WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:25.120 Just to remind people that we do have a sheet, a little worksheet. 00:00:25.120 --> 00:00:30.060 There may be some on the table. You're very welcome to go and get one of the tables as you came in. 00:00:30.600 --> 00:00:34.299 And a Bible which is on the stand as well so you can follow along. 00:00:34.960 --> 00:00:36.700 And there's pens there as well. 00:00:37.600 --> 00:00:41.600 And the title of the talk, as you see on the screen, is Jesus Dies. 00:00:42.579 --> 00:00:48.820 It's just a bit confusing. For some reason, I seem to mess it up every week in one way or another. 00:00:48.820 --> 00:00:59.159 So, well, what the best thing to do is, is just start with Jesus Dies and just follow the titles on the screen. 00:00:59.700 --> 00:01:03.000 And that will tell you which page you should be on next. 00:01:05.640 --> 00:01:10.219 Yeah. I'm not even going to try and tell you how to do it. I'm confused myself. 00:01:10.900 --> 00:01:11.700 But there we are. 00:01:11.700 --> 00:01:29.180 So, let's turn in our Bibles to Matthew chapter 27. 00:01:29.180 --> 00:01:42.120 And we're going to read from verse 45 down to verse 54. 00:01:43.720 --> 00:01:48.480 Matthew 27, verse 45 to 54. 00:01:48.680 --> 00:01:50.760 Let's hear God's Word. 00:01:50.760 --> 00:02:19.280 When some of those standing there heard this, they said, 00:02:19.280 --> 00:02:21.099 He's calling Elijah. 00:02:22.280 --> 00:02:25.099 Immediately, one of them ran and got a sponge. 00:02:25.719 --> 00:02:31.879 He filled it with wine vinegar, put it on a staff and offered it to Jesus to drink. 00:02:32.819 --> 00:02:33.920 The rest said, 00:02:34.240 --> 00:02:35.659 Now leave him alone. 00:02:36.479 --> 00:02:38.819 Let's see if Elijah comes to save him. 00:02:40.039 --> 00:02:43.319 And when Jesus had cried out again in a loud voice, 00:02:44.060 --> 00:02:45.479 he gave up his spirit. 00:02:45.479 --> 00:02:51.899 At that moment, the curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. 00:02:52.639 --> 00:02:57.280 The earth shook, the rocks split, and the tombs broke open. 00:02:58.039 --> 00:03:02.399 The bodies of many holy people who had died were raised to life. 00:03:03.259 --> 00:03:06.560 They came out of the tombs after Jesus' resurrection 00:03:06.560 --> 00:03:10.939 and went into the holy city and appeared to many people. 00:03:10.939 --> 00:03:17.400 When the centurion and those who were with him were guarding Jesus saw the earthquake 00:03:17.400 --> 00:03:19.219 and all that had happened, 00:03:20.159 --> 00:03:23.120 they were terrified and exclaimed, 00:03:24.180 --> 00:03:27.500 Surely he was the Son of God. 00:03:27.500 --> 00:03:31.840 Well, let's pray. 00:03:35.840 --> 00:03:45.000 Our Father God, we thank you for Matthew's account of the life of Christ, 00:03:46.420 --> 00:03:49.460 his death, his resurrection. 00:03:49.460 --> 00:03:56.200 And we thank you, Father, that we can read these words today, 00:03:57.200 --> 00:04:00.700 knowing that they are your words, your voice to us. 00:04:01.879 --> 00:04:07.319 And we pray that what we hear and what perhaps may be familiar to us 00:04:07.319 --> 00:04:10.200 would have power 00:04:10.200 --> 00:04:12.860 and would change us 00:04:12.860 --> 00:04:15.640 and would cause each one of us 00:04:15.640 --> 00:04:17.639 to worship you 00:04:17.639 --> 00:04:19.879 and to love you 00:04:19.879 --> 00:04:21.620 with all our heart, 00:04:22.480 --> 00:04:23.100 our soul, 00:04:23.819 --> 00:04:24.699 our minds. 00:04:25.759 --> 00:04:28.280 That we would do this for your glory, 00:04:29.000 --> 00:04:30.400 for our good 00:04:30.400 --> 00:04:32.319 and for the blessing 00:04:32.319 --> 00:04:34.639 of all those around us. 00:04:35.100 --> 00:04:36.480 In Jesus' name. 00:04:37.379 --> 00:04:37.840 Amen. 00:04:37.839 --> 00:04:42.939 Well, over the month of April, 00:04:43.639 --> 00:04:46.139 we're looking at the Easter account, 00:04:46.839 --> 00:04:50.799 the events surrounding the death and resurrection of Jesus. 00:04:51.560 --> 00:04:54.879 Last week, we looked at the trial and the execution, 00:04:55.679 --> 00:05:00.639 and today we're specifically going to focus on his death. 00:05:01.759 --> 00:05:03.500 So keep an eye on the text, 00:05:03.879 --> 00:05:06.719 Matthew 27, 45 to 54. 00:05:06.720 --> 00:05:11.000 And there's three extraordinary things that happen. 00:05:12.140 --> 00:05:13.680 Darkness falls, 00:05:14.920 --> 00:05:16.280 a curtain tears, 00:05:17.740 --> 00:05:19.680 and tombs open. 00:05:21.500 --> 00:05:24.360 Now what connects these three events 00:05:24.360 --> 00:05:26.640 is the death of Jesus. 00:05:27.680 --> 00:05:29.120 They all happen 00:05:29.120 --> 00:05:31.440 as Jesus dies. 00:05:32.540 --> 00:05:34.200 So what do they all mean? 00:05:34.199 --> 00:05:37.819 Well, let's look at one each in turn. 00:05:38.800 --> 00:05:39.360 First, 00:05:40.360 --> 00:05:41.659 darkness falls 00:05:41.659 --> 00:05:43.659 on the land. 00:05:45.039 --> 00:05:46.939 Jesus has been crucified 00:05:46.939 --> 00:05:48.360 early in the morning. 00:05:49.519 --> 00:05:50.980 And from what we can see 00:05:50.980 --> 00:05:53.319 or what appears to everybody else, 00:05:53.419 --> 00:05:55.539 there doesn't seem to be anything different 00:05:55.539 --> 00:05:57.759 about the crucifixion of Jesus 00:05:57.759 --> 00:05:59.699 to anybody else who's been crucified. 00:05:59.699 --> 00:06:01.639 But then, 00:06:01.759 --> 00:06:03.839 at twelve midday, 00:06:04.759 --> 00:06:07.019 something very strange happens. 00:06:07.399 --> 00:06:08.680 Look at verse 45. 00:06:09.759 --> 00:06:10.680 From noon 00:06:10.680 --> 00:06:13.159 until three in the afternoon, 00:06:14.120 --> 00:06:15.560 darkness came over 00:06:15.560 --> 00:06:17.180 all the land. 00:06:17.980 --> 00:06:19.800 When the sun is at its highest 00:06:19.800 --> 00:06:21.219 and brightest, 00:06:22.219 --> 00:06:22.839 everything 00:06:22.839 --> 00:06:24.480 goes dark. 00:06:24.480 --> 00:06:25.720 Literally, 00:06:25.980 --> 00:06:26.680 it's saying 00:06:26.680 --> 00:06:28.520 it became dark 00:06:28.520 --> 00:06:29.920 with darkness. 00:06:30.140 --> 00:06:31.780 So it's not an eclipse. 00:06:32.600 --> 00:06:33.439 We might say 00:06:33.439 --> 00:06:34.420 it went pitch 00:06:34.420 --> 00:06:35.379 black. 00:06:35.879 --> 00:06:37.340 In the middle of the day, 00:06:38.740 --> 00:06:39.420 darkness 00:06:39.420 --> 00:06:40.900 descends. 00:06:41.540 --> 00:06:43.000 You know what it was like yesterday, 00:06:43.140 --> 00:06:43.879 what a beautiful 00:06:43.879 --> 00:06:45.160 sunny day it was. 00:06:45.540 --> 00:06:46.240 Well, you think 00:06:46.240 --> 00:06:47.200 at twelve o'clock 00:06:47.200 --> 00:06:48.300 midday yesterday 00:06:48.300 --> 00:06:50.220 for your town, 00:06:50.360 --> 00:06:51.200 for Carragalline, 00:06:51.319 --> 00:06:52.020 to just go 00:06:52.020 --> 00:06:53.379 pitch black. 00:06:53.379 --> 00:06:55.300 what 00:06:55.300 --> 00:06:56.980 is going on 00:06:56.980 --> 00:06:58.360 with the darkness. 00:07:00.040 --> 00:07:01.079 Well, have a look back 00:07:01.079 --> 00:07:02.899 at Matthew chapter 24. 00:07:03.860 --> 00:07:04.959 Just go back 00:07:04.959 --> 00:07:06.500 a couple of chapters. 00:07:06.680 --> 00:07:07.540 Chapter 24, 00:07:07.719 --> 00:07:08.620 verse 29. 00:07:13.120 --> 00:07:14.339 Jesus has been 00:07:14.339 --> 00:07:15.959 speaking about 00:07:15.959 --> 00:07:17.219 future events 00:07:17.219 --> 00:07:19.439 and he's talking about 00:07:19.439 --> 00:07:20.519 what's going to happen 00:07:20.519 --> 00:07:21.120 at the 00:07:21.120 --> 00:07:23.079 very end of time. 00:07:23.379 --> 00:07:25.659 So Matthew 24 00:07:25.659 --> 00:07:27.759 and verse 29. 00:07:30.899 --> 00:07:31.459 Immediately 00:07:31.459 --> 00:07:32.920 after the distress 00:07:32.920 --> 00:07:33.839 of those days, 00:07:33.939 --> 00:07:35.100 so the days 00:07:35.100 --> 00:07:35.740 leading up 00:07:35.740 --> 00:07:36.360 to the end 00:07:36.360 --> 00:07:37.300 of the time, 00:07:38.300 --> 00:07:38.879 he says, 00:07:38.879 --> 00:07:40.480 the sun will be 00:07:40.480 --> 00:07:41.300 darkened 00:07:41.300 --> 00:07:42.740 and the moon 00:07:42.740 --> 00:07:43.439 will not give 00:07:43.439 --> 00:07:44.100 its light. 00:07:44.819 --> 00:07:45.620 The stars 00:07:45.620 --> 00:07:46.319 will fall 00:07:46.319 --> 00:07:47.199 from the sky, 00:07:47.620 --> 00:07:48.699 the heavenly bodies 00:07:48.699 --> 00:07:49.540 will be shaken. 00:07:50.279 --> 00:07:51.159 Then will appear 00:07:51.159 --> 00:07:51.800 the sign 00:07:51.800 --> 00:07:52.899 of the Son of Man 00:07:52.899 --> 00:07:53.560 in heaven 00:07:53.560 --> 00:07:55.019 and then all 00:07:55.019 --> 00:07:55.639 the peoples 00:07:55.639 --> 00:07:56.659 of the earth 00:07:56.659 --> 00:07:57.339 or the peoples 00:07:57.339 --> 00:07:58.240 of the land 00:07:58.240 --> 00:07:59.560 will mourn 00:07:59.560 --> 00:08:00.500 when they see 00:08:00.500 --> 00:08:01.339 the Son of Man 00:08:01.339 --> 00:08:02.439 coming on the clouds 00:08:02.439 --> 00:08:02.899 of heaven 00:08:02.899 --> 00:08:03.659 with power 00:08:03.659 --> 00:08:05.300 and great glory. 00:08:05.300 --> 00:08:07.160 at the very 00:08:07.160 --> 00:08:08.319 end of the age, 00:08:08.460 --> 00:08:09.220 Jesus says, 00:08:09.520 --> 00:08:10.220 at the end 00:08:10.220 --> 00:08:10.900 of time 00:08:10.900 --> 00:08:12.000 when the Son 00:08:12.000 --> 00:08:12.560 of Man 00:08:12.560 --> 00:08:13.259 comes, 00:08:14.360 --> 00:08:14.800 he's going 00:08:14.800 --> 00:08:15.480 to come 00:08:15.480 --> 00:08:16.480 and wrap 00:08:16.480 --> 00:08:17.500 everything up 00:08:17.500 --> 00:08:18.180 in the whole 00:08:18.180 --> 00:08:19.360 history of the world. 00:08:19.620 --> 00:08:20.500 He's going to come 00:08:20.500 --> 00:08:21.480 and bring his judgment 00:08:21.480 --> 00:08:22.759 and the sign 00:08:22.759 --> 00:08:23.580 of his coming 00:08:23.580 --> 00:08:25.759 is going 00:08:25.759 --> 00:08:26.300 to be 00:08:26.300 --> 00:08:27.400 darkness. 00:08:28.400 --> 00:08:29.080 Verse 29, 00:08:29.079 --> 00:08:29.979 the sun 00:08:29.979 --> 00:08:30.399 will be 00:08:30.399 --> 00:08:31.139 darkened 00:08:31.139 --> 00:08:32.500 and the moon 00:08:32.500 --> 00:08:33.100 will not 00:08:33.100 --> 00:08:33.819 give its 00:08:33.819 --> 00:08:34.699 light. 00:08:35.799 --> 00:08:36.600 Back to 00:08:36.600 --> 00:08:37.679 Matthew 27. 00:08:38.079 --> 00:08:38.919 In other words, 00:08:39.039 --> 00:08:40.079 when darkness 00:08:40.079 --> 00:08:41.079 descends, 00:08:42.299 --> 00:08:43.100 it's a sign 00:08:43.100 --> 00:08:43.939 that God 00:08:43.939 --> 00:08:45.379 is bringing 00:08:45.379 --> 00:08:45.939 his 00:08:45.939 --> 00:08:46.879 judgment. 00:08:48.319 --> 00:08:49.159 So what does 00:08:49.159 --> 00:08:49.679 the darkness 00:08:49.679 --> 00:08:50.600 teach us? 00:08:51.659 --> 00:08:52.039 Well, 00:08:52.620 --> 00:08:54.639 three things. 00:08:55.579 --> 00:08:56.059 First, 00:08:56.199 --> 00:08:56.799 it's God's 00:08:56.799 --> 00:08:57.179 judgment 00:08:57.179 --> 00:08:57.919 on sin. 00:08:57.919 --> 00:08:59.240 again, 00:08:59.339 --> 00:08:59.620 look at 00:08:59.620 --> 00:09:00.599 verse 45. 00:09:00.759 --> 00:09:01.339 It tells us 00:09:01.339 --> 00:09:01.979 that darkness 00:09:01.979 --> 00:09:02.639 came over 00:09:02.639 --> 00:09:03.079 the whole 00:09:03.079 --> 00:09:03.519 land. 00:09:04.079 --> 00:09:04.500 God is 00:09:04.500 --> 00:09:05.219 displaying 00:09:05.219 --> 00:09:05.599 his 00:09:05.599 --> 00:09:06.620 displeasure 00:09:06.620 --> 00:09:07.519 at the 00:09:07.519 --> 00:09:08.099 injustice 00:09:08.099 --> 00:09:08.659 of all 00:09:08.659 --> 00:09:09.000 that's 00:09:09.000 --> 00:09:09.279 taking 00:09:09.279 --> 00:09:09.759 place. 00:09:10.240 --> 00:09:10.659 God is 00:09:10.659 --> 00:09:11.360 rightfully 00:09:11.360 --> 00:09:12.299 angry 00:09:12.299 --> 00:09:12.860 at the 00:09:12.860 --> 00:09:13.279 false 00:09:13.279 --> 00:09:14.000 charges 00:09:14.000 --> 00:09:14.939 and lies, 00:09:16.059 --> 00:09:16.179 the 00:09:16.179 --> 00:09:16.740 disciples' 00:09:16.979 --> 00:09:17.439 betrayal 00:09:17.439 --> 00:09:18.299 and denial, 00:09:18.740 --> 00:09:19.279 the mocking 00:09:19.279 --> 00:09:20.000 and abuse 00:09:20.000 --> 00:09:20.419 that's 00:09:20.419 --> 00:09:21.199 taken place. 00:09:21.639 --> 00:09:22.279 And God's 00:09:22.279 --> 00:09:22.719 judgment 00:09:22.719 --> 00:09:24.019 falls on 00:09:24.019 --> 00:09:24.659 the people 00:09:24.659 --> 00:09:25.799 because they 00:09:25.799 --> 00:09:26.519 have all 00:09:26.519 --> 00:09:27.219 rejected 00:09:27.220 --> 00:09:28.540 God's 00:09:28.540 --> 00:09:28.879 king. 00:09:30.139 --> 00:09:30.480 You see, 00:09:30.560 --> 00:09:31.200 God takes 00:09:31.200 --> 00:09:31.460 sin 00:09:31.460 --> 00:09:32.279 personally 00:09:32.279 --> 00:09:33.779 because it 00:09:33.779 --> 00:09:34.500 is personal 00:09:34.500 --> 00:09:35.019 to God. 00:09:35.240 --> 00:09:35.820 He can't 00:09:35.820 --> 00:09:36.660 ignore the 00:09:36.660 --> 00:09:37.220 things that 00:09:37.220 --> 00:09:37.680 have happened. 00:09:38.100 --> 00:09:38.600 He can't 00:09:38.600 --> 00:09:39.240 pretend that 00:09:39.240 --> 00:09:39.759 it doesn't 00:09:39.759 --> 00:09:40.700 matter and 00:09:40.700 --> 00:09:41.220 brush it 00:09:41.220 --> 00:09:41.660 under the 00:09:41.660 --> 00:09:42.019 carpet. 00:09:42.399 --> 00:09:43.019 It does 00:09:43.019 --> 00:09:43.500 matter. 00:09:44.700 --> 00:09:45.200 God is 00:09:45.200 --> 00:09:46.259 grieved with 00:09:46.259 --> 00:09:47.080 the injustice, 00:09:47.800 --> 00:09:48.540 the lies, 00:09:48.920 --> 00:09:49.379 the mocking 00:09:49.379 --> 00:09:50.300 and the 00:09:50.300 --> 00:09:50.820 rejection. 00:09:51.899 --> 00:09:52.340 And God 00:09:52.340 --> 00:09:53.300 is grieved 00:09:53.299 --> 00:09:54.179 with all 00:09:54.179 --> 00:09:54.939 the terror 00:09:54.939 --> 00:09:55.659 and the 00:09:55.659 --> 00:09:56.279 wars that 00:09:56.279 --> 00:09:56.699 we see 00:09:56.699 --> 00:09:57.259 happening. 00:09:58.459 --> 00:09:59.339 It must 00:09:59.339 --> 00:10:00.919 be judged. 00:10:04.159 --> 00:10:04.959 But not 00:10:04.959 --> 00:10:05.719 only that, 00:10:07.719 --> 00:10:08.319 judgment 00:10:08.319 --> 00:10:10.679 falls on 00:10:10.679 --> 00:10:11.179 Jesus. 00:10:11.679 --> 00:10:12.079 Look at 00:10:12.079 --> 00:10:13.099 verse 46. 00:10:14.219 --> 00:10:15.339 About three 00:10:15.339 --> 00:10:16.079 in the 00:10:16.079 --> 00:10:16.779 afternoon, 00:10:17.620 --> 00:10:17.939 Jesus 00:10:17.939 --> 00:10:18.879 cried out 00:10:18.879 --> 00:10:19.259 in a 00:10:19.259 --> 00:10:20.139 loud voice, 00:10:20.139 --> 00:10:21.559 Eli, 00:10:21.840 --> 00:10:22.279 Eli, 00:10:22.460 --> 00:10:22.879 Lamech 00:10:22.879 --> 00:10:23.699 Sabachthani, 00:10:23.779 --> 00:10:24.299 which means 00:10:24.299 --> 00:10:24.980 my God, 00:10:25.080 --> 00:10:25.659 my God, 00:10:26.000 --> 00:10:26.559 why have 00:10:26.559 --> 00:10:27.340 you forsaken 00:10:27.340 --> 00:10:27.639 me? 00:10:28.659 --> 00:10:29.159 Now, 00:10:29.240 --> 00:10:29.879 this should 00:10:29.879 --> 00:10:31.100 surprise us 00:10:31.100 --> 00:10:32.460 because, 00:10:32.699 --> 00:10:33.100 remember, 00:10:33.319 --> 00:10:34.100 judgment has 00:10:34.100 --> 00:10:35.120 fallen on 00:10:35.120 --> 00:10:35.720 the land 00:10:35.720 --> 00:10:36.419 because of 00:10:36.419 --> 00:10:37.159 the people's 00:10:37.159 --> 00:10:37.439 sin. 00:10:38.240 --> 00:10:38.659 So, 00:10:38.740 --> 00:10:39.080 we would 00:10:39.080 --> 00:10:39.779 expect the 00:10:39.779 --> 00:10:40.379 people to 00:10:40.379 --> 00:10:41.000 be mourning 00:10:41.000 --> 00:10:42.159 and crying 00:10:42.159 --> 00:10:42.639 out, 00:10:43.000 --> 00:10:43.580 my God, 00:10:43.659 --> 00:10:44.139 my God, 00:10:44.220 --> 00:10:44.639 why have 00:10:44.639 --> 00:10:45.340 you forsaken 00:10:45.340 --> 00:10:45.860 us? 00:10:47.799 --> 00:10:48.600 But they 00:10:48.600 --> 00:10:49.039 don't, 00:10:49.120 --> 00:10:49.519 do they? 00:10:50.480 --> 00:10:51.199 Out of 00:10:51.199 --> 00:10:51.860 the darkness, 00:10:52.179 --> 00:10:52.500 it's 00:10:52.500 --> 00:10:53.019 Jesus 00:10:53.019 --> 00:10:54.059 who cries 00:10:54.059 --> 00:10:54.379 out. 00:10:54.659 --> 00:10:55.220 Of all 00:10:55.220 --> 00:10:55.759 the people 00:10:55.759 --> 00:10:56.059 who are 00:10:56.059 --> 00:10:56.360 there, 00:10:56.699 --> 00:10:57.039 there is 00:10:57.039 --> 00:10:57.980 only one 00:10:57.980 --> 00:10:59.899 who experiences 00:10:59.899 --> 00:11:00.860 the weight 00:11:00.860 --> 00:11:01.720 of judgment. 00:11:03.639 --> 00:11:04.039 You see, 00:11:04.139 --> 00:11:04.480 Jesus' 00:11:04.740 --> 00:11:05.960 cry is 00:11:05.960 --> 00:11:06.539 much more 00:11:06.539 --> 00:11:07.000 than just 00:11:07.000 --> 00:11:07.500 physical 00:11:07.500 --> 00:11:08.059 pain. 00:11:08.699 --> 00:11:09.199 It's one 00:11:09.199 --> 00:11:10.100 of spiritual 00:11:10.100 --> 00:11:10.799 agony. 00:11:12.139 --> 00:11:12.519 Jesus, 00:11:12.939 --> 00:11:13.480 who is 00:11:13.480 --> 00:11:14.620 one with 00:11:14.620 --> 00:11:15.240 the Father, 00:11:15.600 --> 00:11:16.480 who enjoys 00:11:16.480 --> 00:11:17.419 the Father's 00:11:17.419 --> 00:11:18.100 delight and 00:11:18.100 --> 00:11:18.759 pleasure for 00:11:18.759 --> 00:11:19.740 all eternity, 00:11:20.139 --> 00:11:21.419 is forsaken 00:11:21.419 --> 00:11:22.980 as he dies. 00:11:23.279 --> 00:11:23.879 He's cut 00:11:23.879 --> 00:11:24.279 off. 00:11:25.059 --> 00:11:25.759 Jesus isn't 00:11:25.759 --> 00:11:26.519 crying out 00:11:26.519 --> 00:11:26.980 here to 00:11:26.980 --> 00:11:27.519 his Father, 00:11:27.899 --> 00:11:28.340 what are 00:11:28.340 --> 00:11:28.939 you doing 00:11:28.939 --> 00:11:29.539 to me? 00:11:30.000 --> 00:11:30.639 Or why 00:11:30.639 --> 00:11:31.100 is this 00:11:31.100 --> 00:11:31.759 happening to 00:11:31.759 --> 00:11:31.939 me? 00:11:32.319 --> 00:11:33.139 Jesus knows 00:11:33.139 --> 00:11:34.199 exactly why 00:11:34.199 --> 00:11:34.819 he's come. 00:11:35.819 --> 00:11:36.199 Look at 00:11:36.199 --> 00:11:37.100 verse 47. 00:11:37.639 --> 00:11:38.159 When some 00:11:38.159 --> 00:11:38.480 of those 00:11:38.480 --> 00:11:39.220 standing there 00:11:39.220 --> 00:11:39.819 heard this, 00:11:39.879 --> 00:11:40.299 he said, 00:11:40.580 --> 00:11:41.279 he's calling 00:11:41.279 --> 00:11:41.879 Elijah. 00:11:43.379 --> 00:11:44.200 Verse 49, 00:11:44.860 --> 00:11:45.539 now leave 00:11:45.539 --> 00:11:46.000 him alone, 00:11:46.120 --> 00:11:46.759 let's see if 00:11:46.759 --> 00:11:47.600 Elijah comes 00:11:47.600 --> 00:11:48.220 to save 00:11:48.220 --> 00:11:48.440 him. 00:11:49.259 --> 00:11:49.920 It's not 00:11:49.920 --> 00:11:50.759 Jesus who 00:11:50.759 --> 00:11:51.639 needs saving. 00:11:52.379 --> 00:11:53.139 God is 00:11:53.139 --> 00:11:54.580 saving us 00:11:54.580 --> 00:11:55.740 through his 00:11:55.740 --> 00:11:56.080 Son. 00:11:57.040 --> 00:11:57.720 His cry 00:11:57.720 --> 00:11:58.659 is one 00:11:58.659 --> 00:11:59.620 of absorbing 00:11:59.620 --> 00:12:00.920 the judgment 00:12:00.920 --> 00:12:01.899 that humanity 00:12:01.899 --> 00:12:02.620 deserves. 00:12:02.879 --> 00:12:03.620 As Jesus 00:12:03.620 --> 00:12:04.580 bears the 00:12:04.580 --> 00:12:05.019 weight of 00:12:05.019 --> 00:12:05.320 sin, 00:12:05.720 --> 00:12:06.139 he is 00:12:06.139 --> 00:12:07.259 forsaken, 00:12:07.920 --> 00:12:08.480 abandoned, 00:12:09.440 --> 00:12:10.420 separated from 00:12:10.420 --> 00:12:11.100 the Father. 00:12:12.379 --> 00:12:13.060 He takes 00:12:13.060 --> 00:12:14.240 the darkness 00:12:14.240 --> 00:12:15.460 of hell 00:12:15.460 --> 00:12:16.299 for you 00:12:16.299 --> 00:12:16.639 and for 00:12:16.639 --> 00:12:16.919 me, 00:12:17.240 --> 00:12:18.039 because that's 00:12:18.039 --> 00:12:18.600 what hell 00:12:18.600 --> 00:12:19.080 is. 00:12:20.060 --> 00:12:20.480 It's 00:12:20.480 --> 00:12:21.200 separation 00:12:21.200 --> 00:12:22.039 from God, 00:12:22.360 --> 00:12:23.159 being cut 00:12:23.159 --> 00:12:24.080 off from 00:12:24.080 --> 00:12:25.039 all God's 00:12:25.039 --> 00:12:25.399 goodness 00:12:25.399 --> 00:12:26.379 and glory. 00:12:27.279 --> 00:12:27.580 No 00:12:27.580 --> 00:12:28.159 forgiveness, 00:12:29.200 --> 00:12:30.320 no peace, 00:12:31.259 --> 00:12:32.180 no mercy, 00:12:33.120 --> 00:12:34.060 no joy, 00:12:34.919 --> 00:12:36.019 no happiness, 00:12:36.500 --> 00:12:37.340 cut off 00:12:37.340 --> 00:12:38.500 from all 00:12:38.500 --> 00:12:39.240 that is 00:12:39.240 --> 00:12:39.799 beautiful 00:12:39.799 --> 00:12:40.539 and good. 00:12:41.580 --> 00:12:42.340 So as the 00:12:42.340 --> 00:12:42.799 darkness 00:12:42.799 --> 00:12:43.720 falls, 00:12:44.240 --> 00:12:45.680 only one 00:12:45.680 --> 00:12:47.019 voice is 00:12:47.019 --> 00:12:47.519 heard, 00:12:48.460 --> 00:12:49.480 because Jesus 00:12:49.480 --> 00:12:50.120 is taking 00:12:50.120 --> 00:12:50.820 the judgment 00:12:50.820 --> 00:12:52.159 on our 00:12:52.159 --> 00:12:52.700 behalf. 00:12:54.779 --> 00:12:55.340 There's one 00:12:55.340 --> 00:12:55.820 other thing 00:12:55.820 --> 00:12:56.299 to learn 00:12:56.299 --> 00:12:57.419 from the 00:12:57.419 --> 00:12:58.019 darkness. 00:12:59.620 --> 00:13:00.460 As the 00:13:00.460 --> 00:13:00.820 darkness 00:13:00.820 --> 00:13:01.320 falls, 00:13:01.460 --> 00:13:02.039 it reminds 00:13:02.039 --> 00:13:03.360 us that 00:13:03.360 --> 00:13:03.919 there is a 00:13:03.919 --> 00:13:05.519 greater and 00:13:05.519 --> 00:13:06.460 a more final 00:13:06.460 --> 00:13:07.259 judgment to 00:13:07.259 --> 00:13:07.580 come. 00:13:08.159 --> 00:13:08.779 In one 00:13:08.779 --> 00:13:09.100 sense, 00:13:09.200 --> 00:13:09.659 as Jesus 00:13:09.659 --> 00:13:10.419 dies on 00:13:10.419 --> 00:13:10.899 the cross, 00:13:11.340 --> 00:13:12.000 the judgment 00:13:12.000 --> 00:13:12.460 of the 00:13:12.460 --> 00:13:13.980 future has 00:13:13.980 --> 00:13:14.720 been brought 00:13:14.720 --> 00:13:15.740 forward. 00:13:16.539 --> 00:13:17.159 God in 00:13:17.159 --> 00:13:17.639 his love 00:13:17.639 --> 00:13:18.019 and his 00:13:18.019 --> 00:13:18.600 kindness 00:13:18.600 --> 00:13:19.539 is giving 00:13:19.539 --> 00:13:20.159 the world 00:13:20.159 --> 00:13:21.039 people 00:13:21.039 --> 00:13:21.960 opportunity 00:13:21.960 --> 00:13:22.600 to find 00:13:22.600 --> 00:13:23.220 salvation 00:13:23.220 --> 00:13:23.920 in Jesus 00:13:23.920 --> 00:13:25.039 and so we 00:13:25.039 --> 00:13:25.580 can turn 00:13:25.580 --> 00:13:26.100 to him 00:13:26.100 --> 00:13:27.120 today and 00:13:27.120 --> 00:13:27.519 we can 00:13:27.519 --> 00:13:28.220 trust him 00:13:28.220 --> 00:13:29.180 today and 00:13:29.180 --> 00:13:29.460 say, 00:13:29.899 --> 00:13:30.240 Jesus, 00:13:30.680 --> 00:13:31.379 you take 00:13:31.379 --> 00:13:32.519 the judgment 00:13:32.519 --> 00:13:33.240 for me. 00:13:33.240 --> 00:13:35.320 but in 00:13:35.320 --> 00:13:36.180 another sense, 00:13:36.539 --> 00:13:37.159 all that 00:13:37.159 --> 00:13:37.759 is happening 00:13:37.759 --> 00:13:38.460 at Jesus 00:13:38.460 --> 00:13:38.940 on the 00:13:38.940 --> 00:13:39.840 cross is 00:13:39.840 --> 00:13:40.680 pointing to 00:13:40.680 --> 00:13:41.639 an ultimate 00:13:41.639 --> 00:13:42.919 judgment, 00:13:43.840 --> 00:13:44.560 a future 00:13:44.560 --> 00:13:45.360 judgment to 00:13:45.360 --> 00:13:46.320 come when 00:13:46.320 --> 00:13:47.620 all wrongs 00:13:47.620 --> 00:13:48.000 of this 00:13:48.000 --> 00:13:48.700 world will 00:13:48.700 --> 00:13:49.460 be corrected, 00:13:50.200 --> 00:13:51.120 that every 00:13:51.120 --> 00:13:52.240 injustice we 00:13:52.240 --> 00:13:53.019 hear about 00:13:53.019 --> 00:13:53.820 and see 00:13:53.820 --> 00:13:55.440 will be dealt 00:13:55.440 --> 00:13:55.740 with. 00:13:55.980 --> 00:13:56.539 There will 00:13:56.539 --> 00:13:57.080 be no 00:13:57.080 --> 00:13:58.100 hiding place. 00:13:59.039 --> 00:13:59.500 Everyone 00:13:59.500 --> 00:14:00.139 will come 00:14:00.139 --> 00:14:00.980 before God 00:14:00.980 --> 00:14:01.820 and will have 00:14:01.820 --> 00:14:02.360 to face 00:14:02.360 --> 00:14:02.620 him. 00:14:04.140 --> 00:14:04.640 But the 00:14:04.640 --> 00:14:05.180 point of 00:14:05.180 --> 00:14:05.640 all that 00:14:05.640 --> 00:14:06.240 Matthew is 00:14:06.240 --> 00:14:06.980 teaching us 00:14:06.980 --> 00:14:07.520 is this, 00:14:08.060 --> 00:14:09.160 either Jesus 00:14:09.160 --> 00:14:10.080 takes the 00:14:10.080 --> 00:14:10.900 darkness for 00:14:10.900 --> 00:14:13.180 you or 00:14:13.180 --> 00:14:13.720 you will 00:14:13.720 --> 00:14:14.220 take the 00:14:14.220 --> 00:14:14.620 darkness. 00:14:16.200 --> 00:14:17.379 Either Jesus 00:14:17.379 --> 00:14:18.200 takes it 00:14:18.200 --> 00:14:19.780 or you 00:14:19.780 --> 00:14:20.500 take it. 00:14:21.780 --> 00:14:22.680 So first, 00:14:23.640 --> 00:14:24.140 darkness 00:14:24.140 --> 00:14:26.100 falls on 00:14:26.100 --> 00:14:26.580 the land. 00:14:28.260 --> 00:14:29.240 The second 00:14:29.240 --> 00:14:29.800 big thing 00:14:29.800 --> 00:14:30.460 that we see 00:14:30.460 --> 00:14:30.980 happening 00:14:30.980 --> 00:14:32.539 is that 00:14:32.539 --> 00:14:33.180 the curtain 00:14:33.180 --> 00:14:33.779 tears 00:14:33.779 --> 00:14:35.100 in the 00:14:35.100 --> 00:14:35.500 temple. 00:14:36.800 --> 00:14:37.360 Look at 00:14:37.360 --> 00:14:38.300 verse 51. 00:14:41.680 --> 00:14:42.680 At that 00:14:42.680 --> 00:14:43.460 moment, 00:14:44.940 --> 00:14:45.779 at what 00:14:45.779 --> 00:14:46.180 moment? 00:14:47.259 --> 00:14:47.600 Well, 00:14:47.680 --> 00:14:48.080 go back 00:14:48.080 --> 00:14:48.600 to verse 00:14:48.600 --> 00:14:49.220 50. 00:14:50.320 --> 00:14:51.159 When Jesus 00:14:51.159 --> 00:14:52.019 had cried 00:14:52.019 --> 00:14:52.720 out again 00:14:52.720 --> 00:14:53.399 in a loud 00:14:53.399 --> 00:14:53.820 voice, 00:14:54.139 --> 00:14:54.720 he gave 00:14:54.720 --> 00:14:55.139 up his 00:14:55.139 --> 00:14:55.539 spirit. 00:14:55.860 --> 00:14:56.899 As Jesus 00:14:56.899 --> 00:14:58.000 died, 00:14:58.300 --> 00:14:59.240 at that 00:14:59.240 --> 00:15:00.240 moment, 00:15:01.379 --> 00:15:01.980 the curtain 00:15:01.980 --> 00:15:02.360 of the 00:15:02.360 --> 00:15:03.500 temple was 00:15:03.500 --> 00:15:04.080 torn in 00:15:04.080 --> 00:15:04.659 two from 00:15:04.659 --> 00:15:05.799 top to 00:15:05.799 --> 00:15:06.220 bottom. 00:15:07.360 --> 00:15:07.659 Matthew 00:15:07.659 --> 00:15:08.279 wants us 00:15:08.279 --> 00:15:08.720 to see 00:15:08.720 --> 00:15:09.200 that there 00:15:09.200 --> 00:15:09.560 is a 00:15:09.560 --> 00:15:10.180 direct 00:15:10.180 --> 00:15:11.000 connection 00:15:11.000 --> 00:15:11.940 between 00:15:11.940 --> 00:15:12.419 the 00:15:12.419 --> 00:15:13.519 instance 00:15:13.519 --> 00:15:14.100 Jesus 00:15:14.100 --> 00:15:14.980 dies 00:15:14.980 --> 00:15:16.259 and the 00:15:16.259 --> 00:15:16.620 curtain 00:15:16.620 --> 00:15:17.060 in the 00:15:17.060 --> 00:15:17.440 temple 00:15:17.440 --> 00:15:17.940 tearing. 00:15:18.799 --> 00:15:19.440 They 00:15:19.440 --> 00:15:19.960 happen 00:15:19.960 --> 00:15:21.600 simultaneously. 00:15:22.759 --> 00:15:23.360 Why? 00:15:23.360 --> 00:15:25.600 What does 00:15:25.600 --> 00:15:25.960 it all 00:15:25.960 --> 00:15:26.340 mean? 00:15:27.720 --> 00:15:28.240 Well, 00:15:28.360 --> 00:15:29.060 first we 00:15:29.060 --> 00:15:29.419 got to 00:15:29.419 --> 00:15:30.000 understand 00:15:30.000 --> 00:15:30.680 that access 00:15:30.680 --> 00:15:31.340 to God 00:15:31.340 --> 00:15:31.940 is denied. 00:15:32.519 --> 00:15:33.159 The temple 00:15:33.159 --> 00:15:34.600 was hugely 00:15:34.600 --> 00:15:35.399 significant. 00:15:36.340 --> 00:15:37.240 It represented 00:15:37.240 --> 00:15:38.580 God's presence 00:15:38.580 --> 00:15:39.639 amongst the 00:15:39.639 --> 00:15:40.039 people. 00:15:40.840 --> 00:15:41.379 And when you 00:15:41.379 --> 00:15:42.259 entered into 00:15:42.259 --> 00:15:42.899 the temple, 00:15:43.419 --> 00:15:44.039 there was a 00:15:44.039 --> 00:15:44.720 series of 00:15:44.720 --> 00:15:45.259 rooms you 00:15:45.259 --> 00:15:45.680 would go 00:15:45.680 --> 00:15:46.000 through, 00:15:46.399 --> 00:15:47.000 and as you 00:15:47.000 --> 00:15:47.440 went through 00:15:47.440 --> 00:15:48.060 these rooms, 00:15:48.180 --> 00:15:48.600 it brought 00:15:48.600 --> 00:15:49.379 you closer 00:15:49.379 --> 00:15:50.480 to God. 00:15:50.480 --> 00:15:51.940 So to 00:15:51.940 --> 00:15:52.360 try and 00:15:52.360 --> 00:15:53.019 imagine and 00:15:53.019 --> 00:15:53.779 understand what 00:15:53.779 --> 00:15:54.279 it was like, 00:15:54.700 --> 00:15:55.360 think of this 00:15:55.360 --> 00:15:57.080 hall here as 00:15:57.080 --> 00:15:58.440 inside the 00:15:58.440 --> 00:15:58.860 temple. 00:15:59.379 --> 00:16:00.519 Outside the 00:16:00.519 --> 00:16:02.220 car park was 00:16:02.220 --> 00:16:02.820 the courtyard 00:16:02.820 --> 00:16:03.899 where people 00:16:03.899 --> 00:16:04.560 could come. 00:16:05.580 --> 00:16:06.240 And then once 00:16:06.240 --> 00:16:06.879 you entered, 00:16:07.240 --> 00:16:07.779 suppose you 00:16:07.779 --> 00:16:08.360 came in through 00:16:08.360 --> 00:16:09.039 those tubble 00:16:09.039 --> 00:16:09.820 doors there, 00:16:10.420 --> 00:16:11.139 you would come 00:16:11.139 --> 00:16:11.980 into the first 00:16:11.980 --> 00:16:12.700 room which was 00:16:12.700 --> 00:16:13.700 called the 00:16:13.700 --> 00:16:14.620 holy place. 00:16:15.899 --> 00:16:16.779 And at the 00:16:16.779 --> 00:16:17.360 end of the 00:16:17.360 --> 00:16:18.180 holy place where 00:16:18.180 --> 00:16:19.240 that blue screen 00:16:19.240 --> 00:16:19.700 is, 00:16:20.480 --> 00:16:22.200 behind that 00:16:22.200 --> 00:16:22.840 was a room 00:16:22.840 --> 00:16:24.180 called the 00:16:24.180 --> 00:16:24.720 holy of 00:16:24.720 --> 00:16:25.379 holies. 00:16:26.240 --> 00:16:26.840 And it was 00:16:26.840 --> 00:16:27.800 inside this 00:16:27.800 --> 00:16:29.039 room that 00:16:29.039 --> 00:16:30.220 God's presence 00:16:30.220 --> 00:16:31.980 was represented. 00:16:33.320 --> 00:16:34.060 The only 00:16:34.060 --> 00:16:35.139 problem was 00:16:35.139 --> 00:16:35.899 there was 00:16:35.899 --> 00:16:37.200 this huge 00:16:37.200 --> 00:16:37.920 curtain, 00:16:38.680 --> 00:16:39.700 60 feet 00:16:39.700 --> 00:16:40.139 high, 00:16:40.860 --> 00:16:41.340 I don't know 00:16:41.340 --> 00:16:41.860 what, maybe 00:16:41.860 --> 00:16:42.500 half the 00:16:42.500 --> 00:16:42.960 height of 00:16:42.960 --> 00:16:43.980 this ceiling 00:16:43.980 --> 00:16:44.460 again, 00:16:44.899 --> 00:16:45.639 and about 00:16:45.639 --> 00:16:46.639 30 feet 00:16:46.639 --> 00:16:47.300 wide, so 00:16:47.300 --> 00:16:48.000 the width 00:16:48.000 --> 00:16:48.820 of this 00:16:48.820 --> 00:16:49.180 hall. 00:16:50.480 --> 00:16:51.399 And this 00:16:51.399 --> 00:16:52.279 curtain was 00:16:52.279 --> 00:16:53.060 just one 00:16:53.060 --> 00:16:53.600 piece of 00:16:53.600 --> 00:16:54.639 material, not 00:16:54.639 --> 00:16:55.159 like our 00:16:55.159 --> 00:16:55.740 curtains where 00:16:55.740 --> 00:16:56.279 they kind of 00:16:56.279 --> 00:16:56.920 divide in 00:16:56.920 --> 00:16:57.639 two, but 00:16:57.639 --> 00:16:59.759 one ginormous 00:16:59.759 --> 00:17:02.420 curtain, about 00:17:02.420 --> 00:17:04.000 as thick as 00:17:04.000 --> 00:17:04.460 a hand. 00:17:06.420 --> 00:17:07.620 It acted as 00:17:07.620 --> 00:17:09.599 a barrier, a 00:17:09.599 --> 00:17:10.000 wall. 00:17:11.019 --> 00:17:12.980 Stop, no 00:17:12.980 --> 00:17:13.539 entry. 00:17:13.539 --> 00:17:15.359 God was 00:17:15.359 --> 00:17:16.619 separate from 00:17:16.619 --> 00:17:17.220 the people, 00:17:17.220 --> 00:17:18.799 the holy from 00:17:18.799 --> 00:17:20.079 the unholy, the 00:17:20.079 --> 00:17:21.079 pure from the 00:17:21.079 --> 00:17:21.700 impure. 00:17:22.139 --> 00:17:22.859 People were 00:17:22.859 --> 00:17:24.099 literally, by 00:17:24.099 --> 00:17:24.920 this curtain, 00:17:25.319 --> 00:17:26.500 shut out from 00:17:26.500 --> 00:17:27.440 God's presence. 00:17:29.000 --> 00:17:29.879 It was a 00:17:29.879 --> 00:17:31.460 physical reminder 00:17:31.460 --> 00:17:32.759 of a 00:17:32.759 --> 00:17:33.259 spiritual 00:17:33.259 --> 00:17:34.059 reality, 00:17:35.139 --> 00:17:35.700 that my 00:17:35.700 --> 00:17:36.139 sin, 00:17:37.559 --> 00:17:38.440 our failure, 00:17:38.659 --> 00:17:40.480 means access 00:17:40.480 --> 00:17:42.019 to God is 00:17:42.019 --> 00:17:42.579 denied. 00:17:43.160 --> 00:17:44.240 You can't 00:17:44.240 --> 00:17:45.620 get close 00:17:45.620 --> 00:17:46.299 to God. 00:17:48.140 --> 00:17:49.180 So how do 00:17:49.180 --> 00:17:49.539 we get 00:17:49.539 --> 00:17:50.059 through this 00:17:50.059 --> 00:17:50.539 barrier? 00:17:50.900 --> 00:17:51.500 How do we 00:17:51.500 --> 00:17:52.279 get through so 00:17:52.279 --> 00:17:52.839 that we can 00:17:52.839 --> 00:17:53.759 enjoy God 00:17:53.759 --> 00:17:54.559 without fear? 00:17:57.599 --> 00:17:58.339 Well, the 00:17:58.339 --> 00:18:00.160 barrier is 00:18:00.160 --> 00:18:00.920 broken, isn't 00:18:00.920 --> 00:18:01.240 it? 00:18:01.940 --> 00:18:02.700 As Jesus 00:18:02.700 --> 00:18:03.460 dies, 00:18:03.980 --> 00:18:04.660 verse 51, 00:18:05.079 --> 00:18:06.039 at that very 00:18:06.039 --> 00:18:07.400 moment, the 00:18:07.400 --> 00:18:08.160 curtain in the 00:18:08.160 --> 00:18:09.140 temple was 00:18:09.140 --> 00:18:10.200 torn in two, 00:18:10.200 --> 00:18:11.779 the barrier is 00:18:11.779 --> 00:18:12.720 ripped apart. 00:18:12.960 --> 00:18:14.279 Imagine a 00:18:14.279 --> 00:18:15.539 curtain this 00:18:15.539 --> 00:18:16.740 size and it 00:18:16.740 --> 00:18:17.680 being torn 00:18:17.680 --> 00:18:18.220 apart. 00:18:21.680 --> 00:18:22.720 But how 00:18:22.720 --> 00:18:23.440 does Jesus' 00:18:23.700 --> 00:18:24.500 death achieve 00:18:24.500 --> 00:18:24.680 it? 00:18:25.080 --> 00:18:26.059 Jesus died, 00:18:27.080 --> 00:18:27.799 what, maybe 00:18:27.799 --> 00:18:29.720 a kilometre 00:18:29.720 --> 00:18:30.360 away from 00:18:30.360 --> 00:18:30.759 where the 00:18:30.759 --> 00:18:31.580 temple was? 00:18:32.080 --> 00:18:32.799 How did 00:18:32.799 --> 00:18:33.220 Jesus' 00:18:33.220 --> 00:18:34.240 death achieve 00:18:34.240 --> 00:18:34.559 it? 00:18:35.779 --> 00:18:36.480 Well, remember 00:18:36.480 --> 00:18:37.420 what keeps us 00:18:37.420 --> 00:18:38.360 out of God's 00:18:38.360 --> 00:18:39.160 presence is 00:18:39.160 --> 00:18:40.180 is our sin. 00:18:40.600 --> 00:18:41.160 Sin and 00:18:41.160 --> 00:18:41.860 God don't 00:18:41.860 --> 00:18:43.180 mix together. 00:18:44.240 --> 00:18:44.860 But remember 00:18:44.860 --> 00:18:45.740 the darkness 00:18:45.740 --> 00:18:46.500 has already 00:18:46.500 --> 00:18:47.440 fallen on 00:18:47.440 --> 00:18:48.519 Jesus, so 00:18:48.519 --> 00:18:49.340 at that very 00:18:49.340 --> 00:18:50.080 moment as 00:18:50.080 --> 00:18:51.060 Jesus dies, 00:18:51.460 --> 00:18:52.180 he's taking 00:18:52.180 --> 00:18:53.180 the sin upon 00:18:53.180 --> 00:18:54.279 himself for 00:18:54.279 --> 00:18:55.080 all who will 00:18:55.080 --> 00:18:55.960 trust in him. 00:18:56.540 --> 00:18:57.440 He becomes 00:18:57.440 --> 00:18:59.200 unholy so 00:18:59.200 --> 00:19:00.000 that we might 00:19:00.000 --> 00:19:00.700 be made 00:19:00.700 --> 00:19:01.080 holy. 00:19:01.500 --> 00:19:02.440 He becomes 00:19:02.440 --> 00:19:04.200 impure so 00:19:04.200 --> 00:19:04.860 that we are 00:19:04.860 --> 00:19:05.660 made pure. 00:19:05.660 --> 00:19:06.800 as Jesus 00:19:06.800 --> 00:19:08.420 dies, the 00:19:08.420 --> 00:19:09.380 barrier is 00:19:09.380 --> 00:19:09.840 broken. 00:19:12.120 --> 00:19:13.140 You see, this 00:19:13.140 --> 00:19:13.680 is something 00:19:13.680 --> 00:19:14.320 that God 00:19:14.320 --> 00:19:15.360 does for us. 00:19:16.680 --> 00:19:17.380 Did you 00:19:17.380 --> 00:19:18.000 notice how 00:19:18.000 --> 00:19:18.540 the curtain 00:19:18.540 --> 00:19:19.240 was torn? 00:19:21.000 --> 00:19:22.060 Verse 51, 00:19:22.360 --> 00:19:23.160 from top 00:19:23.160 --> 00:19:24.779 to bottom. 00:19:25.680 --> 00:19:26.620 Sixty feet 00:19:26.620 --> 00:19:27.740 high, the 00:19:27.740 --> 00:19:28.160 curtain 00:19:28.160 --> 00:19:29.320 begins to 00:19:29.320 --> 00:19:29.560 rip. 00:19:29.820 --> 00:19:30.519 I mean, if it 00:19:30.519 --> 00:19:31.519 was man 00:19:31.519 --> 00:19:32.200 doing it, if 00:19:32.200 --> 00:19:32.779 you try to 00:19:32.779 --> 00:19:33.340 rip something, 00:19:33.440 --> 00:19:33.960 you go from 00:19:33.960 --> 00:19:34.519 bottom to 00:19:34.519 --> 00:19:34.940 top and 00:19:34.940 --> 00:19:35.539 you pull 00:19:35.539 --> 00:19:35.880 and it 00:19:35.880 --> 00:19:36.600 rips apart. 00:19:36.960 --> 00:19:37.400 Well, this 00:19:37.400 --> 00:19:37.880 is torn 00:19:37.880 --> 00:19:38.660 from top 00:19:38.660 --> 00:19:39.519 to bottom. 00:19:39.940 --> 00:19:40.660 This wasn't 00:19:40.660 --> 00:19:41.259 an act of 00:19:41.259 --> 00:19:41.579 man. 00:19:41.880 --> 00:19:42.640 This was a 00:19:42.640 --> 00:19:43.279 direct 00:19:43.279 --> 00:19:44.240 intervention 00:19:44.240 --> 00:19:45.160 by God 00:19:45.160 --> 00:19:45.620 himself. 00:19:47.460 --> 00:19:48.220 God is 00:19:48.220 --> 00:19:49.120 saying, I 00:19:49.120 --> 00:19:49.600 am going 00:19:49.600 --> 00:19:50.079 to do 00:19:50.079 --> 00:19:50.880 for you 00:19:50.880 --> 00:19:52.340 what you 00:19:52.340 --> 00:19:53.059 will never 00:19:53.059 --> 00:19:53.860 be able to 00:19:53.860 --> 00:19:54.279 do for 00:19:54.279 --> 00:19:54.779 yourself. 00:19:55.700 --> 00:19:56.299 I am 00:19:56.299 --> 00:19:56.860 going to 00:19:56.860 --> 00:19:57.579 open up 00:19:57.579 --> 00:19:58.100 the way 00:19:58.100 --> 00:19:59.180 for you 00:19:59.180 --> 00:20:00.019 to come 00:20:00.019 --> 00:20:00.660 to me. 00:20:02.259 --> 00:20:02.700 And as 00:20:02.700 --> 00:20:03.559 God looks 00:20:03.559 --> 00:20:03.920 at his 00:20:03.920 --> 00:20:04.860 son dying 00:20:04.860 --> 00:20:05.259 on the 00:20:05.259 --> 00:20:05.740 cross, 00:20:06.779 --> 00:20:07.340 he is 00:20:07.340 --> 00:20:08.380 pleased with 00:20:08.380 --> 00:20:08.799 all that 00:20:08.799 --> 00:20:09.420 his son has 00:20:09.420 --> 00:20:10.080 achieved. 00:20:11.340 --> 00:20:11.880 And so 00:20:11.880 --> 00:20:12.799 he rips 00:20:12.799 --> 00:20:13.440 open the 00:20:13.440 --> 00:20:13.819 curtain, 00:20:14.819 --> 00:20:15.600 almost a 00:20:15.600 --> 00:20:16.160 ripping of 00:20:16.160 --> 00:20:16.940 celebration. 00:20:18.799 --> 00:20:19.640 He breaks 00:20:19.640 --> 00:20:20.360 the barrier 00:20:20.360 --> 00:20:22.319 down so 00:20:22.319 --> 00:20:23.100 that we 00:20:23.100 --> 00:20:24.799 can be 00:20:24.799 --> 00:20:25.240 welcomed 00:20:25.240 --> 00:20:25.620 in. 00:20:26.720 --> 00:20:27.200 Access 00:20:27.200 --> 00:20:28.420 is given, 00:20:28.940 --> 00:20:29.740 no longer 00:20:29.740 --> 00:20:30.700 shut out in 00:20:30.700 --> 00:20:31.000 fear, 00:20:31.400 --> 00:20:31.880 instead 00:20:31.880 --> 00:20:32.779 welcomed 00:20:32.779 --> 00:20:33.660 and 00:20:33.660 --> 00:20:34.460 embraced 00:20:34.460 --> 00:20:35.519 by the 00:20:35.519 --> 00:20:35.960 Father. 00:20:39.120 --> 00:20:40.019 The author 00:20:40.019 --> 00:20:40.900 of Hebrews 00:20:40.900 --> 00:20:42.279 helps us 00:20:42.279 --> 00:20:42.880 to understand 00:20:42.880 --> 00:20:43.299 this. 00:20:43.420 --> 00:20:43.740 You can 00:20:43.740 --> 00:20:44.600 keep your 00:20:44.600 --> 00:20:45.080 finger in 00:20:45.080 --> 00:20:46.100 Matthew 27 00:20:46.100 --> 00:20:47.900 and jump 00:20:47.900 --> 00:20:48.640 forward to 00:20:48.640 --> 00:20:49.140 Hebrews 00:20:49.140 --> 00:20:50.120 chapter 10. 00:20:52.120 --> 00:20:52.799 Hebrews 00:20:52.799 --> 00:20:53.819 chapter 10. 00:20:53.819 --> 00:20:54.819 Hebrews 00:20:54.819 --> 00:20:55.819 chapter 10. 00:20:55.819 --> 00:20:56.819 Hebrews 00:20:56.819 --> 00:20:57.819 chapter 10. 00:20:57.819 --> 00:20:58.819 Hebrews 00:20:58.819 --> 00:20:59.819 chapter 10. 00:20:59.819 --> 00:20:59.940 Hebrews 00:20:59.940 --> 00:21:00.680 chapter 10. 00:21:00.680 --> 00:21:09.880 Hebrews 10 00:21:09.880 --> 00:21:11.299 verse 19. 00:21:17.140 --> 00:21:17.940 So we're 00:21:17.940 --> 00:21:18.620 thinking about 00:21:18.620 --> 00:21:19.220 the curtain 00:21:19.220 --> 00:21:20.019 being torn 00:21:20.019 --> 00:21:20.660 as Jesus 00:21:20.660 --> 00:21:21.299 dies. 00:21:22.299 --> 00:21:22.799 And because 00:21:22.799 --> 00:21:23.460 of that we 00:21:23.460 --> 00:21:24.160 have access 00:21:24.160 --> 00:21:24.700 to God. 00:21:24.799 --> 00:21:25.220 And this is 00:21:25.220 --> 00:21:25.700 what the 00:21:25.700 --> 00:21:26.860 author picks 00:21:26.860 --> 00:21:27.340 up on. 00:21:27.840 --> 00:21:28.240 Therefore, 00:21:28.519 --> 00:21:29.140 because of 00:21:29.140 --> 00:21:29.779 Jesus' 00:21:30.060 --> 00:21:30.460 death, 00:21:30.680 --> 00:21:31.700 brothers and 00:21:31.700 --> 00:21:32.060 sisters, 00:21:32.060 --> 00:21:32.840 since we 00:21:32.840 --> 00:21:33.140 have 00:21:33.140 --> 00:21:34.200 confidence, 00:21:34.920 --> 00:21:36.060 underline that, 00:21:36.519 --> 00:21:37.279 confidence, 00:21:38.240 --> 00:21:39.160 to enter the 00:21:39.160 --> 00:21:40.340 most holy 00:21:40.340 --> 00:21:41.140 place, 00:21:41.880 --> 00:21:42.539 by the 00:21:42.539 --> 00:21:43.019 blood of 00:21:43.019 --> 00:21:43.360 Jesus, 00:21:43.519 --> 00:21:44.019 by his 00:21:44.019 --> 00:21:44.340 death, 00:21:44.720 --> 00:21:45.360 by a 00:21:45.360 --> 00:21:46.380 new and 00:21:46.380 --> 00:21:47.299 living way, 00:21:47.720 --> 00:21:48.539 open for 00:21:48.539 --> 00:21:48.880 us, 00:21:49.299 --> 00:21:49.980 through the 00:21:49.980 --> 00:21:50.460 curtain, 00:21:51.140 --> 00:21:51.980 that is 00:21:51.980 --> 00:21:53.519 his body. 00:21:54.440 --> 00:21:55.400 The picture 00:21:55.400 --> 00:21:56.160 is vivid, 00:21:56.299 --> 00:21:56.840 isn't it? 00:21:56.839 --> 00:21:58.319 as Jesus 00:21:58.319 --> 00:22:00.359 himself is torn 00:22:00.359 --> 00:22:01.379 at the cross, 00:22:01.379 --> 00:22:03.240 as his body 00:22:03.240 --> 00:22:04.119 has been 00:22:04.119 --> 00:22:05.459 ripped apart 00:22:05.459 --> 00:22:07.019 by the crucifixion, 00:22:07.459 --> 00:22:08.539 so the curtain 00:22:08.539 --> 00:22:10.480 is torn in two. 00:22:11.480 --> 00:22:12.119 Welcome. 00:22:13.220 --> 00:22:14.419 Don't fear. 00:22:15.419 --> 00:22:16.359 Come in. 00:22:17.399 --> 00:22:18.379 And look at the 00:22:18.379 --> 00:22:19.339 warm invitation, 00:22:19.539 --> 00:22:20.399 verse 22. 00:22:20.400 --> 00:22:22.900 let us draw 00:22:22.900 --> 00:22:23.960 near to God 00:22:23.960 --> 00:22:25.420 with a sincere 00:22:25.420 --> 00:22:26.519 heart and 00:22:26.519 --> 00:22:27.720 with full 00:22:27.720 --> 00:22:28.680 assurance 00:22:28.680 --> 00:22:30.560 that faith 00:22:30.560 --> 00:22:31.160 brings, 00:22:31.519 --> 00:22:32.080 having our 00:22:32.080 --> 00:22:33.560 hearts sprinkled 00:22:33.560 --> 00:22:34.840 to cleanse us 00:22:34.840 --> 00:22:35.560 from a guilty 00:22:35.560 --> 00:22:36.900 conscience and 00:22:36.900 --> 00:22:37.860 having our bodies 00:22:37.860 --> 00:22:39.200 washed with 00:22:39.200 --> 00:22:40.140 pure water. 00:22:40.140 --> 00:22:41.140 sin. 00:22:41.140 --> 00:22:42.980 The only thing 00:22:42.980 --> 00:22:44.280 that stops us 00:22:44.280 --> 00:22:45.660 enjoying the 00:22:45.660 --> 00:22:46.460 delight and 00:22:46.460 --> 00:22:47.259 pleasure of the 00:22:47.259 --> 00:22:48.800 Father is 00:22:48.800 --> 00:22:49.220 sin. 00:22:49.660 --> 00:22:50.540 That's the only 00:22:50.540 --> 00:22:50.940 thing. 00:22:52.180 --> 00:22:53.340 And the only 00:22:53.340 --> 00:22:53.880 one who can 00:22:53.880 --> 00:22:54.820 deal with it 00:22:54.820 --> 00:22:55.540 is Jesus, 00:22:55.940 --> 00:22:56.840 and he has 00:22:56.840 --> 00:22:57.820 dealt with it. 00:22:58.620 --> 00:22:59.240 So the 00:22:59.240 --> 00:23:00.259 invitation is, 00:23:00.660 --> 00:23:01.020 come, 00:23:01.520 --> 00:23:02.660 let us draw 00:23:02.660 --> 00:23:03.759 near to God. 00:23:04.500 --> 00:23:05.200 What are you 00:23:05.200 --> 00:23:06.140 waiting for? 00:23:07.020 --> 00:23:07.980 What better 00:23:07.980 --> 00:23:09.280 offer is 00:23:09.280 --> 00:23:09.680 there? 00:23:10.140 --> 00:23:11.160 Come in. 00:23:11.520 --> 00:23:12.259 Access is 00:23:12.259 --> 00:23:12.680 opened. 00:23:13.100 --> 00:23:14.259 The way is 00:23:14.259 --> 00:23:15.060 there for you 00:23:15.060 --> 00:23:15.740 to come and 00:23:15.740 --> 00:23:16.680 enjoy the 00:23:16.680 --> 00:23:17.000 Father. 00:23:17.340 --> 00:23:18.140 We no longer 00:23:18.140 --> 00:23:19.140 have to hide 00:23:19.140 --> 00:23:20.100 in shame 00:23:20.100 --> 00:23:21.160 or cower 00:23:21.160 --> 00:23:21.660 in our 00:23:21.660 --> 00:23:22.020 guilt. 00:23:23.480 --> 00:23:24.280 He washes 00:23:24.280 --> 00:23:24.720 you. 00:23:25.100 --> 00:23:26.020 He cleanses 00:23:26.020 --> 00:23:27.040 you internally 00:23:27.040 --> 00:23:28.800 and eternally 00:23:28.800 --> 00:23:30.300 forever and 00:23:30.300 --> 00:23:31.360 forever so 00:23:31.360 --> 00:23:32.000 that we can 00:23:32.000 --> 00:23:32.720 enjoy the 00:23:32.720 --> 00:23:33.080 Father. 00:23:34.020 --> 00:23:34.640 By the 00:23:34.640 --> 00:23:35.180 death of 00:23:35.180 --> 00:23:35.580 Jesus, 00:23:36.240 --> 00:23:36.680 we, 00:23:37.259 --> 00:23:37.820 you and 00:23:37.820 --> 00:23:38.160 I, 00:23:38.440 --> 00:23:39.040 are made 00:23:39.040 --> 00:23:39.600 holy. 00:23:39.599 --> 00:23:40.399 so that 00:23:40.399 --> 00:23:40.779 we can 00:23:40.779 --> 00:23:41.419 enter into 00:23:41.419 --> 00:23:42.139 his presence 00:23:42.139 --> 00:23:43.319 every day. 00:23:43.719 --> 00:23:44.079 We don't 00:23:44.079 --> 00:23:44.679 enter his 00:23:44.679 --> 00:23:45.339 presence as 00:23:45.339 --> 00:23:45.740 we come 00:23:45.740 --> 00:23:46.259 into this 00:23:46.259 --> 00:23:46.659 building. 00:23:47.019 --> 00:23:47.459 We are 00:23:47.459 --> 00:23:48.199 with him 00:23:48.199 --> 00:23:49.719 wherever we 00:23:49.719 --> 00:23:50.219 go and 00:23:50.219 --> 00:23:50.679 he is 00:23:50.679 --> 00:23:51.399 with us. 00:23:53.559 --> 00:23:54.759 So darkness 00:23:54.759 --> 00:23:55.719 falls on 00:23:55.719 --> 00:23:56.219 the land 00:23:56.219 --> 00:23:58.419 and the 00:23:58.419 --> 00:23:58.779 curtain 00:23:58.779 --> 00:23:59.379 tears 00:23:59.379 --> 00:24:00.559 in the 00:24:00.559 --> 00:24:00.939 temple. 00:24:00.940 --> 00:24:01.000 people. 00:24:03.000 --> 00:24:03.640 The third 00:24:03.640 --> 00:24:04.980 big event 00:24:04.980 --> 00:24:06.559 is that 00:24:06.559 --> 00:24:07.240 tombs 00:24:07.240 --> 00:24:07.900 open 00:24:07.900 --> 00:24:09.100 by the 00:24:09.100 --> 00:24:09.759 earthquake. 00:24:11.019 --> 00:24:11.680 As Jesus 00:24:11.680 --> 00:24:12.220 dies, 00:24:12.420 --> 00:24:13.299 something else 00:24:13.299 --> 00:24:14.600 takes place. 00:24:14.740 --> 00:24:15.080 Let's go 00:24:15.080 --> 00:24:15.559 back to 00:24:15.559 --> 00:24:15.920 Matthew 00:24:15.920 --> 00:24:17.539 chapter 27. 00:24:19.539 --> 00:24:20.460 As Jesus 00:24:20.460 --> 00:24:21.059 dies, 00:24:21.600 --> 00:24:22.140 pick it up 00:24:22.140 --> 00:24:22.620 at the end 00:24:22.620 --> 00:24:23.080 of verse 00:24:23.079 --> 00:24:24.000 51. 00:24:27.379 --> 00:24:28.359 As Jesus 00:24:28.359 --> 00:24:29.379 cries out 00:24:29.379 --> 00:24:29.899 in a loud 00:24:29.899 --> 00:24:30.299 voice, 00:24:30.679 --> 00:24:30.939 we are 00:24:30.939 --> 00:24:31.439 told that 00:24:31.439 --> 00:24:32.139 the earth 00:24:32.139 --> 00:24:32.659 shook, 00:24:33.619 --> 00:24:34.720 the rocks 00:24:34.720 --> 00:24:35.659 split, 00:24:36.699 --> 00:24:37.379 and the 00:24:37.379 --> 00:24:38.039 tombs 00:24:38.039 --> 00:24:38.980 broke 00:24:38.980 --> 00:24:39.419 open. 00:24:41.099 --> 00:24:41.539 Well, 00:24:41.639 --> 00:24:42.000 you say 00:24:42.000 --> 00:24:42.299 there is 00:24:42.299 --> 00:24:43.339 nothing surprising 00:24:43.339 --> 00:24:43.699 there. 00:24:44.159 --> 00:24:44.759 Earthquakes 00:24:44.759 --> 00:24:45.299 are common 00:24:45.299 --> 00:24:45.879 enough in 00:24:45.879 --> 00:24:46.779 some parts 00:24:46.779 --> 00:24:47.240 of the world 00:24:47.240 --> 00:24:47.559 and they 00:24:47.559 --> 00:24:47.939 were very 00:24:47.939 --> 00:24:48.299 common 00:24:48.299 --> 00:24:48.639 there. 00:24:48.640 --> 00:24:49.360 And 00:24:49.360 --> 00:24:49.980 tombs 00:24:49.980 --> 00:24:51.000 being above 00:24:51.000 --> 00:24:51.460 ground 00:24:51.460 --> 00:24:51.960 and cut 00:24:51.960 --> 00:24:52.400 into the 00:24:52.400 --> 00:24:52.660 rock, 00:24:53.040 --> 00:24:53.220 well, 00:24:53.360 --> 00:24:53.940 very often 00:24:53.940 --> 00:24:54.440 they were 00:24:54.440 --> 00:24:55.220 split open 00:24:55.220 --> 00:24:55.560 and, 00:24:56.520 --> 00:24:56.759 well, 00:24:56.800 --> 00:24:57.060 that was 00:24:57.060 --> 00:24:57.300 just 00:24:57.300 --> 00:24:57.759 normal. 00:24:58.940 --> 00:24:59.620 But what 00:24:59.620 --> 00:25:00.540 is surprising 00:25:00.540 --> 00:25:02.500 is what 00:25:02.500 --> 00:25:03.220 comes out 00:25:03.220 --> 00:25:03.560 of the 00:25:03.560 --> 00:25:04.160 tombs. 00:25:04.660 --> 00:25:05.100 That's 00:25:05.100 --> 00:25:05.560 what should 00:25:05.560 --> 00:25:06.259 shock us. 00:25:07.080 --> 00:25:07.400 Look at 00:25:07.400 --> 00:25:08.220 verse 52. 00:25:08.720 --> 00:25:09.320 The tombs 00:25:09.320 --> 00:25:10.140 broke open. 00:25:10.800 --> 00:25:11.460 The bodies 00:25:11.460 --> 00:25:12.140 of many 00:25:12.140 --> 00:25:13.140 holy people 00:25:13.140 --> 00:25:13.600 who had 00:25:13.600 --> 00:25:14.180 died 00:25:14.180 --> 00:25:15.960 were raised 00:25:15.960 --> 00:25:16.680 to life. 00:25:18.640 --> 00:25:20.000 amazing! 00:25:21.400 --> 00:25:22.100 When have 00:25:22.100 --> 00:25:22.420 you ever 00:25:22.420 --> 00:25:23.259 seen that? 00:25:24.300 --> 00:25:24.980 Bodies 00:25:24.980 --> 00:25:26.060 walking 00:25:26.060 --> 00:25:26.880 out of 00:25:26.880 --> 00:25:27.380 a tomb. 00:25:30.480 --> 00:25:31.140 Now, 00:25:31.180 --> 00:25:31.580 the problem 00:25:31.580 --> 00:25:32.060 is, 00:25:32.380 --> 00:25:33.140 we can 00:25:33.140 --> 00:25:34.060 get sidetracked 00:25:34.060 --> 00:25:34.580 by all 00:25:34.580 --> 00:25:35.060 of this. 00:25:35.800 --> 00:25:36.180 Let's 00:25:36.180 --> 00:25:36.720 read verse 00:25:36.720 --> 00:25:37.720 52 again. 00:25:38.340 --> 00:25:39.080 The tombs 00:25:39.080 --> 00:25:39.920 broke open. 00:25:41.000 --> 00:25:41.680 The bodies 00:25:41.680 --> 00:25:42.180 of many 00:25:42.180 --> 00:25:42.960 holy people 00:25:42.960 --> 00:25:43.759 had died 00:25:43.759 --> 00:25:44.759 and were 00:25:44.759 --> 00:25:45.340 raised to 00:25:45.340 --> 00:25:45.720 life. 00:25:46.560 --> 00:25:47.240 They came 00:25:47.240 --> 00:25:47.840 out of the 00:25:47.840 --> 00:25:48.280 tombs 00:25:48.279 --> 00:25:49.000 after 00:25:49.000 --> 00:25:49.480 Jesus' 00:25:49.759 --> 00:25:50.399 resurrection 00:25:50.399 --> 00:25:51.619 and went 00:25:51.619 --> 00:25:52.099 into the 00:25:52.099 --> 00:25:52.799 holy city, 00:25:52.940 --> 00:25:53.180 that's 00:25:53.180 --> 00:25:53.639 Jerusalem, 00:25:54.000 --> 00:25:54.559 and appeared 00:25:54.559 --> 00:25:55.039 to many 00:25:55.039 --> 00:25:55.519 people. 00:25:56.899 --> 00:25:57.460 Question 00:25:57.460 --> 00:25:57.980 time. 00:25:59.220 --> 00:26:00.000 When were 00:26:00.000 --> 00:26:00.559 the bodies 00:26:00.559 --> 00:26:01.220 raised to 00:26:01.220 --> 00:26:01.639 life? 00:26:04.139 --> 00:26:05.059 When the 00:26:05.059 --> 00:26:05.839 tombs broke 00:26:05.839 --> 00:26:06.299 open? 00:26:07.619 --> 00:26:08.700 Or after 00:26:08.700 --> 00:26:09.399 Jesus was 00:26:09.399 --> 00:26:09.940 raised to 00:26:09.940 --> 00:26:10.299 life? 00:26:12.420 --> 00:26:13.039 Or, 00:26:13.420 --> 00:26:14.200 did the 00:26:14.200 --> 00:26:15.019 tombs break 00:26:15.019 --> 00:26:15.700 open as 00:26:15.700 --> 00:26:16.619 Jesus died, 00:26:16.619 --> 00:26:17.719 and then 00:26:17.719 --> 00:26:18.119 they all 00:26:18.119 --> 00:26:18.959 stayed inside 00:26:18.959 --> 00:26:19.439 the tomb, 00:26:19.559 --> 00:26:19.859 kind of 00:26:19.859 --> 00:26:20.579 peering out, 00:26:20.699 --> 00:26:21.000 you know, 00:26:21.459 --> 00:26:21.839 when, 00:26:21.839 --> 00:26:21.879 when, 00:26:21.879 --> 00:26:22.059 when, 00:26:22.059 --> 00:26:22.279 when, 00:26:22.279 --> 00:26:22.559 when, 00:26:22.559 --> 00:26:22.739 when, 00:26:22.739 --> 00:26:23.039 when, 00:26:23.039 --> 00:26:23.500 when can 00:26:23.500 --> 00:26:23.979 we go? 00:26:24.939 --> 00:26:25.619 Waiting for 00:26:25.619 --> 00:26:26.239 Jesus to 00:26:26.239 --> 00:26:26.599 rise, 00:26:26.719 --> 00:26:27.259 and there, 00:26:27.359 --> 00:26:27.639 Jesus 00:26:27.639 --> 00:26:28.079 rise, 00:26:28.179 --> 00:26:28.579 they go 00:26:28.579 --> 00:26:29.059 into the 00:26:29.059 --> 00:26:29.399 city. 00:26:31.279 --> 00:26:31.739 What's 00:26:31.739 --> 00:26:32.419 going on? 00:26:33.419 --> 00:26:33.979 Strange, 00:26:34.099 --> 00:26:34.679 isn't it? 00:26:34.680 --> 00:26:37.700 well, 00:26:37.980 --> 00:26:39.920 I don't 00:26:39.920 --> 00:26:40.279 think we 00:26:40.279 --> 00:26:40.620 should get 00:26:40.620 --> 00:26:41.279 bogged down 00:26:41.279 --> 00:26:41.940 with the 00:26:41.940 --> 00:26:42.600 order of 00:26:42.600 --> 00:26:42.840 things. 00:26:42.960 --> 00:26:43.259 You can 00:26:43.259 --> 00:26:43.740 read all 00:26:43.740 --> 00:26:43.920 the 00:26:43.920 --> 00:26:44.600 commentaries 00:26:44.600 --> 00:26:45.779 at home, 00:26:45.840 --> 00:26:46.299 and you'll 00:26:46.299 --> 00:26:46.759 find that 00:26:46.759 --> 00:26:47.440 people take 00:26:47.440 --> 00:26:48.400 different slants 00:26:48.400 --> 00:26:48.920 and different 00:26:48.920 --> 00:26:49.519 views on 00:26:49.519 --> 00:26:49.980 the order 00:26:49.980 --> 00:26:50.480 of things. 00:26:50.960 --> 00:26:51.620 The point 00:26:51.620 --> 00:26:52.920 is that 00:26:52.920 --> 00:26:53.519 we don't 00:26:53.519 --> 00:26:54.580 get sidetracked 00:26:54.580 --> 00:26:55.000 from the 00:26:55.000 --> 00:26:55.779 main point, 00:26:56.480 --> 00:26:57.720 because what 00:26:57.720 --> 00:26:58.140 we learn 00:26:58.140 --> 00:26:58.660 from this 00:26:58.660 --> 00:26:59.420 is just 00:26:59.420 --> 00:27:00.320 incredible. 00:27:01.320 --> 00:27:02.259 Two things. 00:27:02.259 --> 00:27:03.839 first, 00:27:04.740 --> 00:27:05.400 death 00:27:05.400 --> 00:27:07.160 defeats 00:27:07.160 --> 00:27:08.240 death. 00:27:09.339 --> 00:27:10.059 Matthew's 00:27:10.059 --> 00:27:10.599 account is 00:27:10.599 --> 00:27:10.940 clear. 00:27:11.319 --> 00:27:12.420 As Jesus 00:27:12.420 --> 00:27:13.099 died, 00:27:13.379 --> 00:27:14.059 at that 00:27:14.059 --> 00:27:14.900 very moment, 00:27:15.220 --> 00:27:15.799 an earthquake 00:27:15.799 --> 00:27:16.839 took place, 00:27:17.680 --> 00:27:18.740 tombs were 00:27:18.740 --> 00:27:19.160 opened, 00:27:19.279 --> 00:27:19.819 the rocks 00:27:19.819 --> 00:27:20.559 split open, 00:27:20.980 --> 00:27:21.819 and bodies 00:27:21.819 --> 00:27:22.920 that had been 00:27:22.920 --> 00:27:23.819 wrapped up in 00:27:23.819 --> 00:27:24.400 their cloth 00:27:24.400 --> 00:27:25.019 and put in 00:27:25.019 --> 00:27:25.480 the tomb 00:27:25.480 --> 00:27:27.240 were raised 00:27:27.240 --> 00:27:28.460 to life. 00:27:29.619 --> 00:27:30.480 We don't 00:27:30.480 --> 00:27:30.920 even know 00:27:30.920 --> 00:27:31.460 who they 00:27:31.460 --> 00:27:31.819 were, 00:27:32.259 --> 00:27:33.099 we don't 00:27:33.099 --> 00:27:33.559 know how 00:27:33.559 --> 00:27:34.059 long they 00:27:34.059 --> 00:27:34.460 had been 00:27:34.460 --> 00:27:34.960 dead. 00:27:35.599 --> 00:27:36.379 The fact 00:27:36.379 --> 00:27:36.759 is, 00:27:37.160 --> 00:27:37.759 they were 00:27:37.759 --> 00:27:38.279 dead, 00:27:38.779 --> 00:27:39.299 and now 00:27:39.299 --> 00:27:39.579 they're 00:27:39.579 --> 00:27:40.140 alive. 00:27:41.379 --> 00:27:41.879 That's 00:27:41.879 --> 00:27:42.579 the point. 00:27:43.680 --> 00:27:44.140 Jesus' 00:27:44.460 --> 00:27:44.980 death 00:27:44.980 --> 00:27:46.480 defeats 00:27:46.480 --> 00:27:47.019 death. 00:27:47.740 --> 00:27:48.579 His death 00:27:48.579 --> 00:27:49.259 is a 00:27:49.259 --> 00:27:49.940 death in 00:27:49.940 --> 00:27:50.619 place of 00:27:50.619 --> 00:27:51.900 my death 00:27:51.900 --> 00:27:52.799 and your 00:27:52.799 --> 00:27:53.200 death. 00:27:54.519 --> 00:27:55.319 Again, 00:27:55.440 --> 00:27:55.839 the author 00:27:55.839 --> 00:27:56.420 of Hebrews 00:27:56.420 --> 00:27:57.359 helps us. 00:27:58.099 --> 00:27:58.559 I have it 00:27:58.559 --> 00:27:59.240 on the screen 00:27:59.240 --> 00:27:59.879 for you. 00:27:59.880 --> 00:28:02.040 that by 00:28:02.040 --> 00:28:03.160 his death, 00:28:03.280 --> 00:28:03.640 by the 00:28:03.640 --> 00:28:04.080 death of 00:28:04.080 --> 00:28:04.460 Jesus, 00:28:05.000 --> 00:28:05.860 he might 00:28:05.860 --> 00:28:06.560 break the 00:28:06.560 --> 00:28:07.260 power of 00:28:07.260 --> 00:28:08.300 him who 00:28:08.300 --> 00:28:09.280 holds the 00:28:09.280 --> 00:28:09.820 power of 00:28:09.820 --> 00:28:10.200 death, 00:28:10.380 --> 00:28:11.140 that is the 00:28:11.140 --> 00:28:11.460 devil, 00:28:11.800 --> 00:28:12.580 and free 00:28:12.580 --> 00:28:13.500 those who 00:28:13.500 --> 00:28:14.200 all their 00:28:14.200 --> 00:28:14.860 lives were 00:28:14.860 --> 00:28:15.460 held in 00:28:15.460 --> 00:28:17.020 slavery by 00:28:17.020 --> 00:28:17.600 their fear 00:28:17.600 --> 00:28:18.180 of death. 00:28:18.180 --> 00:28:18.299 death. 00:28:20.940 --> 00:28:22.100 The world 00:28:22.100 --> 00:28:22.900 lives in 00:28:22.900 --> 00:28:24.259 fear of 00:28:24.259 --> 00:28:24.740 dying, 00:28:25.539 --> 00:28:27.279 and Jesus 00:28:27.279 --> 00:28:29.039 has freed 00:28:29.039 --> 00:28:29.539 us from 00:28:29.539 --> 00:28:30.180 that fear. 00:28:31.360 --> 00:28:31.759 You see, 00:28:31.840 --> 00:28:32.600 the devil's 00:28:32.600 --> 00:28:33.799 only power 00:28:33.799 --> 00:28:34.660 over you 00:28:34.660 --> 00:28:35.120 and I 00:28:35.120 --> 00:28:35.880 is to 00:28:35.880 --> 00:28:36.940 stand before 00:28:36.940 --> 00:28:37.580 the Father 00:28:37.580 --> 00:28:38.759 and accuse 00:28:38.759 --> 00:28:39.920 us like a 00:28:39.920 --> 00:28:41.060 prosecution in 00:28:41.060 --> 00:28:41.580 a court. 00:28:42.000 --> 00:28:42.580 He brings 00:28:42.580 --> 00:28:43.140 all the 00:28:43.140 --> 00:28:44.140 evidence before 00:28:44.140 --> 00:28:44.380 him. 00:28:44.720 --> 00:28:45.240 Look at 00:28:45.240 --> 00:28:45.779 their sin. 00:28:46.180 --> 00:28:46.560 Look at 00:28:46.559 --> 00:28:46.899 Johnny 00:28:46.899 --> 00:28:47.440 Grant's 00:28:47.440 --> 00:28:47.659 sin. 00:28:47.899 --> 00:28:48.259 Look at 00:28:48.259 --> 00:28:48.919 the mess 00:28:48.919 --> 00:28:49.240 and the 00:28:49.240 --> 00:28:50.079 failure of 00:28:50.079 --> 00:28:50.659 his life. 00:28:52.460 --> 00:28:52.859 And he 00:28:52.859 --> 00:28:53.720 brings before 00:28:53.720 --> 00:28:54.299 the Father, 00:28:54.720 --> 00:28:55.259 here's the 00:28:55.259 --> 00:28:55.720 charge, 00:28:56.000 --> 00:28:56.500 here's the 00:28:56.500 --> 00:28:56.940 punishment, 00:28:57.480 --> 00:28:57.799 Johnny 00:28:57.799 --> 00:28:58.559 Grant must 00:28:58.559 --> 00:28:59.279 die. 00:29:00.379 --> 00:29:01.019 Death is 00:29:01.019 --> 00:29:01.460 what he 00:29:01.460 --> 00:29:02.119 deserves. 00:29:02.119 --> 00:29:06.579 Jesus 00:29:06.579 --> 00:29:07.639 steps forward. 00:29:09.579 --> 00:29:10.039 Death has 00:29:10.039 --> 00:29:10.559 been dealt 00:29:10.559 --> 00:29:10.959 with. 00:29:11.939 --> 00:29:12.299 Johnny 00:29:12.299 --> 00:29:12.979 Grant's 00:29:12.979 --> 00:29:14.079 sin has 00:29:14.079 --> 00:29:15.139 been paid. 00:29:15.919 --> 00:29:16.339 Therefore, 00:29:16.899 --> 00:29:18.179 his death 00:29:18.179 --> 00:29:18.939 has been 00:29:18.939 --> 00:29:19.699 dealt with 00:29:19.699 --> 00:29:20.719 once and 00:29:20.719 --> 00:29:21.259 for all. 00:29:23.599 --> 00:29:24.119 Yes, 00:29:24.659 --> 00:29:25.479 we will 00:29:25.479 --> 00:29:25.879 die, 00:29:27.179 --> 00:29:27.959 but death 00:29:27.959 --> 00:29:28.359 is not 00:29:28.359 --> 00:29:29.019 the end. 00:29:29.019 --> 00:29:30.619 for those 00:29:30.619 --> 00:29:31.420 who hope 00:29:31.420 --> 00:29:32.400 in Jesus. 00:29:33.279 --> 00:29:33.720 His 00:29:33.720 --> 00:29:34.500 death 00:29:34.500 --> 00:29:35.940 defeats 00:29:35.940 --> 00:29:37.379 my death. 00:29:40.420 --> 00:29:41.279 But not 00:29:41.279 --> 00:29:41.799 only are 00:29:41.799 --> 00:29:43.039 these bodies 00:29:43.039 --> 00:29:43.779 raised, 00:29:45.259 --> 00:29:45.920 look where 00:29:45.920 --> 00:29:46.480 the people 00:29:46.480 --> 00:29:46.960 went, 00:29:47.079 --> 00:29:47.980 verse 53. 00:29:48.539 --> 00:29:49.200 They came 00:29:49.200 --> 00:29:49.980 out of the 00:29:49.980 --> 00:29:51.139 tombs after 00:29:51.139 --> 00:29:51.579 Jesus' 00:29:51.819 --> 00:29:52.359 resurrection 00:29:52.359 --> 00:29:53.279 and went 00:29:53.279 --> 00:29:53.779 into the 00:29:53.779 --> 00:29:54.440 holy city 00:29:54.440 --> 00:29:55.279 and appeared 00:29:55.279 --> 00:29:55.759 to many 00:29:55.759 --> 00:29:56.240 people. 00:29:56.920 --> 00:29:57.420 The holy 00:29:57.420 --> 00:29:58.000 city was 00:29:58.000 --> 00:29:58.480 of course 00:29:58.480 --> 00:29:59.440 Jerusalem. 00:30:00.759 --> 00:30:01.299 But it's 00:30:01.299 --> 00:30:02.359 also a 00:30:02.359 --> 00:30:02.740 reference, 00:30:02.839 --> 00:30:03.079 and I 00:30:03.079 --> 00:30:03.420 think he 00:30:03.420 --> 00:30:04.079 uses this 00:30:04.079 --> 00:30:04.500 phrase 00:30:04.500 --> 00:30:05.240 particularly 00:30:05.240 --> 00:30:05.680 and 00:30:05.680 --> 00:30:06.319 specifically 00:30:06.319 --> 00:30:07.619 holy city 00:30:07.619 --> 00:30:08.660 because the 00:30:08.660 --> 00:30:09.500 holy city 00:30:09.500 --> 00:30:10.599 was a 00:30:10.599 --> 00:30:11.299 reference to 00:30:11.299 --> 00:30:12.779 the eternal 00:30:12.779 --> 00:30:13.380 city. 00:30:14.640 --> 00:30:15.220 The new 00:30:15.220 --> 00:30:16.119 Jerusalem to 00:30:16.119 --> 00:30:16.559 come at 00:30:16.559 --> 00:30:16.960 the end 00:30:16.960 --> 00:30:17.480 of time 00:30:17.480 --> 00:30:18.660 where God 00:30:18.660 --> 00:30:19.319 would be 00:30:19.319 --> 00:30:19.799 with his 00:30:19.799 --> 00:30:20.900 people and 00:30:20.900 --> 00:30:21.900 dwell with 00:30:21.900 --> 00:30:23.099 us forever. 00:30:25.440 --> 00:30:25.920 You see, 00:30:26.039 --> 00:30:26.400 Jesus' 00:30:26.660 --> 00:30:27.059 death 00:30:27.059 --> 00:30:28.419 reveals to 00:30:28.419 --> 00:30:29.599 us what 00:30:29.599 --> 00:30:30.019 we can 00:30:30.019 --> 00:30:30.599 expect. 00:30:30.980 --> 00:30:31.579 The events 00:30:31.579 --> 00:30:32.259 that happened 00:30:32.259 --> 00:30:32.940 here in 00:30:32.940 --> 00:30:34.419 Matthew point 00:30:34.419 --> 00:30:35.159 forward to 00:30:35.159 --> 00:30:35.639 something 00:30:35.639 --> 00:30:36.519 wonderful. 00:30:37.019 --> 00:30:37.339 These 00:30:37.339 --> 00:30:38.779 raised bodies 00:30:38.779 --> 00:30:39.419 to life 00:30:39.419 --> 00:30:40.599 who walk 00:30:40.599 --> 00:30:41.000 out of 00:30:41.000 --> 00:30:41.659 their tombs 00:30:41.659 --> 00:30:42.419 and these 00:30:42.419 --> 00:30:43.500 living people 00:30:43.500 --> 00:30:44.539 who find 00:30:44.539 --> 00:30:45.039 their way 00:30:45.039 --> 00:30:45.599 into the 00:30:45.599 --> 00:30:46.159 city of 00:30:46.159 --> 00:30:46.720 Jerusalem 00:30:46.720 --> 00:30:47.599 is a 00:30:47.599 --> 00:30:48.379 foretaste 00:30:48.379 --> 00:30:49.039 of what 00:30:49.039 --> 00:30:49.599 awaits 00:30:49.599 --> 00:30:50.619 for all 00:30:50.619 --> 00:30:51.279 God's 00:30:51.279 --> 00:30:51.919 people. 00:30:53.440 --> 00:30:53.819 This is 00:30:53.819 --> 00:30:54.240 what the 00:30:54.240 --> 00:30:54.679 death of 00:30:54.680 --> 00:30:55.340 Jesus has 00:30:55.340 --> 00:30:55.880 achieved. 00:30:56.360 --> 00:30:57.000 Death is 00:30:57.000 --> 00:30:57.500 defeated 00:30:57.500 --> 00:30:58.400 and there 00:30:58.400 --> 00:30:58.779 is a 00:30:58.779 --> 00:30:59.180 future 00:30:59.180 --> 00:30:59.620 hope. 00:31:00.080 --> 00:31:00.759 One day 00:31:00.759 --> 00:31:01.660 the risen 00:31:01.660 --> 00:31:02.440 Lord Jesus 00:31:02.440 --> 00:31:03.080 is going 00:31:03.080 --> 00:31:03.840 to return 00:31:03.840 --> 00:31:04.620 and our 00:31:04.620 --> 00:31:05.160 graves, 00:31:05.320 --> 00:31:05.620 if we're 00:31:05.620 --> 00:31:06.100 buried, 00:31:06.560 --> 00:31:07.100 are going 00:31:07.100 --> 00:31:07.560 to be 00:31:07.560 --> 00:31:08.180 burst 00:31:08.180 --> 00:31:09.420 open and 00:31:09.420 --> 00:31:10.200 we will 00:31:10.200 --> 00:31:11.000 walk out 00:31:11.000 --> 00:31:11.620 of our 00:31:11.620 --> 00:31:12.340 graves 00:31:12.340 --> 00:31:14.180 and we 00:31:14.180 --> 00:31:15.039 will walk 00:31:15.039 --> 00:31:15.620 into the 00:31:15.620 --> 00:31:16.039 eternal 00:31:16.039 --> 00:31:16.799 city of 00:31:16.799 --> 00:31:17.140 God. 00:31:19.240 --> 00:31:20.180 Does that 00:31:20.180 --> 00:31:20.940 amaze you? 00:31:20.940 --> 00:31:24.019 it amazes 00:31:24.019 --> 00:31:25.220 me and 00:31:25.220 --> 00:31:26.160 I can't 00:31:26.160 --> 00:31:26.640 wait. 00:31:29.860 --> 00:31:30.420 Don't 00:31:30.420 --> 00:31:30.700 get 00:31:30.700 --> 00:31:31.500 sidetracked 00:31:31.500 --> 00:31:32.019 by the 00:31:32.019 --> 00:31:32.600 order of 00:31:32.600 --> 00:31:33.039 events. 00:31:34.700 --> 00:31:35.340 Did they 00:31:35.340 --> 00:31:35.759 come out 00:31:35.759 --> 00:31:36.000 of the 00:31:36.000 --> 00:31:36.600 tomb on 00:31:36.600 --> 00:31:37.100 Friday? 00:31:37.340 --> 00:31:37.640 Did they 00:31:37.640 --> 00:31:37.960 come out 00:31:37.960 --> 00:31:38.160 of the 00:31:38.160 --> 00:31:38.620 tomb on 00:31:38.620 --> 00:31:39.039 Saturday? 00:31:39.240 --> 00:31:39.539 Were they 00:31:39.539 --> 00:31:40.220 hiding in 00:31:40.220 --> 00:31:40.920 there before? 00:31:42.440 --> 00:31:42.759 Be 00:31:42.759 --> 00:31:43.539 amazed. 00:31:44.420 --> 00:31:44.799 Be 00:31:44.799 --> 00:31:45.759 amazed at 00:31:45.759 --> 00:31:46.360 what God 00:31:46.360 --> 00:31:46.920 has done. 00:31:48.740 --> 00:31:49.500 You see 00:31:49.500 --> 00:31:49.920 all of 00:31:49.920 --> 00:31:50.299 this. 00:31:50.940 --> 00:31:51.840 should 00:31:51.840 --> 00:31:52.440 lead us 00:31:52.440 --> 00:31:52.779 to 00:31:52.779 --> 00:31:53.519 humble 00:31:53.519 --> 00:31:54.880 worship. 00:31:56.259 --> 00:31:56.720 Look at 00:31:56.720 --> 00:31:57.480 the response 00:31:57.480 --> 00:31:57.900 of the 00:31:57.900 --> 00:31:58.440 soldiers, 00:31:58.620 --> 00:31:59.500 verse 54. 00:32:00.740 --> 00:32:01.320 When the 00:32:01.320 --> 00:32:02.059 centurion, 00:32:02.320 --> 00:32:02.940 he's the 00:32:02.940 --> 00:32:03.240 leader, 00:32:03.380 --> 00:32:03.799 the head 00:32:03.799 --> 00:32:04.440 of a 00:32:04.440 --> 00:32:04.840 hundred 00:32:04.840 --> 00:32:05.640 soldiers, 00:32:05.960 --> 00:32:06.420 a hundred 00:32:06.420 --> 00:32:07.100 soldiers 00:32:07.100 --> 00:32:08.680 who are 00:32:08.680 --> 00:32:09.160 guarding 00:32:09.160 --> 00:32:09.759 Jesus. 00:32:11.140 --> 00:32:11.680 When the 00:32:11.680 --> 00:32:12.400 centurion 00:32:12.400 --> 00:32:12.920 and those 00:32:12.920 --> 00:32:13.420 were with 00:32:13.420 --> 00:32:14.120 him who 00:32:14.120 --> 00:32:14.700 were guarding 00:32:14.700 --> 00:32:15.620 Jesus saw 00:32:15.620 --> 00:32:16.440 the earthquake 00:32:16.440 --> 00:32:17.700 and all 00:32:17.700 --> 00:32:18.200 that had 00:32:18.200 --> 00:32:18.680 happened, 00:32:19.860 --> 00:32:20.279 they were 00:32:20.279 --> 00:32:21.319 terrified and 00:32:21.319 --> 00:32:21.960 exclaimed, 00:32:22.500 --> 00:32:23.079 surely he 00:32:23.079 --> 00:32:23.519 was the 00:32:23.519 --> 00:32:23.879 son of 00:32:23.879 --> 00:32:24.259 God. 00:32:25.440 --> 00:32:25.819 These 00:32:25.819 --> 00:32:27.440 soldiers were 00:32:27.440 --> 00:32:28.000 the first 00:32:28.000 --> 00:32:29.200 witnesses to 00:32:29.200 --> 00:32:29.660 what? 00:32:30.500 --> 00:32:31.079 What does it 00:32:31.079 --> 00:32:31.299 say? 00:32:31.399 --> 00:32:32.440 To all 00:32:32.440 --> 00:32:33.480 that had 00:32:33.480 --> 00:32:33.899 happened. 00:32:34.619 --> 00:32:35.539 The darkness 00:32:35.539 --> 00:32:36.480 falling, 00:32:37.079 --> 00:32:37.819 the curtain 00:32:37.819 --> 00:32:38.660 tearing, 00:32:39.220 --> 00:32:40.019 the tombs 00:32:40.019 --> 00:32:40.859 opening. 00:32:41.680 --> 00:32:42.139 They were 00:32:42.139 --> 00:32:42.819 present, 00:32:43.119 --> 00:32:43.960 they heard, 00:32:44.220 --> 00:32:44.980 they saw 00:32:44.980 --> 00:32:46.279 all that had 00:32:46.279 --> 00:32:46.720 happened. 00:32:46.720 --> 00:32:47.980 and as 00:32:47.980 --> 00:32:48.880 they reflected 00:32:48.880 --> 00:32:49.940 on all 00:32:49.940 --> 00:32:50.299 that had 00:32:50.299 --> 00:32:50.680 happened, 00:32:51.140 --> 00:32:51.700 they were 00:32:51.700 --> 00:32:53.279 terrified. 00:32:55.720 --> 00:32:56.220 Better 00:32:56.220 --> 00:32:57.299 translated as 00:32:57.299 --> 00:32:57.819 some of your 00:32:57.819 --> 00:32:58.620 versions might 00:32:58.620 --> 00:32:59.019 have it, 00:32:59.519 --> 00:33:00.000 they were 00:33:00.000 --> 00:33:01.579 filled with 00:33:01.579 --> 00:33:02.900 awe. 00:33:04.000 --> 00:33:04.600 Filled 00:33:04.600 --> 00:33:05.700 with awe 00:33:05.700 --> 00:33:06.720 and amazement. 00:33:07.440 --> 00:33:08.220 It means 00:33:08.220 --> 00:33:09.460 to hold in 00:33:09.460 --> 00:33:10.559 admiration 00:33:10.559 --> 00:33:11.620 and deep 00:33:11.620 --> 00:33:12.519 respect and 00:33:12.519 --> 00:33:13.839 to worship. 00:33:13.839 --> 00:33:16.159 you see 00:33:16.159 --> 00:33:16.639 these 00:33:16.639 --> 00:33:17.599 hardened 00:33:17.599 --> 00:33:18.619 soldiers 00:33:18.619 --> 00:33:19.399 who spent 00:33:19.399 --> 00:33:20.240 their entire 00:33:20.240 --> 00:33:21.439 working life 00:33:21.439 --> 00:33:22.819 torturing 00:33:22.819 --> 00:33:23.959 people and 00:33:23.959 --> 00:33:24.759 executing 00:33:24.759 --> 00:33:25.559 people on 00:33:25.559 --> 00:33:26.339 crosses and 00:33:26.339 --> 00:33:27.059 killing 00:33:27.059 --> 00:33:27.819 people, 00:33:28.500 --> 00:33:29.599 reflected and 00:33:29.599 --> 00:33:30.639 took to 00:33:30.639 --> 00:33:31.459 heart all 00:33:31.459 --> 00:33:32.199 these events 00:33:32.199 --> 00:33:33.059 and all 00:33:33.059 --> 00:33:33.439 that had 00:33:33.439 --> 00:33:34.079 happened and 00:33:34.079 --> 00:33:34.939 as they 00:33:34.939 --> 00:33:35.519 reflected, 00:33:35.720 --> 00:33:36.220 they saw 00:33:36.220 --> 00:33:37.179 behind these 00:33:37.179 --> 00:33:37.639 events, 00:33:38.480 --> 00:33:39.619 before them 00:33:39.619 --> 00:33:41.319 was the 00:33:41.319 --> 00:33:41.759 son of 00:33:41.759 --> 00:33:42.199 God. 00:33:42.200 --> 00:33:42.920 God, 00:33:42.920 --> 00:33:44.340 this 00:33:44.340 --> 00:33:45.120 bloody 00:33:45.120 --> 00:33:46.799 and dead 00:33:46.799 --> 00:33:47.620 man on 00:33:47.620 --> 00:33:48.299 a cross 00:33:48.299 --> 00:33:50.200 was the 00:33:50.200 --> 00:33:50.779 God, 00:33:50.840 --> 00:33:51.400 man, 00:33:51.779 --> 00:33:52.140 Jesus 00:33:52.140 --> 00:33:52.860 Christ. 00:33:54.160 --> 00:33:54.819 And it 00:33:54.819 --> 00:33:55.559 all began 00:33:55.559 --> 00:33:56.100 to make 00:33:56.100 --> 00:33:56.660 sense. 00:33:57.580 --> 00:33:58.440 The darkness 00:33:58.440 --> 00:33:59.240 that fell, 00:34:00.180 --> 00:34:01.180 they deserved 00:34:01.180 --> 00:34:01.799 it, but it 00:34:01.799 --> 00:34:02.539 fell on this 00:34:02.539 --> 00:34:03.440 man before 00:34:03.440 --> 00:34:03.960 us. 00:34:04.840 --> 00:34:05.460 The curtain 00:34:05.460 --> 00:34:06.220 opening in 00:34:06.220 --> 00:34:06.759 the temple 00:34:06.759 --> 00:34:07.400 so that 00:34:07.400 --> 00:34:08.079 these 00:34:08.079 --> 00:34:08.920 hardened 00:34:08.920 --> 00:34:09.840 soldiers 00:34:09.840 --> 00:34:11.199 could be 00:34:11.199 --> 00:34:11.679 forgiven. 00:34:12.199 --> 00:34:13.460 and welcomed 00:34:13.460 --> 00:34:14.079 into the 00:34:14.079 --> 00:34:14.739 presence of 00:34:14.739 --> 00:34:15.119 God. 00:34:15.639 --> 00:34:16.519 The tomb's 00:34:16.519 --> 00:34:17.179 opening, 00:34:17.739 --> 00:34:18.779 pointing forward 00:34:18.779 --> 00:34:19.279 to these 00:34:19.279 --> 00:34:19.819 soldiers' 00:34:20.419 --> 00:34:21.460 future hope 00:34:21.460 --> 00:34:23.239 that they 00:34:23.239 --> 00:34:24.099 could have 00:34:24.099 --> 00:34:24.619 a future 00:34:24.619 --> 00:34:25.399 with God. 00:34:26.639 --> 00:34:27.119 Is it 00:34:27.119 --> 00:34:27.639 possible? 00:34:28.679 --> 00:34:29.579 Absolutely. 00:34:30.219 --> 00:34:31.039 Awestruck. 00:34:31.419 --> 00:34:31.639 They 00:34:31.639 --> 00:34:32.419 humbly 00:34:32.419 --> 00:34:33.599 worship 00:34:33.599 --> 00:34:35.019 Jesus 00:34:35.019 --> 00:34:35.739 Christ. 00:34:35.739 --> 00:34:35.979 Christ. 00:34:39.500 --> 00:34:40.639 We look 00:34:40.639 --> 00:34:41.199 back to 00:34:41.199 --> 00:34:42.079 these events. 00:34:43.539 --> 00:34:44.259 The darkness 00:34:44.259 --> 00:34:44.839 falls, 00:34:46.099 --> 00:34:46.819 the curtain 00:34:46.819 --> 00:34:47.359 tears 00:34:47.359 --> 00:34:47.819 open, 00:34:48.619 --> 00:34:49.559 the tombs 00:34:49.559 --> 00:34:50.299 burst 00:34:50.299 --> 00:34:50.799 open. 00:34:52.379 --> 00:34:53.000 Let us 00:34:53.000 --> 00:34:53.779 worship 00:34:53.779 --> 00:34:55.559 the man 00:34:55.559 --> 00:34:56.619 who is 00:34:56.619 --> 00:34:57.079 God. 00:34:58.679 --> 00:34:59.039 Worship 00:34:59.039 --> 00:34:59.500 him, 00:35:00.539 --> 00:35:01.000 love 00:35:01.000 --> 00:35:01.359 him, 00:35:01.360 --> 00:35:03.039 serve 00:35:03.039 --> 00:35:03.360 him. 00:35:05.680 --> 00:35:06.320 That's 00:35:06.320 --> 00:35:06.680 what we're 00:35:06.680 --> 00:35:06.900 going to 00:35:06.900 --> 00:35:07.400 do right 00:35:07.400 --> 00:35:07.700 now. 00:35:08.660 --> 00:35:09.280 We're 00:35:09.280 --> 00:35:09.519 going to 00:35:09.519 --> 00:35:10.320 respond in 00:35:10.320 --> 00:35:10.940 song and 00:35:10.940 --> 00:35:11.280 we're going 00:35:11.280 --> 00:35:11.720 to worship. 00:35:12.820 --> 00:35:13.360 We have 00:35:13.360 --> 00:35:14.160 two songs. 00:35:15.420 --> 00:35:16.079 One is 00:35:16.079 --> 00:35:17.059 reflective, 00:35:18.340 --> 00:35:18.900 meditative, 00:35:19.900 --> 00:35:21.120 as we 00:35:21.120 --> 00:35:21.720 worship 00:35:21.720 --> 00:35:23.280 the man 00:35:23.280 --> 00:35:23.800 who is 00:35:23.800 --> 00:35:24.220 God. 00:35:24.960 --> 00:35:25.780 I invite 00:35:25.780 --> 00:35:26.200 you to 00:35:26.200 --> 00:35:27.800 stand as 00:35:27.800 --> 00:35:28.300 we sing 00:35:28.300 --> 00:35:28.800 together. 00:35:28.800 --> 00:35:33.680 give 00:35:33.680 --> 00:35:52.320 us 00:35:53.260 --> 00:35:53.400 together. 00:35:53.400 --> 00:35:57.800 Yes,