:24:45.179
 of effectiveness.

00:24:46.059 --> 00:24:46.579
 It's as if

00:24:46.579 --> 00:24:47.299
 someone has said

00:24:47.299 --> 00:24:47.679
 to Paul,

00:24:47.759 --> 00:24:48.059
 Paul,

00:24:48.239 --> 00:24:49.099
 will there be

00:24:49.099 --> 00:24:49.719
 a resurrection

00:24:49.719 --> 00:24:50.979
 from the dead?

00:24:51.339 --> 00:24:52.339
 And Paul said,

00:24:53.539 --> 00:24:54.459
 sheesh,

00:24:55.199 --> 00:24:55.779
 did Adam,

00:24:56.539 --> 00:24:57.479
 do all

00:24:57.479 --> 00:24:57.919
 in Adam

00:24:57.919 --> 00:24:58.500
 die?

00:24:59.259 --> 00:25:00.199
 Will there be

00:25:00.199 --> 00:25:00.919
 a resurrection

00:25:00.919 --> 00:25:02.000
 from the dead?

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 Did all die

00:25:03.259 --> 00:25:03.759
 in Adam?

00:25:03.759 --> 00:25:05.200
 Yes.

00:25:05.920 --> 00:25:06.319
 Well then,

00:25:06.400 --> 00:25:07.019
 of course,

00:25:07.379 --> 00:25:07.920
 there's going to be

00:25:07.920 --> 00:25:08.460
 a resurrection

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 of the dead.

00:25:09.180 --> 00:25:09.339
 Why?

00:25:09.440 --> 00:25:10.140
 Because all those

00:25:10.140 --> 00:25:11.180
 united to Christ

00:25:11.180 --> 00:25:12.839
 will be raised.

00:25:13.559 --> 00:25:14.740
 That's Paul's

00:25:14.740 --> 00:25:15.440
 logic.

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 Just as Adam

00:25:16.940 --> 00:25:17.579
 was effective

00:25:17.579 --> 00:25:18.480
 in bringing death

00:25:18.480 --> 00:25:19.099
 to all,

00:25:19.599 --> 00:25:20.579
 so Christ

00:25:20.579 --> 00:25:21.500
 will be effective

00:25:21.500 --> 00:25:22.839
 in bringing

00:25:22.839 --> 00:25:23.660
 the resurrection

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 of the dead

00:25:24.700 --> 00:25:25.879
 to all

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 united

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 to him.

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 over the years

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 I have

00:25:33.140 --> 00:25:34.119
 listened to

00:25:34.119 --> 00:25:34.920
 various talks

00:25:34.920 --> 00:25:35.859
 on singleness.

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 I married

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 when I was

00:25:37.460 --> 00:25:38.519
 30 years old

00:25:38.519 --> 00:25:39.940
 and in my

00:25:39.940 --> 00:25:40.740
 20s I would

00:25:40.740 --> 00:25:41.240
 keep hearing

00:25:41.240 --> 00:25:41.839
 these talks

00:25:41.839 --> 00:25:42.759
 on singleness

00:25:42.759 --> 00:25:43.960
 and I was

00:25:43.960 --> 00:25:44.839
 always fascinated

00:25:44.839 --> 00:25:45.819
 that Jesus

00:25:45.819 --> 00:25:46.759
 was upheld

00:25:46.759 --> 00:25:47.420
 as this

00:25:47.420 --> 00:25:49.160
 single man,

00:25:49.460 --> 00:25:50.079
 an example

00:25:50.079 --> 00:25:50.579
 to me

00:25:50.579 --> 00:25:51.160
 as a single

00:25:51.160 --> 00:25:51.880
 man as I

00:25:51.880 --> 00:25:52.640
 went through

00:25:52.640 --> 00:25:53.339
 my single

00:25:53.339 --> 00:25:53.980
 years.

00:25:53.980 --> 00:25:55.839
 The problem

00:25:55.839 --> 00:25:56.380
 is that in

00:25:56.380 --> 00:25:57.440
 1 Corinthians 7

00:25:57.440 --> 00:25:58.319
 when Paul deals

00:25:58.319 --> 00:25:59.019
 with singleness

00:25:59.019 --> 00:25:59.980
 he never talks

00:25:59.980 --> 00:26:00.519
 about Jesus

00:26:00.519 --> 00:26:02.120
 Christ as

00:26:02.120 --> 00:26:03.299
 the example

00:26:03.299 --> 00:26:04.160
 of singleness.

00:26:04.440 --> 00:26:04.860
 Who does he

00:26:04.860 --> 00:26:05.779
 use?

00:26:06.420 --> 00:26:07.019
 Himself.

00:26:08.160 --> 00:26:09.099
 Why does Paul

00:26:09.099 --> 00:26:10.220
 not use Jesus

00:26:10.220 --> 00:26:11.079
 as an example

00:26:11.079 --> 00:26:11.860
 of a single

00:26:11.860 --> 00:26:12.279
 man?

00:26:14.000 --> 00:26:14.860
 Because he

00:26:14.860 --> 00:26:15.620
 wasn't a single

00:26:15.620 --> 00:26:16.019
 man.

00:26:16.500 --> 00:26:17.140
 He was a

00:26:17.140 --> 00:26:18.099
 betrothed

00:26:18.099 --> 00:26:18.480
 man.

00:26:19.360 --> 00:26:20.279
 Jesus died

00:26:20.279 --> 00:26:21.279
 as an engaged

00:26:21.279 --> 00:26:23.059
 man and he

00:26:23.059 --> 00:26:23.960
 walked out

00:26:23.960 --> 00:26:24.779
 of the tomb

00:26:24.779 --> 00:26:25.759
 with his

00:26:25.759 --> 00:26:27.000
 bride on

00:26:27.000 --> 00:26:27.620
 his arm.

00:26:28.380 --> 00:26:28.860
 Just like

00:26:28.860 --> 00:26:29.340
 the first

00:26:29.340 --> 00:26:30.140
 Adam fell

00:26:30.140 --> 00:26:30.799
 into a deep

00:26:30.799 --> 00:26:31.400
 sleep and

00:26:31.400 --> 00:26:31.960
 from his

00:26:31.960 --> 00:26:32.960
 riven side

00:26:32.960 --> 00:26:33.960
 came his

00:26:33.960 --> 00:26:34.360
 bride,

00:26:34.759 --> 00:26:35.460
 so the

00:26:35.460 --> 00:26:36.160
 second and

00:26:36.160 --> 00:26:36.980
 last Adam

00:26:36.980 --> 00:26:38.200
 fell into

00:26:38.200 --> 00:26:38.620
 a deep

00:26:38.620 --> 00:26:40.220
 sleep and

00:26:40.220 --> 00:26:40.840
 from his

00:26:40.840 --> 00:26:41.880
 riven side

00:26:41.880 --> 00:26:43.500
 came his

00:26:43.500 --> 00:26:44.100
 bride.

00:26:44.920 --> 00:26:45.900
 Jesus didn't

00:26:45.900 --> 00:26:46.640
 die as a

00:26:46.640 --> 00:26:47.240
 single man.

00:26:47.319 --> 00:26:47.900
 He died

00:26:47.900 --> 00:26:48.799
 as a

00:26:48.799 --> 00:26:49.620
 betrothed

00:26:49.620 --> 00:26:49.940
 man.

00:26:50.440 --> 00:26:51.140
 He died

00:26:51.140 --> 00:26:51.880
 with us

00:26:51.880 --> 00:26:52.880
 united to

00:26:52.880 --> 00:26:53.180
 him.

00:26:53.180 --> 00:26:54.340
 and he

00:26:54.340 --> 00:26:55.460
 rose from

00:26:55.460 --> 00:26:56.259
 the dead

00:26:56.259 --> 00:26:57.820
 with us

00:26:57.820 --> 00:26:58.900
 united to

00:26:58.900 --> 00:26:59.200
 him.

00:26:59.880 --> 00:27:00.299
 That is

00:27:00.299 --> 00:27:00.779
 why there

00:27:00.779 --> 00:27:01.180
 are not

00:27:01.180 --> 00:27:01.440
 two

00:27:01.440 --> 00:27:02.299
 resurrections.

00:27:02.420 --> 00:27:02.580
 There's

00:27:02.580 --> 00:27:03.259
 only one

00:27:03.259 --> 00:27:05.440
 with one

00:27:05.440 --> 00:27:06.200
 episode in

00:27:06.200 --> 00:27:06.820
 Christ's

00:27:06.820 --> 00:27:07.299
 resurrection

00:27:07.299 --> 00:27:08.560
 and another

00:27:08.560 --> 00:27:10.039
 episode with

00:27:10.039 --> 00:27:10.460
 our

00:27:10.460 --> 00:27:11.100
 resurrection.

00:27:12.840 --> 00:27:13.840
 So that's

00:27:13.840 --> 00:27:14.279
 the first

00:27:14.279 --> 00:27:14.779
 point that

00:27:14.779 --> 00:27:15.279
 Paul makes

00:27:15.279 --> 00:27:15.700
 in this

00:27:15.700 --> 00:27:16.700
 real scenario.

00:27:16.920 --> 00:27:18.019
 Christ has

00:27:18.019 --> 00:27:18.980
 in fact been

00:27:18.980 --> 00:27:19.560
 raised from

00:27:19.560 --> 00:27:20.060
 the dead

00:27:20.059 --> 00:27:21.019
 and so

00:27:21.019 --> 00:27:21.899
 we also

00:27:21.899 --> 00:27:22.960
 will be

00:27:22.960 --> 00:27:23.859
 raised from

00:27:23.859 --> 00:27:24.379
 the dead.

00:27:25.440 --> 00:27:25.779
 And then

00:27:25.779 --> 00:27:26.619
 his second

00:27:26.619 --> 00:27:27.159
 point.

00:27:28.859 --> 00:27:29.579
 When we are

00:27:29.579 --> 00:27:30.139
 raised from

00:27:30.139 --> 00:27:30.659
 the dead

00:27:30.659 --> 00:27:31.819
 the end

00:27:31.819 --> 00:27:32.440
 will come

00:27:32.440 --> 00:27:32.980
 and God

00:27:32.980 --> 00:27:33.359
 will be

00:27:33.359 --> 00:27:33.879
 all in

00:27:33.879 --> 00:27:34.139
 all.

00:27:34.139 --> 00:27:35.200
 When we are

00:27:35.200 --> 00:27:35.679
 raised from

00:27:35.679 --> 00:27:36.159
 the dead

00:27:36.159 --> 00:27:37.319
 the end

00:27:37.319 --> 00:27:37.899
 will come

00:27:37.899 --> 00:27:38.419
 and God

00:27:38.419 --> 00:27:38.779
 will be

00:27:38.779 --> 00:27:39.679
 all in

00:27:39.679 --> 00:27:39.919
 all.

00:27:40.000 --> 00:27:40.279
 Verses

00:27:40.279 --> 00:27:41.799
 23 to

00:27:41.799 --> 00:27:42.519
 28.

00:27:42.519 --> 00:27:44.379
 Paul has

00:27:44.379 --> 00:27:44.879
 shown us

00:27:44.879 --> 00:27:45.240
 that there

00:27:45.240 --> 00:27:45.660
 are two

00:27:45.660 --> 00:27:46.460
 episodes of

00:27:46.460 --> 00:27:46.759
 one

00:27:46.759 --> 00:27:47.319
 resurrection

00:27:47.319 --> 00:27:47.839
 and that

00:27:47.839 --> 00:27:48.339
 those two

00:27:48.339 --> 00:27:49.220
 episodes are

00:27:49.220 --> 00:27:50.259
 inseparable.

00:27:51.200 --> 00:27:51.759
 But now

00:27:51.759 --> 00:27:52.359
 what he shows

00:27:52.359 --> 00:27:53.539
 us is that

00:27:53.539 --> 00:27:54.740
 those two

00:27:54.740 --> 00:27:55.700
 inseparable

00:27:55.700 --> 00:27:56.639
 episodes are

00:27:56.639 --> 00:27:58.639
 distinct and

00:27:58.639 --> 00:27:58.940
 they are

00:27:58.940 --> 00:28:00.460
 separated with

00:28:00.460 --> 00:28:01.379
 a time gap.

00:28:01.940 --> 00:28:02.299
 Look at

00:28:02.299 --> 00:28:03.139
 verse 23

00:28:03.139 --> 00:28:04.139
 and 24.

00:28:04.680 --> 00:28:05.240
 But each

00:28:05.240 --> 00:28:06.139
 in his own

00:28:06.139 --> 00:28:06.539
 order.

00:28:06.759 --> 00:28:07.500
 Christ the

00:28:07.500 --> 00:28:08.240
 first fruits

00:28:08.240 --> 00:28:10.319
 then at

00:28:10.319 --> 00:28:10.980
 his coming.

00:28:11.099 --> 00:28:11.359
 Do you see

00:28:11.359 --> 00:28:12.139
 the time gap?

00:28:12.140 --> 00:28:12.800
 The time

00:28:12.800 --> 00:28:13.080
 delay?

00:28:13.520 --> 00:28:14.280
 Then at

00:28:14.280 --> 00:28:14.860
 his coming

00:28:14.860 --> 00:28:15.960
 those who

00:28:15.960 --> 00:28:16.580
 belong to

00:28:16.580 --> 00:28:17.040
 Christ.

00:28:17.560 --> 00:28:18.860
 Then comes

00:28:18.860 --> 00:28:19.400
 the end

00:28:19.400 --> 00:28:21.020
 when he

00:28:21.020 --> 00:28:21.680
 delivers the

00:28:21.680 --> 00:28:22.180
 kingdom of

00:28:22.180 --> 00:28:23.240
 God to

00:28:23.240 --> 00:28:23.700
 the Father

00:28:23.700 --> 00:28:24.860
 after destroying

00:28:24.860 --> 00:28:25.720
 every rule

00:28:25.720 --> 00:28:26.500
 and every

00:28:26.500 --> 00:28:27.040
 authority

00:28:27.040 --> 00:28:28.560
 and power.

00:28:29.460 --> 00:28:29.980
 And what is

00:28:29.980 --> 00:28:30.820
 Jesus doing

00:28:30.820 --> 00:28:31.660
 in the time

00:28:31.660 --> 00:28:32.480
 gap between

00:28:32.480 --> 00:28:33.400
 his resurrection

00:28:33.400 --> 00:28:34.160
 and our

00:28:34.160 --> 00:28:34.720
 resurrection?

00:28:35.920 --> 00:28:36.860
 He's ruling

00:28:36.860 --> 00:28:38.420
 verse 24.

00:28:38.580 --> 00:28:38.880
 He is

00:28:38.880 --> 00:28:39.720
 destroying

00:28:39.720 --> 00:28:40.800
 every rule

00:28:40.800 --> 00:28:41.840
 and authority

00:28:41.839 --> 00:28:42.519
 and power.

00:28:42.519 --> 00:28:43.559
 Verse 25.

00:28:43.919 --> 00:28:44.459
 For he

00:28:44.459 --> 00:28:45.379
 must reign

00:28:45.379 --> 00:28:46.539
 until he

00:28:46.539 --> 00:28:46.939
 has put

00:28:46.939 --> 00:28:47.679
 all his

00:28:47.679 --> 00:28:48.259
 enemies

00:28:48.259 --> 00:28:49.980
 under his

00:28:49.980 --> 00:28:50.579
 feet.

00:28:51.779 --> 00:28:52.699
 The last

00:28:52.699 --> 00:28:53.439
 enemy to be

00:28:53.439 --> 00:28:54.000
 destroyed

00:28:54.000 --> 00:28:55.699
 is death.

00:28:57.720 --> 00:28:58.839
 So Christ's

00:28:58.839 --> 00:28:59.519
 reign now

00:28:59.519 --> 00:28:59.799
 at the

00:28:59.799 --> 00:29:00.379
 Father's right

00:29:00.379 --> 00:29:00.859
 hand is

00:29:00.859 --> 00:29:02.740
 real but

00:29:02.740 --> 00:29:03.220
 it is not

00:29:03.220 --> 00:29:04.119
 yet completely

00:29:04.119 --> 00:29:05.000
 realized.

00:29:06.339 --> 00:29:06.959
 Christ's

00:29:06.959 --> 00:29:07.319
 reign is

00:29:07.319 --> 00:29:08.039
 current but

00:29:08.039 --> 00:29:08.639
 is not yet

00:29:08.639 --> 00:29:09.319
 complete.

00:29:09.319 --> 00:29:10.539
 he has

00:29:10.539 --> 00:29:11.460
 all authority

00:29:11.460 --> 00:29:12.519
 over all

00:29:12.519 --> 00:29:13.119
 things in

00:29:13.119 --> 00:29:13.500
 heaven and

00:29:13.500 --> 00:29:13.839
 on earth

00:29:13.839 --> 00:29:14.480
 but that

00:29:14.480 --> 00:29:14.859
 does not

00:29:14.859 --> 00:29:15.319
 mean that

00:29:15.319 --> 00:29:16.159
 all opposition

00:29:16.159 --> 00:29:16.679
 has been

00:29:16.679 --> 00:29:17.779
 removed including

00:29:17.779 --> 00:29:19.220
 death itself.

00:29:20.379 --> 00:29:20.740
 Death

00:29:20.740 --> 00:29:22.019
 still has

00:29:22.019 --> 00:29:23.200
 some power

00:29:23.200 --> 00:29:24.559
 in between

00:29:24.559 --> 00:29:25.200
 these two

00:29:25.200 --> 00:29:26.519
 episodes of

00:29:26.519 --> 00:29:27.220
 the resurrection.

00:29:28.480 --> 00:29:28.899
 I think the

00:29:28.899 --> 00:29:29.419
 best way to

00:29:29.419 --> 00:29:30.039
 illustrate this

00:29:30.039 --> 00:29:30.519
 is to take

00:29:30.519 --> 00:29:31.039
 you back to

00:29:31.039 --> 00:29:31.559
 the Iraq

00:29:31.559 --> 00:29:32.059
 war.

00:29:32.619 --> 00:29:32.740
 Do you

00:29:32.740 --> 00:29:33.339
 remember when

00:29:33.339 --> 00:29:34.139
 the USA

00:29:34.139 --> 00:29:34.839
 toppled,

00:29:35.480 --> 00:29:36.679
 went into

00:29:36.679 --> 00:29:37.279
 Baghdad,

00:29:37.279 --> 00:29:37.920
 took control

00:29:37.920 --> 00:29:38.700
 of Baghdad

00:29:38.700 --> 00:29:39.799
 and then

00:29:39.799 --> 00:29:40.500
 they finally

00:29:40.500 --> 00:29:41.180
 had conquered

00:29:41.180 --> 00:29:41.839
 the city

00:29:41.839 --> 00:29:42.579
 of Baghdad

00:29:42.579 --> 00:29:42.879
 and they

00:29:42.879 --> 00:29:43.299
 went in

00:29:43.299 --> 00:29:43.579
 and they

00:29:43.579 --> 00:29:44.119
 found that

00:29:44.119 --> 00:29:45.379
 statue of

00:29:45.379 --> 00:29:47.259
 Saddam Hussein.

00:29:47.379 --> 00:29:47.460
 Do you

00:29:47.460 --> 00:29:48.200
 remember standing

00:29:48.200 --> 00:29:48.779
 with a raised

00:29:48.779 --> 00:29:49.240
 fist?

00:29:49.680 --> 00:29:49.899
 And they

00:29:49.899 --> 00:29:50.359
 put a big

00:29:50.359 --> 00:29:51.200
 chain around

00:29:51.200 --> 00:29:51.779
 his head

00:29:51.779 --> 00:29:52.680
 and they

00:29:52.680 --> 00:29:53.339
 dragged it

00:29:53.339 --> 00:29:53.660
 with a

00:29:53.660 --> 00:29:54.240
 digger and

00:29:54.240 --> 00:29:54.879
 that big

00:29:54.879 --> 00:29:56.700
 statue toppled

00:29:56.700 --> 00:29:57.399
 to the ground.

00:29:58.139 --> 00:29:58.680
 And in that

00:29:58.680 --> 00:29:59.299
 place they

00:29:59.299 --> 00:30:00.039
 raised the

00:30:00.039 --> 00:30:01.200
 American flag.

00:30:02.339 --> 00:30:02.960
 There was a

00:30:02.960 --> 00:30:03.859
 new regime

00:30:03.859 --> 00:30:05.220
 in Iraq.

00:30:05.619 --> 00:30:06.139
 There was a

00:30:06.140 --> 00:30:07.060
 new power

00:30:07.060 --> 00:30:07.660
 had come

00:30:07.660 --> 00:30:08.320
 into rule.

00:30:08.780 --> 00:30:09.180
 It was the

00:30:09.180 --> 00:30:09.980
 United States

00:30:09.980 --> 00:30:10.580
 of America.

00:30:11.120 --> 00:30:11.640
 But did that

00:30:11.640 --> 00:30:12.800
 mean that all

00:30:12.800 --> 00:30:14.140
 of Saddam Hussein's

00:30:14.140 --> 00:30:15.140
 men and all

00:30:15.140 --> 00:30:16.600
 the opposition

00:30:16.600 --> 00:30:18.020
 just evaporated?

00:30:18.860 --> 00:30:19.259
 No.

00:30:19.880 --> 00:30:20.340
 They just

00:30:20.340 --> 00:30:21.100
 changed their

00:30:21.100 --> 00:30:21.580
 strategy.

00:30:21.780 --> 00:30:22.060
 They went

00:30:22.060 --> 00:30:22.860
 into guerrilla

00:30:22.860 --> 00:30:24.500
 warfare and

00:30:24.500 --> 00:30:25.300
 insurgency

00:30:25.300 --> 00:30:25.940
 combat.

00:30:26.720 --> 00:30:26.960
 And there

00:30:26.960 --> 00:30:27.700
 was years

00:30:27.700 --> 00:30:28.320
 of fighting

00:30:28.320 --> 00:30:29.320
 even though

00:30:29.320 --> 00:30:30.700
 a new regime

00:30:30.700 --> 00:30:31.960
 had been

00:30:31.960 --> 00:30:32.540
 established.

00:30:33.020 --> 00:30:33.280
 And it's

00:30:33.280 --> 00:30:33.620
 the same

00:30:33.620 --> 00:30:34.300
 with Christ.

00:30:34.860 --> 00:30:35.340
 In being

00:30:35.340 --> 00:30:35.920
 raised from

00:30:35.920 --> 00:30:36.400
 the dead

00:30:36.400 --> 00:30:37.140
 God put

00:30:37.140 --> 00:30:38.200
 Christ in

00:30:38.200 --> 00:30:39.539
 charge of

00:30:39.539 --> 00:30:39.980
 a new

00:30:39.980 --> 00:30:40.860
 world order

00:30:40.860 --> 00:30:41.480
 that we saw

00:30:41.480 --> 00:30:42.100
 this morning.

00:30:42.940 --> 00:30:44.180
 But death

00:30:44.180 --> 00:30:45.880
 still rages

00:30:45.880 --> 00:30:47.460
 against that

00:30:47.460 --> 00:30:48.039
 new world

00:30:48.039 --> 00:30:48.400
 order.

00:30:49.240 --> 00:30:49.660
 And Paul

00:30:49.660 --> 00:30:50.620
 singles out

00:30:50.620 --> 00:30:51.700
 death as

00:30:51.700 --> 00:30:52.400
 one of those

00:30:52.400 --> 00:30:54.000
 powers that

00:30:54.000 --> 00:30:55.120
 still serves

00:30:55.120 --> 00:30:55.580
 Satan.

00:30:56.519 --> 00:30:57.259
 Death is

00:30:57.259 --> 00:30:58.000
 still fighting.

00:30:58.320 --> 00:30:59.400
 Death is

00:30:59.400 --> 00:31:00.400
 still deadly.

00:31:00.840 --> 00:31:01.380
 It's why it

00:31:01.380 --> 00:31:01.980
 is called

00:31:01.980 --> 00:31:03.140
 here the

00:31:03.140 --> 00:31:04.800
 last enemy.

00:31:04.799 --> 00:31:05.039
 death.

00:31:05.039 --> 00:31:06.960
 Jesus is

00:31:06.960 --> 00:31:07.839
 conquering his

00:31:07.839 --> 00:31:09.319
 enemies and

00:31:09.319 --> 00:31:10.119
 the last one

00:31:10.119 --> 00:31:10.839
 to be defeated

00:31:10.839 --> 00:31:12.859
 is death.

00:31:14.559 --> 00:31:15.319
 Christ's

00:31:15.319 --> 00:31:15.919
 resurrection

00:31:15.919 --> 00:31:16.879
 dealt a

00:31:16.879 --> 00:31:17.480
 death blow

00:31:17.480 --> 00:31:18.180
 to death.

00:31:19.419 --> 00:31:19.819
 It is

00:31:19.819 --> 00:31:21.559
 wounded but

00:31:21.559 --> 00:31:22.379
 it is still

00:31:22.379 --> 00:31:24.180
 walking around

00:31:24.180 --> 00:31:25.079
 taking people

00:31:25.079 --> 00:31:25.579
 with it.

00:31:26.639 --> 00:31:27.319
 There is a

00:31:27.319 --> 00:31:27.899
 reaper whose

00:31:27.899 --> 00:31:28.359
 name is

00:31:28.359 --> 00:31:28.960
 death and

00:31:28.960 --> 00:31:29.480
 with his

00:31:29.480 --> 00:31:30.359
 sickle keen

00:31:30.359 --> 00:31:31.599
 he reaps

00:31:31.599 --> 00:31:32.299
 the bearded

00:31:32.299 --> 00:31:32.819
 grain of

00:31:32.819 --> 00:31:33.379
 the breath

00:31:33.379 --> 00:31:34.579
 and the

00:31:34.579 --> 00:31:35.699
 flowers that

00:31:35.699 --> 00:31:36.519
 grow between.

00:31:39.000 --> 00:31:39.539
 And what

00:31:39.539 --> 00:31:40.279
 Paul presents

00:31:40.279 --> 00:31:41.039
 us with here

00:31:41.039 --> 00:31:41.379
 is the

00:31:41.379 --> 00:31:41.879
 tension,

00:31:42.799 --> 00:31:43.219
 the now

00:31:43.219 --> 00:31:43.979
 not yet

00:31:43.979 --> 00:31:44.439
 tension

00:31:44.439 --> 00:31:44.859
 between

00:31:44.859 --> 00:31:45.579
 Christ's

00:31:45.579 --> 00:31:46.059
 resurrection

00:31:46.059 --> 00:31:47.399
 and our

00:31:47.399 --> 00:31:48.019
 resurrection.

00:31:48.339 --> 00:31:48.779
 And we

00:31:48.779 --> 00:31:49.979
 must respect

00:31:49.979 --> 00:31:50.839
 the tension.

00:31:51.699 --> 00:31:52.439
 I think so

00:31:52.439 --> 00:31:53.099
 much damage

00:31:53.099 --> 00:31:53.740
 has been done

00:31:53.740 --> 00:31:54.559
 at funerals

00:31:54.559 --> 00:31:55.539
 because pastors

00:31:55.539 --> 00:31:56.599
 have not

00:31:56.599 --> 00:31:57.699
 respected the

00:31:57.699 --> 00:31:59.199
 delay between

00:31:59.200 --> 00:31:59.819
 these two

00:31:59.819 --> 00:32:00.400
 resurrection

00:32:00.400 --> 00:32:01.059
 episodes.

00:32:01.559 --> 00:32:01.960
 I have heard

00:32:01.960 --> 00:32:02.640
 at funerals

00:32:02.640 --> 00:32:03.319
 that Christ

00:32:03.319 --> 00:32:04.240
 has swallowed

00:32:04.240 --> 00:32:05.120
 up death

00:32:05.120 --> 00:32:05.900
 in his

00:32:05.900 --> 00:32:06.500
 resurrection.

00:32:06.940 --> 00:32:07.299
 That there

00:32:07.299 --> 00:32:08.100
 is no longer

00:32:08.100 --> 00:32:09.120
 a sting

00:32:09.120 --> 00:32:10.620
 with death.

00:32:12.039 --> 00:32:12.440
 And I

00:32:12.440 --> 00:32:12.880
 look at the

00:32:12.880 --> 00:32:14.480
 mother with

00:32:14.480 --> 00:32:15.500
 tears rolling

00:32:15.500 --> 00:32:16.039
 down her

00:32:16.039 --> 00:32:17.819
 cheeks and

00:32:17.819 --> 00:32:19.299
 I think I

00:32:19.299 --> 00:32:20.039
 thought the

00:32:20.039 --> 00:32:21.039
 sting had been

00:32:21.039 --> 00:32:21.819
 taken out of

00:32:21.819 --> 00:32:22.279
 death.

00:32:25.039 --> 00:32:26.000
 When Paul

00:32:26.000 --> 00:32:26.740
 speaks it

00:32:26.740 --> 00:32:27.380
 later in this

00:32:27.380 --> 00:32:28.360
 chapter of

00:32:28.360 --> 00:32:29.100
 death being

00:32:29.099 --> 00:32:30.099
 swallowed up

00:32:30.099 --> 00:32:30.480
 and the

00:32:30.480 --> 00:32:31.179
 sting of

00:32:31.179 --> 00:32:32.359
 death being

00:32:32.359 --> 00:32:32.899
 conquered,

00:32:33.379 --> 00:32:33.959
 he's talking

00:32:33.959 --> 00:32:34.659
 about the

00:32:34.659 --> 00:32:35.719
 when and

00:32:35.719 --> 00:32:37.099
 then of

00:32:37.099 --> 00:32:37.759
 the final

00:32:37.759 --> 00:32:38.519
 trumpet of

00:32:38.519 --> 00:32:39.059
 the last

00:32:39.059 --> 00:32:39.679
 day of

00:32:39.679 --> 00:32:40.099
 our

00:32:40.099 --> 00:32:40.799
 resurrection.

00:32:42.480 --> 00:32:43.119
 And until

00:32:43.119 --> 00:32:43.659
 then,

00:32:44.099 --> 00:32:45.339
 death still

00:32:45.339 --> 00:32:46.759
 stings.

00:32:48.019 --> 00:32:48.679
 And it

00:32:48.679 --> 00:32:49.199
 is more

00:32:49.199 --> 00:32:49.799
 than okay

00:32:49.799 --> 00:32:50.519
 to cry

00:32:50.519 --> 00:32:51.159
 about it

00:32:51.159 --> 00:32:52.659
 because death

00:32:52.659 --> 00:32:53.159
 is an

00:32:53.159 --> 00:32:53.480
 enemy.

00:32:55.339 --> 00:32:56.179
 After Luther

00:32:56.179 --> 00:32:56.899
 lost his

00:32:56.899 --> 00:32:57.480
 daughter, he

00:32:57.480 --> 00:32:58.059
 wrote to a

00:32:58.059 --> 00:32:59.279
 friend, I

00:32:59.279 --> 00:32:59.619
 and my

00:32:59.619 --> 00:33:00.379
 wife should

00:33:00.379 --> 00:33:01.319
 joyfully give

00:33:01.319 --> 00:33:01.899
 thanks for

00:33:01.899 --> 00:33:02.379
 such a

00:33:02.379 --> 00:33:02.779
 felicious

00:33:02.779 --> 00:33:04.319
 departure and

00:33:04.319 --> 00:33:05.279
 blessed end by

00:33:05.279 --> 00:33:06.419
 which Magdalena

00:33:06.419 --> 00:33:07.579
 escaped the

00:33:07.579 --> 00:33:08.279
 power of the

00:33:08.279 --> 00:33:08.879
 flesh, the

00:33:08.879 --> 00:33:09.539
 world and the

00:33:09.539 --> 00:33:09.859
 devil.

00:33:10.259 --> 00:33:10.619
 Yet the

00:33:10.619 --> 00:33:11.639
 force of our

00:33:11.639 --> 00:33:12.720
 natural love

00:33:12.720 --> 00:33:13.960
 is so great

00:33:13.960 --> 00:33:15.440
 that we are

00:33:15.440 --> 00:33:16.539
 unable to do

00:33:16.539 --> 00:33:17.240
 this without

00:33:17.240 --> 00:33:18.819
 crying and

00:33:18.819 --> 00:33:19.839
 grieving in

00:33:19.839 --> 00:33:20.559
 our hearts

00:33:20.559 --> 00:33:21.819
 or even

00:33:21.819 --> 00:33:23.119
 without experiencing

00:33:23.119 --> 00:33:24.519
 death ourselves.

00:33:24.519 --> 00:33:25.859
 her features,

00:33:26.299 --> 00:33:27.160
 her words,

00:33:27.420 --> 00:33:28.240
 her movements

00:33:28.240 --> 00:33:29.119
 of the

00:33:29.119 --> 00:33:29.779
 living and

00:33:29.779 --> 00:33:30.700
 dying daughter

00:33:30.700 --> 00:33:32.099
 remain deeply

00:33:32.099 --> 00:33:33.000
 engraved in

00:33:33.000 --> 00:33:33.660
 our hearts.

00:33:34.259 --> 00:33:34.819
 Even the

00:33:34.819 --> 00:33:35.359
 death of

00:33:35.359 --> 00:33:35.859
 Christ,

00:33:35.980 --> 00:33:36.379
 listen to

00:33:36.379 --> 00:33:36.579
 this,

00:33:37.039 --> 00:33:37.799
 even the

00:33:37.799 --> 00:33:38.539
 death of

00:33:38.539 --> 00:33:40.160
 Christ is

00:33:40.160 --> 00:33:41.059
 unable to

00:33:41.059 --> 00:33:41.900
 take all of

00:33:41.900 --> 00:33:42.539
 this away.

00:33:44.259 --> 00:33:44.660
 You

00:33:44.660 --> 00:33:45.339
 therefore give

00:33:45.339 --> 00:33:45.960
 thanks to

00:33:45.960 --> 00:33:47.119
 God in

00:33:47.119 --> 00:33:47.960
 our stead.

00:33:47.960 --> 00:33:50.819
 had Luther

00:33:50.819 --> 00:33:51.420
 stopped

00:33:51.420 --> 00:33:52.259
 believing what

00:33:52.259 --> 00:33:52.940
 he said

00:33:52.940 --> 00:33:54.079
 through the

00:33:54.079 --> 00:33:54.980
 door to the

00:33:54.980 --> 00:33:55.600
 caretaker?

00:33:56.440 --> 00:33:57.319
 She will

00:33:57.319 --> 00:33:58.880
 rise at

00:33:58.880 --> 00:33:59.380
 the last

00:33:59.380 --> 00:33:59.700
 day.

00:34:00.200 --> 00:34:00.519
 Had he

00:34:00.519 --> 00:34:00.880
 stopped

00:34:00.880 --> 00:34:01.539
 believing what

00:34:01.539 --> 00:34:02.279
 he said by

00:34:02.279 --> 00:34:03.340
 her graveside?

00:34:03.779 --> 00:34:04.700
 There is a

00:34:04.700 --> 00:34:05.600
 resurrection of

00:34:05.600 --> 00:34:06.100
 the dead?

00:34:07.220 --> 00:34:07.620
 No.

00:34:08.780 --> 00:34:09.420
 He was

00:34:09.420 --> 00:34:09.900
 simply

00:34:09.900 --> 00:34:10.920
 experiencing

00:34:10.920 --> 00:34:11.900
 the pain

00:34:11.900 --> 00:34:13.000
 of death.

00:34:14.440 --> 00:34:14.940
 And didn't

00:34:14.940 --> 00:34:15.420
 our own

00:34:15.420 --> 00:34:16.519
 Lord cry at

00:34:16.519 --> 00:34:17.220
 the grave of

00:34:17.220 --> 00:34:17.920
 Lazarus?

00:34:18.920 --> 00:34:19.579
 Even though

00:34:19.579 --> 00:34:20.119
 he knew he

00:34:20.119 --> 00:34:20.699
 was about to

00:34:20.699 --> 00:34:21.039
 raise him

00:34:21.039 --> 00:34:21.420
 from the

00:34:21.420 --> 00:34:21.760
 dead.

00:34:22.559 --> 00:34:23.720
 Death is

00:34:23.720 --> 00:34:24.179
 an enemy.

00:34:24.760 --> 00:34:25.280
 It is the

00:34:25.280 --> 00:34:26.019
 last enemy

00:34:26.019 --> 00:34:26.480
 to be

00:34:26.480 --> 00:34:26.980
 destroyed.

00:34:27.460 --> 00:34:28.019
 And until

00:34:28.019 --> 00:34:28.820
 then it

00:34:28.820 --> 00:34:29.980
 will always

00:34:29.980 --> 00:34:30.840
 hurt.

00:34:33.380 --> 00:34:33.860
 But,

00:34:34.360 --> 00:34:35.519
 but,

00:34:36.440 --> 00:34:37.320
 we do

00:34:37.320 --> 00:34:38.400
 not mourn

00:34:38.400 --> 00:34:39.800
 as those

00:34:39.800 --> 00:34:40.599
 without hope.

00:34:41.220 --> 00:34:41.820
 Death has

00:34:41.820 --> 00:34:42.320
 an end.

00:34:43.039 --> 00:34:43.539
 There was

00:34:43.539 --> 00:34:44.380
 a man

00:34:44.380 --> 00:34:46.579
 who felt

00:34:46.579 --> 00:34:47.320
 the sting

00:34:47.320 --> 00:34:47.940
 of death.

00:34:47.960 --> 00:34:48.079
 death,

00:34:48.699 --> 00:34:48.980
 but

00:34:48.980 --> 00:34:49.360
 kept

00:34:49.360 --> 00:34:50.500
 the other

00:34:50.500 --> 00:34:51.039
 end.

00:34:52.179 --> 00:34:52.639
 There was

00:34:52.639 --> 00:34:53.840
 one man

00:34:53.840 --> 00:34:54.659
 who walked

00:34:54.659 --> 00:34:55.199
 through the

00:34:55.199 --> 00:34:55.840
 valley of

00:34:55.840 --> 00:34:56.460
 the shadow

00:34:56.460 --> 00:34:57.300
 of death

00:34:57.300 --> 00:34:58.720
 and heaped

00:34:58.720 --> 00:34:59.599
 upon himself

00:34:59.599 --> 00:35:00.320
 all the

00:35:00.320 --> 00:35:01.099
 shadows of

00:35:01.099 --> 00:35:01.500
 death

00:35:01.500 --> 00:35:02.720
 so that we

00:35:02.720 --> 00:35:03.320
 might come

00:35:03.320 --> 00:35:03.800
 into the

00:35:03.800 --> 00:35:04.780
 light of

00:35:04.780 --> 00:35:05.659
 his resurrection.

00:35:06.240 --> 00:35:06.720
 There was

00:35:06.720 --> 00:35:07.220
 one who

00:35:07.220 --> 00:35:08.039
 clothed

00:35:08.039 --> 00:35:08.860
 himself in

00:35:08.860 --> 00:35:09.260
 death

00:35:09.260 --> 00:35:10.440
 so that we

00:35:10.440 --> 00:35:10.880
 might be

00:35:10.880 --> 00:35:11.780
 clothed in

00:35:11.780 --> 00:35:12.139
 life.

00:35:12.139 --> 00:35:12.920
 There was

00:35:12.920 --> 00:35:13.760
 a son

00:35:13.760 --> 00:35:15.160
 who broke

00:35:15.160 --> 00:35:15.900
 the winter.

00:35:17.540 --> 00:35:18.020
 Spring

00:35:18.020 --> 00:35:19.260
 is on its

00:35:19.260 --> 00:35:19.620
 way.

00:35:20.400 --> 00:35:20.900
 There will

00:35:20.900 --> 00:35:21.420
 be a

00:35:21.420 --> 00:35:21.900
 resurrection

00:35:21.900 --> 00:35:22.740
 from the

00:35:22.740 --> 00:35:24.200
 dead and

00:35:24.200 --> 00:35:24.720
 there shall

00:35:24.720 --> 00:35:25.320
 be no

00:35:25.320 --> 00:35:25.960
 resurrection

00:35:25.960 --> 00:35:26.820
 for death.

00:35:26.820 --> 00:35:27.920
 Christ put

00:35:27.920 --> 00:35:28.660
 death in the

00:35:28.660 --> 00:35:29.820
 grave and

00:35:29.820 --> 00:35:30.540
 the sun

00:35:30.540 --> 00:35:31.240
 will never

00:35:31.240 --> 00:35:32.680
 rise on

00:35:32.680 --> 00:35:33.480
 that grave.

00:35:33.820 --> 00:35:34.120
 Death

00:35:34.120 --> 00:35:34.720
 will never

00:35:34.720 --> 00:35:35.660
 see spring.

00:35:36.220 --> 00:35:36.560
 Death

00:35:36.560 --> 00:35:37.800
 shall die.

00:35:38.400 --> 00:35:38.820
 Death

00:35:38.820 --> 00:35:39.980
 shall know

00:35:39.980 --> 00:35:40.780
 only its

00:35:40.780 --> 00:35:41.519
 own winter.

00:35:44.180 --> 00:35:44.880
 And when

00:35:44.880 --> 00:35:45.480
 that day

00:35:45.480 --> 00:35:46.260
 of resurrection

00:35:46.260 --> 00:35:47.800
 spring finally

00:35:47.800 --> 00:35:48.620
 comes, it

00:35:48.620 --> 00:35:49.220
 has not yet

00:35:49.220 --> 00:35:49.840
 come, when

00:35:49.840 --> 00:35:50.700
 it finally

00:35:50.700 --> 00:35:52.260
 comes, when

00:35:52.260 --> 00:35:52.920
 the resurrection

00:35:52.920 --> 00:35:53.600
 of the dead

00:35:53.600 --> 00:35:54.420
 occurs and

00:35:54.420 --> 00:35:55.960
 death surrenders

00:35:55.960 --> 00:35:57.340
 its dead to

00:35:57.340 --> 00:35:57.860
 the living

00:35:57.860 --> 00:36:00.100
 Christ, then

00:36:00.100 --> 00:36:01.340
 all things

00:36:01.340 --> 00:36:01.840
 will be

00:36:01.840 --> 00:36:02.640
 subject to

00:36:02.640 --> 00:36:03.100
 Christ.

00:36:04.000 --> 00:36:04.360
 In

00:36:04.360 --> 00:36:04.940
 fulfillment

00:36:04.940 --> 00:36:05.720
 of Psalm

00:36:05.720 --> 00:36:07.200
 8, look

00:36:07.200 --> 00:36:07.500
 at verse

00:36:07.500 --> 00:36:08.160
 27,

00:36:08.820 --> 00:36:09.940
 for God

00:36:09.940 --> 00:36:10.600
 has put all

00:36:10.600 --> 00:36:11.220
 things in

00:36:11.220 --> 00:36:12.200
 subjection under

00:36:12.200 --> 00:36:13.480
 his feet, but

00:36:13.480 --> 00:36:14.160
 when it says

00:36:14.160 --> 00:36:15.039
 all things are

00:36:15.039 --> 00:36:15.460
 put in

00:36:15.460 --> 00:36:16.480
 subjection, that

00:36:16.480 --> 00:36:17.080
 is Psalm

00:36:17.080 --> 00:36:18.500
 8, it is

00:36:18.500 --> 00:36:19.240
 plain that he

00:36:19.240 --> 00:36:20.039
 is accepted

00:36:20.039 --> 00:36:20.720
 who put all

00:36:20.720 --> 00:36:21.280
 things in

00:36:21.280 --> 00:36:22.140
 subjection under

00:36:22.140 --> 00:36:22.800
 him, that

00:36:22.800 --> 00:36:23.420
 is God.

00:36:23.800 --> 00:36:24.420
 When all

00:36:24.420 --> 00:36:24.960
 things are

00:36:24.960 --> 00:36:25.880
 subjected to

00:36:25.880 --> 00:36:26.480
 God, then

00:36:26.480 --> 00:36:26.880
 the Son

00:36:26.880 --> 00:36:27.760
 himself will

00:36:27.760 --> 00:36:28.240
 also be

00:36:28.240 --> 00:36:29.039
 subjected to

00:36:29.039 --> 00:36:30.039
 God, who

00:36:30.039 --> 00:36:30.519
 put all

00:36:30.519 --> 00:36:31.300
 things in

00:36:31.300 --> 00:36:31.960
 subjection

00:36:31.960 --> 00:36:33.519
 under him, so

00:36:33.519 --> 00:36:34.539
 that God

00:36:34.539 --> 00:36:35.260
 may be

00:36:35.260 --> 00:36:36.720
 all in

00:36:36.720 --> 00:36:37.100
 all.

00:36:37.099 --> 00:36:38.099
 God

00:36:38.099 --> 00:36:41.639
 will be

00:36:41.639 --> 00:36:42.519
 supreme in

00:36:42.519 --> 00:36:43.539
 every place

00:36:43.539 --> 00:36:44.019
 and in

00:36:44.019 --> 00:36:44.799
 every way

00:36:44.799 --> 00:36:45.480
 in the

00:36:45.480 --> 00:36:46.099
 new heavens

00:36:46.099 --> 00:36:46.440
 and the

00:36:46.440 --> 00:36:46.900
 new earth.

00:36:47.059 --> 00:36:47.420
 God

00:36:47.420 --> 00:36:47.679
 will

00:36:47.679 --> 00:36:48.199
 simply

00:36:48.199 --> 00:36:48.799
 be

00:36:48.799 --> 00:36:50.539
 amazing.

00:36:52.159 --> 00:36:52.619
 You

00:36:52.619 --> 00:36:53.219
 think God

00:36:53.219 --> 00:36:53.839
 is amazing

00:36:53.839 --> 00:36:54.259
 now?

00:36:55.639 --> 00:36:56.179
 Just wait

00:36:56.179 --> 00:36:56.539
 for the

00:36:56.539 --> 00:36:57.000
 resurrection

00:36:57.000 --> 00:36:57.480
 of the

00:36:57.480 --> 00:36:57.819
 dead.

00:36:57.820 --> 00:37:02.340
 There was

00:37:02.340 --> 00:37:02.900
 a real

00:37:02.900 --> 00:37:03.680
 railway

00:37:03.680 --> 00:37:04.260
 accident,

00:37:04.780 --> 00:37:05.580
 said Aslan

00:37:05.580 --> 00:37:06.220
 softly.

00:37:06.780 --> 00:37:07.380
 Your father

00:37:07.380 --> 00:37:07.840
 and mother

00:37:07.840 --> 00:37:08.260
 and all

00:37:08.260 --> 00:37:08.559
 of you

00:37:08.559 --> 00:37:09.720
 are, as

00:37:09.720 --> 00:37:10.160
 you used

00:37:10.160 --> 00:37:10.640
 to call

00:37:10.640 --> 00:37:10.880
 it in

00:37:10.880 --> 00:37:11.039
 the

00:37:11.039 --> 00:37:11.360
 shadow

00:37:11.360 --> 00:37:11.900
 lands,

00:37:12.720 --> 00:37:13.100
 dead.

00:37:13.580 --> 00:37:13.780
 The

00:37:13.780 --> 00:37:14.260
 term is

00:37:14.260 --> 00:37:14.760
 over, the

00:37:14.760 --> 00:37:15.140
 holidays

00:37:15.140 --> 00:37:15.960
 have begun,

00:37:16.480 --> 00:37:17.080
 the dream

00:37:17.080 --> 00:37:17.660
 is ended,

00:37:18.320 --> 00:37:19.680
 this is

00:37:19.680 --> 00:37:20.340
 the morning.

00:37:21.300 --> 00:37:22.039
 And as

00:37:22.039 --> 00:37:22.680
 he spoke,

00:37:22.800 --> 00:37:23.120
 he no

00:37:23.120 --> 00:37:23.780
 longer looked

00:37:23.780 --> 00:37:24.240
 to them

00:37:24.240 --> 00:37:24.680
 like a

00:37:24.680 --> 00:37:25.000
 lion.

00:37:25.000 --> 00:37:26.059
 But the

00:37:26.059 --> 00:37:26.559
 things that

00:37:26.559 --> 00:37:27.159
 began to

00:37:27.159 --> 00:37:27.800
 happen after

00:37:27.800 --> 00:37:28.219
 that were

00:37:28.219 --> 00:37:29.000
 so great

00:37:29.000 --> 00:37:29.619
 and beautiful

00:37:29.619 --> 00:37:30.539
 that I

00:37:30.539 --> 00:37:31.239
 cannot write

00:37:31.239 --> 00:37:31.559
 them.

00:37:32.260 --> 00:37:32.659
 And for

00:37:32.659 --> 00:37:33.199
 us, this

00:37:33.199 --> 00:37:33.500
 is the

00:37:33.500 --> 00:37:33.880
 end of

00:37:33.880 --> 00:37:34.280
 all the

00:37:34.280 --> 00:37:34.760
 stories.

00:37:35.639 --> 00:37:36.079
 And we

00:37:36.079 --> 00:37:36.539
 can most

00:37:36.539 --> 00:37:37.260
 truly say

00:37:37.260 --> 00:37:37.619
 that they

00:37:37.619 --> 00:37:38.239
 all lived

00:37:38.239 --> 00:37:39.039
 happily ever

00:37:39.039 --> 00:37:39.500
 after.

00:37:40.239 --> 00:37:40.719
 But for

00:37:40.719 --> 00:37:41.139
 them, it

00:37:41.139 --> 00:37:41.519
 was only

00:37:41.519 --> 00:37:42.079
 the beginning

00:37:42.079 --> 00:37:42.519
 of the

00:37:42.519 --> 00:37:43.579
 real story.

00:37:44.760 --> 00:37:45.300
 All their

00:37:45.300 --> 00:37:45.840
 life in

00:37:45.840 --> 00:37:46.480
 this world

00:37:46.480 --> 00:37:47.460
 and all

00:37:47.460 --> 00:37:47.679
 their

00:37:47.679 --> 00:37:48.219
 adventures

00:37:48.219 --> 00:37:49.000
 in Narnia

00:37:49.000 --> 00:37:50.039
 had only

00:37:50.039 --> 00:37:50.639
 been the

00:37:50.639 --> 00:37:51.559
 cover and

00:37:51.559 --> 00:37:52.119
 the title

00:37:52.119 --> 00:37:52.659
 page.

00:37:53.199 --> 00:37:53.860
 Now at

00:37:53.860 --> 00:37:54.519
 last they

00:37:54.519 --> 00:37:55.119
 were beginning

00:37:55.119 --> 00:37:56.239
 chapter one

00:37:56.239 --> 00:37:57.019
 of the

00:37:57.019 --> 00:37:58.440
 great story

00:37:58.440 --> 00:37:59.539
 which no

00:37:59.539 --> 00:38:00.139
 one on

00:38:00.139 --> 00:38:00.820
 earth has

00:38:00.820 --> 00:38:01.860
 read, which

00:38:01.860 --> 00:38:02.539
 goes on

00:38:02.539 --> 00:38:03.880
 forever, in

00:38:03.880 --> 00:38:04.860
 which every

00:38:04.860 --> 00:38:06.840
 chapter is

00:38:06.840 --> 00:38:07.539
 better than

00:38:07.539 --> 00:38:07.940
 the one

00:38:07.940 --> 00:38:08.480
 before.

00:38:10.460 --> 00:38:11.239
 Why will

00:38:11.239 --> 00:38:11.960
 every chapter

00:38:11.960 --> 00:38:12.500
 be better

00:38:12.500 --> 00:38:12.920
 than the

00:38:12.920 --> 00:38:13.699
 one before

00:38:13.699 --> 00:38:14.739
 after the

00:38:14.739 --> 00:38:15.199
 resurrection

00:38:15.199 --> 00:38:15.659
 of the

00:38:15.659 --> 00:38:15.980
 dead?

00:38:16.980 --> 00:38:18.219
 Because God

00:38:18.219 --> 00:38:19.579
 will be

00:38:19.579 --> 00:38:20.420
 to us

00:38:20.420 --> 00:38:22.480
 all in

00:38:22.480 --> 00:38:22.840
 all.

00:38:23.420 --> 00:38:24.340
 died.

00:38:24.340 --> 00:38:24.860
 And as

00:38:24.860 --> 00:38:25.640
 he spoke

00:38:25.640 --> 00:38:26.740
 he no

00:38:26.740 --> 00:38:27.059
 longer

00:38:27.059 --> 00:38:27.579
 looked to

00:38:27.579 --> 00:38:27.880
 them

00:38:27.880 --> 00:38:29.240
 like a

00:38:29.240 --> 00:38:29.600
 lion.

00:38:31.200 --> 00:38:31.940
 Let us

00:38:31.940 --> 00:38:32.280
 pray.

00:38:32.280 --> 00:38:31.940
 Let us

00:38:31.940 --> 00:38:32.280
 pray.

00:38:32.280 --> 00:38:31.940
 Let us

00:38:31.940 --> 00:38:32.340
 pray.

00:38:32.340 --> 00:38:31.940
 Let us

00:38:31.940 --> 00:38:32.340
 pray.

00:38:32.340 --> 00:38:31.940
 Let us

00:38:31.940 --> 00:38:32.340
 pray.

00:38:32.340 --> 00:38:31.940
 Let us

00:38:31.940 --> 00:38:32.340
 pray.

00:38:32.340 --> 00:38:31.940
 Let us

00:38:31.940 --> 00:38:32.340
 pray.

00:38:32.340 --> 00:38:31.940
 Let us

00:38:31.940 --> 00:38:32.340
 pray.

00:38:32.340 --> 00:38:31.940
 Let us

00:38:31.940 --> 00:38:32.340
 pray.

00:38:32.340 --> 00:38:31.940
 Let us

00:38:31.940 --> 00:38:32.340
 pray.

00:38:32.340 --> 00:38:31.940
 Let us

00:38:31.940 --> 00:38:32.340
 pray.

00:38:32.340 --> 00:38:31.940
 Let us

00:38:31.940 --> 00:38:32.340
 pray.

00:38:32.340 --> 00:38:31.940
 Let us

00:38:31.940 --> 00:38:32.340
 pray.

00:38:32.340 --> 00:38:31.940
 Let us

00:38:31.940 --> 00:38:32.340
 pray.

00:38:32.340 --> 00:38:31.940
 Let us

00:38:31.940 --> 00:38:32.340
 pray.

00:38:32.340 --> 00:38:31.940
 Let us

00:38:31.940 --> 00:38:32.340
 pray.

00:38:32.340 --> 00:38:31.940
 Let us

00:38:31.940 --> 00:38:32.340
 pray.

00:38:32.340 --> 00:38:31.940
 Let us

00:38:31.940 --> 00:38:32.340
 pray.

00:38:32.340 --> 00:38:31.940
 Let us

00:38:31.940 --> 00:38:32.340
 pray.

00:38:32.340 --> 00:38:31.940
 Let us

00:38:31.940 --> 00:38:32.340
 pray.

00:38:32.340 --> 00:38:31.940
!

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