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 Heavenly Father, this evening we remember the ultimate sacrifice you made in sending your only Son, your beloved Son,

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 as the sacrificial offering to die for sinners, for our sins, so we might believe in Him and live.

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 We pray that this truth would not be too familiar to some of us, but that the wonder of it would strike us anew this evening and capture our hearts and our imaginations,

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 so that we are strengthened in our faith, so that we grow in our love for You. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen.

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 I will be speaking from John chapter 19 today, so if you don't have a Bible, there's a Blue Pew Bible you can grab there on that table,

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 and in that Bible it's page 905.

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 John chapter 19, verses 16 to 42.

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 Let me read.

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 So they took Jesus, and He went out, bearing His own cross, to the place called the place of a skull, which in Aramaic is called Gogotha.

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 There they crucified Him, and with Him two others, one on either side, and Jesus between them.

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 Pilate also wrote an inscription and put it on the cross.

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 It read,

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 Jesus of Nazareth, the King of the Jews.

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 Many of the Jews read this inscription, for the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city, and it was written in Aramaic, in Latin, and in Greek.

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 So the chief priests of the Jews said to Pilate,

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 Do not write the King of the Jews, but rather, this man said, I am King of the Jews.

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 Pilate answered,

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 What I have written, I have written.

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 When the soldiers had crucified Jesus, they took His garments and divided them into four parts, one part for each other, each soldier.

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 Also his tunic.

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 But the tunic was seamless, woven in one piece from top to bottom.

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 So they said to one another,

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 Let us not tear it, but cast lots for it, to see whose it shall be.

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 This was to fulfill the scripture which says,

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 They divided my garments among them, and for my clothing they cast lots.

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 So the soldiers did these things.

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 But standing by the cross of Jesus were His mother and His mother's sister,

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 Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene.

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 When Jesus saw His mother and the disciple whom He loved standing nearby,

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 He said to His mother,

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 Woman, behold your son.

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 Then He said to the disciple,

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 Behold your mother.

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 And from that hour the disciple took her to His own home.

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 After this, Jesus, knowing that all was now finished,

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 said to fulfill the scripture,

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 I thirst.

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 A jar full of sour wine stood there.

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 So they put a sponge full of the sour wine on a hyssop branch and held it to His mouth.

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 When Jesus had received the sour wine, He said,

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 It is finished.

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 And He bowed His head and gave up His spirit.

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 Since it was the day of preparation,

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 and so that the bodies would not remain on the cross on the Sabbath,

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 for that Sabbath was a high day,

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 the Jews asked Pilate that their legs might be broken,

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 that they might be taken away.

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 So the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first and of the other who had been crucified with Him.

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 But when they came to Jesus and saw that He was already dead,

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 they did not break His legs.

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 But one of the soldiers pierced His side with a spear,

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 and at once there came out blood and water.

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 He who saw it has borne witness.

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 His testimony is true,

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 and He knows that He is telling the truth,

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 that you also may believe.

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 For these things took place that the scripture might be fulfilled.

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 Not one of His bones will be broken.

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 And again, another scripture says,

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 They will look on Him whom they have pierced.

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 After these things,

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 Joseph of Arimathea,

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 who was a disciple of Jesus,

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 but secretly for fear of the Jews,

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 asked Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus.

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 And Pilate gave Him permission.

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 So he came and took away his body.

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 Nicodemus also,

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 who earlier had come to Jesus by night,

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 came,

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 bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes,

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 about 75 pounds in weight.

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 So they took the body of Jesus

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 and bound it in linen cloths with the spices,

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 as is the burial custom of the Jews.

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 Now, in the place where He was crucified,

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 there was a garden,

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 and in the garden,

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 a new tomb,

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 in which no one had yet been laid.

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 So because of the Jewish day of preparation,

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 since the tomb was close at hand,

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 He laid Jesus there.

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 The word of the Lord.

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 Dr. Michael Brown is one of the foremost apologists,

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 defender of the Christian faith among Jews.

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 So he's a Messianic Jew.

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 And he writes in one of his testimonies

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 about how he came to faith.

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 And he was reading,

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 he was a drug addict,

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 and he was living a very messed up lifestyle.

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 And there was a reading of Isaiah 53,

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 of course,

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 which many Christians know as a prophecy about Jesus,

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 which said,

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 Surely He has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows,

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 yet we esteemed Him not,

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 stricken and smitten by God and afflicted.

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 But He was pierced for our transgressions,

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 He was crushed for our iniquities.

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 Upon Him was the chastisement that brought us peace,

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 and with His wounds we are healed.

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 When he heard this passage

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 and saw that this pointed to Jesus,

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 he was compelled by the power of it

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 and came to faith.

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 And in this passage in John,

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 it mentions several of the prophecies

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 or mentions of Jesus in Old Testament

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 that were fulfilled.

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 And John tells us this

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 in order that we might believe in Him,

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 believe that He was the Messiah

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 that was to be fulfilled.

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 And the main point that he wants to persuade us of

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 is that Jesus died on the cross

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 as the atoning sacrifice

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 for the sins of His people.

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 And we're going to examine that claim

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 in this passage.

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 And John tells us that first,

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 that Jesus is the new David,

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 and secondly,

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 that He is the new Passover lamb,

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 and that thirdly,

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 He brings about,

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 He creates a new people

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 by His act on the cross

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 in dying for His sins.

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 So read verses 16 to 17 with me.

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 It says,

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 So they took Jesus,

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 and He went out,

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 bearing His own cross,

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 the place called the place of a skull,

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 which in Aramaic is called Golgotha.

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 So when the Bible gives us a name of a place,

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 and especially the meaning of the place

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 in extension,

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 it probably is significant.

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 And so Golgotha is an English transliteration

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 of the Greek,

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 which is itself a transliteration

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 of the Aramaic.

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 And you may have heard the word Calvary,

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 which is just a Latin form of it,

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 which comes from the Latin word for skull,

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 Calvaria.

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 And some scholars suggest

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 that the name is derived

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 from the rock formation of the tomb,

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 the way it looked like a skull,

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 or that they think that a lot of people

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 were buried there.

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 But that's just speculation,

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 because there's nothing explaining that to us

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 in Scripture.

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 And it seems odd to us,

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 if that's the case,

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 why He names the place,

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 the place called the place of a skull.

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 And there are a lot of people buried there,

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 why isn't it called the place of the bones,

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 or why is it called the place of the skulls?

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 But it says a singular,

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 the place of the skull.

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 And this is the case

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 in all the Gospel writers' writing.

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 And it's also,

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 it's translated in the ESV

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 as the place of a skull,

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 which we read,

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 but in the other translation,

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 it has the place of the skull,

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 which is the more accurate way

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 to translate that syntax.

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 And if that's the case,

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 then whose skull is it referring to?

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 If it's the place of the skull,

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 a singular,

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 and that's,

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 there's a couple options

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 for explaining that.

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 And the first,

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 and I'm going to tell you both,

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 and the first is that

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 the church fathers

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 wrote about origin,

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 John Chrysostom,

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 that there was a Jewish tradition

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 that's held

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 that Adam's skull

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 was buried

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 on the site of Golgotha.

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 And the tradition says

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 that Noah preserved

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 Adam's bones

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 and divided among his sons

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 to be preserved,

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 and one of them took

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 the skull,

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 Shem took the skull

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 and took it to Jerusalem.

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 And this tradition,

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 if it's true,

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 of course,

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 would convey a powerful truth,

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 a biblical truth,

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 which,

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 because Romans 5, 12, 17 says,

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 therefore,

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 as sin came into the world

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 through one man

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 and death through sin,

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 and so death spread

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 to all men

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 because all men sinned.

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 Sin indeed was in the world

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 before the law was given,

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 but sin is not counted

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 where there is no law.

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 Yet death reigned

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 from Adam to Moses,

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 even over those whose sins

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 were not like

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 the transgression of Adam,

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 who was a type of the one

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 who was to come.

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 But the free gift

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 is not like the trespass,

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 for if many die

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 through one man's trespass,

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 much more have the grace of God

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 and the free gift

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 in the grace of that

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 one man,

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 Jesus Christ,

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 abounded for many.

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 So he's talking about

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 how Adam,

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 through his sin,

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 sin came into all of humanity,

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 and now Jesus,

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 and he was a type of Jesus,

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 pointing to Jesus,

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 and Jesus is the new Adam

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 through whose perfect sacrifice,

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 whose perfect life,

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 now life comes to humanity.

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 And that's why,

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 if you've seen some of the

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 kind of orthodox drawings

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 of Jesus' crucifixion,

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 sometimes you see a skull

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 at the base of it

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 that's depicting that Adam's skull.

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 So that's an attractive solution,

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 but we can't be certain of that

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 because, once again,

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 it's not preserved in scripture,

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 and we don't find documentation

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 of it in Jewish writings,

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 only in Christian writings.

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 But a second solution

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 that I think is probably

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 even more likely

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 is based on etymology

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 and not based on tradition.

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 And it's because

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 the word Golgotha,

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 even though it's explained

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 as meaning the skull,

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 it's actually,

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 it doesn't mean skull,

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 the word in Aramaic,

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 well, it does mean skull,

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 but it's actually

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 a very unusual

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 mangled spelling of the word.

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 So you're like,

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 why would you,

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 if that's what you're trying

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 to spell, skull,

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 why would you spell it

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 that way, you wonder.

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 And it makes you think,

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 if you think about

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 how it sounds,

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 Golgotha,

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 think of a connection

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 to a certain man

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 named Goliath of Gath.

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 That's how he's described

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 in the Bible.

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 In 1 Samuel 17, 4,

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 he's named Goliath of Gath.

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 And Goliath,

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 as many of you know

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 this from the story

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 of David and Goliath,

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 was a Philistine warrior,

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 the champion

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 for the Philistine camp.

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 And he engaged

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 in the battle

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 of the champions

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 with the Israelites.

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 And so not fighting

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 an all-out war,

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 but having one representative

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 from each camp fight

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 for victory.

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 And Goliath mocked

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 Israel's army,

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 Israel's God,

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 and only one person

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 had enough faith in God

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 to oppose him,

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 and that was David

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 who would eventually

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 become king of Israel.

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 And once you think

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 about that,

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 it's really interesting

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 because the Bible

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 notes specifically

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 in 1 Samuel 17, 54,

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 that David took

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 the head

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 of the Philistine

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 and brought it

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 to Jerusalem.

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 And so that's,

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 if you're thinking

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 about that,

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 that could be

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 an interesting

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 corroboration

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 of this hypothesis,

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 that maybe

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 it's Goliath of Gath,

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 his skull

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 that's buried there,

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 and hence,

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 to name it skull,

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 they said,

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 Golgotha,

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 and spelled it

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 in an unusual way

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 to convey that.

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 And of course,

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 Jesus,

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 David was also

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 a type of Jesus.

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 He pointed to Jesus.

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 Jesus is the new David,

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 the ultimate David,

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 the ultimate king

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 over God's kingdom.

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 And he is engaging

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 then on this hill,

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 on the cross,

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 his own battle

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 against sin

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 and death

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 and the devil.

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 And he's the champion

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 to represent his people

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 as David was a champion

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 to represent Israel.

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 And he is victorious

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 again here.

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 And like that's

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 the first prophecy

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 of the gospel

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 in Genesis 3.15,

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 which said

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 that the devil

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 would bruise

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 his head,

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 but that he would bruise,

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 and the devil

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 would bruise his heel,

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 but that he would bruise

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 the devil's head.

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 Again,

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 this here on Calvary,

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 on Golgotha,

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 is where the devil's head

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 is bruised

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 once and for all.

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 And so,

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 if that's what it means,

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 and that's why

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 there's a connection

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 also probably

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 to the fact

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 that he's the king,

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 which is repeatedly

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 emphasized in this passage.

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 And Pilate writes

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 that he's the king

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 of the Jews,

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 and this is written

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 for the whole world

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 to see.

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 So in three languages,

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 in Aramaic for the Jews,

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 in Latin for the Roman army,

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 and in Greek

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 for the rest

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 of the Gentile world,

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 the Greek world.

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 And it's because

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 David was a type

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 of Jesus,

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 a prefigurement

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 of Jesus,

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 Apostle John

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 applies a Psalm

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 of David

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 to Jesus

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 in verses 23

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 to 24.

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 And you guys,

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 we're all familiar

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 with this,

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 because if you look at,

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 watch movies

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 or read books,

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 a lot of literature

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 has Christ types,

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 right?

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 Types of Christ.

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 And then,

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 and so they're

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 intentionally alluding to,

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 alluding back to Jesus

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 and his example

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 of sacrifice.

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 So in the same way,

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 the Old Testament

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 points forward

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 to Christ.

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 And so that's why

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 these figures,

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 all the major institutions

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 in the Old Testament,

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 the temple,

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 the high priest,

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 the king,

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 they all point

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 to Jesus.

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 They're a type

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 of Christ.

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 So verses 23

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 to 24,

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 read it with me.

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 It says,

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 When the soldiers

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 had crucified Jesus,

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 they took his garments

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 and divided them

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 into four parts,

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 one part for each soldier,

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 also his tunic.

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 But the tunic

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 was seamless,

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 woven in one piece

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 from top to bottom.

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 So they said

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 to one another,

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 Let us not tear it,

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 but cast lots for it

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 to see whose it shall be.

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 This was to fulfill

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 the scripture which says,

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 They divided my garments

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 among them,

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 and for my clothing

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 they cast lots.

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 This quote is taken

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 from Psalm 22,

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 verses 16 to 18,

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 where David is lamenting

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 his own plight

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 as an innocent sufferer.

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 And Christ,

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 who is the ultimate

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 innocent sufferer,

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 therefore fulfills this

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 in a fuller way

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 than David even did.

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 And the verses

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 in Psalm 22

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 reads this way,

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 For dogs encompass me,

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 a company of evildoers

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 encircles me.

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 They have pierced

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 my hands and feet.

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 I can count all my bones.

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 They stare and gloat over me.

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 They divide my garments

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 among them,

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 and for my clothing

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 they cast lots.

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 I mean,

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 the details are astounding,

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 fulfilled to the minute detail

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 that he was pierced

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 in his hands and feet,

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 that he can count

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 all of his bones,

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 that none of his bones

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 were broken,

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 that people were gloating

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 over him and mocking him,

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 that they divide

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 his clothing among them,

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 and even cast lots

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 for his clothing.

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 So the parallel

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 with David continues

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 in verses 28 to 30.

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 After this,

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 Jesus,

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 knowing that all

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 was not finished,

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 said to fulfill

00:16:00.639 --> 00:16:01.200
 the scripture,

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 I thirst.

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 A jar full of sour wine

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 stood there,

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 so they put a sponge

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 full of the sour wine

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 on a hyssop branch

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 and held it to his mouth.

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 When Jesus had received

00:16:11.019 --> 00:16:11.779
 the sour wine,

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 he said,

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 It is finished,

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 and he bowed his head

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 and gave up his spirit.

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 So,

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 on the cross

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 in the Middle Eastern heat,

00:16:20.879 --> 00:16:22.600
 Jesus is parched

00:16:22.600 --> 00:16:24.120
 from losing so much water

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 from the beating

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 and the labor,

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 carrying the cross,

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 and then Jesus asks

00:16:28.220 --> 00:16:28.740
 for a drink

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 and says,

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 I thirst.

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 But even this,

00:16:31.420 --> 00:16:31.960
 he says,

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 to fulfill the scripture

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 because

00:16:33.740 --> 00:16:36.200
 Psalm 69,

00:16:36.320 --> 00:16:37.019
 21 says,

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 For my thirst,

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 they gave me sour wine

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 to drink.

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 That's again,

00:16:41.820 --> 00:16:42.519
 a Psalm of David,

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 which is applied to Jesus.

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 And to fulfill that scripture,

00:16:46.080 --> 00:16:46.899
 Jesus says,

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 I thirst,

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 and the soldiers

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 predictably grab

00:16:49.899 --> 00:16:50.920
 the sour wine

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 using a sponge

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 and hand it to Jesus.

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 So,

00:16:57.019 --> 00:16:58.279
 Jesus is the new David.

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 He's the champion

00:16:59.120 --> 00:17:00.399
 that represents his people

00:17:00.399 --> 00:17:01.399
 to win victory

00:17:01.399 --> 00:17:02.620
 over sin and death

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 and the devil.

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 But he's also

00:17:05.860 --> 00:17:07.839
 the new Passover lamb,

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 sacrificed for the atonement

00:17:10.500 --> 00:17:11.259
 of God's people.

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 And we see this

00:17:12.660 --> 00:17:14.360
 in verses 16 to 17.

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 So,

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 they took Jesus

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 and he went out

00:17:17.540 --> 00:17:20.019
 bearing his own cross.

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 The reason why

00:17:21.160 --> 00:17:21.740
 they have to go out

00:17:21.740 --> 00:17:22.540
 is that the Old Testament

00:17:22.540 --> 00:17:24.000
 stipulated that

00:17:24.000 --> 00:17:25.980
 executions must take place

00:17:25.980 --> 00:17:27.100
 outside the camp

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 in order not

00:17:28.000 --> 00:17:29.540
 to defile the land.

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 And on the day

00:17:32.400 --> 00:17:33.920
 of atonement

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 to Yom Kippur,

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 which we know of,

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 which happened once a year,

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 the high priest

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 was commanded

00:17:39.779 --> 00:17:40.720
 to make an atonement

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 for all of God's people

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 by sacrificing

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 a bull and a goat

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 as an offering for sin

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 and then sprinkling

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 their blood on the altar.

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 And then,

00:17:48.640 --> 00:17:49.519
 the Old Testament

00:17:49.519 --> 00:17:50.880
 Leviticus 16, 27

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 said this,

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 The bull for the sin offering

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 and the goat

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 for the sin offering

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 whose blood

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 was brought in

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 to make atonement

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 in the holy place

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 had to be carried forth

00:18:00.039 --> 00:18:01.759
 outside the camp.

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 Their skin

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 and their flesh

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 and their dung

00:18:04.360 --> 00:18:05.120
 shall be burned

00:18:05.120 --> 00:18:05.900
 with fire.

00:18:05.900 --> 00:18:06.340
 So again,

00:18:06.460 --> 00:18:07.600
 Jesus fulfills

00:18:07.600 --> 00:18:08.540
 the institution

00:18:08.540 --> 00:18:09.620
 of the sacrifice,

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 Old Testament sacrifice,

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 the day of atonement

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 in being carried out,

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 going out of the city

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 to die there

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 for his people.

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 And that's why

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 the author of Hebrews

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 in chapter 13

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 writes,

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 makes that connection,

00:18:22.320 --> 00:18:22.880
 For the bodies

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 of those animals

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 whose blood

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 is brought into

00:18:24.920 --> 00:18:25.660
 the holy places

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 by the high priest

00:18:26.960 --> 00:18:28.259
 as a sacrifice for sin

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 are burned

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 outside the camp.

00:18:30.980 --> 00:18:32.460
 So Jesus also suffered

00:18:32.460 --> 00:18:33.600
 outside the gate

00:18:33.600 --> 00:18:34.759
 in order to sanctify

00:18:34.759 --> 00:18:35.259
 the people

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 through his own blood.

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 And there are

00:18:38.960 --> 00:18:39.839
 several more allusions

00:18:39.839 --> 00:18:41.579
 specific to the Passover

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 in verses 31 to 37.

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 Read it out loud with me.

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 Follow the 31 to 37.

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 Since it was the day

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 of preparation

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 and so that the bodies

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 would not remain

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 on the cross

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 on the Sabbath

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 for that Sabbath

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 was a high day,

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 the Jews asked Pilate

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 that their legs

00:19:00.640 --> 00:19:01.440
 might be broken

00:19:01.440 --> 00:19:02.160
 and that they might

00:19:02.160 --> 00:19:02.980
 be taken away.

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 So the soldiers

00:19:04.400 --> 00:19:05.640
 came and broke

00:19:05.640 --> 00:19:06.720
 the legs of the first

00:19:06.720 --> 00:19:07.360
 and of the other

00:19:07.360 --> 00:19:08.220
 who had been crucified

00:19:08.220 --> 00:19:08.800
 with him.

00:19:09.140 --> 00:19:09.900
 But when they came

00:19:09.900 --> 00:19:10.980
 to Jesus and saw

00:19:10.980 --> 00:19:12.060
 that he was already dead,

00:19:12.340 --> 00:19:13.160
 they did not break

00:19:13.160 --> 00:19:13.680
 his legs.

00:19:14.380 --> 00:19:15.400
 But one of the soldiers

00:19:15.400 --> 00:19:16.220
 pierced his side

00:19:16.220 --> 00:19:17.000
 with a spear

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 and at once

00:19:17.940 --> 00:19:18.680
 there came out

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 blood and water.

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 He who saw it

00:19:20.740 --> 00:19:21.660
 has borne witness,

00:19:21.759 --> 00:19:22.900
 his testimony is true

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 and he knows

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 that he is telling

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 the truth

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 that you also

00:19:25.740 --> 00:19:27.040
 may believe.

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 For these things

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 took place

00:19:29.259 --> 00:19:29.940
 that the scripture

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 might be fulfilled.

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 Not one of his bones

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 will be broken.

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 And again,

00:19:34.039 --> 00:19:34.560
 another scripture

00:19:34.560 --> 00:19:35.120
 says they will

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 look on him

00:19:36.160 --> 00:19:36.799
 whom they have

00:19:36.799 --> 00:19:37.320
 pierced.

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 The crucifixion

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 was a long

00:19:41.860 --> 00:19:44.340
 excruciating process.

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 I mean,

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 excruciating,

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 the word comes

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 from that,

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 right?

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 And the victims

00:19:49.180 --> 00:19:51.000
 would slump

00:19:51.000 --> 00:19:52.600
 because of their weight

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 because of gravity

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 and that would

00:19:54.420 --> 00:19:55.840
 constrict the chest,

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 the cavity

00:19:56.400 --> 00:19:57.500
 and prevent them

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 from breathing.

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 So what they would

00:19:59.420 --> 00:19:59.980
 have to do

00:19:59.980 --> 00:20:01.000
 is push themselves

00:20:01.000 --> 00:20:02.099
 up using their

00:20:02.099 --> 00:20:03.420
 pierced legs

00:20:03.420 --> 00:20:04.579
 and hands

00:20:04.579 --> 00:20:05.720
 in order to

00:20:05.720 --> 00:20:06.599
 free up the chest

00:20:06.599 --> 00:20:07.559
 cavity to breathe.

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 So that was,

00:20:09.140 --> 00:20:11.000
 the victims

00:20:11.000 --> 00:20:12.519
 died from

00:20:12.519 --> 00:20:14.420
 asphyxiation

00:20:14.420 --> 00:20:14.740
 basically,

00:20:14.819 --> 00:20:15.519
 from suffocation.

00:20:16.680 --> 00:20:18.440
 And usually

00:20:18.440 --> 00:20:19.480
 the Roman practice

00:20:19.480 --> 00:20:20.200
 was to leave

00:20:20.200 --> 00:20:21.000
 the crucified victim

00:20:21.000 --> 00:20:21.420
 on there

00:20:21.420 --> 00:20:22.240
 for as long

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 as necessary

00:20:22.839 --> 00:20:23.559
 to die

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 and then

00:20:24.279 --> 00:20:24.980
 to let the

00:20:24.980 --> 00:20:25.380
 vultures

00:20:25.380 --> 00:20:26.099
 devour them.

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 But especially

00:20:28.819 --> 00:20:29.799
 the criminal

00:20:29.799 --> 00:20:30.899
 sedition

00:20:30.899 --> 00:20:31.859
 which Jesus was

00:20:31.859 --> 00:20:32.579
 because he claimed

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 to be the king

00:20:32.919 --> 00:20:33.319
 of the Jews.

00:20:33.799 --> 00:20:34.099
 However,

00:20:34.299 --> 00:20:34.819
 on this day

00:20:34.819 --> 00:20:35.639
 because of Jews'

00:20:35.779 --> 00:20:36.299
 request,

00:20:36.720 --> 00:20:37.419
 they're requesting

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 that because of

00:20:37.919 --> 00:20:38.240
 Sabbath,

00:20:38.419 --> 00:20:38.859
 their holiday

00:20:38.859 --> 00:20:39.720
 especially during

00:20:39.720 --> 00:20:40.619
 the festival

00:20:40.619 --> 00:20:41.480
 of the Passover

00:20:41.480 --> 00:20:42.099
 is coming up,

00:20:42.339 --> 00:20:42.839
 they don't want

00:20:42.839 --> 00:20:43.980
 victims lying there

00:20:43.980 --> 00:20:44.859
 on the cross

00:20:44.859 --> 00:20:46.819
 just to defile

00:20:46.819 --> 00:20:47.240
 the land

00:20:47.240 --> 00:20:47.960
 like they were

00:20:47.960 --> 00:20:48.339
 afraid of.

00:20:48.980 --> 00:20:49.460
 And they don't

00:20:49.460 --> 00:20:49.819
 want to have

00:20:49.819 --> 00:20:50.480
 to deal with them

00:20:50.480 --> 00:20:51.139
 and deal with Jesus

00:20:51.139 --> 00:20:51.639
 especially

00:20:51.639 --> 00:20:53.279
 on their Sabbath

00:20:53.279 --> 00:20:54.500
 during the Passover.

00:20:54.799 --> 00:20:55.679
 So they ask

00:20:55.679 --> 00:20:56.919
 them to

00:20:56.919 --> 00:20:58.319
 expedite the process

00:20:58.319 --> 00:20:58.899
 by breaking

00:20:58.899 --> 00:20:59.859
 their legs.

00:21:00.379 --> 00:21:01.139
 And by breaking

00:21:01.139 --> 00:21:01.619
 the legs,

00:21:02.039 --> 00:21:02.700
 they don't have

00:21:02.700 --> 00:21:03.179
 to strengthen

00:21:03.179 --> 00:21:03.579
 their legs

00:21:03.579 --> 00:21:04.000
 to push

00:21:04.000 --> 00:21:04.759
 themselves up

00:21:04.759 --> 00:21:05.439
 so therefore

00:21:05.439 --> 00:21:05.960
 they would die

00:21:05.960 --> 00:21:06.639
 by suffocation

00:21:06.639 --> 00:21:07.139
 sooner.

00:21:07.460 --> 00:21:07.899
 So that was

00:21:07.899 --> 00:21:08.299
 the idea.

00:21:09.079 --> 00:21:09.879
 But when they

00:21:09.879 --> 00:21:10.980
 came to Jesus

00:21:10.980 --> 00:21:11.879
 to break his legs,

00:21:11.939 --> 00:21:12.500
 they note that

00:21:12.500 --> 00:21:13.439
 he's already dead

00:21:13.439 --> 00:21:14.960
 probably from

00:21:14.960 --> 00:21:15.740
 the enormous

00:21:15.740 --> 00:21:16.559
 loss of blood

00:21:16.559 --> 00:21:17.359
 from the double

00:21:17.359 --> 00:21:18.019
 flogging he

00:21:18.019 --> 00:21:18.899
 already received.

00:21:19.419 --> 00:21:20.519
 He died sooner

00:21:20.519 --> 00:21:21.839
 than a normal

00:21:21.839 --> 00:21:22.639
 victim.

00:21:24.700 --> 00:21:26.359
 And so

00:21:26.359 --> 00:21:27.379
 when Jesus

00:21:27.380 --> 00:21:29.120
 dies in that

00:21:29.120 --> 00:21:29.420
 way,

00:21:29.560 --> 00:21:30.180
 we noted

00:21:30.180 --> 00:21:30.700
 already Psalm

00:21:30.700 --> 00:21:30.960
 22,

00:21:31.200 --> 00:21:31.540
 17,

00:21:31.660 --> 00:21:31.900
 which said

00:21:31.900 --> 00:21:32.500
 I can count

00:21:32.500 --> 00:21:33.060
 all my bones.

00:21:33.140 --> 00:21:33.620
 He fulfills

00:21:33.620 --> 00:21:34.140
 that scripture

00:21:34.140 --> 00:21:34.720
 which said

00:21:34.720 --> 00:21:35.280
 no bone

00:21:35.280 --> 00:21:35.740
 was to be

00:21:35.740 --> 00:21:36.080
 broken.

00:21:36.500 --> 00:21:37.080
 But not only

00:21:37.080 --> 00:21:37.360
 that,

00:21:37.440 --> 00:21:38.140
 he fulfills

00:21:38.140 --> 00:21:38.840
 the type

00:21:38.840 --> 00:21:40.460
 of the Passover

00:21:40.460 --> 00:21:40.920
 lamb

00:21:40.920 --> 00:21:42.000
 because the Passover

00:21:42.000 --> 00:21:42.480
 lamb,

00:21:42.680 --> 00:21:43.200
 when they were

00:21:43.200 --> 00:21:43.520
 eaten,

00:21:43.900 --> 00:21:44.500
 so the Passover

00:21:44.500 --> 00:21:45.180
 feast where

00:21:45.180 --> 00:21:46.180
 Israelites celebrate

00:21:46.180 --> 00:21:47.360
 because they

00:21:47.360 --> 00:21:47.820
 were in

00:21:47.820 --> 00:21:48.520
 captivity in

00:21:48.520 --> 00:21:48.920
 Egypt,

00:21:49.060 --> 00:21:49.720
 but God

00:21:49.720 --> 00:21:50.280
 sent his

00:21:50.280 --> 00:21:50.980
 angel of death

00:21:50.980 --> 00:21:52.640
 to judge

00:21:52.640 --> 00:21:53.680
 those who

00:21:53.680 --> 00:21:54.300
 oppose him

00:21:54.300 --> 00:21:54.960
 in Egypt

00:21:54.960 --> 00:21:55.480
 to kill

00:21:55.480 --> 00:21:55.920
 the first

00:21:55.920 --> 00:21:56.720
 borns

00:21:56.720 --> 00:21:57.599
 of all

00:21:57.599 --> 00:21:58.299
 families.

00:21:59.500 --> 00:21:59.900
 But to

00:21:59.900 --> 00:22:00.400
 those who

00:22:00.400 --> 00:22:00.980
 obeyed him

00:22:00.980 --> 00:22:01.279
 and listened

00:22:01.279 --> 00:22:01.779
 to him

00:22:01.779 --> 00:22:02.640
 and killed

00:22:02.640 --> 00:22:03.200
 the Passover

00:22:03.200 --> 00:22:04.000
 lamb instead

00:22:04.000 --> 00:22:05.440
 and daubed

00:22:05.440 --> 00:22:06.039
 its blood

00:22:06.039 --> 00:22:06.519
 on the

00:22:06.519 --> 00:22:07.099
 doorposts

00:22:07.099 --> 00:22:07.720
 were spared.

00:22:08.720 --> 00:22:09.720
 And so

00:22:09.720 --> 00:22:10.380
 the Passover

00:22:10.380 --> 00:22:10.640
 lamb,

00:22:10.720 --> 00:22:10.880
 however,

00:22:10.940 --> 00:22:11.180
 when they

00:22:11.180 --> 00:22:11.440
 eat it,

00:22:11.480 --> 00:22:11.660
 they were

00:22:11.660 --> 00:22:12.039
 not to

00:22:12.039 --> 00:22:12.539
 break any

00:22:12.539 --> 00:22:12.880
 of its

00:22:12.880 --> 00:22:13.279
 bones.

00:22:13.380 --> 00:22:13.640
 So in

00:22:13.640 --> 00:22:13.839
 that,

00:22:14.000 --> 00:22:14.240
 Jesus

00:22:14.240 --> 00:22:14.759
 fulfills

00:22:14.759 --> 00:22:14.880
 that.

00:22:14.980 --> 00:22:15.400
 He is

00:22:15.400 --> 00:22:16.039
 the ultimate

00:22:16.039 --> 00:22:16.500
 Passover

00:22:16.500 --> 00:22:16.839
 lamb.

00:22:17.140 --> 00:22:17.559
 His bone

00:22:17.559 --> 00:22:17.900
 is not

00:22:17.900 --> 00:22:18.519
 broken as

00:22:18.519 --> 00:22:18.940
 he dies.

00:22:19.259 --> 00:22:19.539
 And it

00:22:19.539 --> 00:22:20.039
 is his

00:22:20.039 --> 00:22:21.000
 blood that

00:22:21.000 --> 00:22:21.680
 becomes the

00:22:21.680 --> 00:22:22.500
 atonement for

00:22:22.500 --> 00:22:23.220
 our sins

00:22:23.220 --> 00:22:23.860
 so that we

00:22:23.860 --> 00:22:24.620
 can be spared

00:22:24.619 --> 00:22:25.299
 from God's

00:22:25.299 --> 00:22:25.779
 righteous

00:22:25.779 --> 00:22:26.639
 and just

00:22:26.639 --> 00:22:27.139
 judgment

00:22:27.139 --> 00:22:28.079
 of sinners.

00:22:29.959 --> 00:22:31.639
 And those

00:22:31.639 --> 00:22:32.439
 who die

00:22:32.439 --> 00:22:33.479
 on a tree

00:22:33.479 --> 00:22:34.339
 or hang

00:22:34.339 --> 00:22:34.919
 on a tree,

00:22:35.539 --> 00:22:36.599
 which happened

00:22:36.599 --> 00:22:36.919
 to those

00:22:36.919 --> 00:22:37.119
 who are

00:22:37.119 --> 00:22:37.939
 executed,

00:22:38.239 --> 00:22:38.639
 and these

00:22:38.639 --> 00:22:38.859
 Israelites

00:22:38.859 --> 00:22:39.339
 typically

00:22:39.339 --> 00:22:39.859
 executed

00:22:39.859 --> 00:22:40.239
 victims

00:22:40.239 --> 00:22:40.579
 and then

00:22:40.579 --> 00:22:41.619
 hung them

00:22:41.619 --> 00:22:41.859
 on a

00:22:41.859 --> 00:22:42.059
 tree

00:22:42.059 --> 00:22:43.559
 to display.

00:22:46.119 --> 00:22:47.959
 And because

00:22:47.959 --> 00:22:48.419
 of that,

00:22:48.579 --> 00:22:48.879
 the Bible

00:22:48.879 --> 00:22:49.379
 said that

00:22:49.379 --> 00:22:49.759
 those who

00:22:49.759 --> 00:22:50.119
 die in

00:22:50.119 --> 00:22:50.479
 that manner

00:22:50.479 --> 00:22:51.199
 is cursed.

00:22:51.979 --> 00:22:52.159
 And then

00:22:52.159 --> 00:22:52.939
 Jesus then

00:22:52.939 --> 00:22:53.419
 takes on

00:22:53.419 --> 00:22:53.979
 our curse

00:22:53.980 --> 00:22:54.259
 on the

00:22:54.259 --> 00:22:54.579
 cross

00:22:54.579 --> 00:22:55.120
 by dying

00:22:55.120 --> 00:22:55.420
 on the

00:22:55.420 --> 00:22:55.680
 tree.

00:22:55.880 --> 00:22:56.120
 He's

00:22:56.120 --> 00:22:56.779
 hanged

00:22:56.779 --> 00:22:57.039
 on a

00:22:57.039 --> 00:22:57.319
 tree.

00:22:58.680 --> 00:22:59.160
 And the

00:22:59.160 --> 00:22:59.539
 author of

00:22:59.539 --> 00:22:59.960
 Galatians

00:22:59.960 --> 00:23:00.640
 3.13

00:23:00.640 --> 00:23:01.220
 notes this,

00:23:01.279 --> 00:23:02.059
 Christ redeemed

00:23:02.059 --> 00:23:02.620
 us from

00:23:02.620 --> 00:23:03.120
 the curse

00:23:03.120 --> 00:23:03.400
 of the

00:23:03.400 --> 00:23:04.160
 law by

00:23:04.160 --> 00:23:04.620
 becoming

00:23:04.620 --> 00:23:05.200
 a curse

00:23:05.200 --> 00:23:06.120
 for us.

00:23:06.460 --> 00:23:06.799
 For it

00:23:06.799 --> 00:23:07.279
 is written,

00:23:07.539 --> 00:23:08.079
 cursed is

00:23:08.079 --> 00:23:08.660
 everyone

00:23:08.660 --> 00:23:09.279
 who is

00:23:09.279 --> 00:23:09.920
 hanged

00:23:09.920 --> 00:23:10.799
 on a

00:23:10.799 --> 00:23:11.039
 tree.

00:23:12.920 --> 00:23:13.680
 So Jesus

00:23:13.680 --> 00:23:14.180
 is the

00:23:14.180 --> 00:23:14.819
 new Passover

00:23:14.819 --> 00:23:15.259
 lamb,

00:23:15.759 --> 00:23:16.079
 and so

00:23:16.079 --> 00:23:16.620
 because he's

00:23:16.620 --> 00:23:17.120
 already dead,

00:23:17.200 --> 00:23:17.519
 the soldiers

00:23:17.519 --> 00:23:17.940
 instead of

00:23:17.940 --> 00:23:18.420
 breaking his

00:23:18.420 --> 00:23:18.640
 legs,

00:23:18.740 --> 00:23:19.120
 they just

00:23:19.120 --> 00:23:19.720
 pierce him

00:23:19.720 --> 00:23:20.059
 to make

00:23:20.059 --> 00:23:20.579
 sure that

00:23:20.579 --> 00:23:20.819
 he is

00:23:20.819 --> 00:23:21.200
 good and

00:23:21.200 --> 00:23:21.440
 dead.

00:23:22.120 --> 00:23:22.620
 And when

00:23:22.620 --> 00:23:23.099
 they do,

00:23:23.240 --> 00:23:23.599
 it says,

00:23:23.599 --> 00:23:24.500
 at once

00:23:24.500 --> 00:23:24.980
 there came

00:23:24.980 --> 00:23:25.639
 out blood

00:23:25.639 --> 00:23:26.879
 and water,

00:23:27.359 --> 00:23:28.319
 which medical

00:23:28.319 --> 00:23:29.299
 experts disagree

00:23:29.299 --> 00:23:30.159
 on what exactly

00:23:30.159 --> 00:23:30.740
 was pierced,

00:23:30.819 --> 00:23:31.319
 but they agree

00:23:31.319 --> 00:23:32.099
 that that could

00:23:32.099 --> 00:23:32.619
 happen in

00:23:32.619 --> 00:23:33.439
 multiple ways.

00:23:34.079 --> 00:23:35.059
 They make it

00:23:35.059 --> 00:23:35.480
 possible that

00:23:35.480 --> 00:23:35.839
 they pierced

00:23:35.839 --> 00:23:36.359
 the heart,

00:23:36.699 --> 00:23:37.339
 so the blood

00:23:37.339 --> 00:23:37.879
 was from the

00:23:37.879 --> 00:23:38.419
 heart and the

00:23:38.419 --> 00:23:39.099
 water was from

00:23:39.099 --> 00:23:39.719
 the sack that

00:23:39.719 --> 00:23:40.319
 surrounds the

00:23:40.319 --> 00:23:40.599
 heart.

00:23:41.379 --> 00:23:41.879
 Either way,

00:23:42.279 --> 00:23:43.039
 these are

00:23:43.039 --> 00:23:43.939
 soldiers who are

00:23:43.939 --> 00:23:44.500
 trained to

00:23:44.500 --> 00:23:44.779
 kill,

00:23:45.240 --> 00:23:45.639
 and when they

00:23:45.639 --> 00:23:46.079
 pierce,

00:23:46.199 --> 00:23:46.679
 to make sure

00:23:46.679 --> 00:23:46.980
 that they're

00:23:46.980 --> 00:23:47.219
 dead,

00:23:47.279 --> 00:23:47.679
 this person

00:23:47.679 --> 00:23:48.099
 is dead,

00:23:48.099 --> 00:23:48.419
 and so

00:23:48.419 --> 00:23:48.759
 Jesus,

00:23:49.139 --> 00:23:50.219
 he's there

00:23:50.219 --> 00:23:50.579
 to show

00:23:50.579 --> 00:23:50.899
 that Jesus

00:23:50.899 --> 00:23:51.459
 was clearly

00:23:51.459 --> 00:23:51.779
 dead.

00:23:53.419 --> 00:23:54.119
 And John's

00:23:54.119 --> 00:23:54.659
 point about

00:23:54.659 --> 00:23:55.299
 water and

00:23:55.299 --> 00:23:55.839
 blood coming

00:23:55.839 --> 00:23:56.539
 out is not

00:23:56.539 --> 00:23:57.059
 really,

00:23:57.319 --> 00:23:58.219
 you know,

00:23:58.319 --> 00:23:58.679
 medical,

00:23:58.779 --> 00:23:59.399
 it's not a

00:23:59.399 --> 00:23:59.959
 medical interest,

00:24:00.059 --> 00:24:00.759
 it's a theological

00:24:00.759 --> 00:24:01.639
 interest for him,

00:24:02.000 --> 00:24:02.559
 because he had

00:24:02.559 --> 00:24:03.419
 noted that it's

00:24:03.419 --> 00:24:04.059
 the blood of

00:24:04.059 --> 00:24:04.579
 Jesus that

00:24:04.579 --> 00:24:05.639
 poured out,

00:24:06.000 --> 00:24:07.159
 that cleanses

00:24:07.159 --> 00:24:08.119
 us from sin,

00:24:08.399 --> 00:24:09.500
 as he writes

00:24:09.500 --> 00:24:10.099
 in another place

00:24:10.099 --> 00:24:10.939
 in 1 John 1

00:24:10.939 --> 00:24:11.399
 to 7.

00:24:12.159 --> 00:24:12.699
 And then again,

00:24:13.119 --> 00:24:14.000
 earlier in John

00:24:14.000 --> 00:24:14.799
 chapter 7,

00:24:15.240 --> 00:24:15.579
 he said,

00:24:15.579 --> 00:24:16.399
 whoever believes

00:24:16.399 --> 00:24:16.759
 in me,

00:24:16.819 --> 00:24:17.299
 as the scripture

00:24:17.299 --> 00:24:17.779
 has said,

00:24:18.039 --> 00:24:18.639
 out of his

00:24:18.639 --> 00:24:19.720
 heart will

00:24:19.720 --> 00:24:20.759
 flow rivers

00:24:20.759 --> 00:24:21.559
 of living

00:24:21.559 --> 00:24:22.000
 water.

00:24:22.439 --> 00:24:23.099
 Now this he

00:24:23.099 --> 00:24:23.539
 said about

00:24:23.539 --> 00:24:24.099
 the spirit

00:24:24.099 --> 00:24:25.179
 whom those

00:24:25.179 --> 00:24:25.799
 who believe

00:24:25.799 --> 00:24:26.119
 in him

00:24:26.119 --> 00:24:26.439
 were to

00:24:26.439 --> 00:24:26.939
 receive,

00:24:27.240 --> 00:24:27.740
 for as yet

00:24:27.740 --> 00:24:28.119
 the spirit

00:24:28.119 --> 00:24:28.679
 had not been

00:24:28.679 --> 00:24:28.939
 given,

00:24:29.059 --> 00:24:29.500
 because Jesus

00:24:29.500 --> 00:24:30.240
 was not yet

00:24:30.240 --> 00:24:30.980
 glorified.

00:24:31.319 --> 00:24:31.819
 So the image

00:24:31.819 --> 00:24:32.279
 of water

00:24:32.279 --> 00:24:32.679
 throughout the

00:24:32.679 --> 00:24:33.179
 Bible often

00:24:33.179 --> 00:24:33.879
 refers to the

00:24:33.879 --> 00:24:34.639
 spirit of God,

00:24:35.019 --> 00:24:35.480
 and so here

00:24:35.480 --> 00:24:36.500
 the water being

00:24:36.500 --> 00:24:37.019
 poured out

00:24:37.019 --> 00:24:37.539
 with water

00:24:37.539 --> 00:24:38.779
 is a symbol,

00:24:38.879 --> 00:24:39.659
 is a visual

00:24:39.659 --> 00:24:40.279
 representation

00:24:40.279 --> 00:24:41.679
 of the Holy

00:24:41.679 --> 00:24:42.619
 Spirit really

00:24:42.619 --> 00:24:43.299
 coming out

00:24:43.299 --> 00:24:44.139
 of his heart,

00:24:44.699 --> 00:24:45.220
 of the water

00:24:45.220 --> 00:24:45.980
 pouring out

00:24:45.980 --> 00:24:46.480
 of his heart,

00:24:46.559 --> 00:24:46.799
 so they

00:24:46.799 --> 00:24:47.039
 can be

00:24:47.039 --> 00:24:47.700
 living water

00:24:47.700 --> 00:24:48.240
 to those

00:24:48.240 --> 00:24:48.839
 who would

00:24:48.839 --> 00:24:49.360
 believe in

00:24:49.360 --> 00:24:49.579
 him.

00:24:51.700 --> 00:24:52.259
 And then

00:24:52.259 --> 00:24:52.660
 finally,

00:24:52.900 --> 00:24:55.500
 they will

00:24:55.500 --> 00:24:56.019
 look on

00:24:56.019 --> 00:24:56.480
 him whom

00:24:56.480 --> 00:24:56.779
 they have

00:24:56.779 --> 00:24:57.039
 pierced.

00:24:57.140 --> 00:24:57.319
 Again,

00:24:57.400 --> 00:24:57.579
 that's

00:24:57.579 --> 00:24:58.039
 fulfillment

00:24:58.039 --> 00:24:58.799
 of Zechariah

00:24:58.799 --> 00:24:59.640
 12,

00:25:00.100 --> 00:25:00.720
 10,

00:25:01.740 --> 00:25:02.279
 which said

00:25:02.279 --> 00:25:02.900
 that,

00:25:03.160 --> 00:25:03.420
 and then

00:25:03.420 --> 00:25:04.440
 later in

00:25:04.440 --> 00:25:05.240
 that same

00:25:05.240 --> 00:25:05.640
 passage,

00:25:05.759 --> 00:25:06.019
 it says,

00:25:06.180 --> 00:25:06.519
 on that

00:25:06.519 --> 00:25:06.980
 day there

00:25:06.980 --> 00:25:07.400
 shall be

00:25:07.400 --> 00:25:07.940
 a fountain

00:25:07.940 --> 00:25:08.680
 open for

00:25:08.680 --> 00:25:09.039
 the house

00:25:09.039 --> 00:25:09.460
 of David

00:25:09.460 --> 00:25:10.000
 and the

00:25:10.000 --> 00:25:10.420
 inhabitants

00:25:10.420 --> 00:25:11.000
 of Jerusalem

00:25:11.000 --> 00:25:11.640
 to cleanse

00:25:11.640 --> 00:25:12.380
 them from

00:25:12.380 --> 00:25:13.519
 sin and

00:25:13.519 --> 00:25:14.519
 uncleanness.

00:25:14.519 --> 00:25:14.980
 So again,

00:25:14.980 --> 00:25:15.420
 with the

00:25:15.420 --> 00:25:15.839
 water and

00:25:15.839 --> 00:25:16.279
 blood pouring

00:25:16.279 --> 00:25:16.539
 out of

00:25:16.539 --> 00:25:16.759
 Jesus'

00:25:16.960 --> 00:25:17.180
 heart,

00:25:17.480 --> 00:25:17.880
 that's the

00:25:17.880 --> 00:25:18.259
 fountain

00:25:18.259 --> 00:25:19.140
 opened up

00:25:19.140 --> 00:25:20.160
 for his

00:25:20.160 --> 00:25:20.620
 people,

00:25:20.980 --> 00:25:21.279
 those who

00:25:21.279 --> 00:25:21.740
 would believe

00:25:21.740 --> 00:25:22.039
 in him

00:25:22.039 --> 00:25:22.360
 for the

00:25:22.360 --> 00:25:22.880
 cleansing of

00:25:22.880 --> 00:25:23.360
 our sin

00:25:23.360 --> 00:25:24.059
 by the

00:25:24.059 --> 00:25:24.960
 blood and

00:25:24.960 --> 00:25:25.400
 the water.

00:25:26.759 --> 00:25:27.360
 So Jesus

00:25:27.360 --> 00:25:27.880
 fulfills

00:25:27.880 --> 00:25:28.579
 scripture as

00:25:28.579 --> 00:25:29.019
 the new

00:25:29.019 --> 00:25:29.620
 David and

00:25:29.620 --> 00:25:30.019
 as the new

00:25:30.019 --> 00:25:30.819
 Passover lamb,

00:25:31.019 --> 00:25:31.660
 but he does

00:25:31.660 --> 00:25:32.319
 this in order

00:25:32.319 --> 00:25:33.000
 to create a

00:25:33.000 --> 00:25:33.579
 new people.

00:25:34.900 --> 00:25:35.620
 John writes

00:25:35.620 --> 00:25:36.640
 in verse 35,

00:25:37.099 --> 00:25:37.839
 he who saw

00:25:37.839 --> 00:25:38.380
 it has

00:25:38.380 --> 00:25:39.240
 borne witness,

00:25:39.700 --> 00:25:40.500
 his testimony

00:25:40.500 --> 00:25:41.279
 is true,

00:25:41.759 --> 00:25:42.460
 and he knows

00:25:42.460 --> 00:25:42.900
 that he is

00:25:42.900 --> 00:25:43.579
 telling the truth

00:25:43.579 --> 00:25:43.939
 that you

00:25:43.939 --> 00:25:44.740
 also may

00:25:44.740 --> 00:25:45.359
 believe.

00:25:46.500 --> 00:25:47.339
 This is the

00:25:47.339 --> 00:25:47.879
 goal of

00:25:47.879 --> 00:25:48.299
 John's

00:25:48.299 --> 00:25:48.559
 writing.

00:25:48.639 --> 00:25:48.859
 He's not

00:25:48.859 --> 00:25:49.419
 just writing

00:25:49.419 --> 00:25:50.379
 it just to

00:25:50.379 --> 00:25:51.899
 remember for

00:25:51.899 --> 00:25:52.379
 the sake of

00:25:52.379 --> 00:25:52.799
 memory,

00:25:53.019 --> 00:25:53.759
 but he is

00:25:53.759 --> 00:25:54.559
 bearing witness

00:25:54.559 --> 00:25:55.379
 so that those

00:25:55.379 --> 00:25:55.859
 who read

00:25:55.859 --> 00:25:56.240
 this,

00:25:56.519 --> 00:25:56.779
 those who

00:25:56.779 --> 00:25:57.220
 encounter

00:25:57.220 --> 00:25:57.939
 Jesus through

00:25:57.939 --> 00:25:58.480
 his writing

00:25:58.480 --> 00:25:59.539
 might believe

00:25:59.539 --> 00:25:59.879
 in him.

00:26:00.500 --> 00:26:01.039
 That's his

00:26:01.039 --> 00:26:01.359
 goal,

00:26:01.500 --> 00:26:02.159
 and in doing

00:26:02.159 --> 00:26:02.699
 so become

00:26:02.699 --> 00:26:03.359
 born into

00:26:03.359 --> 00:26:03.859
 the family

00:26:03.859 --> 00:26:04.259
 of God.

00:26:04.699 --> 00:26:05.240
 And we see

00:26:05.240 --> 00:26:05.799
 a glimpse of

00:26:05.799 --> 00:26:06.199
 this new

00:26:06.199 --> 00:26:06.839
 family in

00:26:06.839 --> 00:26:07.759
 verses 25 to

00:26:07.759 --> 00:26:08.319
 26,

00:26:08.779 --> 00:26:09.339
 where Jesus,

00:26:09.519 --> 00:26:10.019
 even as he's

00:26:10.019 --> 00:26:10.480
 dying on the

00:26:10.480 --> 00:26:10.740
 cross,

00:26:10.819 --> 00:26:11.439
 takes care of

00:26:11.440 --> 00:26:12.299
 his mother,

00:26:12.420 --> 00:26:12.600
 he says,

00:26:13.880 --> 00:26:14.940
 and he says

00:26:14.940 --> 00:26:15.420
 to his

00:26:15.420 --> 00:26:16.059
 disciple whom

00:26:16.059 --> 00:26:16.320
 he loved

00:26:16.320 --> 00:26:16.900
 standing nearby,

00:26:17.259 --> 00:26:17.660
 and he said

00:26:17.660 --> 00:26:17.920
 to his

00:26:17.920 --> 00:26:18.140
 mother,

00:26:18.259 --> 00:26:18.500
 woman,

00:26:18.860 --> 00:26:19.480
 behold your

00:26:19.480 --> 00:26:19.840
 son.

00:26:20.080 --> 00:26:20.340
 Then he

00:26:20.340 --> 00:26:20.740
 said to the

00:26:20.740 --> 00:26:21.120
 disciple,

00:26:21.299 --> 00:26:22.160
 behold your

00:26:22.160 --> 00:26:22.539
 mother,

00:26:22.900 --> 00:26:23.380
 and from

00:26:23.380 --> 00:26:23.820
 that hour

00:26:23.820 --> 00:26:24.340
 the disciple

00:26:24.340 --> 00:26:25.080
 took her

00:26:25.080 --> 00:26:25.660
 to his

00:26:25.660 --> 00:26:26.580
 own home.

00:26:28.519 --> 00:26:31.120
 And this

00:26:31.120 --> 00:26:31.580
 is interesting

00:26:31.580 --> 00:26:32.240
 because Jesus

00:26:32.240 --> 00:26:33.019
 has other

00:26:33.019 --> 00:26:33.519
 siblings,

00:26:34.080 --> 00:26:34.920
 even though

00:26:34.920 --> 00:26:35.380
 they're half

00:26:35.380 --> 00:26:35.759
 siblings,

00:26:36.180 --> 00:26:36.420
 of course,

00:26:36.480 --> 00:26:36.920
 because Jesus

00:26:36.920 --> 00:26:37.400
 was born

00:26:37.400 --> 00:26:38.140
 of Mary

00:26:38.140 --> 00:26:38.539
 when she

00:26:38.539 --> 00:26:38.880
 was a

00:26:38.880 --> 00:26:39.300
 virgin.

00:26:39.960 --> 00:26:40.620
 But she

00:26:40.620 --> 00:26:41.779
 has children

00:26:41.779 --> 00:26:42.720
 after Jesus,

00:26:43.000 --> 00:26:43.160
 right,

00:26:43.279 --> 00:26:44.160
 and so he

00:26:44.160 --> 00:26:44.779
 has at least

00:26:44.779 --> 00:26:45.519
 half brothers,

00:26:45.720 --> 00:26:46.120
 siblings,

00:26:46.600 --> 00:26:47.160
 but instead

00:26:47.160 --> 00:26:47.960
 of entrusting

00:26:47.960 --> 00:26:49.120
 his biological

00:26:49.120 --> 00:26:49.880
 mother to

00:26:49.880 --> 00:26:50.840
 his biological

00:26:50.840 --> 00:26:51.400
 brothers,

00:26:51.759 --> 00:26:52.519
 he entrusts

00:26:52.519 --> 00:26:53.100
 her to

00:26:53.100 --> 00:26:54.539
 his spiritual

00:26:54.539 --> 00:26:55.000
 family,

00:26:55.220 --> 00:26:56.060
 his spiritual

00:26:56.060 --> 00:26:56.420
 brother,

00:26:56.900 --> 00:26:57.279
 the new

00:26:57.279 --> 00:26:57.840
 family of

00:26:57.840 --> 00:26:58.320
 God that

00:26:58.320 --> 00:26:58.740
 has come

00:26:58.740 --> 00:26:59.300
 up through

00:26:59.300 --> 00:26:59.840
 his work.

00:27:00.820 --> 00:27:01.340
 And he

00:27:01.340 --> 00:27:01.580
 says,

00:27:01.759 --> 00:27:02.200
 this is your

00:27:02.200 --> 00:27:02.460
 mother,

00:27:03.080 --> 00:27:03.840
 this is your

00:27:03.840 --> 00:27:04.120
 son.

00:27:04.119 --> 00:27:08.479
 And not

00:27:08.479 --> 00:27:08.779
 only that,

00:27:08.839 --> 00:27:09.259
 we see this

00:27:09.259 --> 00:27:09.659
 new family

00:27:09.659 --> 00:27:09.979
 in verses

00:27:09.979 --> 00:27:11.199
 38 to 42.

00:27:11.559 --> 00:27:12.079
 New people

00:27:12.079 --> 00:27:12.439
 come and

00:27:12.439 --> 00:27:12.879
 join this

00:27:12.879 --> 00:27:13.199
 family.

00:27:13.719 --> 00:27:13.899
 It says,

00:27:14.279 --> 00:27:14.899
 after these

00:27:14.899 --> 00:27:15.259
 things,

00:27:15.399 --> 00:27:16.039
 Joseph of

00:27:16.039 --> 00:27:16.559
 Arimathea

00:27:16.559 --> 00:27:17.019
 was a

00:27:17.019 --> 00:27:17.559
 disciple of

00:27:17.559 --> 00:27:17.879
 Jesus,

00:27:18.199 --> 00:27:18.859
 but secretly

00:27:18.859 --> 00:27:19.399
 for fear

00:27:19.399 --> 00:27:19.639
 of the

00:27:19.639 --> 00:27:19.919
 Jews,

00:27:20.039 --> 00:27:20.699
 asked Pilate

00:27:20.699 --> 00:27:20.979
 that he

00:27:20.979 --> 00:27:21.419
 might take

00:27:21.419 --> 00:27:21.899
 away the

00:27:21.899 --> 00:27:22.279
 body of

00:27:22.279 --> 00:27:22.559
 Jesus.

00:27:23.119 --> 00:27:23.579
 And Pilate

00:27:23.579 --> 00:27:24.299
 gave him

00:27:24.299 --> 00:27:24.859
 permission.

00:27:25.299 --> 00:27:25.500
 So he

00:27:25.500 --> 00:27:25.839
 came and

00:27:25.839 --> 00:27:26.159
 took away

00:27:26.159 --> 00:27:26.659
 his body.

00:27:27.079 --> 00:27:27.739
 Joseph of

00:27:27.739 --> 00:27:28.379
 Arimathea

00:27:28.379 --> 00:27:28.919
 was a

00:27:28.919 --> 00:27:29.339
 member of

00:27:29.339 --> 00:27:30.079
 the Sanhedrin,

00:27:30.500 --> 00:27:31.179
 and Sanhedrin

00:27:31.179 --> 00:27:31.500
 is the

00:27:31.500 --> 00:27:32.099
 highest ruling

00:27:32.099 --> 00:27:32.599
 body among

00:27:32.599 --> 00:27:33.079
 the Jews

00:27:33.079 --> 00:27:33.879
 that condemned

00:27:33.880 --> 00:27:34.340
 Jesus,

00:27:34.880 --> 00:27:35.380
 and took

00:27:35.380 --> 00:27:36.200
 him to

00:27:36.200 --> 00:27:36.800
 the cross.

00:27:37.460 --> 00:27:37.700
 And so

00:27:37.700 --> 00:27:38.140
 here we

00:27:38.140 --> 00:27:38.700
 see him

00:27:38.700 --> 00:27:39.500
 leaving that

00:27:39.500 --> 00:27:40.020
 family,

00:27:40.140 --> 00:27:40.680
 that structure,

00:27:40.820 --> 00:27:41.680
 that Sanhedrin

00:27:41.680 --> 00:27:42.640
 is no longer

00:27:42.640 --> 00:27:43.180
 the focus

00:27:43.180 --> 00:27:44.180
 of the

00:27:44.180 --> 00:27:44.800
 focus of

00:27:44.800 --> 00:27:45.060
 God's

00:27:45.060 --> 00:27:45.340
 people,

00:27:45.760 --> 00:27:46.300
 but the

00:27:46.300 --> 00:27:47.020
 new family

00:27:47.020 --> 00:27:47.320
 of God

00:27:47.320 --> 00:27:47.820
 now is

00:27:47.820 --> 00:27:49.100
 built around

00:27:49.100 --> 00:27:49.540
 Jesus,

00:27:49.740 --> 00:27:50.060
 and he

00:27:50.060 --> 00:27:50.520
 comes to

00:27:50.520 --> 00:27:51.080
 grab Jesus

00:27:51.080 --> 00:27:51.360
 so that he

00:27:51.360 --> 00:27:51.680
 could give

00:27:51.680 --> 00:27:51.960
 him a

00:27:51.960 --> 00:27:52.660
 proper burial.

00:27:53.580 --> 00:27:53.880
 We see

00:27:53.880 --> 00:27:54.220
 this also

00:27:54.220 --> 00:27:54.920
 in Nicodemus.

00:27:55.000 --> 00:27:55.260
 It says,

00:27:55.680 --> 00:27:56.280
 that passage

00:27:56.280 --> 00:27:56.680
 continues,

00:27:56.780 --> 00:27:57.260
 Nicodemus

00:27:57.260 --> 00:27:57.640
 also,

00:27:57.780 --> 00:27:58.140
 who earlier

00:27:58.140 --> 00:27:58.540
 had come

00:27:58.540 --> 00:27:58.980
 to Jesus

00:27:58.980 --> 00:27:59.540
 by night,

00:27:59.860 --> 00:28:00.440
 came bringing

00:28:00.440 --> 00:28:00.920
 a mixture

00:28:00.920 --> 00:28:01.380
 of myrrh

00:28:01.380 --> 00:28:02.020
 and aloes,

00:28:02.360 --> 00:28:03.120
 about 75

00:28:03.119 --> 00:28:04.079
 pounds in

00:28:04.079 --> 00:28:04.319
 weight.

00:28:05.000 --> 00:28:05.299
 So they

00:28:05.299 --> 00:28:05.639
 took the

00:28:05.639 --> 00:28:05.979
 body of

00:28:05.979 --> 00:28:06.399
 Jesus and

00:28:06.399 --> 00:28:07.319
 bound it in

00:28:07.319 --> 00:28:08.000
 linen cloths

00:28:08.000 --> 00:28:08.359
 with the

00:28:08.359 --> 00:28:08.699
 spices,

00:28:09.199 --> 00:28:09.639
 as is the

00:28:09.639 --> 00:28:10.299
 burial custom

00:28:10.299 --> 00:28:10.759
 of the

00:28:10.759 --> 00:28:11.059
 Jews.

00:28:11.579 --> 00:28:12.979
 John uses

00:28:12.979 --> 00:28:14.379
 the metaphor,

00:28:14.679 --> 00:28:15.859
 the motif of

00:28:15.859 --> 00:28:16.279
 light and

00:28:16.279 --> 00:28:17.239
 darkness to

00:28:17.239 --> 00:28:17.819
 great effect

00:28:17.819 --> 00:28:18.279
 throughout his

00:28:18.279 --> 00:28:18.639
 gospel.

00:28:19.119 --> 00:28:19.579
 So when he

00:28:19.579 --> 00:28:20.219
 notes here that

00:28:20.219 --> 00:28:21.059
 Nicodemus had

00:28:21.059 --> 00:28:21.839
 formally come to

00:28:21.839 --> 00:28:22.759
 Jesus at

00:28:22.759 --> 00:28:23.299
 night,

00:28:23.659 --> 00:28:24.479
 he's noting that

00:28:24.479 --> 00:28:25.079
 he was at

00:28:25.079 --> 00:28:25.799
 that time in

00:28:25.799 --> 00:28:26.339
 a place of

00:28:26.339 --> 00:28:26.919
 darkness,

00:28:27.439 --> 00:28:28.299
 a place of

00:28:28.299 --> 00:28:28.979
 unbelief,

00:28:29.079 --> 00:28:29.439
 a place of

00:28:29.439 --> 00:28:30.259
 not knowing who

00:28:30.259 --> 00:28:30.859
 Jesus was.

00:28:31.079 --> 00:28:31.799
 But now here

00:28:31.799 --> 00:28:32.799
 he comes to

00:28:32.799 --> 00:28:33.799
 bury Jesus

00:28:33.799 --> 00:28:34.119
 and to

00:28:34.119 --> 00:28:34.680
 anoint him.

00:28:34.940 --> 00:28:35.319
 He has come

00:28:35.319 --> 00:28:35.779
 out of the

00:28:35.779 --> 00:28:36.759
 darkness into

00:28:36.759 --> 00:28:37.099
 light,

00:28:37.160 --> 00:28:37.819
 the light that

00:28:37.819 --> 00:28:38.339
 is Jesus,

00:28:38.500 --> 00:28:38.859
 the light of

00:28:38.859 --> 00:28:39.240
 the world.

00:28:41.279 --> 00:28:41.859
 And in

00:28:41.859 --> 00:28:42.980
 sharing this,

00:28:43.099 --> 00:28:44.480
 John is

00:28:44.480 --> 00:28:45.279
 inviting all

00:28:45.279 --> 00:28:46.779
 of us to

00:28:46.779 --> 00:28:47.500
 step out of

00:28:47.500 --> 00:28:48.519
 darkness into

00:28:48.519 --> 00:28:49.480
 light, to

00:28:49.480 --> 00:28:50.039
 believe in

00:28:50.039 --> 00:28:50.660
 Jesus and to

00:28:50.660 --> 00:28:51.279
 be born again

00:28:51.279 --> 00:28:52.259
 into that new

00:28:52.259 --> 00:28:52.819
 family of

00:28:52.819 --> 00:28:53.099
 God.

00:28:55.220 --> 00:28:56.039
 As the new

00:28:56.039 --> 00:28:56.940
 David and the

00:28:56.940 --> 00:28:57.539
 new Passover

00:28:57.539 --> 00:28:58.180
 lamb, Jesus

00:28:58.180 --> 00:28:58.879
 died on the

00:28:58.879 --> 00:28:59.420
 cross as the

00:28:59.420 --> 00:29:00.759
 atoning sacrifice

00:29:00.759 --> 00:29:02.019
 for the sins

00:29:02.019 --> 00:29:03.019
 of his

00:29:03.019 --> 00:29:03.400
 people.

00:29:07.200 --> 00:29:09.860
 And of

00:29:09.860 --> 00:29:10.140
 course that's

00:29:10.140 --> 00:29:10.560
 not the end

00:29:10.560 --> 00:29:11.080
 of the story.

00:29:12.160 --> 00:29:12.980
 There's Easter

00:29:12.980 --> 00:29:13.800
 and I hope you

00:29:13.800 --> 00:29:14.320
 guys come back

00:29:14.320 --> 00:29:14.980
 for Easter to

00:29:14.980 --> 00:29:15.580
 hear the rest

00:29:15.580 --> 00:29:16.100
 of the story

00:29:16.100 --> 00:29:16.920
 because apart

00:29:16.920 --> 00:29:17.220
 from the

00:29:17.220 --> 00:29:17.660
 resurrection,

00:29:17.900 --> 00:29:18.320
 this would be

00:29:18.320 --> 00:29:18.700
 meaningless.

00:29:19.620 --> 00:29:20.200
 Because the

00:29:20.200 --> 00:29:20.840
 resurrection is

00:29:20.840 --> 00:29:22.360
 the proof that

00:29:22.360 --> 00:29:23.279
 his sacrifice is

00:29:23.279 --> 00:29:24.940
 accepted by the

00:29:24.940 --> 00:29:25.200
 Father.

00:29:26.160 --> 00:29:26.920
 But if you're

00:29:26.920 --> 00:29:27.519
 here this

00:29:27.519 --> 00:29:28.320
 evening, you're

00:29:28.320 --> 00:29:29.100
 not here by

00:29:29.099 --> 00:29:29.579
 mistake.

00:29:31.119 --> 00:29:32.119
 God summons

00:29:32.119 --> 00:29:32.439
 you, he

00:29:32.439 --> 00:29:34.299
 calls you to

00:29:34.299 --> 00:29:35.699
 believe because

00:29:35.699 --> 00:29:36.519
 John wrote this

00:29:36.519 --> 00:29:37.279
 that we also

00:29:37.279 --> 00:29:39.000
 may believe.

00:29:39.139 --> 00:29:39.599
 And as much

00:29:39.599 --> 00:29:40.259
 as we'd like to

00:29:40.259 --> 00:29:40.879
 tell ourselves

00:29:40.879 --> 00:29:41.179
 that we're

00:29:41.179 --> 00:29:41.719
 pretty good

00:29:41.719 --> 00:29:43.259
 people, that

00:29:43.259 --> 00:29:43.799
 we live in a

00:29:43.799 --> 00:29:44.339
 pretty good

00:29:44.339 --> 00:29:46.059
 world, this

00:29:46.059 --> 00:29:47.599
 world is full

00:29:47.599 --> 00:29:48.199
 of darkness

00:29:48.199 --> 00:29:49.579
 and the evil,

00:29:50.219 --> 00:29:50.699
 the darkness

00:29:50.699 --> 00:29:51.500
 in our hearts,

00:29:51.579 --> 00:29:51.939
 it's kind of

00:29:51.939 --> 00:29:52.419
 like, you

00:29:52.419 --> 00:29:53.079
 know, puss

00:29:53.079 --> 00:29:54.240
 that's just

00:29:54.240 --> 00:29:55.319
 barely covered

00:29:55.319 --> 00:29:56.219
 over by skin.

00:29:56.220 --> 00:29:58.120
 A little bit

00:29:58.120 --> 00:29:59.700
 of pressure, a

00:29:59.700 --> 00:30:00.160
 little bit of

00:30:00.160 --> 00:30:01.339
 scraping, and it

00:30:01.339 --> 00:30:02.339
 just spews out

00:30:02.339 --> 00:30:03.180
 of us, the evil,

00:30:03.319 --> 00:30:04.100
 the darkness in

00:30:04.100 --> 00:30:04.519
 our hearts.

00:30:05.299 --> 00:30:06.240
 A little bit of

00:30:06.240 --> 00:30:07.380
 stress and our

00:30:07.380 --> 00:30:08.680
 anger spews out.

00:30:09.200 --> 00:30:10.079
 A little bit of

00:30:10.079 --> 00:30:11.380
 disagreement and

00:30:11.380 --> 00:30:13.319
 our egos and our

00:30:13.319 --> 00:30:14.539
 selfishness spew out.

00:30:15.360 --> 00:30:16.319
 A little bit of

00:30:16.319 --> 00:30:17.380
 scarcity and our

00:30:17.380 --> 00:30:18.519
 greed spews out.

00:30:19.019 --> 00:30:19.620
 A little bit of

00:30:19.620 --> 00:30:20.440
 pleasure and our

00:30:20.440 --> 00:30:21.680
 gluttony, lechery,

00:30:22.240 --> 00:30:23.100
 and all kinds of

00:30:23.099 --> 00:30:24.459
 perversions spew

00:30:24.459 --> 00:30:25.059
 out of us.

00:30:25.939 --> 00:30:26.819
 A little bit of

00:30:26.819 --> 00:30:28.819
 uncertainty and our

00:30:28.819 --> 00:30:30.379
 fears and insecurities

00:30:30.379 --> 00:30:31.599
 spew out.

00:30:32.759 --> 00:30:34.259
 We need a

00:30:34.259 --> 00:30:34.619
 redeemer.

00:30:35.279 --> 00:30:36.679
 We need a

00:30:36.679 --> 00:30:36.959
 savior.

00:30:37.939 --> 00:30:39.079
 And that's why

00:30:39.079 --> 00:30:39.819
 God the Father

00:30:39.819 --> 00:30:41.059
 sends his son,

00:30:41.459 --> 00:30:42.059
 Jesus Christ,

00:30:42.179 --> 00:30:42.799
 to die on the

00:30:42.799 --> 00:30:44.139
 cross as the

00:30:44.139 --> 00:30:45.199
 atoning sacrifice

00:30:45.199 --> 00:30:45.939
 for our sins.

00:30:46.959 --> 00:30:47.819
 And Jesus is

00:30:47.819 --> 00:30:48.740
 unique among

00:30:48.740 --> 00:30:50.419
 history's religious

00:30:50.419 --> 00:30:51.539
 leaders in that

00:30:51.539 --> 00:30:52.099
 he does not

00:30:52.099 --> 00:30:53.079
 merely teach a

00:30:53.079 --> 00:30:54.059
 way of life,

00:30:54.199 --> 00:30:55.799
 but offers life,

00:30:55.919 --> 00:30:56.539
 eternal life

00:30:56.539 --> 00:30:57.079
 itself.

00:30:58.179 --> 00:30:59.240
 He accomplishes

00:30:59.240 --> 00:30:59.579
 this for us.

00:30:59.599 --> 00:31:00.240
 He doesn't leave

00:31:00.240 --> 00:31:01.299
 it up to us to

00:31:01.299 --> 00:31:02.339
 strive and earn

00:31:02.339 --> 00:31:03.879
 and attain

00:31:03.879 --> 00:31:04.779
 enlightenment or

00:31:04.779 --> 00:31:05.519
 salvation for

00:31:05.519 --> 00:31:06.659
 ourselves, but he

00:31:06.659 --> 00:31:07.740
 himself takes the

00:31:07.740 --> 00:31:09.299
 initiative to make

00:31:09.299 --> 00:31:10.199
 a way for us to

00:31:10.199 --> 00:31:11.740
 come and save us.

00:31:12.919 --> 00:31:13.839
 He doesn't merely

00:31:13.839 --> 00:31:14.699
 teach us to live a

00:31:14.699 --> 00:31:15.179
 good life.

00:31:15.740 --> 00:31:17.099
 He proclaims to

00:31:17.099 --> 00:31:18.559
 us the good news

00:31:18.559 --> 00:31:20.299
 that he made a

00:31:20.299 --> 00:31:21.299
 way for us already,

00:31:21.599 --> 00:31:22.539
 that he accomplished

00:31:22.539 --> 00:31:22.960
 it.

00:31:23.079 --> 00:31:24.460
 That we must only

00:31:24.460 --> 00:31:25.399
 believe in it.

00:31:26.899 --> 00:31:28.319
 And that's why he

00:31:28.319 --> 00:31:29.759
 says decisively at

00:31:29.759 --> 00:31:31.819
 verse 30, it is

00:31:31.819 --> 00:31:32.559
 finished.

00:31:33.220 --> 00:31:34.699
 He gave up his

00:31:34.699 --> 00:31:35.339
 spirit.

00:31:36.339 --> 00:31:36.899
 And this is

00:31:36.899 --> 00:31:37.839
 powerful.

00:31:38.399 --> 00:31:39.139
 Because the word

00:31:39.139 --> 00:31:40.299
 gave up is the

00:31:40.299 --> 00:31:40.939
 same word that's

00:31:40.939 --> 00:31:41.639
 translated as

00:31:41.639 --> 00:31:43.179
 delivered up or

00:31:43.179 --> 00:31:44.000
 handed over.

00:31:44.480 --> 00:31:45.559
 And over and over

00:31:45.559 --> 00:31:46.439
 again throughout the

00:31:46.439 --> 00:31:47.039
 gospel of John,

00:31:47.119 --> 00:31:48.699
 over a dozen times,

00:31:49.019 --> 00:31:50.539
 it refers to Jesus'

00:31:50.539 --> 00:31:51.279
 betrayal.

00:31:51.279 --> 00:31:52.279
 They handed him

00:31:52.279 --> 00:31:52.599
 over.

00:31:52.859 --> 00:31:53.799
 They delivered him

00:31:53.799 --> 00:31:54.420
 over to be

00:31:54.420 --> 00:31:54.879
 crucified.

00:31:55.240 --> 00:31:55.899
 They handed him

00:31:55.899 --> 00:31:56.819
 over to Pilate.

00:31:57.220 --> 00:31:58.420
 But even though all

00:31:58.420 --> 00:31:59.879
 these forces of this

00:31:59.879 --> 00:32:00.940
 world are conspiring

00:32:00.940 --> 00:32:02.299
 against him, at the

00:32:02.299 --> 00:32:03.519
 end of the day, it's

00:32:03.519 --> 00:32:04.619
 not other people who

00:32:04.619 --> 00:32:06.180
 hand Jesus over, but

00:32:06.180 --> 00:32:07.019
 it's Jesus who

00:32:07.019 --> 00:32:08.019
 himself who hands

00:32:08.019 --> 00:32:08.859
 over his spirit.

00:32:09.379 --> 00:32:10.819
 He gives up his

00:32:10.819 --> 00:32:11.099
 spirit.

00:32:11.220 --> 00:32:12.619
 He is the master of

00:32:12.619 --> 00:32:13.399
 his own faith.

00:32:13.480 --> 00:32:14.200
 That's why it says

00:32:14.200 --> 00:32:15.359
 also late earlier that

00:32:15.359 --> 00:32:16.259
 he bore his own

00:32:16.259 --> 00:32:16.859
 cross.

00:32:16.859 --> 00:32:19.019
 He wanted to do

00:32:19.019 --> 00:32:19.199
 this.

00:32:19.259 --> 00:32:20.179
 This was of his own

00:32:20.179 --> 00:32:20.719
 will.

00:32:21.179 --> 00:32:21.879
 He wanted to die

00:32:21.879 --> 00:32:23.459
 for our sins.

00:32:24.339 --> 00:32:25.539
 And once he has

00:32:25.539 --> 00:32:26.419
 done it, he said,

00:32:26.500 --> 00:32:27.240
 all is fulfilled.

00:32:27.579 --> 00:32:29.219
 It is finished.

00:32:29.899 --> 00:32:30.819
 It doesn't mean that,

00:32:30.919 --> 00:32:31.939
 okay, now my life is

00:32:31.939 --> 00:32:32.179
 over.

00:32:32.259 --> 00:32:32.879
 I'm about to die.

00:32:32.939 --> 00:32:33.500
 That's not what it

00:32:33.500 --> 00:32:33.819
 means.

00:32:34.539 --> 00:32:35.339
 The word finished

00:32:35.339 --> 00:32:36.099
 has a sense of

00:32:36.099 --> 00:32:36.919
 accomplishing.

00:32:37.939 --> 00:32:38.859
 It's the same word

00:32:38.859 --> 00:32:39.659
 that Jesus used

00:32:39.659 --> 00:32:40.899
 earlier in 17,

00:32:41.179 --> 00:32:42.139
 chapter 70,

00:32:42.199 --> 00:32:42.919
 verse 4 to say,

00:32:43.279 --> 00:32:44.500
 I glorified you on

00:32:44.500 --> 00:32:45.139
 earth having

00:32:45.139 --> 00:32:46.839
 accomplished the

00:32:46.839 --> 00:32:47.679
 work that you

00:32:47.679 --> 00:32:48.740
 gave me to do.

00:32:49.179 --> 00:32:50.139
 Jesus is saying,

00:32:50.279 --> 00:32:51.240
 it is finished.

00:32:51.539 --> 00:32:52.699
 It is accomplished.

00:32:53.119 --> 00:32:54.220
 I have done it.

00:32:55.319 --> 00:32:56.079
 The work of

00:32:56.079 --> 00:32:57.159
 redemption is done

00:32:57.159 --> 00:32:57.740
 and there is no

00:32:57.740 --> 00:32:59.059
 more for us to do

00:32:59.059 --> 00:33:00.759
 but to believe in

00:33:00.759 --> 00:33:01.859
 him and take hold

00:33:01.859 --> 00:33:02.579
 of the work that

00:33:02.579 --> 00:33:03.259
 he has completed

00:33:03.259 --> 00:33:04.399
 by faith.

00:33:07.720 --> 00:33:09.099
 A simple poem

00:33:09.099 --> 00:33:11.059
 by S.W.

00:33:11.480 --> 00:33:12.500
 Gaty conveys the

00:33:12.500 --> 00:33:13.459
 deep irony of it

00:33:13.459 --> 00:33:13.659
 all.

00:33:13.799 --> 00:33:13.939
 It says,

00:33:14.799 --> 00:33:16.519
 he held in hell

00:33:16.519 --> 00:33:17.279
 laid low,

00:33:18.420 --> 00:33:19.180
 made sin,

00:33:19.759 --> 00:33:20.420
 his sin

00:33:20.420 --> 00:33:21.379
 overthrew,

00:33:22.480 --> 00:33:23.139
 bowed to the

00:33:23.139 --> 00:33:23.599
 grave,

00:33:24.200 --> 00:33:25.000
 destroyed his

00:33:25.000 --> 00:33:25.299
 soul,

00:33:25.940 --> 00:33:26.700
 and death

00:33:26.700 --> 00:33:28.039
 by dying

00:33:28.039 --> 00:33:29.000
 slew.

00:33:32.740 --> 00:33:33.339
 Tonight,

00:33:33.440 --> 00:33:34.539
 I invite you guys

00:33:34.539 --> 00:33:35.700
 to not dwell on

00:33:35.700 --> 00:33:36.079
 your own

00:33:36.079 --> 00:33:36.700
 accomplishments,

00:33:37.539 --> 00:33:38.819
 to not dwell on

00:33:38.819 --> 00:33:39.920
 your good works,

00:33:40.299 --> 00:33:41.299
 but dwell instead

00:33:41.299 --> 00:33:42.680
 on the good news

00:33:42.680 --> 00:33:43.920
 of what Jesus

00:33:43.920 --> 00:33:45.019
 has done for us

00:33:45.019 --> 00:33:46.700
 and let that be

00:33:46.700 --> 00:33:47.440
 your salvation

00:33:47.440 --> 00:33:48.220
 and when you

00:33:48.220 --> 00:33:49.019
 cling to him

00:33:49.019 --> 00:33:49.620
 and come to

00:33:49.620 --> 00:33:49.940
 Jesus,

00:33:50.320 --> 00:33:50.799
 you will hear

00:33:50.799 --> 00:33:51.240
 those words

00:33:51.240 --> 00:33:52.200
 pronounced over you,

00:33:52.299 --> 00:33:53.080
 it is finished,

00:33:53.519 --> 00:33:54.400
 it is accomplished

00:33:54.400 --> 00:33:56.580
 and the joy of

00:33:56.580 --> 00:33:57.320
 salvation will be

00:33:57.320 --> 00:33:57.600
 yours.

00:33:58.600 --> 00:33:59.640
 Let's pray together.

00:33:59.640 --> 00:34:10.760
 God, we thank you.

00:34:11.160 --> 00:34:11.740
 There's so,

00:34:12.740 --> 00:34:15.240
 there's only so much

00:34:15.240 --> 00:34:16.000
 we can say

00:34:16.000 --> 00:34:17.720
 to thank you,

00:34:18.400 --> 00:34:19.400
 to marvel

00:34:19.400 --> 00:34:20.579
 at what you have

00:34:20.579 --> 00:34:21.059
 done and to

00:34:21.059 --> 00:34:22.000
 praise you for

00:34:22.000 --> 00:34:23.039
 all that you have

00:34:23.039 --> 00:34:23.860
 done for us,

00:34:23.860 --> 00:34:28.280
 for what you

00:34:28.280 --> 00:34:28.920
 have done

00:34:28.920 --> 00:34:29.900
 in saving us

00:34:29.900 --> 00:34:30.519
 on that cross,

00:34:30.620 --> 00:34:31.539
 you alone deserve

00:34:31.539 --> 00:34:32.920
 all praise

00:34:32.920 --> 00:34:33.680
 and honor

00:34:33.680 --> 00:34:34.620
 and glory.

00:34:36.220 --> 00:34:36.880
 Grant us

00:34:36.880 --> 00:34:37.740
 the gift of faith

00:34:37.740 --> 00:34:38.260
 so that we may

00:34:38.260 --> 00:34:39.140
 cling to you

00:34:39.140 --> 00:34:40.760
 and hear those

00:34:40.760 --> 00:34:41.519
 words pronounced

00:34:41.519 --> 00:34:42.240
 over us.

00:34:42.840 --> 00:34:43.720
 It is finished.

00:34:46.059 --> 00:34:47.180
 In Jesus' name

00:34:47.180 --> 00:34:47.559
 we pray.

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 Amen.