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 Good morning, everybody. It's nice to see you today. I invite you to get a Bible. If you haven't

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! got a Bible, you can get one as you came in, or you can just listen. That's okay, too. But we're going to be looking at John's Gospel. I think if you're using one of the red covered Bibles or blue, it's on page 1088.

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 1,088. John is one of the four Gospels, Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. And we're going to read in just a moment. So if you could have your Bibles open, John chapter 19 on page 1088.

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 Thanks to Ralph for leading this morning and reminding us that today, Easter Sunday, is when we celebrate the bodily resurrection of Jesus.

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 Now, that's good news, because it's not just the experience of Jesus. The Bible tells us that if we trust in the resurrection of Jesus, if we trust in him, too, we, too, can be raised from the dead to enjoy eternal life in God's eternal kingdom.

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 So we're going to read this morning, the account of the resurrection, and then we're going to think together about what its message is to us today.

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 So John 19, starting at verse 38, this is a record, an account of the burial and resurrection of Jesus.

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 So starting at verse 38.

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 Later, so this is after the crucifixion of Jesus, Joseph of Arimathea asked Pilate for the body of Jesus.

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 Now, Joseph was a disciple of Jesus, but secretly because he feared the Jewish leaders.

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 With Pilate's permission, he came and took the body away.

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 He was accompanied by Nicodemus, the man who earlier had visited Jesus at night.

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 Nicodemus brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about 35 kilograms.

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 Taking Jesus' body, the two of them wrapped it with the spices in strips of linen.

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 This was in accordance with the Jewish burial customs.

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 At the place where Jesus was crucified, there was a garden.

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 And in the garden was a new tomb which no one had ever been laid.

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 Because it was the Jewish day of preparation, and since the tomb was nearby, they laid Jesus there.

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 So early on the first day of the week, so Jesus was crucified on the Friday, it is now Sunday.

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 So early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the entrance.

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 So she came running to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one Jesus loved.

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 That's John, the actual author of the gospel.

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 So two disciples, Simon Peter and John.

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 And said, they have taken the Lord out of the tomb.

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 And we don't know where they have put him.

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 So Peter and the other disciple started for the tomb.

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 Both were running.

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 But the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb first.

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 He bent over and looked in at the strips of linen lying there, but did not go in.

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 Then Simon Peter came along behind him and went straight into the tomb.

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 He saw the strips of linen lying there, as well as the cloth that had been wrapped around Jesus' head.

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 The cloth was still lying in its place, separate from the linen strips.

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 Finally, the other disciple who had reached the tomb first also went inside.

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 He saw and believed.

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 But still, they didn't understand from scripture that Jesus had to rise from the dead.

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 Then the disciples went back to where they were staying.

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 Now Mary stood outside the tomb crying.

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 As she wept, she bent over to look into the tomb.

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 And saw two angels in white, seated where Jesus' body had been.

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 One at the head and the other at the foot.

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 They asked her,

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 Woman, why are you crying?

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 They've taken my Lord away, she said.

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 And I don't know where they've put him.

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 At this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing there.

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 But she didn't realize that it was Jesus.

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 He asked her,

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 Woman, why are you crying?

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 Who is it that you're looking for?

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 Thinking it was the gardener, she said,

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 Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have put him and I will get him.

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 Jesus said to her,

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 Mary.

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 She turned towards him and cried out in Aramaic, a local language,

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 Rabboni, which means teacher.

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 Jesus said,

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 Do not hold on to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father.

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 Go instead to my brothers and tell them,

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 I am ascending to my Father and your Father,

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 to my God and your God.

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 Mary Magdalene went to the disciples with the news.

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 I have seen the Lord.

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 And she told them that he had said these things to her.

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 Now, before we think about what this story, this account has to say to us today,

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 I'm just going to pray a short prayer for us.

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 Let's pray.

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 Our Father,

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 will you please open the eyes of our heart

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 that we might see the risen Jesus

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 and understand

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 what that means for us today.

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 Amen.

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 I wonder if you notice that something happened to Mary.

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 At the beginning of the account,

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 Mary arrived at the tomb

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 and is looking for a dead Jesus.

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 But at the end of the account that we read,

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 Mary claims to have seen the risen Jesus.

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 So the question is,

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 what happened to Mary

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 to believe that Jesus had risen from the dead?

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 What caused her to believe in the resurrection?

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 Well, to help us answer that question,

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 we're going to look at three things this morning.

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 We're going to think about the missing body,

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 then we're going to look at the credible witnesses,

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 and then we're going to look at a changed life.

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 So the missing body,

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 credible witness,

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 and a changed life.

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 So first, let's think about

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 this missing body.

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 Mary arrives at the tomb

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 where Jesus had been placed.

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 People were buried,

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 usually in a hole

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 where they had cut into the rock,

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 and a large big stone

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 would have been put in front

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 of the entrance.

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 And Mary has arrived there.

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 But something is drastically wrong.

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 Verse 1 of chapter 20

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 tells us that

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 not only has this big,

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 big stone been removed,

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 there's no body.

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 So verse 2,

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 she came running to Simon Peter

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 and the other disciple,

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 the one Jesus loved,

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 and said,

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 they've taken the Lord

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 out of the tomb

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 and we don't know

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 where they've put him.

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 Her conclusion

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 is simply

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 that the body of Jesus

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 has either been taken

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 or been stolen.

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 Someone

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 has moved

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 the body.

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 Now notice,

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 Mary doesn't think

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 to herself

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 as she arrives

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 at the tomb,

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 oh,

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 it's the resurrection.

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 It's happened.

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 Jesus is alive.

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 And she doesn't go

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 running to the disciples

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 to tell them,

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 hey guys,

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 Jesus is alive.

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 He's been raised

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 from the dead.

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 No,

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 the only conclusion

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 Mary comes to is

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 someone

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 has either

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 stolen the body

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 of Jesus

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 or taken it away.

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 There's no suggestion

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 from Mary at all

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 that a resurrection

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 has taken place.

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 So what happened

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 to Jesus?

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 What happened

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 to the body?

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 Now I think

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 that's a question

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 we all need

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 to think about

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 this morning.

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 Whether we've thought

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 about it before

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 or we just dismiss

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 it out of hand.

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 what happened

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 the body

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 of Jesus?

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 There was a tomb

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 and there was

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 a body in it

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 but now

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 there's the tomb

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 and it's empty.

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 What

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 happened?

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 Well,

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 the writers

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 of the gospel,

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 Matthew,

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 Mark,

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 Luke and John,

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 the primary sources

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 that we have

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 for this resurrection,

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 all claim

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 that it was

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 a physical

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 resurrection,

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 that Jesus'

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 resurrection

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 was a bodily

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 resurrection,

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 that he physically

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 walked out

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 of the tomb.

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 Now I don't know

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 what you think

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 about that

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 but not everybody

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 believes that.

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 There are many

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 scholars today

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 that believe

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 the gospel writers

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 have got it

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 all wrong,

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 that it's just

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 made up,

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 that it's not

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 true.

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 At best

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 they'll say

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 it's just

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 an invented

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 story

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 that gathered

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 legs

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 and it's been

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 rumoured

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 ever since.

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 So there's

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 one scholar

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 by the name

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 of Bart

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 Ehrman,

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 he's a

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 New Testament

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 scholar

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 and he

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 explained

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 the resurrection

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 like this.

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 He said

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 some of them

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 referring to

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 the disciples

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 began to

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 say

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 that God

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 had intervened

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 and brought

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 Jesus back

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 from the dead.

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 The story

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 caught on

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 and some of

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 his closest

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 followers

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 came to

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 think that

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 in fact

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 he had

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 been raised.

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 So somebody

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 started a rumour

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 and the rumour

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 has been spreading

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 ever since

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 all these

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 years later.

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 What do you

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 think of that?

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 Either Jesus

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 was raised

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 or he

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 wasn't.

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 it's just

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 a made

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 up story.

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 So who's

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 right?

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 Well we

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 want to

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 listen to

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 the witnesses

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 of the

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 resurrection.

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 The

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 credible

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 witnesses

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 and that's

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 what the

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 gospels

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 do.

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 They

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 provide us

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 with

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 credible

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 witnesses.

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 There's

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 at least

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 three reasons

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 from this

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 account that

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 we have

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 here that

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 tells us

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 why we

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 can believe

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 that Jesus

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 was actually

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 physically

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 raised from

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 the dead.

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 Let's look

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 at the

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 three

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 different

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 evidences

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 that we

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 have.

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 First

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 there's

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 John

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 and the

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 strips

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 of linen.

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 So some

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 people will

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 claim

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 the body

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 was stolen.

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 Thieves

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 came along

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 pushed back

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 the great

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 big stone

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 and they

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 stole the

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 body

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 or

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 that the

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 disciples

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 came along

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 and they

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 took the

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 body so

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 it looked

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 like a

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 resurrection.

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 But look

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 at what

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 John sees

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 when he

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 arrives at

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 the tomb.

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 We find

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 out in

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 verse 5.

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 He bent

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 over and

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 looked in

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 at the

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 strips of

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 linen lying

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 there but

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 didn't go

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 in.

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 Now what

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 does this

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 tell us that

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 there's

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 strips of

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 linen lying

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 there?

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 Well we've

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 just said

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 that somebody

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 may have

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 stolen the

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 body because

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 grave robbing

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 or tomb

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 raiding were

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 quite common

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 at that

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 particular

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 time.

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 The linen

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 strips that

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 were wrapped

00:14:10.300 --> 00:14:10.960
 around the

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 body with

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 all those

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 spices,

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 well they

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 were worth

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 a lot of

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 money.

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 So if you

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 were robbing

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 a grave

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 you would

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 take the

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 strips of

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 linen and

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 you would

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 leave the

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 body behind.

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 But in

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 this account

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 it's completely

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 reversed and

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 flipped.

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 It's the

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 other way

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 around.

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 The strips

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 are left

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 the most

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 expensive

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 items and

00:14:37.779 --> 00:14:38.299
 the body

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 is gone.

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 It doesn't

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 make sense.

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 Why would

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 you take

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 a corpse

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 and leave

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 the most

00:14:49.099 --> 00:14:50.319
 expensive items

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 if you

00:14:50.740 --> 00:14:51.460
 were robbing

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 a grave?

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 You see

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 the suggestion

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 is that

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 no one

00:14:57.020 --> 00:14:57.720
 stole the

00:14:57.720 --> 00:14:59.120
 body but

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 that Jesus

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 was actually

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 raised.

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 So there's

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 John and

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 the strips

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 of linen.

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 Then there's

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 the other

00:15:07.840 --> 00:15:08.960
 disciple Peter

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 and the

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 burial cloth.

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 Verse 6

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 Then Simon

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 Peter came

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 along behind

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 him, behind

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 John, and

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 went straight

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 into the

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 tomb.

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 And he

00:15:23.199 --> 00:15:23.819
 saw the

00:15:23.819 --> 00:15:24.459
 strips of

00:15:24.459 --> 00:15:25.179
 linen lying

00:15:25.179 --> 00:15:26.019
 there too,

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 as well as

00:15:28.519 --> 00:15:29.419
 the cloth

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 that had been

00:15:30.659 --> 00:15:31.519
 wrapped around

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 Jesus'

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 head.

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 The cloth

00:15:34.379 --> 00:15:35.039
 was still

00:15:35.039 --> 00:15:35.719
 lying in

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 its place

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 separate

00:15:37.620 --> 00:15:39.079
 from the

00:15:39.079 --> 00:15:39.319
 linen.

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 So there

00:15:41.320 --> 00:15:41.720
 we can

00:15:41.720 --> 00:15:42.160
 imagine

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 Peter

00:15:42.780 --> 00:15:43.700
 running

00:15:43.700 --> 00:15:44.340
 into the

00:15:44.340 --> 00:15:44.760
 tomb

00:15:44.760 --> 00:15:46.240
 and there

00:15:46.240 --> 00:15:47.080
 he sees

00:15:47.080 --> 00:15:47.520
 these

00:15:47.520 --> 00:15:48.680
 strips of

00:15:48.680 --> 00:15:49.960
 linen lying

00:15:49.960 --> 00:15:50.500
 where the

00:15:50.500 --> 00:15:51.200
 body was

00:15:51.200 --> 00:15:52.200
 and also

00:15:52.200 --> 00:15:52.879
 the cloth

00:15:52.879 --> 00:15:53.340
 that was

00:15:53.340 --> 00:15:54.040
 wrapped around

00:15:54.040 --> 00:15:54.460
 Jesus'

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 head and

00:15:55.480 --> 00:15:56.060
 he says

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 in great

00:15:56.700 --> 00:15:57.480
 detail

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 it was

00:15:59.200 --> 00:15:59.960
 lying in

00:15:59.960 --> 00:16:01.000
 its place

00:16:01.000 --> 00:16:02.379
 separate

00:16:02.379 --> 00:16:03.900
 from the

00:16:03.900 --> 00:16:04.160
 linen.

00:16:05.540 --> 00:16:06.040
 Now why

00:16:06.040 --> 00:16:06.820
 this intricate

00:16:06.820 --> 00:16:07.460
 detail?

00:16:07.900 --> 00:16:08.320
 Well it

00:16:08.320 --> 00:16:08.880
 seems that

00:16:08.879 --> 00:16:09.240
 the way

00:16:09.240 --> 00:16:09.860
 the strips

00:16:09.860 --> 00:16:10.419
 of linen

00:16:10.419 --> 00:16:11.100
 are lying

00:16:11.100 --> 00:16:11.879
 and the

00:16:11.879 --> 00:16:12.399
 way the

00:16:12.399 --> 00:16:12.939
 cloth

00:16:12.939 --> 00:16:13.840
 for the

00:16:13.840 --> 00:16:14.299
 head has

00:16:14.299 --> 00:16:15.080
 been placed

00:16:15.080 --> 00:16:16.059
 are all

00:16:16.059 --> 00:16:16.720
 suggesting

00:16:16.720 --> 00:16:17.980
 that it

00:16:17.980 --> 00:16:19.000
 contained a

00:16:19.000 --> 00:16:20.580
 body but

00:16:20.580 --> 00:16:21.299
 now there

00:16:21.299 --> 00:16:22.919
 is no

00:16:22.919 --> 00:16:23.439
 body.

00:16:24.559 --> 00:16:25.120
 In other

00:16:25.120 --> 00:16:25.639
 words there

00:16:25.639 --> 00:16:26.200
 was a

00:16:26.200 --> 00:16:26.799
 body that

00:16:26.799 --> 00:16:27.360
 was wrapped

00:16:27.360 --> 00:16:27.919
 up by

00:16:27.919 --> 00:16:28.879
 these strips

00:16:28.879 --> 00:16:29.659
 and by

00:16:29.659 --> 00:16:30.340
 this cloth

00:16:30.340 --> 00:16:30.860
 around the

00:16:30.860 --> 00:16:32.120
 head but

00:16:32.120 --> 00:16:32.940
 now those

00:16:32.940 --> 00:16:34.159
 strips of

00:16:34.159 --> 00:16:35.600
 linen are

00:16:35.600 --> 00:16:36.179
 empty.

00:16:37.820 --> 00:16:38.360
 You see

00:16:38.360 --> 00:16:39.700
 no one

00:16:39.700 --> 00:16:40.740
 moved the

00:16:40.740 --> 00:16:41.180
 body.

00:16:42.440 --> 00:16:42.800
 Jesus

00:16:42.800 --> 00:16:44.340
 was raised.

00:16:45.820 --> 00:16:46.419
 So we

00:16:46.419 --> 00:16:46.940
 have John

00:16:46.940 --> 00:16:47.240
 and the

00:16:47.240 --> 00:16:47.740
 strips of

00:16:47.740 --> 00:16:47.980
 linen,

00:16:48.500 --> 00:16:49.000
 Peter who

00:16:49.000 --> 00:16:49.560
 goes into

00:16:49.560 --> 00:16:50.019
 the tomb

00:16:50.019 --> 00:16:50.659
 and sees

00:16:50.659 --> 00:16:51.600
 the cloth

00:16:51.600 --> 00:16:52.139
 around

00:16:52.139 --> 00:16:52.940
 Jesus'

00:16:53.220 --> 00:16:54.360
 head and

00:16:54.360 --> 00:16:54.700
 then the

00:16:54.700 --> 00:16:55.419
 third piece

00:16:55.419 --> 00:16:56.000
 of evidence

00:16:56.000 --> 00:16:56.919
 is Mary

00:16:56.919 --> 00:16:58.220
 herself who

00:16:58.220 --> 00:16:58.960
 sees the

00:16:58.960 --> 00:16:59.899
 risen Jesus.

00:17:00.700 --> 00:17:01.960
 John introduces

00:17:01.960 --> 00:17:02.639
 us to

00:17:02.639 --> 00:17:03.899
 Mary Magdalene

00:17:03.899 --> 00:17:04.920
 who is the

00:17:04.920 --> 00:17:06.119
 key witness

00:17:06.119 --> 00:17:07.259
 in this

00:17:07.259 --> 00:17:08.720
 account and

00:17:08.720 --> 00:17:09.779
 she claims

00:17:09.779 --> 00:17:10.960
 that she

00:17:10.960 --> 00:17:11.759
 has seen

00:17:11.759 --> 00:17:12.700
 the risen

00:17:12.700 --> 00:17:13.359
 Jesus.

00:17:14.160 --> 00:17:14.539
 In verse

00:17:14.539 --> 00:17:15.180
 18 it

00:17:15.180 --> 00:17:15.720
 tells us

00:17:15.720 --> 00:17:16.619
 Mary Magdalene

00:17:16.619 --> 00:17:17.279
 went to the

00:17:17.279 --> 00:17:18.480
 disciples with

00:17:18.480 --> 00:17:19.059
 the news,

00:17:19.519 --> 00:17:20.599
 I have seen

00:17:20.599 --> 00:17:21.759
 the Lord.

00:17:23.720 --> 00:17:24.339
 Now the

00:17:24.339 --> 00:17:25.039
 only problem

00:17:25.039 --> 00:17:25.559
 with that

00:17:25.559 --> 00:17:27.200
 is in the

00:17:27.200 --> 00:17:28.200
 first century

00:17:28.200 --> 00:17:29.720
 a woman's

00:17:29.720 --> 00:17:31.119
 evidence was

00:17:31.119 --> 00:17:32.159
 not counted.

00:17:33.639 --> 00:17:34.639
 One writer

00:17:34.639 --> 00:17:35.500
 explains it

00:17:35.500 --> 00:17:36.219
 like this,

00:17:37.119 --> 00:17:37.879
 women were

00:17:37.879 --> 00:17:38.839
 thought by

00:17:38.839 --> 00:17:40.239
 educated men

00:17:40.239 --> 00:17:41.699
 to be

00:17:41.699 --> 00:17:42.479
 gullible in

00:17:42.479 --> 00:17:43.599
 religious matters

00:17:43.599 --> 00:17:45.000
 and especially

00:17:45.000 --> 00:17:45.939
 prone to

00:17:45.939 --> 00:17:46.959
 superstitious

00:17:46.959 --> 00:17:48.579
 fantasy and

00:17:48.579 --> 00:17:49.159
 excessive

00:17:49.159 --> 00:17:50.539
 religious practices.

00:17:51.539 --> 00:17:52.399
 That was how

00:17:52.399 --> 00:17:53.000
 people

00:17:53.000 --> 00:17:54.079
 considered

00:17:54.079 --> 00:17:55.599
 the evidence

00:17:55.599 --> 00:17:56.299
 or the

00:17:56.299 --> 00:17:57.539
 account of

00:17:57.539 --> 00:17:57.939
 a woman.

00:17:58.219 --> 00:17:58.739
 They would

00:17:58.739 --> 00:17:59.419
 never give

00:17:59.419 --> 00:18:00.219
 evidence in

00:18:00.219 --> 00:18:00.539
 court,

00:18:00.539 --> 00:18:01.039
 it just

00:18:01.039 --> 00:18:01.659
 wasn't

00:18:01.659 --> 00:18:02.220
 accepted.

00:18:02.680 --> 00:18:03.059
 It would

00:18:03.059 --> 00:18:03.980
 work against

00:18:03.980 --> 00:18:04.399
 you.

00:18:05.480 --> 00:18:06.200
 So why

00:18:06.200 --> 00:18:06.920
 on earth

00:18:06.920 --> 00:18:07.639
 if you

00:18:07.639 --> 00:18:08.299
 were making

00:18:08.299 --> 00:18:09.279
 up a

00:18:09.279 --> 00:18:10.220
 story about

00:18:10.220 --> 00:18:11.000
 a resurrection

00:18:11.000 --> 00:18:12.920
 why would

00:18:12.920 --> 00:18:13.420
 you have

00:18:13.420 --> 00:18:14.240
 a woman

00:18:14.240 --> 00:18:15.319
 as the

00:18:15.319 --> 00:18:15.940
 first

00:18:15.940 --> 00:18:16.819
 eyewitness

00:18:16.819 --> 00:18:17.339
 account?

00:18:18.680 --> 00:18:19.200
 It wouldn't

00:18:19.200 --> 00:18:19.659
 help your

00:18:19.659 --> 00:18:20.180
 case at

00:18:20.180 --> 00:18:20.519
 all.

00:18:21.639 --> 00:18:22.460
 So the

00:18:22.460 --> 00:18:23.779
 only plausible

00:18:23.779 --> 00:18:25.619
 reason for

00:18:25.619 --> 00:18:27.039
 including Mary's

00:18:27.039 --> 00:18:28.799
 testimony is

00:18:28.799 --> 00:18:29.639
 because she

00:18:29.640 --> 00:18:30.680
 actually was

00:18:30.680 --> 00:18:31.720
 the first

00:18:31.720 --> 00:18:33.040
 person to

00:18:33.040 --> 00:18:33.540
 have seen

00:18:33.540 --> 00:18:34.020
 the risen

00:18:34.020 --> 00:18:34.500
 Jesus.

00:18:35.460 --> 00:18:35.940
 And that's

00:18:35.940 --> 00:18:36.720
 why John

00:18:36.720 --> 00:18:38.420
 records it.

00:18:40.340 --> 00:18:41.200
 Now I

00:18:41.200 --> 00:18:41.660
 wonder what

00:18:41.660 --> 00:18:42.140
 you think

00:18:42.140 --> 00:18:42.880
 about that

00:18:42.880 --> 00:18:43.520
 evidence,

00:18:43.700 --> 00:18:44.340
 what John

00:18:44.340 --> 00:18:45.100
 saw, what

00:18:45.100 --> 00:18:45.980
 Peter saw,

00:18:46.380 --> 00:18:47.380
 what Mary

00:18:47.380 --> 00:18:47.840
 saw.

00:18:49.780 --> 00:18:50.259
 Well I

00:18:50.259 --> 00:18:51.000
 never met

00:18:51.000 --> 00:18:52.140
 my grandfather

00:18:52.140 --> 00:18:53.320
 on my

00:18:53.320 --> 00:18:54.100
 mother's side.

00:18:54.099 --> 00:18:55.980
 he had

00:18:55.980 --> 00:18:59.159
 died eight

00:18:59.159 --> 00:18:59.839
 years before

00:18:59.839 --> 00:19:00.319
 I was

00:19:00.319 --> 00:19:00.679
 born.

00:19:01.439 --> 00:19:02.079
 I've never

00:19:02.079 --> 00:19:02.639
 met him

00:19:02.639 --> 00:19:03.859
 but I

00:19:03.859 --> 00:19:04.879
 have every

00:19:04.879 --> 00:19:05.819
 reason to

00:19:05.819 --> 00:19:07.039
 believe he

00:19:07.039 --> 00:19:07.639
 is a real

00:19:07.639 --> 00:19:08.159
 person.

00:19:08.659 --> 00:19:09.419
 I don't

00:19:09.419 --> 00:19:10.019
 have film

00:19:10.019 --> 00:19:10.639
 footage,

00:19:11.159 --> 00:19:11.879
 there's no

00:19:11.879 --> 00:19:12.959
 voice recordings,

00:19:13.679 --> 00:19:14.199
 there's no

00:19:14.199 --> 00:19:15.240
 Facebook account

00:19:15.240 --> 00:19:15.939
 or Instagram

00:19:15.939 --> 00:19:16.819
 account that he

00:19:16.819 --> 00:19:17.299
 was on.

00:19:17.679 --> 00:19:18.980
 I just have

00:19:18.980 --> 00:19:20.019
 the eyewitness

00:19:20.019 --> 00:19:21.000
 accounts of

00:19:21.000 --> 00:19:21.759
 my mother

00:19:21.759 --> 00:19:22.700
 and my

00:19:22.700 --> 00:19:23.720
 father who

00:19:23.720 --> 00:19:24.180
 have told

00:19:24.180 --> 00:19:25.259
 me stories

00:19:25.259 --> 00:19:26.440
 about him.

00:19:27.019 --> 00:19:28.339
 And I

00:19:28.339 --> 00:19:28.720
 have a

00:19:28.720 --> 00:19:29.079
 newspaper

00:19:29.079 --> 00:19:30.440
 article about

00:19:30.440 --> 00:19:31.880
 an award he

00:19:31.880 --> 00:19:32.720
 won for his

00:19:32.720 --> 00:19:33.220
 garden.

00:19:34.500 --> 00:19:35.079
 So although

00:19:35.079 --> 00:19:35.579
 I've never

00:19:35.579 --> 00:19:36.819
 seen Francis

00:19:36.819 --> 00:19:37.519
 Walton

00:19:37.519 --> 00:19:38.059
 Edwards,

00:19:38.779 --> 00:19:40.019
 I look at

00:19:40.019 --> 00:19:40.440
 all the

00:19:40.440 --> 00:19:42.480
 evidence and

00:19:42.480 --> 00:19:43.039
 I come to

00:19:43.039 --> 00:19:43.799
 the conclusion

00:19:43.799 --> 00:19:45.380
 that yes,

00:19:45.440 --> 00:19:46.019
 it's true.

00:19:46.019 --> 00:19:47.940
 And John,

00:19:48.059 --> 00:19:48.480
 the author

00:19:48.480 --> 00:19:48.839
 of the

00:19:48.839 --> 00:19:49.200
 gospel,

00:19:49.599 --> 00:19:50.440
 is providing

00:19:50.440 --> 00:19:51.039
 us with

00:19:51.039 --> 00:19:51.579
 evidence,

00:19:51.940 --> 00:19:52.559
 not that

00:19:52.559 --> 00:19:53.259
 Jesus was

00:19:53.259 --> 00:19:53.879
 just a

00:19:53.879 --> 00:19:54.599
 real person

00:19:54.599 --> 00:19:55.200
 who lived

00:19:55.200 --> 00:19:55.980
 way back

00:19:55.980 --> 00:19:56.639
 in history,

00:19:57.019 --> 00:19:57.680
 but he's

00:19:57.680 --> 00:19:58.279
 giving us

00:19:58.279 --> 00:19:59.059
 eyewitness

00:19:59.059 --> 00:20:00.240
 accounts so

00:20:00.240 --> 00:20:00.859
 that we can

00:20:00.859 --> 00:20:01.799
 believe in

00:20:01.799 --> 00:20:02.700
 the historical

00:20:02.700 --> 00:20:03.420
 bodily

00:20:03.420 --> 00:20:04.619
 resurrection of

00:20:04.619 --> 00:20:05.039
 Jesus.

00:20:06.079 --> 00:20:06.799
 It's something

00:20:06.799 --> 00:20:07.740
 factual,

00:20:08.519 --> 00:20:09.079
 something

00:20:09.079 --> 00:20:09.940
 historical.

00:20:11.059 --> 00:20:11.619
 In fact,

00:20:11.720 --> 00:20:12.460
 John himself

00:20:12.460 --> 00:20:13.400
 believed the

00:20:13.400 --> 00:20:13.900
 evidence.

00:20:14.039 --> 00:20:14.500
 Did you see

00:20:14.500 --> 00:20:14.940
 that in

00:20:14.940 --> 00:20:15.579
 verse 8?

00:20:16.019 --> 00:20:18.839
 After Peter

00:20:18.839 --> 00:20:19.279
 had gone

00:20:19.279 --> 00:20:19.859
 into the

00:20:19.859 --> 00:20:20.220
 tomb,

00:20:20.759 --> 00:20:21.279
 the other

00:20:21.279 --> 00:20:22.119
 disciple who

00:20:22.119 --> 00:20:22.619
 had reached

00:20:22.619 --> 00:20:23.039
 the tomb

00:20:23.039 --> 00:20:24.460
 first also

00:20:24.460 --> 00:20:25.579
 went inside.

00:20:26.200 --> 00:20:27.099
 He saw

00:20:27.099 --> 00:20:29.539
 and

00:20:29.539 --> 00:20:30.839
 believed.

00:20:32.879 --> 00:20:33.639
 But,

00:20:33.759 --> 00:20:34.619
 verse 9,

00:20:35.619 --> 00:20:36.519
 they still

00:20:36.519 --> 00:20:37.139
 did not

00:20:37.139 --> 00:20:38.279
 understand from

00:20:38.279 --> 00:20:39.680
 scripture that

00:20:39.680 --> 00:20:40.819
 Jesus had to

00:20:40.819 --> 00:20:41.579
 rise from

00:20:41.579 --> 00:20:42.180
 the dead.

00:20:42.720 --> 00:20:43.099
 Yes,

00:20:43.180 --> 00:20:43.639
 they'd come

00:20:43.639 --> 00:20:44.259
 to believe.

00:20:44.660 --> 00:20:44.980
 Yes,

00:20:45.119 --> 00:20:45.559
 they weigh

00:20:45.559 --> 00:20:45.960
 up the

00:20:45.960 --> 00:20:46.440
 evidence.

00:20:46.960 --> 00:20:47.740
 Jesus has

00:20:47.740 --> 00:20:48.539
 been raised.

00:20:49.579 --> 00:20:50.179
 But what

00:20:50.179 --> 00:20:50.679
 does it all

00:20:50.679 --> 00:20:51.079
 mean?

00:20:52.139 --> 00:20:52.559
 You might

00:20:52.559 --> 00:20:52.819
 say,

00:20:52.940 --> 00:20:53.059
 well,

00:20:53.119 --> 00:20:53.819
 so what?

00:20:53.940 --> 00:20:54.480
 He was

00:20:54.480 --> 00:20:55.000
 raised from

00:20:55.000 --> 00:20:55.419
 the dead.

00:20:55.799 --> 00:20:56.259
 What does

00:20:56.259 --> 00:20:56.700
 that mean

00:20:56.700 --> 00:20:57.159
 for you

00:20:57.159 --> 00:20:57.500
 and for

00:20:57.500 --> 00:20:57.779
 me?

00:20:58.779 --> 00:20:59.980
 Well,

00:21:00.059 --> 00:21:00.779
 let's follow

00:21:00.779 --> 00:21:01.579
 Mary's

00:21:01.579 --> 00:21:02.159
 encounter

00:21:02.159 --> 00:21:02.759
 with the

00:21:02.759 --> 00:21:03.539
 risen Jesus

00:21:03.539 --> 00:21:04.579
 and we

00:21:04.579 --> 00:21:05.159
 will see

00:21:05.159 --> 00:21:06.000
 that this

00:21:06.000 --> 00:21:06.819
 missing

00:21:06.819 --> 00:21:07.359
 body,

00:21:08.159 --> 00:21:08.819
 where we

00:21:08.819 --> 00:21:09.359
 now have

00:21:09.359 --> 00:21:10.059
 credible

00:21:10.059 --> 00:21:10.700
 evidence

00:21:10.700 --> 00:21:11.220
 for a

00:21:11.220 --> 00:21:11.880
 resurrection

00:21:11.880 --> 00:21:13.980
 changes

00:21:13.980 --> 00:21:15.819
 people's

00:21:15.819 --> 00:21:16.980
 lives.

00:21:18.620 --> 00:21:19.259
 Look at

00:21:19.259 --> 00:21:19.759
 the life

00:21:19.759 --> 00:21:20.259
 changing

00:21:20.259 --> 00:21:21.160
 impact the

00:21:21.160 --> 00:21:21.580
 resurrection

00:21:21.580 --> 00:21:22.700
 had on

00:21:22.700 --> 00:21:23.059
 Mary.

00:21:23.480 --> 00:21:23.900
 We're going

00:21:23.900 --> 00:21:24.600
 to consider

00:21:24.600 --> 00:21:26.480
 five things

00:21:26.480 --> 00:21:28.080
 about the

00:21:28.080 --> 00:21:29.039
 account of

00:21:29.039 --> 00:21:29.799
 Mary that

00:21:29.799 --> 00:21:31.400
 impact and

00:21:31.400 --> 00:21:32.279
 affect us

00:21:32.279 --> 00:21:32.880
 as well.

00:21:33.039 --> 00:21:33.500
 First,

00:21:34.039 --> 00:21:34.880
 notice the

00:21:34.880 --> 00:21:35.840
 despairing

00:21:35.840 --> 00:21:37.360
 loss of

00:21:37.359 --> 00:21:37.759
 Mary.

00:21:38.479 --> 00:21:39.219
 In verse

00:21:39.219 --> 00:21:39.719
 11,

00:21:40.500 --> 00:21:41.119
 we're told

00:21:41.119 --> 00:21:41.619
 that Mary

00:21:41.619 --> 00:21:42.619
 stood outside

00:21:42.619 --> 00:21:43.319
 the tomb

00:21:43.319 --> 00:21:44.379
 crying.

00:21:45.539 --> 00:21:46.119
 As she

00:21:46.119 --> 00:21:46.599
 wept,

00:21:46.719 --> 00:21:47.240
 she bent

00:21:47.240 --> 00:21:47.819
 over to

00:21:47.819 --> 00:21:48.339
 look into

00:21:48.339 --> 00:21:48.819
 the tomb

00:21:48.819 --> 00:21:49.599
 and she

00:21:49.599 --> 00:21:50.279
 saw two

00:21:50.279 --> 00:21:51.039
 angels in

00:21:51.039 --> 00:21:51.799
 white seated

00:21:51.799 --> 00:21:52.479
 where Jesus'

00:21:52.719 --> 00:21:53.179
 body had

00:21:53.179 --> 00:21:53.419
 been,

00:21:53.779 --> 00:21:54.219
 one at

00:21:54.219 --> 00:21:54.619
 the head

00:21:54.619 --> 00:21:54.919
 and the

00:21:54.919 --> 00:21:55.279
 other at

00:21:55.279 --> 00:21:55.719
 the foot.

00:21:56.139 --> 00:21:56.799
 They asked

00:21:56.799 --> 00:21:57.039
 her,

00:21:57.559 --> 00:21:58.000
 woman,

00:21:58.639 --> 00:21:59.399
 why are

00:21:59.399 --> 00:22:00.119
 you crying?

00:22:01.939 --> 00:22:02.179
 Now,

00:22:02.219 --> 00:22:02.839
 doesn't that

00:22:02.839 --> 00:22:03.659
 sound very

00:22:03.659 --> 00:22:04.479
 insensitive

00:22:04.479 --> 00:22:05.259
 and very

00:22:05.259 --> 00:22:06.199
 unloving?

00:22:06.200 --> 00:22:07.180
 If you

00:22:07.180 --> 00:22:08.240
 saw somebody

00:22:08.240 --> 00:22:09.160
 in a

00:22:09.160 --> 00:22:09.660
 cemetery

00:22:09.660 --> 00:22:10.360
 crying,

00:22:11.720 --> 00:22:12.200
 you don't

00:22:12.200 --> 00:22:12.640
 need to

00:22:12.640 --> 00:22:13.380
 ask them,

00:22:14.100 --> 00:22:14.539
 why are

00:22:14.539 --> 00:22:15.160
 you crying?

00:22:16.740 --> 00:22:17.960
 We know

00:22:17.960 --> 00:22:18.539
 the reason

00:22:18.539 --> 00:22:19.080
 why they're

00:22:19.080 --> 00:22:19.500
 crying.

00:22:20.059 --> 00:22:20.819
 Because for

00:22:20.819 --> 00:22:21.500
 most of us,

00:22:21.580 --> 00:22:22.039
 we've been

00:22:22.039 --> 00:22:22.720
 there too.

00:22:23.440 --> 00:22:23.900
 Death

00:22:23.900 --> 00:22:25.120
 hurts.

00:22:26.700 --> 00:22:27.100
 Death

00:22:27.100 --> 00:22:28.000
 robs us

00:22:28.000 --> 00:22:28.400
 of our

00:22:28.400 --> 00:22:29.140
 loved ones

00:22:29.140 --> 00:22:30.200
 and death

00:22:30.200 --> 00:22:31.220
 steals away

00:22:31.220 --> 00:22:31.880
 our joy.

00:22:32.539 --> 00:22:33.360
 Mary is

00:22:33.360 --> 00:22:33.880
 struggling

00:22:33.880 --> 00:22:34.559
 with a

00:22:34.559 --> 00:22:35.440
 despairing

00:22:35.440 --> 00:22:35.880
 loss.

00:22:36.200 --> 00:22:36.380
 Her

00:22:36.380 --> 00:22:36.900
 close

00:22:36.900 --> 00:22:37.380
 friend

00:22:37.380 --> 00:22:37.900
 Jesus

00:22:37.900 --> 00:22:38.259
 is

00:22:38.259 --> 00:22:38.740
 gone.

00:22:39.120 --> 00:22:39.420
 He's

00:22:39.420 --> 00:22:39.960
 dead.

00:22:41.480 --> 00:22:41.880
 And to

00:22:41.880 --> 00:22:42.400
 add to

00:22:42.400 --> 00:22:43.140
 her grief,

00:22:44.220 --> 00:22:44.559
 there's

00:22:44.559 --> 00:22:45.279
 no body.

00:22:45.880 --> 00:22:46.519
 There's

00:22:46.519 --> 00:22:47.200
 nowhere to

00:22:47.200 --> 00:22:47.580
 come.

00:22:49.039 --> 00:22:49.460
 You see,

00:22:49.640 --> 00:22:49.940
 death

00:22:49.940 --> 00:22:50.900
 confronts us

00:22:50.900 --> 00:22:52.539
 all with

00:22:52.539 --> 00:22:53.700
 this agonizing

00:22:53.700 --> 00:22:54.319
 grief.

00:22:55.600 --> 00:22:56.039
 And there

00:22:56.039 --> 00:22:56.580
 is nothing

00:22:56.580 --> 00:22:57.460
 we can do

00:22:57.460 --> 00:22:58.160
 to stop

00:22:58.160 --> 00:22:58.380
 it.

00:22:58.900 --> 00:22:59.380
 Death

00:22:59.380 --> 00:23:00.640
 comes

00:23:00.640 --> 00:23:01.559
 to us

00:23:01.559 --> 00:23:02.059
 all.

00:23:03.299 --> 00:23:03.900
 And like

00:23:03.900 --> 00:23:04.640
 it was for

00:23:04.640 --> 00:23:05.060
 Mary,

00:23:06.000 --> 00:23:06.280
 death

00:23:06.280 --> 00:23:06.940
 can leave

00:23:06.940 --> 00:23:07.380
 us

00:23:07.380 --> 00:23:08.040
 with a

00:23:08.040 --> 00:23:08.620
 deep

00:23:08.620 --> 00:23:10.180
 despairing

00:23:10.180 --> 00:23:11.340
 loss.

00:23:12.980 --> 00:23:13.640
 Maybe

00:23:13.640 --> 00:23:14.240
 that's what

00:23:14.240 --> 00:23:14.580
 you've

00:23:14.580 --> 00:23:15.320
 experienced

00:23:15.320 --> 00:23:15.900
 as you've

00:23:15.900 --> 00:23:16.500
 watched a

00:23:16.500 --> 00:23:17.100
 loved one

00:23:17.100 --> 00:23:17.480
 go.

00:23:18.340 --> 00:23:18.620
 The

00:23:18.620 --> 00:23:19.440
 aching,

00:23:20.020 --> 00:23:20.759
 heartbreaking

00:23:20.759 --> 00:23:21.840
 agony

00:23:21.840 --> 00:23:23.660
 of a

00:23:23.660 --> 00:23:24.000
 deep

00:23:24.000 --> 00:23:25.120
 despairing

00:23:25.120 --> 00:23:26.259
 loss.

00:23:26.259 --> 00:23:26.379
 loss.

00:23:28.720 --> 00:23:29.160
 But not

00:23:29.160 --> 00:23:29.640
 only was

00:23:29.640 --> 00:23:29.799
 there

00:23:29.799 --> 00:23:30.539
 despairing

00:23:30.539 --> 00:23:31.000
 loss

00:23:31.000 --> 00:23:31.299
 for

00:23:31.299 --> 00:23:31.680
 Mary,

00:23:32.680 --> 00:23:33.539
 there

00:23:33.539 --> 00:23:33.960
 was a

00:23:33.960 --> 00:23:34.559
 spiritual

00:23:34.559 --> 00:23:35.720
 blindness.

00:23:37.440 --> 00:23:37.740
 In

00:23:37.740 --> 00:23:38.660
 verse 14,

00:23:39.940 --> 00:23:40.500
 as she's

00:23:40.500 --> 00:23:41.059
 asked about

00:23:41.059 --> 00:23:41.339
 what

00:23:41.339 --> 00:23:41.859
 happened,

00:23:43.000 --> 00:23:44.279
 she says,

00:23:44.339 --> 00:23:44.640
 why have

00:23:44.640 --> 00:23:45.079
 they taken

00:23:45.079 --> 00:23:45.500
 the Lord

00:23:45.500 --> 00:23:45.799
 away?

00:23:45.900 --> 00:23:46.279
 She says,

00:23:46.299 --> 00:23:46.599
 I don't

00:23:46.599 --> 00:23:46.900
 know where

00:23:46.900 --> 00:23:47.180
 they've

00:23:47.180 --> 00:23:47.640
 put him.

00:23:48.079 --> 00:23:48.279
 At

00:23:48.279 --> 00:23:48.759
 this,

00:23:49.119 --> 00:23:49.379
 Mary

00:23:49.379 --> 00:23:49.960
 turned

00:23:49.960 --> 00:23:50.519
 around

00:23:50.519 --> 00:23:51.680
 and saw

00:23:51.680 --> 00:23:52.200
 Jesus

00:23:52.200 --> 00:23:52.799
 standing

00:23:52.799 --> 00:23:53.220
 there,

00:23:53.539 --> 00:23:53.980
 but she

00:23:53.980 --> 00:23:54.480
 didn't

00:23:54.480 --> 00:23:55.180
 realize

00:23:55.180 --> 00:23:55.620
 that it

00:23:55.620 --> 00:23:55.779
 was

00:23:55.779 --> 00:23:56.259
 Jesus.

00:23:58.160 --> 00:23:58.700
 Now,

00:23:58.759 --> 00:23:59.039
 Mary

00:23:59.039 --> 00:23:59.480
 isn't

00:23:59.480 --> 00:23:59.940
 blind,

00:24:00.980 --> 00:24:01.580
 and she's

00:24:01.580 --> 00:24:02.519
 not stupid

00:24:02.519 --> 00:24:03.039
 either.

00:24:03.600 --> 00:24:04.519
 She sees

00:24:04.519 --> 00:24:05.100
 Jesus,

00:24:05.320 --> 00:24:05.920
 but she

00:24:05.920 --> 00:24:06.340
 doesn't

00:24:06.340 --> 00:24:06.720
 actually

00:24:06.720 --> 00:24:07.539
 realize

00:24:07.539 --> 00:24:07.940
 it's

00:24:07.940 --> 00:24:08.320
 Jesus.

00:24:09.100 --> 00:24:09.360
 In

00:24:09.360 --> 00:24:09.740
 fact,

00:24:09.920 --> 00:24:10.660
 verse 15

00:24:10.660 --> 00:24:11.480
 tells us

00:24:11.480 --> 00:24:12.420
 she thinks

00:24:12.420 --> 00:24:13.180
 Jesus is

00:24:13.180 --> 00:24:14.000
 the gardener,

00:24:14.140 --> 00:24:14.620
 the one

00:24:14.620 --> 00:24:15.100
 who looks

00:24:15.100 --> 00:24:15.740
 after the

00:24:15.740 --> 00:24:16.220
 area.

00:24:16.840 --> 00:24:16.980
 She

00:24:16.980 --> 00:24:17.860
 sees,

00:24:18.740 --> 00:24:19.720
 but she

00:24:19.720 --> 00:24:20.080
 doesn't

00:24:20.080 --> 00:24:20.500
 actually

00:24:20.500 --> 00:24:20.880
 see.

00:24:21.900 --> 00:24:22.220
 Yes,

00:24:22.259 --> 00:24:22.900
 she sees

00:24:22.900 --> 00:24:23.480
 the empty

00:24:23.480 --> 00:24:23.980
 tomb,

00:24:24.519 --> 00:24:24.960
 and she

00:24:24.960 --> 00:24:26.340
 sees the

00:24:26.340 --> 00:24:26.900
 strips of

00:24:26.900 --> 00:24:27.319
 cloth,

00:24:27.819 --> 00:24:28.840
 but Mary

00:24:28.840 --> 00:24:29.420
 can't

00:24:29.420 --> 00:24:30.900
 see what

00:24:30.900 --> 00:24:31.319
 it all

00:24:31.319 --> 00:24:31.940
 means.

00:24:32.680 --> 00:24:33.100
 She's

00:24:33.100 --> 00:24:33.380
 got

00:24:33.380 --> 00:24:34.240
 spiritual

00:24:34.240 --> 00:24:35.140
 blindness

00:24:35.140 --> 00:24:36.220
 to the

00:24:36.220 --> 00:24:36.819
 resurrected

00:24:36.819 --> 00:24:37.400
 Jesus.

00:24:37.840 --> 00:24:38.380
 She's

00:24:38.380 --> 00:24:39.579
 stuck in

00:24:39.579 --> 00:24:40.460
 despairing

00:24:40.460 --> 00:24:40.920
 loss.

00:24:41.360 --> 00:24:41.819
 She has

00:24:41.819 --> 00:24:42.519
 no hope,

00:24:42.920 --> 00:24:43.220
 and she

00:24:43.220 --> 00:24:43.819
 has no

00:24:43.819 --> 00:24:44.400
 joy.

00:24:45.380 --> 00:24:45.819
 She's

00:24:45.819 --> 00:24:46.420
 blind

00:24:46.420 --> 00:24:47.779
 to what

00:24:47.779 --> 00:24:47.960
 has

00:24:47.960 --> 00:24:48.380
 happened.

00:24:50.360 --> 00:24:50.579
 Now,

00:24:50.620 --> 00:24:50.900
 that can

00:24:50.900 --> 00:24:51.340
 be true

00:24:51.340 --> 00:24:51.980
 for lots

00:24:51.980 --> 00:24:52.559
 of people.

00:24:52.559 --> 00:24:53.440
 we can

00:24:53.440 --> 00:24:53.980
 know

00:24:53.980 --> 00:24:54.960
 information

00:24:54.960 --> 00:24:55.519
 about

00:24:55.519 --> 00:24:55.980
 Jesus,

00:24:56.399 --> 00:24:56.980
 we can

00:24:56.980 --> 00:24:57.700
 learn about

00:24:57.700 --> 00:24:58.279
 things he

00:24:58.279 --> 00:24:58.919
 did and

00:24:58.919 --> 00:24:59.419
 things he

00:24:59.419 --> 00:24:59.819
 said,

00:24:59.819 --> 00:25:00.679
 but we

00:25:00.679 --> 00:25:00.879
 are

00:25:00.879 --> 00:25:01.619
 spiritually

00:25:01.619 --> 00:25:02.599
 blind to

00:25:02.599 --> 00:25:03.119
 what the

00:25:03.119 --> 00:25:03.720
 resurrection

00:25:03.720 --> 00:25:04.480
 actually

00:25:04.480 --> 00:25:05.259
 means.

00:25:09.339 --> 00:25:09.980
 So,

00:25:10.119 --> 00:25:10.819
 despairing

00:25:10.819 --> 00:25:11.399
 loss,

00:25:12.740 --> 00:25:13.399
 spiritual

00:25:13.399 --> 00:25:14.119
 blindness,

00:25:14.119 --> 00:25:16.579
 and the

00:25:16.579 --> 00:25:17.079
 third thing

00:25:17.079 --> 00:25:17.519
 we learn

00:25:17.519 --> 00:25:18.079
 from Mary

00:25:18.079 --> 00:25:18.639
 is about

00:25:18.639 --> 00:25:19.239
 God's

00:25:19.239 --> 00:25:19.839
 gracious

00:25:19.839 --> 00:25:21.019
 revelation.

00:25:22.159 --> 00:25:22.639
 Look at

00:25:22.639 --> 00:25:23.559
 verse 16.

00:25:26.039 --> 00:25:26.659
 Jesus

00:25:26.659 --> 00:25:27.359
 said to

00:25:27.359 --> 00:25:27.739
 her,

00:25:29.279 --> 00:25:29.939
 Mary,

00:25:30.559 --> 00:25:31.579
 she

00:25:31.579 --> 00:25:32.199
 turned

00:25:32.199 --> 00:25:33.019
 towards him

00:25:33.019 --> 00:25:33.519
 and cried

00:25:33.519 --> 00:25:34.000
 out in

00:25:34.000 --> 00:25:34.699
 Aramaic,

00:25:35.119 --> 00:25:36.000
 Rabboni,

00:25:36.139 --> 00:25:36.839
 which means

00:25:36.839 --> 00:25:37.979
 teacher.

00:25:39.719 --> 00:25:40.379
 Now,

00:25:40.439 --> 00:25:40.799
 there's two

00:25:40.799 --> 00:25:41.559
 ways for us

00:25:41.559 --> 00:25:42.019
 to think

00:25:42.019 --> 00:25:42.699
 about how

00:25:42.699 --> 00:25:43.159
 Mary

00:25:43.160 --> 00:25:44.200
 recognized

00:25:44.200 --> 00:25:45.200
 Jesus.

00:25:46.880 --> 00:25:47.400
 First,

00:25:47.560 --> 00:25:47.860
 you could

00:25:47.860 --> 00:25:48.340
 think,

00:25:49.100 --> 00:25:49.420
 well,

00:25:49.480 --> 00:25:49.779
 it must

00:25:49.779 --> 00:25:50.040
 have been

00:25:50.040 --> 00:25:50.380
 the way

00:25:50.380 --> 00:25:51.040
 that Jesus

00:25:51.040 --> 00:25:52.180
 said Mary.

00:25:53.060 --> 00:25:53.820
 It was

00:25:53.820 --> 00:25:54.400
 that kind

00:25:54.400 --> 00:25:55.500
 of accent

00:25:55.500 --> 00:25:56.560
 that Jesus

00:25:56.560 --> 00:25:57.100
 had,

00:25:57.200 --> 00:25:57.480
 and it

00:25:57.480 --> 00:25:58.440
 was just

00:25:58.440 --> 00:25:58.820
 the way

00:25:58.820 --> 00:25:59.360
 he said

00:25:59.360 --> 00:25:59.600
 it.

00:26:00.019 --> 00:26:00.540
 Mary,

00:26:01.340 --> 00:26:02.100
 Mary,

00:26:02.740 --> 00:26:03.300
 for whatever

00:26:03.300 --> 00:26:04.040
 way he said

00:26:04.040 --> 00:26:04.200
 it,

00:26:04.240 --> 00:26:04.740
 it was just

00:26:04.740 --> 00:26:05.580
 something he

00:26:05.580 --> 00:26:06.300
 said that

00:26:06.300 --> 00:26:06.860
 Mary goes,

00:26:07.160 --> 00:26:07.360
 oh,

00:26:07.400 --> 00:26:08.080
 it's Jesus.

00:26:09.560 --> 00:26:10.560
 That's one

00:26:10.560 --> 00:26:11.480
 possible way

00:26:11.480 --> 00:26:11.980
 of thinking

00:26:11.980 --> 00:26:12.700
 about it.

00:26:13.960 --> 00:26:14.680
 But there's

00:26:14.680 --> 00:26:15.220
 another way

00:26:15.220 --> 00:26:15.680
 to think

00:26:15.680 --> 00:26:16.080
 about it,

00:26:16.100 --> 00:26:16.400
 and I

00:26:16.400 --> 00:26:16.840
 think this

00:26:16.840 --> 00:26:17.200
 is what

00:26:17.200 --> 00:26:17.880
 John wants

00:26:17.880 --> 00:26:18.240
 us to

00:26:18.240 --> 00:26:18.640
 grasp.

00:26:19.019 --> 00:26:19.740
 When Jesus

00:26:19.740 --> 00:26:20.779
 says Mary,

00:26:21.200 --> 00:26:21.880
 however he

00:26:21.880 --> 00:26:22.420
 said it,

00:26:22.800 --> 00:26:23.460
 it was a

00:26:23.460 --> 00:26:24.800
 personal call

00:26:24.800 --> 00:26:26.100
 of the

00:26:26.100 --> 00:26:27.200
 risen Jesus.

00:26:28.200 --> 00:26:28.960
 In other

00:26:28.960 --> 00:26:29.300
 words,

00:26:29.360 --> 00:26:29.900
 it was his

00:26:29.900 --> 00:26:30.500
 gracious

00:26:30.500 --> 00:26:31.580
 intervention

00:26:31.580 --> 00:26:32.700
 in her

00:26:32.700 --> 00:26:33.680
 life that

00:26:33.680 --> 00:26:34.500
 opens her

00:26:34.500 --> 00:26:35.779
 spiritual eyes

00:26:35.779 --> 00:26:37.440
 that reveals

00:26:37.440 --> 00:26:38.340
 Jesus

00:26:38.340 --> 00:26:40.040
 to Mary.

00:26:40.039 --> 00:26:42.680
 you see,

00:26:42.680 --> 00:26:43.879
 all of us

00:26:43.879 --> 00:26:45.220
 are born

00:26:45.220 --> 00:26:45.960
 blind

00:26:45.960 --> 00:26:47.279
 to who

00:26:47.279 --> 00:26:47.700
 Jesus

00:26:47.700 --> 00:26:48.259
 is.

00:26:48.920 --> 00:26:49.899
 As we've

00:26:49.899 --> 00:26:50.099
 said,

00:26:50.200 --> 00:26:50.500
 we can

00:26:50.500 --> 00:26:50.779
 know

00:26:50.779 --> 00:26:51.440
 information

00:26:51.440 --> 00:26:52.200
 about him,

00:26:52.440 --> 00:26:53.180
 but that's

00:26:53.180 --> 00:26:53.859
 the extent

00:26:53.859 --> 00:26:54.299
 as it

00:26:54.299 --> 00:26:54.839
 goes.

00:26:55.940 --> 00:26:56.920
 And unless

00:26:56.920 --> 00:26:57.819
 Jesus

00:26:57.819 --> 00:26:59.220
 opens up

00:26:59.220 --> 00:27:00.119
 our spiritual

00:27:00.119 --> 00:27:00.619
 eyes,

00:27:00.759 --> 00:27:01.299
 or the

00:27:01.299 --> 00:27:01.879
 eyes of

00:27:01.879 --> 00:27:02.619
 our hearts,

00:27:02.839 --> 00:27:03.420
 we will

00:27:03.420 --> 00:27:04.359
 never truly

00:27:04.359 --> 00:27:05.299
 understand

00:27:05.299 --> 00:27:06.019
 who

00:27:06.019 --> 00:27:06.539
 Jesus

00:27:06.539 --> 00:27:07.299
 is.

00:27:08.339 --> 00:27:09.480
 We must

00:27:09.480 --> 00:27:10.700
 have a

00:27:10.700 --> 00:27:11.339
 personal

00:27:11.339 --> 00:27:12.139
 encounter

00:27:12.139 --> 00:27:13.319
 with the

00:27:13.319 --> 00:27:14.039
 risen Jesus.

00:27:14.359 --> 00:27:14.899
 I'm not

00:27:14.899 --> 00:27:15.399
 saying a

00:27:15.399 --> 00:27:16.200
 face-to-face

00:27:16.200 --> 00:27:16.899
 one-on-one

00:27:16.899 --> 00:27:17.299
 with the

00:27:17.299 --> 00:27:17.639
 physical

00:27:17.639 --> 00:27:18.159
 Jesus

00:27:18.159 --> 00:27:19.319
 right here

00:27:19.319 --> 00:27:19.940
 and now,

00:27:21.059 --> 00:27:21.859
 but that

00:27:21.859 --> 00:27:22.619
 our eyes

00:27:22.619 --> 00:27:23.079
 would be

00:27:23.079 --> 00:27:23.460
 open,

00:27:23.619 --> 00:27:24.139
 the eyes

00:27:24.139 --> 00:27:24.480
 of our

00:27:24.480 --> 00:27:24.839
 heart,

00:27:24.980 --> 00:27:25.720
 to spiritually

00:27:25.720 --> 00:27:27.039
 see and

00:27:27.039 --> 00:27:27.519
 know who

00:27:27.519 --> 00:27:28.180
 he is.

00:27:29.319 --> 00:27:30.099
 And that's

00:27:30.099 --> 00:27:30.419
 what's

00:27:30.419 --> 00:27:30.779
 happening

00:27:30.779 --> 00:27:31.279
 now.

00:27:31.799 --> 00:27:32.079
 Through

00:27:32.079 --> 00:27:32.440
 this

00:27:32.440 --> 00:27:33.039
 written

00:27:33.039 --> 00:27:34.359
 and recorded

00:27:34.359 --> 00:27:35.479
 eyewitness

00:27:35.479 --> 00:27:36.199
 account of

00:27:36.199 --> 00:27:36.359
 the

00:27:36.359 --> 00:27:36.979
 resurrection,

00:27:37.619 --> 00:27:38.139
 the risen

00:27:38.139 --> 00:27:38.719
 Jesus,

00:27:39.179 --> 00:27:39.919
 through his

00:27:39.919 --> 00:27:40.439
 word,

00:27:40.859 --> 00:27:41.699
 today in

00:27:41.699 --> 00:27:42.719
 2026,

00:27:43.259 --> 00:27:43.959
 is calling

00:27:43.959 --> 00:27:45.159
 us by

00:27:45.159 --> 00:27:45.619
 name.

00:27:46.139 --> 00:27:46.599
 Johnny,

00:27:47.599 --> 00:27:48.639
 listen to

00:27:48.639 --> 00:27:48.979
 me.

00:27:50.359 --> 00:27:50.799
 Trust

00:27:50.799 --> 00:27:51.240
 me.

00:27:52.279 --> 00:27:52.699
 Know

00:27:52.699 --> 00:27:53.859
 who I

00:27:53.859 --> 00:27:54.839
 am.

00:27:58.159 --> 00:27:59.039
 Now,

00:27:59.139 --> 00:27:59.419
 if you

00:27:59.419 --> 00:28:00.039
 have never

00:28:00.039 --> 00:28:00.899
 ever had

00:28:00.899 --> 00:28:01.779
 an encounter

00:28:01.779 --> 00:28:03.000
 with the

00:28:03.000 --> 00:28:03.859
 risen Jesus,

00:28:04.359 --> 00:28:05.619
 I

00:28:05.619 --> 00:28:06.740
 encourage you

00:28:06.740 --> 00:28:08.439
 to ask

00:28:08.439 --> 00:28:10.219
 him to

00:28:10.219 --> 00:28:11.139
 open up

00:28:11.139 --> 00:28:11.339
 your

00:28:11.339 --> 00:28:12.079
 spiritual

00:28:12.079 --> 00:28:12.699
 blind

00:28:12.699 --> 00:28:13.099
 eyes,

00:28:13.619 --> 00:28:14.359
 open up

00:28:14.359 --> 00:28:15.099
 the eyes

00:28:15.099 --> 00:28:15.559
 of my

00:28:15.559 --> 00:28:16.199
 heart,

00:28:16.919 --> 00:28:17.839
 so that

00:28:17.839 --> 00:28:18.419
 I might

00:28:18.419 --> 00:28:19.819
 see and

00:28:19.819 --> 00:28:20.539
 understand

00:28:20.539 --> 00:28:21.500
 who Jesus

00:28:21.500 --> 00:28:22.799
 is.

00:28:25.799 --> 00:28:26.899
 So,

00:28:27.000 --> 00:28:27.679
 despairing

00:28:27.679 --> 00:28:28.199
 loss,

00:28:28.879 --> 00:28:29.479
 spiritual

00:28:29.479 --> 00:28:30.119
 blindness,

00:28:30.119 --> 00:28:33.459
 joyful

00:28:33.459 --> 00:28:34.719
 intimacy.

00:28:35.659 --> 00:28:36.079
 You see,

00:28:36.219 --> 00:28:37.079
 once Mary

00:28:37.079 --> 00:28:38.079
 can truly

00:28:38.079 --> 00:28:38.719
 see,

00:28:39.179 --> 00:28:39.559
 she

00:28:39.559 --> 00:28:40.559
 hugs

00:28:40.559 --> 00:28:41.159
 Jesus

00:28:41.159 --> 00:28:42.199
 with all

00:28:42.199 --> 00:28:42.559
 of her

00:28:42.559 --> 00:28:43.019
 might.

00:28:43.839 --> 00:28:44.099
 She

00:28:44.099 --> 00:28:44.639
 wants to

00:28:44.639 --> 00:28:45.279
 be with

00:28:45.279 --> 00:28:46.159
 him and

00:28:46.159 --> 00:28:46.879
 never leave

00:28:46.879 --> 00:28:47.079
 him.

00:28:47.179 --> 00:28:47.359
 Do you

00:28:47.359 --> 00:28:47.759
 see that

00:28:47.759 --> 00:28:48.159
 in verse

00:28:48.159 --> 00:28:48.799
 17?

00:28:49.659 --> 00:28:50.079
 Jesus

00:28:50.079 --> 00:28:50.579
 said,

00:28:51.159 --> 00:28:51.779
 do not

00:28:51.779 --> 00:28:52.259
 hold

00:28:52.259 --> 00:28:53.000
 on to

00:28:53.000 --> 00:28:53.339
 me,

00:28:53.779 --> 00:28:54.279
 for I

00:28:54.279 --> 00:28:54.759
 have not

00:28:54.759 --> 00:28:55.099
 yet

00:28:55.099 --> 00:28:55.739
 ascended

00:28:55.739 --> 00:28:56.419
 to the

00:28:56.419 --> 00:28:57.099
 Father.

00:28:57.099 --> 00:28:59.339
 Mary,

00:28:59.539 --> 00:29:00.480
 understandably,

00:29:00.599 --> 00:29:01.439
 wants Jesus

00:29:01.439 --> 00:29:02.059
 to say,

00:29:02.439 --> 00:29:03.079
 she doesn't

00:29:03.079 --> 00:29:03.599
 want him

00:29:03.599 --> 00:29:04.139
 to leave,

00:29:04.240 --> 00:29:04.639
 she wants

00:29:04.639 --> 00:29:04.959
 to be

00:29:04.959 --> 00:29:05.399
 with him

00:29:05.399 --> 00:29:05.839
 forever,

00:29:06.079 --> 00:29:07.000
 but Jesus

00:29:07.000 --> 00:29:07.799
 interrupts

00:29:07.799 --> 00:29:08.039
 her and

00:29:08.039 --> 00:29:08.259
 says,

00:29:08.399 --> 00:29:08.740
 Mary,

00:29:09.099 --> 00:29:10.959
 don't hold

00:29:10.959 --> 00:29:11.359
 on to

00:29:11.359 --> 00:29:11.659
 me,

00:29:12.659 --> 00:29:13.899
 because I

00:29:13.899 --> 00:29:14.219
 must

00:29:14.219 --> 00:29:15.000
 ascend to

00:29:15.000 --> 00:29:15.259
 the

00:29:15.259 --> 00:29:15.639
 Father.

00:29:17.779 --> 00:29:18.419
 Why

00:29:18.419 --> 00:29:18.799
 does

00:29:18.799 --> 00:29:19.240
 Jesus

00:29:19.240 --> 00:29:19.859
 have to

00:29:19.859 --> 00:29:21.139
 go to

00:29:21.139 --> 00:29:21.439
 the

00:29:21.439 --> 00:29:21.799
 Father?

00:29:23.980 --> 00:29:24.619
 Well,

00:29:24.699 --> 00:29:25.399
 when Jesus

00:29:25.399 --> 00:29:26.099
 goes to

00:29:26.099 --> 00:29:26.519
 be with

00:29:26.519 --> 00:29:26.740
 the

00:29:26.740 --> 00:29:27.220
 Father,

00:29:28.119 --> 00:29:28.460
 he's

00:29:28.460 --> 00:29:28.940
 going to

00:29:28.940 --> 00:29:30.279
 send the

00:29:30.279 --> 00:29:31.700
 Spirit to

00:29:31.700 --> 00:29:32.500
 his people.

00:29:33.619 --> 00:29:34.299
 Go back

00:29:34.299 --> 00:29:34.900
 with me to

00:29:34.900 --> 00:29:35.619
 John chapter

00:29:35.619 --> 00:29:36.359
 14.

00:29:37.579 --> 00:29:38.579
 Just a few

00:29:38.579 --> 00:29:39.400
 pages back,

00:29:39.539 --> 00:29:40.259
 John chapter

00:29:40.259 --> 00:29:41.039
 14.

00:29:45.799 --> 00:29:46.440
 And

00:29:46.440 --> 00:29:46.740
 verse

00:29:46.740 --> 00:29:47.460
 15.

00:29:51.019 --> 00:29:51.639
 John

00:29:51.639 --> 00:29:52.000
 chapter

00:29:52.000 --> 00:29:52.539
 14,

00:29:52.619 --> 00:29:53.139
 verse 15.

00:29:53.259 --> 00:29:53.519
 Jesus

00:29:53.519 --> 00:29:54.220
 is speaking

00:29:54.220 --> 00:29:54.680
 to the

00:29:54.680 --> 00:29:55.240
 disciples.

00:29:55.240 --> 00:29:56.240
 this is

00:29:56.240 --> 00:29:57.519
 before he

00:29:57.519 --> 00:29:57.920
 has been

00:29:57.920 --> 00:29:58.500
 crucified

00:29:58.500 --> 00:29:59.559
 and buried

00:29:59.559 --> 00:30:01.019
 and he's

00:30:01.019 --> 00:30:01.640
 teaching them

00:30:01.640 --> 00:30:01.859
 and he

00:30:01.859 --> 00:30:02.160
 says,

00:30:02.160 --> 00:30:02.859
 if you

00:30:02.859 --> 00:30:03.599
 love me,

00:30:04.519 --> 00:30:05.019
 keep my

00:30:05.019 --> 00:30:05.740
 commands.

00:30:06.880 --> 00:30:07.480
 And I

00:30:07.480 --> 00:30:08.220
 will ask

00:30:08.220 --> 00:30:09.000
 the Father

00:30:09.000 --> 00:30:10.480
 and he

00:30:10.480 --> 00:30:10.940
 will give

00:30:10.940 --> 00:30:11.500
 you another

00:30:11.500 --> 00:30:12.599
 advocate to

00:30:12.599 --> 00:30:13.539
 help you

00:30:13.539 --> 00:30:14.700
 and be

00:30:14.700 --> 00:30:15.859
 with you

00:30:15.859 --> 00:30:16.660
 forever,

00:30:18.140 --> 00:30:18.420
 the

00:30:18.420 --> 00:30:19.120
 Spirit of

00:30:19.120 --> 00:30:19.640
 Truth.

00:30:19.640 --> 00:30:19.740
 truth.

00:30:21.180 --> 00:30:21.460
 Well,

00:30:21.500 --> 00:30:22.340
 who's the

00:30:22.340 --> 00:30:22.860
 Spirit of

00:30:22.860 --> 00:30:23.360
 Truth?

00:30:24.940 --> 00:30:25.280
 Well,

00:30:25.320 --> 00:30:25.720
 let's go

00:30:25.720 --> 00:30:26.340
 back down

00:30:26.340 --> 00:30:26.860
 to verse

00:30:26.860 --> 00:30:27.620
 23.

00:30:29.460 --> 00:30:30.100
 Jesus

00:30:30.100 --> 00:30:30.620
 replied,

00:30:30.800 --> 00:30:31.460
 anyone who

00:30:31.460 --> 00:30:32.460
 loves me

00:30:32.460 --> 00:30:33.860
 will obey

00:30:33.860 --> 00:30:34.800
 my teaching.

00:30:35.800 --> 00:30:36.180
 My

00:30:36.180 --> 00:30:37.400
 Father will

00:30:37.400 --> 00:30:38.180
 love them

00:30:38.180 --> 00:30:39.360
 and we,

00:30:40.160 --> 00:30:40.660
 that's

00:30:40.660 --> 00:30:41.380
 Jesus and

00:30:41.380 --> 00:30:41.920
 the Father,

00:30:41.920 --> 00:30:43.060
 will come

00:30:43.060 --> 00:30:43.740
 to them

00:30:43.740 --> 00:30:45.140
 and make

00:30:45.140 --> 00:30:46.420
 our home

00:30:46.420 --> 00:30:48.019
 with them.

00:30:49.380 --> 00:30:50.120
 Isn't that

00:30:50.120 --> 00:30:50.720
 incredible?

00:30:50.960 --> 00:30:51.360
 Let's go

00:30:51.360 --> 00:30:51.860
 back to

00:30:51.860 --> 00:30:52.740
 chapter 20.

00:30:54.019 --> 00:30:54.720
 Jesus is

00:30:54.720 --> 00:30:55.259
 saying,

00:30:56.300 --> 00:30:57.140
 the Spirit

00:30:57.140 --> 00:30:58.000
 will be

00:30:58.000 --> 00:30:59.420
 sent by

00:30:59.420 --> 00:31:00.000
 the Father

00:31:00.000 --> 00:31:00.360
 and the

00:31:00.360 --> 00:31:01.840
 Son so

00:31:01.840 --> 00:31:03.820
 that we

00:31:03.820 --> 00:31:04.480
 might have

00:31:04.480 --> 00:31:05.240
 fellowship

00:31:05.240 --> 00:31:06.220
 with the

00:31:06.220 --> 00:31:07.860
 Father and

00:31:07.860 --> 00:31:08.539
 the Son.

00:31:09.420 --> 00:31:10.140
 By the

00:31:10.140 --> 00:31:10.580
 Spirit,

00:31:10.880 --> 00:31:11.519
 if we are

00:31:11.519 --> 00:31:12.380
 trusting in

00:31:12.380 --> 00:31:12.660
 him,

00:31:13.100 --> 00:31:13.620
 we can

00:31:13.620 --> 00:31:14.640
 enjoy the

00:31:14.640 --> 00:31:15.300
 love of the

00:31:15.299 --> 00:31:16.639
 Father and

00:31:16.639 --> 00:31:17.480
 the love

00:31:17.480 --> 00:31:17.839
 of the

00:31:17.839 --> 00:31:18.119
 Son.

00:31:18.480 --> 00:31:18.879
 There will

00:31:18.879 --> 00:31:19.919
 never be a

00:31:19.919 --> 00:31:20.700
 moment where

00:31:20.700 --> 00:31:21.379
 we will be

00:31:21.379 --> 00:31:22.159
 without him.

00:31:22.539 --> 00:31:23.079
 They will

00:31:23.079 --> 00:31:23.919
 make their

00:31:23.919 --> 00:31:25.299
 home in

00:31:25.299 --> 00:31:26.000
 us.

00:31:27.960 --> 00:31:28.539
 You see,

00:31:28.619 --> 00:31:29.139
 when Mary

00:31:29.139 --> 00:31:29.839
 was hugging

00:31:29.839 --> 00:31:30.480
 Jesus,

00:31:31.000 --> 00:31:31.639
 she had

00:31:31.639 --> 00:31:32.339
 him for

00:31:32.339 --> 00:31:33.000
 that moment

00:31:33.000 --> 00:31:33.759
 in time.

00:31:34.839 --> 00:31:35.440
 But Jesus

00:31:35.440 --> 00:31:36.159
 could go and

00:31:36.159 --> 00:31:36.839
 walk anywhere

00:31:36.839 --> 00:31:37.819
 and then

00:31:37.819 --> 00:31:38.940
 he wouldn't

00:31:38.940 --> 00:31:39.919
 actually be

00:31:39.919 --> 00:31:41.099
 with Mary.

00:31:41.819 --> 00:31:42.539
 But because

00:31:42.539 --> 00:31:43.259
 he goes to

00:31:43.259 --> 00:31:43.839
 the Father,

00:31:44.399 --> 00:31:45.059
 he sends

00:31:45.059 --> 00:31:45.720
 the Spirit,

00:31:45.859 --> 00:31:46.359
 the Spirit

00:31:46.359 --> 00:31:46.740
 of the

00:31:46.740 --> 00:31:47.279
 Father and

00:31:47.279 --> 00:31:47.720
 the Son,

00:31:48.240 --> 00:31:48.659
 so that

00:31:48.659 --> 00:31:49.240
 they could

00:31:49.240 --> 00:31:50.879
 be with

00:31:50.879 --> 00:31:52.859
 Mary forever.

00:31:55.079 --> 00:31:55.759
 Look at

00:31:55.759 --> 00:31:56.319
 the end of

00:31:56.319 --> 00:31:57.200
 verse 17.

00:31:58.500 --> 00:31:59.399
 Jesus says

00:31:59.399 --> 00:31:59.940
 to Mary,

00:31:59.940 --> 00:32:01.299
 go instead

00:32:01.299 --> 00:32:01.940
 to my

00:32:01.940 --> 00:32:02.759
 brothers and

00:32:02.759 --> 00:32:03.319
 tell them,

00:32:03.960 --> 00:32:04.359
 I am

00:32:04.359 --> 00:32:05.279
 ascending to

00:32:05.279 --> 00:32:06.259
 my Father

00:32:06.259 --> 00:32:07.539
 and your

00:32:07.539 --> 00:32:08.139
 Father,

00:32:08.740 --> 00:32:09.519
 to my

00:32:09.519 --> 00:32:10.039
 God

00:32:10.039 --> 00:32:11.319
 and your

00:32:11.319 --> 00:32:11.859
 God.

00:32:11.859 --> 00:32:13.199
 God

00:32:13.199 --> 00:32:14.240
 the

00:32:14.240 --> 00:32:15.039
 relationship

00:32:15.039 --> 00:32:16.079
 that Jesus

00:32:16.079 --> 00:32:16.859
 has with

00:32:16.859 --> 00:32:17.619
 God the

00:32:17.619 --> 00:32:18.259
 Father

00:32:18.259 --> 00:32:20.179
 can also

00:32:20.179 --> 00:32:21.539
 be our

00:32:21.539 --> 00:32:22.619
 relationship.

00:32:23.579 --> 00:32:24.439
 God is no

00:32:24.439 --> 00:32:25.199
 longer some

00:32:25.199 --> 00:32:25.919
 distant,

00:32:26.379 --> 00:32:27.419
 absent being

00:32:27.419 --> 00:32:28.119
 away out

00:32:28.119 --> 00:32:28.579
 there,

00:32:28.899 --> 00:32:29.899
 but through

00:32:29.899 --> 00:32:30.939
 and by the

00:32:30.939 --> 00:32:31.599
 resurrection,

00:32:32.259 --> 00:32:33.299
 he is present

00:32:33.299 --> 00:32:34.000
 with us,

00:32:34.359 --> 00:32:35.399
 giving joy

00:32:35.399 --> 00:32:36.679
 and hope

00:32:36.679 --> 00:32:38.099
 and life.

00:32:38.099 --> 00:32:39.959
 You see,

00:32:40.059 --> 00:32:40.480
 when our

00:32:40.480 --> 00:32:41.779
 spiritual eyes

00:32:41.779 --> 00:32:42.480
 are opened,

00:32:43.000 --> 00:32:43.500
 when the

00:32:43.500 --> 00:32:44.459
 risen Jesus

00:32:44.459 --> 00:32:45.240
 graciously

00:32:45.240 --> 00:32:46.240
 reveals himself

00:32:46.240 --> 00:32:46.919
 to us,

00:32:47.119 --> 00:32:47.899
 we enter

00:32:47.899 --> 00:32:48.779
 into an

00:32:48.779 --> 00:32:49.719
 unending,

00:32:50.240 --> 00:32:51.179
 unbreakable,

00:32:51.740 --> 00:32:53.119
 joyful intimacy

00:32:53.119 --> 00:32:54.619
 with the

00:32:54.619 --> 00:32:56.279
 Father and

00:32:56.279 --> 00:32:56.859
 the Son.

00:32:56.859 --> 00:33:00.199
 So a

00:33:00.199 --> 00:33:00.659
 joyful

00:33:00.659 --> 00:33:01.719
 intimacy

00:33:01.719 --> 00:33:03.379
 leads

00:33:03.379 --> 00:33:04.000
 finally

00:33:04.000 --> 00:33:05.740
 to a

00:33:05.740 --> 00:33:06.039
 new

00:33:06.039 --> 00:33:06.740
 purpose

00:33:06.740 --> 00:33:07.979
 in our

00:33:07.979 --> 00:33:08.459
 life,

00:33:08.599 --> 00:33:09.279
 a new

00:33:09.279 --> 00:33:09.799
 purpose

00:33:09.799 --> 00:33:10.299
 for our

00:33:10.299 --> 00:33:10.699
 life.

00:33:11.639 --> 00:33:12.119
 Mary's

00:33:12.119 --> 00:33:12.619
 life has

00:33:12.619 --> 00:33:12.859
 been

00:33:12.859 --> 00:33:13.639
 transformed.

00:33:14.579 --> 00:33:14.859
 There's

00:33:14.859 --> 00:33:15.659
 literally a

00:33:15.659 --> 00:33:16.740
 joyful step

00:33:16.740 --> 00:33:17.679
 in her

00:33:17.679 --> 00:33:18.119
 run.

00:33:18.299 --> 00:33:18.539
 Verse

00:33:18.539 --> 00:33:19.099
 18,

00:33:20.139 --> 00:33:21.240
 Mary Magdalene

00:33:21.240 --> 00:33:22.439
 went to the

00:33:22.439 --> 00:33:23.379
 disciples with

00:33:23.379 --> 00:33:24.000
 the news,

00:33:24.579 --> 00:33:25.299
 I have

00:33:25.299 --> 00:33:25.879
 seen

00:33:25.880 --> 00:33:26.900
 the Lord.

00:33:27.900 --> 00:33:28.800
 And what

00:33:28.800 --> 00:33:29.400
 good news

00:33:29.400 --> 00:33:29.960
 it was,

00:33:30.300 --> 00:33:30.980
 before she

00:33:30.980 --> 00:33:31.720
 was weeping,

00:33:31.860 --> 00:33:32.180
 she was

00:33:32.180 --> 00:33:32.700
 crying,

00:33:33.140 --> 00:33:33.480
 she was

00:33:33.480 --> 00:33:33.880
 in a

00:33:33.880 --> 00:33:34.420
 state of

00:33:34.420 --> 00:33:34.840
 deep

00:33:34.840 --> 00:33:35.640
 despairing

00:33:35.640 --> 00:33:36.080
 loss,

00:33:36.520 --> 00:33:37.080
 confronted

00:33:37.080 --> 00:33:37.740
 with this

00:33:37.740 --> 00:33:38.100
 death,

00:33:38.220 --> 00:33:38.660
 there was

00:33:38.660 --> 00:33:39.220
 no hope,

00:33:39.520 --> 00:33:40.100
 but now

00:33:40.100 --> 00:33:40.760
 she's seen

00:33:40.760 --> 00:33:41.240
 the risen

00:33:41.240 --> 00:33:41.640
 Lord.

00:33:42.060 --> 00:33:42.820
 There is

00:33:42.820 --> 00:33:43.520
 confident

00:33:43.520 --> 00:33:44.040
 hope.

00:33:44.580 --> 00:33:44.940
 Jesus,

00:33:45.240 --> 00:33:45.880
 who died

00:33:45.880 --> 00:33:46.280
 on the

00:33:46.280 --> 00:33:46.800
 cross on

00:33:46.800 --> 00:33:47.360
 the Friday,

00:33:47.840 --> 00:33:48.520
 was buried

00:33:48.520 --> 00:33:49.460
 and is

00:33:49.460 --> 00:33:50.260
 raised to

00:33:50.260 --> 00:33:50.640
 life,

00:33:51.140 --> 00:33:51.640
 is now

00:33:51.640 --> 00:33:52.180
 with us

00:33:52.180 --> 00:33:53.220
 forevermore

00:33:53.220 --> 00:33:54.480
 as we

00:33:54.480 --> 00:33:55.280
 place our

00:33:55.280 --> 00:33:55.740
 trust

00:33:55.740 --> 00:33:56.460
 in him.

00:33:58.000 --> 00:33:58.819
 By his

00:33:58.819 --> 00:33:59.640
 resurrection,

00:34:00.799 --> 00:34:01.240
 Jesus

00:34:01.240 --> 00:34:02.980
 has crushed

00:34:02.980 --> 00:34:04.140
 death to

00:34:04.140 --> 00:34:04.579
 death,

00:34:05.039 --> 00:34:05.480
 he has

00:34:05.480 --> 00:34:06.140
 destroyed

00:34:06.140 --> 00:34:07.099
 the grave,

00:34:07.579 --> 00:34:08.099
 defeated

00:34:08.099 --> 00:34:08.760
 our enemy,

00:34:08.760 --> 00:34:09.860
 the sting

00:34:09.860 --> 00:34:10.699
 is removed

00:34:10.699 --> 00:34:12.280
 and despair

00:34:12.280 --> 00:34:13.960
 is gone.

00:34:15.420 --> 00:34:16.639
 He comes

00:34:16.639 --> 00:34:17.340
 to us

00:34:17.340 --> 00:34:18.559
 to offer

00:34:18.559 --> 00:34:19.519
 us life

00:34:19.519 --> 00:34:20.739
 in all

00:34:20.739 --> 00:34:21.139
 its

00:34:21.139 --> 00:34:21.900
 fullness.

00:34:21.900 --> 00:34:22.200
 us.

00:34:22.200 --> 00:34:22.440
 Now,

00:34:24.539 --> 00:34:24.940
 of course,

00:34:25.019 --> 00:34:25.460
 none of

00:34:25.460 --> 00:34:25.840
 this is

00:34:25.840 --> 00:34:26.300
 saying

00:34:26.300 --> 00:34:27.740
 that that

00:34:27.740 --> 00:34:28.420
 means now

00:34:28.420 --> 00:34:29.099
 death is

00:34:29.099 --> 00:34:29.700
 easy.

00:34:30.780 --> 00:34:31.019
 No,

00:34:31.059 --> 00:34:31.420
 there's a

00:34:31.420 --> 00:34:31.980
 sense in

00:34:31.980 --> 00:34:33.139
 which Mary

00:34:33.139 --> 00:34:34.079
 was right

00:34:34.079 --> 00:34:35.079
 to grieve

00:34:35.079 --> 00:34:37.119
 because death

00:34:37.119 --> 00:34:38.079
 breaks what

00:34:38.079 --> 00:34:38.800
 is special

00:34:38.800 --> 00:34:39.559
 and it

00:34:39.559 --> 00:34:40.380
 ruins what

00:34:40.380 --> 00:34:40.960
 is good.

00:34:41.559 --> 00:34:42.119
 Death will

00:34:42.119 --> 00:34:43.300
 always be a

00:34:43.300 --> 00:34:44.460
 painful curse.

00:34:45.680 --> 00:34:46.420
 Yet we

00:34:46.420 --> 00:34:47.380
 know that in

00:34:47.380 --> 00:34:48.079
 our suffering

00:34:48.079 --> 00:34:49.199
 we have

00:34:49.199 --> 00:34:49.980
 the Spirit

00:34:49.980 --> 00:34:50.599
 of God,

00:34:50.699 --> 00:34:51.159
 the Father

00:34:51.159 --> 00:34:51.599
 and the

00:34:51.599 --> 00:34:52.819
 Son living

00:34:52.819 --> 00:34:53.980
 within us

00:34:53.980 --> 00:34:55.480
 to bring

00:34:55.480 --> 00:34:56.159
 us and

00:34:56.159 --> 00:34:57.059
 embrace us

00:34:57.059 --> 00:34:57.659
 with their

00:34:57.659 --> 00:34:58.719
 love and

00:34:58.719 --> 00:34:59.279
 comfort

00:34:59.279 --> 00:35:01.299
 every moment

00:35:01.299 --> 00:35:02.519
 of every

00:35:02.519 --> 00:35:02.920
 day.

00:35:02.920 --> 00:35:04.920
 and I

00:35:04.920 --> 00:35:05.260
 want to

00:35:05.260 --> 00:35:05.840
 underline

00:35:05.840 --> 00:35:06.780
 that today.

00:35:07.420 --> 00:35:08.159
 If any

00:35:08.159 --> 00:35:08.780
 of you

00:35:08.780 --> 00:35:09.840
 are

00:35:09.840 --> 00:35:10.400
 suffering

00:35:10.400 --> 00:35:10.740
 and

00:35:10.740 --> 00:35:11.200
 struggling

00:35:11.200 --> 00:35:13.039
 because you

00:35:13.039 --> 00:35:13.700
 have lost

00:35:13.700 --> 00:35:14.800
 someone close

00:35:14.800 --> 00:35:15.400
 to you,

00:35:16.200 --> 00:35:17.159
 know this,

00:35:18.000 --> 00:35:18.700
 that the

00:35:18.700 --> 00:35:19.420
 Father and

00:35:19.420 --> 00:35:19.920
 the Son

00:35:19.920 --> 00:35:20.539
 by the

00:35:20.539 --> 00:35:21.000
 Spirit

00:35:21.000 --> 00:35:21.980
 can make

00:35:21.980 --> 00:35:22.700
 their home

00:35:22.700 --> 00:35:23.480
 in you

00:35:23.480 --> 00:35:25.519
 and they

00:35:25.519 --> 00:35:26.300
 will embrace

00:35:26.300 --> 00:35:27.480
 you with

00:35:27.480 --> 00:35:28.240
 their love

00:35:28.240 --> 00:35:30.019
 and comfort

00:35:30.019 --> 00:35:31.940
 you as

00:35:31.940 --> 00:35:32.760
 we trust

00:35:32.760 --> 00:35:33.599
 in him.

00:35:35.360 --> 00:35:35.880
 And so

00:35:35.880 --> 00:35:36.579
 we can go

00:35:36.579 --> 00:35:37.019
 with a

00:35:37.019 --> 00:35:37.840
 new purpose.

00:35:38.400 --> 00:35:39.059
 Like Mary

00:35:39.059 --> 00:35:39.860
 we can tell

00:35:39.860 --> 00:35:40.619
 the good news

00:35:40.619 --> 00:35:41.320
 that Jesus

00:35:41.320 --> 00:35:41.920
 is risen.

00:35:42.320 --> 00:35:43.079
 He's alive

00:35:43.079 --> 00:35:44.579
 and he

00:35:44.579 --> 00:35:45.500
 can radically

00:35:45.500 --> 00:35:46.800
 change

00:35:46.800 --> 00:35:48.000
 your life.

00:35:49.700 --> 00:35:50.079
 You see

00:35:50.079 --> 00:35:50.539
 our hope

00:35:50.539 --> 00:35:51.119
 is not in

00:35:51.119 --> 00:35:51.639
 the stuff

00:35:51.639 --> 00:35:52.480
 of fantasy.

00:35:53.240 --> 00:35:53.760
 What we're

00:35:53.760 --> 00:35:54.639
 reading here

00:35:54.639 --> 00:35:55.159
 in this

00:35:55.159 --> 00:35:56.119
 gospel account

00:35:56.119 --> 00:35:57.179
 isn't just

00:35:57.179 --> 00:35:57.780
 made up

00:35:57.780 --> 00:35:58.400
 nonsense.

00:35:59.800 --> 00:36:00.639
 Our hope

00:36:00.639 --> 00:36:01.300
 is in the

00:36:01.300 --> 00:36:01.760
 bodily

00:36:01.760 --> 00:36:03.380
 resurrection

00:36:03.380 --> 00:36:04.860
 of Jesus.

00:36:05.680 --> 00:36:06.180
 Almost

00:36:06.180 --> 00:36:07.380
 2,000 years

00:36:07.380 --> 00:36:07.740
 ago

00:36:07.740 --> 00:36:08.800
 he died

00:36:08.800 --> 00:36:09.580
 on a cross,

00:36:10.080 --> 00:36:10.440
 he was

00:36:10.440 --> 00:36:10.840
 buried

00:36:10.840 --> 00:36:11.960
 and he

00:36:11.960 --> 00:36:12.820
 was raised.

00:36:14.400 --> 00:36:14.820
 And the

00:36:14.820 --> 00:36:15.340
 ones who

00:36:15.340 --> 00:36:16.060
 trust in

00:36:16.060 --> 00:36:16.420
 him

00:36:16.420 --> 00:36:18.560
 will one

00:36:18.560 --> 00:36:19.100
 day hear

00:36:19.100 --> 00:36:19.740
 the voice

00:36:19.740 --> 00:36:20.100
 of the

00:36:20.100 --> 00:36:20.860
 risen Jesus

00:36:20.860 --> 00:36:22.380
 and we

00:36:22.380 --> 00:36:22.880
 will be

00:36:22.880 --> 00:36:23.660
 raised

00:36:23.660 --> 00:36:25.180
 to eternal

00:36:25.180 --> 00:36:25.780
 life

00:36:25.780 --> 00:36:27.120
 in his

00:36:27.120 --> 00:36:27.740
 eternal

00:36:27.740 --> 00:36:28.380
 kingdom

00:36:28.380 --> 00:36:29.760
 forever

00:36:29.760 --> 00:36:29.880
 forever

00:36:29.880 --> 00:36:31.160
 and forever

00:36:31.160 --> 00:36:32.140
 without

00:36:32.140 --> 00:36:32.920
 end.

00:36:34.180 --> 00:36:35.360
 I hope

00:36:35.360 --> 00:36:36.580
 that each

00:36:36.580 --> 00:36:37.220
 one of us

00:36:37.220 --> 00:36:37.880
 can go

00:36:37.880 --> 00:36:39.060
 joyfully

00:36:39.060 --> 00:36:40.000
 this morning

00:36:40.000 --> 00:36:41.580
 not in

00:36:41.580 --> 00:36:42.440
 despairing

00:36:42.440 --> 00:36:43.060
 loss

00:36:43.060 --> 00:36:45.020
 but filled

00:36:45.020 --> 00:36:45.740
 with hope

00:36:45.740 --> 00:36:47.380
 and say

00:36:47.380 --> 00:36:48.740
 I too

00:36:48.740 --> 00:36:50.180
 have seen

00:36:50.180 --> 00:36:51.300
 the Lord.

00:36:52.300 --> 00:36:53.440
 Let's pray

00:36:53.440 --> 00:36:54.300
 together.

00:37:04.300 --> 00:37:05.340
 Father God

00:37:05.340 --> 00:37:06.300
 help us

00:37:06.300 --> 00:37:07.960
 if we

00:37:07.960 --> 00:37:08.480
 have any

00:37:08.480 --> 00:37:09.260
 doubts

00:37:09.260 --> 00:37:11.019
 or any

00:37:11.019 --> 00:37:11.700
 concerns

00:37:11.700 --> 00:37:12.360
 or any

00:37:12.360 --> 00:37:13.019
 struggles

00:37:13.019 --> 00:37:15.440
 as to

00:37:15.440 --> 00:37:15.619
 the

00:37:15.619 --> 00:37:16.280
 reliability

00:37:16.280 --> 00:37:18.340
 of the

00:37:18.340 --> 00:37:19.019
 resurrection

00:37:19.019 --> 00:37:21.640
 that you

00:37:21.640 --> 00:37:22.320
 would indeed

00:37:22.320 --> 00:37:23.000
 open our

00:37:23.000 --> 00:37:23.540
 eyes

00:37:23.540 --> 00:37:25.019
 the eyes

00:37:25.019 --> 00:37:25.340
 of our

00:37:25.340 --> 00:37:25.800
 heart

00:37:25.800 --> 00:37:27.320
 that we

00:37:27.320 --> 00:37:28.140
 might see

00:37:28.140 --> 00:37:29.420
 and

00:37:29.420 --> 00:37:30.600
 experience

00:37:30.600 --> 00:37:31.380
 the risen

00:37:31.380 --> 00:37:31.880
 Jesus

00:37:31.880 --> 00:37:32.940
 in our

00:37:32.940 --> 00:37:33.400
 life.

00:37:34.980 --> 00:37:36.040
 Help us

00:37:36.040 --> 00:37:36.580
 to go

00:37:36.580 --> 00:37:37.640
 with

00:37:37.640 --> 00:37:38.320
 assurance

00:37:38.320 --> 00:37:40.220
 that Jesus

00:37:40.220 --> 00:37:41.420
 is indeed

00:37:41.420 --> 00:37:41.860
 risen

00:37:41.860 --> 00:37:43.840
 and has

00:37:43.840 --> 00:37:44.360
 come to

00:37:44.360 --> 00:37:44.940
 live with

00:37:44.940 --> 00:37:45.559
 all who

00:37:45.559 --> 00:37:46.120
 will trust

00:37:46.120 --> 00:37:46.460
 him

00:37:46.460 --> 00:37:48.079
 now

00:37:48.079 --> 00:37:48.680
 and

00:37:48.680 --> 00:37:49.160
 forever.

00:37:50.680 --> 00:37:51.720
 Thank you

00:37:51.720 --> 00:37:52.900
 for this

00:37:52.900 --> 00:37:53.460
 account

00:37:53.460 --> 00:37:55.000
 and thank

00:37:55.000 --> 00:37:55.519
 you for

00:37:55.519 --> 00:37:56.120
 Jesus.

00:37:57.120 --> 00:37:57.720
 Amen.

00:37:57.720 --> 00:37:57.860
 Amen.

00:37:57.860 --> 00:37:57.900
 Amen.

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