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 For those of you who are new, my name is Sean.

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 I'm one of the pastors of Trinity Cambridge Church.

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 It's my joy to preach God's word to you this morning.

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 We are in Matthew chapter 28 today for Easter Sunday.

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 So please turn with me in your Bibles.

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 Matthew is the first book in the New Testament.

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 If you see Mark, you've gone a little too far.

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 Let me pray for the reading and preaching of God's word.

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 Heavenly Father, we gather as we always do on Sunday morning

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 because your son Jesus Christ was raised on Sunday morning.

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 We are alive today because he was raised.

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 And Lord, we don't want to take his death and his resurrection on our behalf

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 for granted.

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 So we pray that you would renew our understanding,

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 our appreciation

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 for the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus.

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 Fill us with awe before him

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 with great joy

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 as remember what he has accomplished for us.

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 Glorify the name of your son

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 and be pleased in our worship this morning.

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 In Jesus' name we pray.

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 Amen.

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 Matthew chapter 28, verses 1 to 15.

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 Now after the Sabbath,

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 toward the dawn of the first day of the week,

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 Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to see the tomb.

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 And behold, there was a great earthquake.

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 For an angel of the Lord descended from heaven

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 and came and rolled back the stone and sat on it.

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 His appearance was like lightning

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 and his clothing white as snow.

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 And for fear of him,

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 the guards trembled and became like dead men.

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 But the angel said to the woman,

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 Do not be afraid,

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 for I know that you seek Jesus who was crucified.

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 He is not here,

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 for he has risen, as he said.

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 Come, see the place where he lay.

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 Then go quickly and tell his disciples

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 that he has risen from the dead.

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 And behold, he is going before you to Galilee.

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 There you will see him.

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 See, I have told you.

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 So they departed quickly from the tomb

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 with fear and great joy

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 and ran to tell his disciples.

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 And behold, Jesus met them and said,

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 Greetings.

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 And they came up and took hold of his feet

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 and worshipped him.

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 Then Jesus said to them,

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 Do not be afraid.

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 Go and tell my brothers to go to Galilee

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 and there they will see me.

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 While they were going,

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 behold, some of the guard went into the city

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 and told the chief priests

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 all that had taken place.

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 And when they had assembled with the elders

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 and taken counsel,

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 they gave a sufficient sum of money

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 to the soldiers and said,

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 Tell people,

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 his disciples came by night

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 and stole him away while we were asleep.

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 And if this comes to the governor's ears,

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 we will satisfy him

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 and keep you out of trouble.

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 So they took the money

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 and did as they were directed.

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 And this story

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 has been spread among the Jews

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 to this day.

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 This is God's holy

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 and authoritative word.

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 Often when I tell

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 my non-Christian friends,

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 unbelieving friends,

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 about Jesus,

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 they raise philosophical

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 or scientific objections

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 that they think

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 I need to be able to explain

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 in order to reconcile

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 my Christian worldview

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 with them.

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 How do you explain

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 the problem of evil

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 and suffering in the world?

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 Can you square

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 the account of creation

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 in Genesis

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 with our modern

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 scientific understanding?

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 Very smart Christians

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 over the last 2,000 years

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 have provided

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 many compelling

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 and satisfactory answers

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 to all of these questions

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 and more.

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 And sometimes

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 I will engage

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 with their questions

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 at that level,

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 but I usually

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 try to bring

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 the conversation

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 back to Jesus.

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 To Jesus' life,

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 his death,

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 and resurrection.

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 Because Christianity

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 is not a system

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 of belief

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 that someone

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 arrived at

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 after extensive

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 philosophical inquiry.

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 Rather,

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 it's the natural

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 outgrowth

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 of an earth-shaking

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 historical event.

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 In other words,

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 the central tenet

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 of Christianity,

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 the death

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 and resurrection

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 of Jesus,

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 is itself

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 an inconvenient

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 historical reality

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 that we must

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 reckon with

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 in order to make

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 sense of our world.

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 In other words,

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 your worldview

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 needs to be updated

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 to make an account

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 for the death

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 and resurrection

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 of Jesus.

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 When a scientist

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 discovers data

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 that contradict

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 his hypothesis,

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 he can't ignore

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 the data.

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 That's not a luxury

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 that he has.

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 He needs to modify

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 his hypothesis.

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 Similarly,

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 if your worldview

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 does not allow

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 for a resurrection,

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 that's no reason

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 simply to discount it

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 and say that it

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 could have never

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 happened.

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 You need to change

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 your worldview.

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 Because there is

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 compelling historical

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 evidence that Jesus

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 really died

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 and that he was

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 really raised

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 from the dead.

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 The biographies

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 of Jesus

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 that we Christians

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 call the Gospels

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 of Matthew,

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 Mark, Luke,

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 and John

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 all contain accounts

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 of the resurrection

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 of Jesus.

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 And these writings

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 have far superior

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 documentation historically

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 than any other

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 contemporary classical

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 work.

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 And the oldest

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 Gospel manuscript

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 we have

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 dates to 2nd century AD

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 and the sheer number

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 of textual attestations

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 that we have

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 in their antiquity

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 ensure that what

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 we have here

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 in our Bibles

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 and in the Gospels

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 is what the original

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 authors wrote.

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 And the fact

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 that they were written

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 so early

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 means that the authors

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 could not have

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 easily fabricated

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 things.

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 Especially not

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 something as fundamental

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 as the resurrection.

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 There were contemporary

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 witnesses around

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 who could easily

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 challenge fabricated

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 elements in the accounts.

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 Just to give you

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 an example,

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 I'm sure you have

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 had awkward

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 conversations

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 with married couples

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 where the husband

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 tells you a story

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 and the wife

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 promptly corrects him

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 saying,

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 no, no, no,

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 that's not what

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 actually happened.

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 This is how

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 it really went down.

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 No, that's not

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 where that happened.

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 It happened here.

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 That's not when

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 that happened.

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 No, it happened then.

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 Because the wife

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 was there

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 with the husband

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 and if it's

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 like me and my wife,

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 Hannah,

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 then she's usually right.

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 She can correct me

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 because she was there.

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 The same is true

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 for the Gospel accounts.

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 They were written

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 and circulated

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 so early on

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 and so close

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 to the time

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 of the actual events

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 that there were

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 plenty of people around

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 to challenge falsehoods.

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 Hey, that didn't

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 actually happen.

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 That's not what

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 Mary told me.

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 She was there.

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 Some of the

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 minor discrepancies

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 that you find

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 in the Gospel accounts

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 are accounted

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 for by the fact

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 that they're telling

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 the story

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 from different angles

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 and different perspectives

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 and they choose

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 each author

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 to note or emphasize

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 different details

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 of the story

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 for the sake

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 of theological emphases.

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 And those actually

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 corroborate the historical

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 authenticity of the event

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 because they show

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 that there were

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 multiple strands

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 of oral tradition

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 that had been preserved,

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 handed down

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 from the same

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 historical event.

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 And today,

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 we're looking specifically

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 at Matthew's account

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 of Jesus' resurrection

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 here in chapter 28.

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 And Matthew draws

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 a contrast

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 between the true

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 witnesses of the resurrection

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 in the first 10 verses

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 and the false witnesses

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 of the resurrection

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 in verses 11 to 15.

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 And through this,

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 teaches us

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 to believe

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 in the resurrection

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 and to bear witness

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 to the bodily

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 resurrection of Jesus.

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 He says in verse 1,

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 Now after the Sabbath,

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 toward the dawn

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 of the first day

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 of the week,

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 Mary Magdalene

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 and the other Mary

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 went to see the tomb.

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 All four gospel accounts

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 of Jesus' resurrection

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 record that Jesus

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 rose from the dead

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 around the dawn

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 of the first day

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 of the week.

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 The first day

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 of the week

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 conveys a note

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 of hope

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 and renewal.

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 There's a reason why,

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 if you remember

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 from a few months ago,

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 gyms are always crowded

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 in January

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 because people make

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 New Year's resolutions.

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 People want to create

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 a new self.

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 There's a sense of hope.

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 We can be different.

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 We can be healthier.

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 Similarly,

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 the phrase

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 first day of the week

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 conveys the newness

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 of hope

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 that Jesus' resurrection

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 brings.

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 Jesus is making

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 all things new.

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 This is also why

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 Christians throughout

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 the last two millennia

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 have gathered

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 for worship on Sunday.

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 Remember that

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 the earliest Christians

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 were mostly Jews

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 and that Jews

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 had been faithfully

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 observing the Sabbath

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 and worshiping

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 in the synagogues

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 on Saturday

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 for thousands of years.

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 Something significant

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 must have happened

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 to make them change

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 such a deeply historical,

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 scriptural,

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 and universally observed

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 practice.

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 This transfer

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 of the Lord's Day

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 from Saturday

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 to Sunday

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 only makes sense

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 in light of the resurrection

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 of Jesus Christ.

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 Because the Lord Jesus

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 rose from the dead

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 on the first day

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 of the week,

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 they saw it as only fitting

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 to make that day

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 the focal point

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 of their weekly rhythm

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 and worship.

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 This is why

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 Christian sects

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 that insist

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 that corporate worship

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 should take place

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 on Saturdays

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 rather than on Sundays

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 are misguided,

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 however well-meaning

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 they might be.

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 The resurrection

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 also reportedly happened

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 toward the dawn

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 of the first day

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 of the week.

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 Matthew,

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 like other gospel writers,

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 employed a light-darkness

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 motif throughout his gospel.

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 Most prominently

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 at the beginning

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 of Jesus' ministry,

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 it says in Matthew 4,

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 13-16,

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 that he lived in Capernaum

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 by the sea

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 in the territory

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 of Zebulun and Naphtali

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 so that what was spoken

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 by the prophet Isaiah

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 might be fulfilled.

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 And this is the prophecy.

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 The land of Zebulun

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 and the land of Naphtali,

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 the way of the sea

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 beyond the Jordan,

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 Galilee of the Gentiles,

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 the people dwelling

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 in darkness

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 have seen a great light.

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 And for those dwelling

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 in the region

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 and shadow of death,

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 on them a light

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 has dawned.

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 This has been the nature

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 of Jesus' ministry

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 from the very beginning.

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 He is the light

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 of the world

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 and wherever he goes,

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 the light of salvation

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 dawns over those

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 who dwell

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 in the shadow of death.

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 Matthew also noted

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 in 27-45

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 that Jesus,

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 just before breathing

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 his last breath

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 on the cross,

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 he said,

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 there was darkness

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 over the face

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 of the land.

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 So darkness precedes

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 Jesus' death

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 and here dawn precedes

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 Jesus' resurrection.

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 The term Easter

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 comes from the

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 Proto-Germanic word

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 that means dawn.

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 Just as the sun

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 rises from the east

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 to bring the light

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 of day,

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 Jesus' resurrection

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 brings the light

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 of life.

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 And that gives us

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 so much hope.

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 some of you

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 probably feel overwhelmed

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 by the darkness

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 of this world.

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 There's so much war,

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 so much death,

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 so much hatred

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 and division.

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 Some of you

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 probably feel

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 overwhelmed

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 by the darkness

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 within you,

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 by your evil desires,

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 your own selfishness,

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 your own envy,

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 hatred,

00:12:45.379 --> 00:12:45.940
 cynicism,

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 indifference,

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 laziness,

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 addictions.

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 But however dark

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 the world might be,

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 however hopeless

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 your life might seem,

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 however dead

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 you might feel

00:13:00.659 --> 00:13:01.539
 spiritually,

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 Jesus' resurrection

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 teaches us

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 that there is still

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 hope for us.

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 The light of Christ

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 can still dawn

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 on your life.

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 Matthew also notes

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 that Mary Magdalene

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 and the other Mary

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 went to see the tomb.

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 Matthew has been

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 very careful

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 to note

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 the presence of woman

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 at all the critical

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 junctures of Jesus'

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 death and resurrection.

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 At his crucifixion,

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 he said in Matthew 27,

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 55 to 56,

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 there were also

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 many women there

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 looking on

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 from a distance

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 who had followed

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 Jesus from Galilee

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 ministering to him,

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 among whom

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 were Mary Magdalene

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 and Mary,

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 the mother of James

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 and Joseph

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 and the mother

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 of the sons of Zebedee.

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 Likewise,

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 at Jesus' burial,

00:13:46.360 --> 00:13:47.379
 he said in Matthew 27,

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 61,

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 Mary Magdalene

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 and the other Mary

00:13:50.159 --> 00:13:50.879
 were there

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 sitting opposite

00:13:52.000 --> 00:13:52.720
 the tomb.

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 Mary Magdalene

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 and the other Mary,

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 the mother of James

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 and Joseph,

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 are consistently

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 noted as eyewitnesses.

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 These same women

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 saw Jesus die

00:14:03.220 --> 00:14:03.939
 on the cross.

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 These same women

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 saw exactly

00:14:06.279 --> 00:14:06.939
 where Jesus

00:14:06.939 --> 00:14:07.820
 was buried.

00:14:08.200 --> 00:14:09.360
 And these same women

00:14:09.360 --> 00:14:10.419
 were the ones

00:14:10.419 --> 00:14:10.600
 who,

00:14:10.799 --> 00:14:11.820
 after all of his disciples

00:14:11.820 --> 00:14:12.700
 had deserted him,

00:14:13.059 --> 00:14:13.899
 visited the tomb

00:14:13.899 --> 00:14:14.740
 and saw that

00:14:14.740 --> 00:14:15.959
 it was empty.

00:14:17.539 --> 00:14:18.959
 Matthew is telling us

00:14:18.959 --> 00:14:19.959
 that Jesus' resurrection

00:14:19.959 --> 00:14:20.939
 is not a big

00:14:20.939 --> 00:14:21.579
 misunderstanding.

00:14:22.340 --> 00:14:22.799
 These women

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 are eyewitnesses

00:14:23.740 --> 00:14:24.220
 who knew

00:14:24.220 --> 00:14:25.799
 where Jesus' tomb was.

00:14:27.399 --> 00:14:28.319
 And the presence

00:14:28.319 --> 00:14:28.980
 of these women

00:14:28.980 --> 00:14:29.899
 in these accounts

00:14:29.899 --> 00:14:31.439
 significantly bolsters

00:14:31.439 --> 00:14:32.179
 the credibility

00:14:32.179 --> 00:14:33.079
 of the resurrection

00:14:33.079 --> 00:14:34.139
 accounts in the Gospels.

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 If the resurrection

00:14:35.919 --> 00:14:36.779
 accounts were

00:14:36.779 --> 00:14:37.919
 made up stories

00:14:37.919 --> 00:14:39.100
 by Jesus' disciples

00:14:39.100 --> 00:14:40.439
 and they really

00:14:40.439 --> 00:14:41.460
 wanted to sell it,

00:14:41.460 --> 00:14:42.000
 if they really

00:14:42.000 --> 00:14:42.639
 wanted people

00:14:42.639 --> 00:14:43.080
 back then

00:14:43.080 --> 00:14:43.800
 to believe it,

00:14:44.220 --> 00:14:44.800
 then they would

00:14:44.800 --> 00:14:45.800
 not have chosen

00:14:45.800 --> 00:14:46.800
 women to be

00:14:46.800 --> 00:14:47.620
 the first witnesses

00:14:47.620 --> 00:14:48.740
 of Jesus' resurrection.

00:14:49.920 --> 00:14:51.280
 Because in their culture,

00:14:52.040 --> 00:14:53.040
 women were ineligible

00:14:53.040 --> 00:14:54.440
 to serve as legal witnesses

00:14:54.440 --> 00:14:56.019
 in the Jewish court.

00:14:57.160 --> 00:14:57.580
 To illustrate

00:14:57.580 --> 00:14:58.280
 the first century

00:14:58.280 --> 00:14:59.040
 Jewish historian

00:14:59.040 --> 00:14:59.860
 Josephus wrote

00:14:59.860 --> 00:15:00.360
 in his book

00:15:00.360 --> 00:15:01.420
 Against Apion,

00:15:01.980 --> 00:15:02.560
 but let not

00:15:02.560 --> 00:15:03.200
 the testimony

00:15:03.200 --> 00:15:04.420
 of women be admitted

00:15:04.420 --> 00:15:06.060
 on account of the levity

00:15:06.060 --> 00:15:06.700
 and boldness

00:15:06.700 --> 00:15:07.340
 of their sex

00:15:07.340 --> 00:15:08.379
 since it is probable

00:15:08.379 --> 00:15:09.240
 that they may not

00:15:09.240 --> 00:15:10.180
 speak truth

00:15:10.180 --> 00:15:11.280
 either out of hope

00:15:11.279 --> 00:15:11.959
 of gain

00:15:11.959 --> 00:15:12.559
 or fear

00:15:12.559 --> 00:15:13.240
 of punishment.

00:15:14.799 --> 00:15:15.240
 Similarly,

00:15:15.379 --> 00:15:16.019
 the Talmud,

00:15:16.139 --> 00:15:16.980
 which is the compilation

00:15:16.980 --> 00:15:18.319
 of Jewish rabbinical

00:15:18.319 --> 00:15:18.799
 commentary

00:15:18.799 --> 00:15:20.000
 on Old Testament

00:15:20.000 --> 00:15:20.459
 scriptures,

00:15:20.959 --> 00:15:21.600
 stipulates that

00:15:21.600 --> 00:15:22.240
 women may not

00:15:22.240 --> 00:15:23.159
 be a valid witness

00:15:23.159 --> 00:15:24.019
 in Jewish legal

00:15:24.019 --> 00:15:24.500
 proceedings.

00:15:26.579 --> 00:15:27.079
 In fact,

00:15:27.500 --> 00:15:28.179
 the fact that

00:15:28.179 --> 00:15:29.019
 the first witnesses

00:15:29.019 --> 00:15:29.579
 were women

00:15:29.579 --> 00:15:30.919
 was the very thing

00:15:30.919 --> 00:15:31.959
 that the second century

00:15:31.959 --> 00:15:32.679
 Greek philosopher

00:15:32.679 --> 00:15:33.220
 Kelsus,

00:15:33.319 --> 00:15:34.360
 who was anti-Christian,

00:15:34.860 --> 00:15:36.259
 mocked us about.

00:15:38.019 --> 00:15:39.399
 So it would have been

00:15:39.399 --> 00:15:40.559
 a point of embarrassment

00:15:40.559 --> 00:15:41.659
 in the ancient world

00:15:41.659 --> 00:15:42.579
 that the first witnesses

00:15:42.579 --> 00:15:43.539
 of Christ's resurrection

00:15:43.539 --> 00:15:44.199
 were women.

00:15:44.799 --> 00:15:46.159
 But none of the gospel

00:15:46.159 --> 00:15:47.539
 writers try to hide

00:15:47.539 --> 00:15:49.319
 or minimize this fact

00:15:49.319 --> 00:15:52.219
 because they believe

00:15:52.219 --> 00:15:53.079
 that their testimony

00:15:53.079 --> 00:15:53.899
 is reliable

00:15:53.899 --> 00:15:55.399
 and because

00:15:55.399 --> 00:15:56.739
 they're not making

00:15:56.739 --> 00:15:57.279
 this up,

00:15:57.379 --> 00:15:58.159
 but that's what

00:15:58.159 --> 00:15:59.559
 actually happened.

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 There are many other

00:16:04.259 --> 00:16:04.899
 such details

00:16:04.899 --> 00:16:05.699
 in the gospels.

00:16:06.099 --> 00:16:06.419
 For example,

00:16:06.439 --> 00:16:07.179
 how the disciples

00:16:07.179 --> 00:16:08.099
 could not heal

00:16:08.100 --> 00:16:09.220
 a demon-possessed man,

00:16:09.779 --> 00:16:10.700
 how they bickered

00:16:10.700 --> 00:16:11.779
 about who's the greatest

00:16:11.779 --> 00:16:12.700
 when Jesus was getting

00:16:12.700 --> 00:16:13.399
 ready to die

00:16:13.399 --> 00:16:14.080
 on the cross,

00:16:14.800 --> 00:16:16.940
 Peter's thrice denial

00:16:16.940 --> 00:16:17.519
 of Jesus,

00:16:17.720 --> 00:16:19.000
 how the disciples

00:16:19.000 --> 00:16:20.200
 deserted Jesus,

00:16:20.700 --> 00:16:21.779
 the fact that it says

00:16:21.779 --> 00:16:23.120
 in Matthew 28, 17

00:16:23.120 --> 00:16:23.899
 later on

00:16:23.899 --> 00:16:25.779
 that some did not believe

00:16:25.779 --> 00:16:26.779
 but doubted

00:16:26.779 --> 00:16:28.120
 even after Jesus'

00:16:28.320 --> 00:16:28.820
 resurrection.

00:16:29.500 --> 00:16:31.320
 These are embarrassing

00:16:31.320 --> 00:16:33.139
 details that could have

00:16:33.139 --> 00:16:34.960
 been easily omitted.

00:16:34.960 --> 00:16:38.160
 but their inclusion

00:16:38.160 --> 00:16:39.560
 demonstrates that

00:16:39.560 --> 00:16:40.680
 Jesus' early followers

00:16:40.680 --> 00:16:42.340
 desire to preserve

00:16:42.340 --> 00:16:44.000
 what really happened.

00:16:46.480 --> 00:16:47.580
 And verses 2 to 3

00:16:47.580 --> 00:16:47.980
 continue,

00:16:48.120 --> 00:16:48.660
 and behold,

00:16:48.940 --> 00:16:50.000
 there was a great

00:16:50.000 --> 00:16:50.879
 earthquake for an

00:16:50.879 --> 00:16:51.660
 angel of the Lord

00:16:51.660 --> 00:16:52.780
 descended from heaven

00:16:52.780 --> 00:16:54.180
 and came and rolled

00:16:54.180 --> 00:16:55.040
 back the stone

00:16:55.040 --> 00:16:55.980
 and sat on it.

00:16:56.620 --> 00:16:57.300
 His appearance

00:16:57.300 --> 00:16:58.180
 was like lightning

00:16:58.180 --> 00:16:58.860
 and his clothing

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 white as snow.

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 Much like when Jesus

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 died on the cross

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 in 2751,

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 there was an earthquake

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 and the earthquake

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 was followed by

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 many of the followers

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 of God who had died

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 being raised from the dead.

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 But he specifically

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 noted there

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 that they only came

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 out of their tombs

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 after Jesus' resurrection.

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 So that was a preview

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 of what's happening now.

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 And here,

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 there's another earthquake

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 and this earthquake

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 precedes the resurrection

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 of Jesus.

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 It's like the earth

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 is giving up its dead

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 or at least precedes

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 the announcement

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 of the resurrection

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 of Jesus.

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 And it's not the earth

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 alone that is shaken.

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 It says in verse 4,

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 after seeing the angel

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 of the Lord

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 rolling back the stone

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 and sitting on it

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 for fear of him,

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 the guards trembled

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 and became like dead men.

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 The word trembled

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 is the same word

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 that's used to describe

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 the earlier earthquake

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 in chapter 27.

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 The guards are shaken

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 like the earth.

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 And ironically,

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 the dead man

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 that they were supposed

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 to be guarding

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 is very much alive

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 and these live soldiers

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 become like dead men.

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 And amazingly,

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 the angel of the Lord,

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 I love this,

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 completely ignores the guards.

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 It's like they're not even there.

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 These guards were,

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 by cultural standards,

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 the more important

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 and powerful people

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 on the scene.

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 the angel

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 completely ignores them.

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 He gives his entire attention

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 to the powerless woman

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 who are visiting the tomb,

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 which shows once again

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 that God's ways

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 are not the same as ours.

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 While the guards

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 posted at the tomb

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 should be afraid

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 of the angel,

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 the angel reassures

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 the woman visiting the tomb

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 not to be afraid

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 in verses 5 to 7.

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 Do not be afraid,

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 for I know

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 that you seek Jesus

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 who was crucified.

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 He is not here,

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 for he has risen

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 as he said.

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 Come see the place

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 where he lay,

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 then go quickly

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 and tell his disciples

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 that he has risen

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 from the dead,

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 and behold,

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 he is going before you

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 to Galilee,

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 there you will see him.

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 See, I have told you.

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 Note here

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 that the angel

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 did not roll away

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 the stone

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 to let Jesus

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 out of the tomb.

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 He doesn't need his help.

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 He rolls it away

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 to let the woman

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 go into the tomb

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 to see that Jesus

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 has already risen

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 and left the tomb

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 and that he is not there.

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 Jesus' resurrected body

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 has been so transformed

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 that he can appear

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 suddenly through locked doors

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 as it says in John 20,

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 but nonetheless,

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 he had hands and feet

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 that people can touch.

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 The resurrected body

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 is not beset

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 with the same physical limitations

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 that our bodies have.

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 So it appears

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 that Jesus simply

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 walked right out

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 of the tomb,

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 even though the stone

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 wasn't rolled away

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 at that point.

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 The stone was rolled away

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 not for Jesus' benefit,

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 but for our benefit

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 to show that the tomb

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 is empty.

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 This shows God's kind

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 dealing with us.

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 God didn't owe us

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 any proof,

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 yet he accommodates

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 our weaknesses,

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 our doubts,

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 and he invites the woman

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 to come and see.

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 And the angel notes

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 that Jesus has been raised

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 just as he said.

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 Repeatedly throughout

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 the Gospel of Mark,

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 Gospel of Matthew,

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 sorry, rather,

00:20:29.920 --> 00:20:30.960
 Jesus has prophesied

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 that he will be killed

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 but then be raised again

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 to life on the third day.

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 This was a known fact

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 that Jesus predicted this.

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 And so in 27, 63, 64,

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 the Pharisees proposed

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 to the Roman governor,

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 Pilate,

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 Sir, we remember

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 how that imposter said

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 while he was still alive,

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 after three days

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 I will rise.

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 Therefore,

00:20:52.580 --> 00:20:53.380
 order the tomb

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 to be made secure

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 until the third day,

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 lest the disciples

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 go and steal him away

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 and tell the people

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 he has risen from the dead,

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 and the last fraud

00:21:01.100 --> 00:21:01.660
 will be worse

00:21:01.660 --> 00:21:02.259
 than the first.

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 So Pilate ordered

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 the Jewish chief priests

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 and leaders

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 to use their own guard

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 of soldiers

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 to secure the tomb.

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 This was exactly

00:21:10.180 --> 00:21:11.079
 why the tomb

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 was guarded.

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 And yet the resurrection

00:21:13.819 --> 00:21:14.840
 happened anyway

00:21:14.840 --> 00:21:15.980
 because Jesus

00:21:15.980 --> 00:21:17.340
 is no imposter

00:21:17.340 --> 00:21:18.740
 and his resurrection

00:21:18.740 --> 00:21:19.940
 is no fraud.

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 And the angel

00:21:22.559 --> 00:21:23.240
 commands the woman

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 to go quickly

00:21:24.279 --> 00:21:25.519
 and tell Jesus' disciples

00:21:25.519 --> 00:21:26.200
 that he has risen

00:21:26.200 --> 00:21:26.819
 from the dead

00:21:26.819 --> 00:21:27.600
 and promises

00:21:27.600 --> 00:21:28.380
 that Jesus is going

00:21:28.380 --> 00:21:29.440
 before them to Galilee

00:21:29.440 --> 00:21:30.980
 and that they'll see him there.

00:21:31.559 --> 00:21:32.460
 And the two Marys

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 do exactly

00:21:33.440 --> 00:21:34.640
 what the angel

00:21:34.640 --> 00:21:35.039
 has commanded

00:21:35.039 --> 00:21:35.620
 in verse 8.

00:21:35.960 --> 00:21:36.720
 So they departed

00:21:36.720 --> 00:21:38.000
 quickly from the tomb

00:21:38.000 --> 00:21:38.740
 with fear

00:21:38.740 --> 00:21:39.819
 and great joy

00:21:39.819 --> 00:21:40.839
 and ran

00:21:40.839 --> 00:21:42.900
 to tell his disciples.

00:21:43.880 --> 00:21:45.220
 As they are journeying

00:21:45.220 --> 00:21:46.460
 their hearts well up

00:21:46.460 --> 00:21:47.480
 with fear

00:21:47.480 --> 00:21:48.279
 on the one hand

00:21:48.279 --> 00:21:49.299
 and great joy

00:21:49.299 --> 00:21:50.240
 on the other.

00:21:51.019 --> 00:21:51.480
 Fear

00:21:51.480 --> 00:21:52.640
 because they are about

00:21:52.640 --> 00:21:53.299
 to meet someone

00:21:53.299 --> 00:21:54.339
 who has just

00:21:54.339 --> 00:21:55.960
 defeated death

00:21:55.960 --> 00:21:57.859
 which no other human being

00:21:57.859 --> 00:21:59.220
 has ever done.

00:21:59.220 --> 00:22:02.839
 they had never even heard

00:22:02.839 --> 00:22:03.420
 of someone

00:22:03.420 --> 00:22:05.000
 who had been raised

00:22:05.000 --> 00:22:05.539
 from the dead.

00:22:06.059 --> 00:22:07.420
 So surely he possesses

00:22:07.420 --> 00:22:08.440
 great authority

00:22:08.440 --> 00:22:09.700
 and power

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 and ought to be revered

00:22:11.500 --> 00:22:12.319
 and feared.

00:22:12.839 --> 00:22:13.880
 But they also feel

00:22:13.880 --> 00:22:14.720
 great joy

00:22:14.720 --> 00:22:17.059
 because that person

00:22:17.059 --> 00:22:18.640
 with great authority

00:22:18.640 --> 00:22:19.519
 and power

00:22:19.519 --> 00:22:20.600
 is not anyone

00:22:20.600 --> 00:22:22.279
 but their beloved

00:22:22.279 --> 00:22:23.539
 Lord Jesus.

00:22:24.160 --> 00:22:25.120
 The one who walked

00:22:25.120 --> 00:22:25.579
 with them.

00:22:25.880 --> 00:22:27.200
 The one who taught them.

00:22:27.200 --> 00:22:29.059
 The one who loved them

00:22:29.059 --> 00:22:30.799
 for the last several years.

00:22:31.960 --> 00:22:32.840
 So they're filled

00:22:32.840 --> 00:22:33.600
 with anticipation

00:22:33.600 --> 00:22:34.900
 as they begin

00:22:34.900 --> 00:22:35.960
 this journey

00:22:35.960 --> 00:22:36.539
 to Galilee

00:22:36.539 --> 00:22:37.200
 and I love

00:22:37.200 --> 00:22:37.819
 what happens

00:22:37.819 --> 00:22:38.539
 next.

00:22:38.680 --> 00:22:39.279
 As soon

00:22:39.279 --> 00:22:40.620
 as Mary Magdalene

00:22:40.620 --> 00:22:41.259
 and the other Mary

00:22:41.259 --> 00:22:42.279
 set out to Galilee

00:22:42.279 --> 00:22:42.900
 in obedience

00:22:42.900 --> 00:22:45.059
 it says in verses 9 to 10

00:22:45.059 --> 00:22:46.519
 and behold

00:22:46.519 --> 00:22:47.660
 Jesus

00:22:47.660 --> 00:22:49.539
 met them

00:22:49.539 --> 00:22:51.039
 and said

00:22:51.039 --> 00:22:51.680
 greetings

00:22:51.680 --> 00:22:54.460
 and they came up

00:22:54.460 --> 00:22:55.180
 and took hold

00:22:55.180 --> 00:22:55.840
 of his feet

00:22:55.840 --> 00:22:57.100
 and worshipped him.

00:22:57.920 --> 00:22:59.140
 Then Jesus said to them

00:22:59.140 --> 00:23:00.380
 do not be afraid

00:23:00.380 --> 00:23:02.480
 go and tell my brothers

00:23:02.480 --> 00:23:03.500
 to go to Galilee

00:23:03.500 --> 00:23:04.320
 and there

00:23:04.320 --> 00:23:05.299
 they will see me.

00:23:06.240 --> 00:23:07.440
 Remember what the angel

00:23:07.440 --> 00:23:09.039
 has told the woman.

00:23:09.640 --> 00:23:10.759
 The angel told the woman

00:23:10.759 --> 00:23:11.080
 hey

00:23:11.080 --> 00:23:12.160
 go to Galilee

00:23:12.160 --> 00:23:13.480
 and there

00:23:13.480 --> 00:23:15.220
 Jesus will meet you

00:23:15.220 --> 00:23:16.799
 and that will happen.

00:23:17.160 --> 00:23:18.560
 They will meet Jesus again

00:23:18.560 --> 00:23:19.680
 in Galilee

00:23:19.680 --> 00:23:21.779
 but Jesus intercepts them

00:23:21.779 --> 00:23:23.160
 on the way

00:23:23.160 --> 00:23:24.820
 and greets them

00:23:24.820 --> 00:23:26.140
 as if he couldn't

00:23:26.140 --> 00:23:27.420
 wait long enough.

00:23:30.299 --> 00:23:31.420
 Like a man

00:23:31.420 --> 00:23:32.640
 who wants to surprise

00:23:32.640 --> 00:23:34.320
 the woman he loves

00:23:34.320 --> 00:23:36.060
 with an unexpected proposal

00:23:36.060 --> 00:23:38.100
 or a father

00:23:38.100 --> 00:23:39.500
 who wants to surprise

00:23:39.500 --> 00:23:40.080
 his daughters

00:23:40.080 --> 00:23:41.039
 by coming home

00:23:41.039 --> 00:23:41.519
 early

00:23:41.519 --> 00:23:43.160
 from his trip

00:23:43.160 --> 00:23:44.700
 Jesus

00:23:44.700 --> 00:23:46.160
 meets them

00:23:46.160 --> 00:23:47.240
 and greets them

00:23:47.240 --> 00:23:48.980
 before Galilee

00:23:48.980 --> 00:23:50.559
 and behold

00:23:50.559 --> 00:23:51.120
 Jesus

00:23:51.120 --> 00:23:52.539
 met them

00:23:52.539 --> 00:23:54.319
 and said

00:23:54.319 --> 00:23:56.099
 greetings

00:23:56.099 --> 00:24:04.039
 that's the first thing

00:24:04.039 --> 00:24:04.480
 he said

00:24:04.480 --> 00:24:09.900
 hey I'm here

00:24:09.900 --> 00:24:14.339
 full of love

00:24:14.339 --> 00:24:15.000
 and compassion

00:24:15.000 --> 00:24:16.160
 our savior

00:24:16.160 --> 00:24:19.500
 and this is significant

00:24:19.500 --> 00:24:20.080
 the woman

00:24:20.080 --> 00:24:21.300
 took hold

00:24:21.300 --> 00:24:22.019
 of his feet

00:24:22.019 --> 00:24:23.540
 and worshipped him

00:24:23.540 --> 00:24:25.140
 their taking hold

00:24:25.140 --> 00:24:25.860
 of Jesus' feet

00:24:25.860 --> 00:24:26.840
 shows two things

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 first it shows us

00:24:28.340 --> 00:24:28.980
 that despite

00:24:28.980 --> 00:24:29.980
 having walked

00:24:29.980 --> 00:24:30.960
 through a closed tomb

00:24:30.960 --> 00:24:32.140
 Jesus has a real

00:24:32.140 --> 00:24:33.440
 physical body

00:24:33.440 --> 00:24:34.800
 second

00:24:34.800 --> 00:24:35.779
 it shows us

00:24:35.779 --> 00:24:36.600
 that the way

00:24:36.600 --> 00:24:37.759
 we ought to approach

00:24:37.759 --> 00:24:38.840
 and honor Jesus

00:24:38.840 --> 00:24:40.620
 is in humility

00:24:40.620 --> 00:24:41.620
 and in submission

00:24:41.620 --> 00:24:43.680
 taking hold

00:24:43.680 --> 00:24:44.500
 of someone's feet

00:24:44.500 --> 00:24:45.740
 is a recognized act

00:24:45.740 --> 00:24:46.799
 of paying homage

00:24:46.799 --> 00:24:48.940
 and supplication

00:24:48.940 --> 00:24:50.099
 in Mark 5

00:24:50.099 --> 00:24:50.980
 22-23

00:24:50.980 --> 00:24:52.019
 when Jairus

00:24:52.019 --> 00:24:53.480
 is imploring

00:24:53.480 --> 00:24:54.720
 Jesus earnestly

00:24:54.720 --> 00:24:56.420
 because his daughter

00:24:56.420 --> 00:24:57.420
 is dying

00:24:57.420 --> 00:24:59.140
 he falls

00:24:59.140 --> 00:25:00.160
 at Jesus' feet

00:25:00.160 --> 00:25:00.640
 it says

00:25:00.640 --> 00:25:02.859
 and in Luke 17

00:25:02.859 --> 00:25:03.660
 15-16

00:25:03.660 --> 00:25:04.960
 a Samaritan leper

00:25:04.960 --> 00:25:06.660
 whom Jesus healed

00:25:06.660 --> 00:25:07.880
 it says

00:25:07.880 --> 00:25:08.660
 he fell

00:25:08.660 --> 00:25:09.660
 on his face

00:25:09.660 --> 00:25:11.059
 at Jesus' feet

00:25:11.059 --> 00:25:12.400
 giving him thanks

00:25:12.400 --> 00:25:13.820
 it's a posture

00:25:13.820 --> 00:25:15.100
 of deep humility

00:25:15.100 --> 00:25:15.860
 that expresses

00:25:15.860 --> 00:25:18.140
 one's abject need

00:25:18.140 --> 00:25:19.500
 and indebtedness

00:25:19.500 --> 00:25:20.180
 to somebody

00:25:20.180 --> 00:25:22.120
 it's what you do

00:25:22.120 --> 00:25:22.720
 when you know

00:25:22.720 --> 00:25:23.580
 that you have

00:25:23.580 --> 00:25:24.759
 no recourse

00:25:24.759 --> 00:25:26.680
 but to plead

00:25:26.680 --> 00:25:27.440
 the mercy

00:25:27.440 --> 00:25:28.800
 of somebody else

00:25:28.800 --> 00:25:29.920
 who has the power

00:25:29.920 --> 00:25:30.700
 to save you

00:25:30.700 --> 00:25:33.560
 when Mary Magdalene

00:25:33.560 --> 00:25:34.519
 and the other Mary

00:25:34.519 --> 00:25:35.080
 encounter

00:25:35.080 --> 00:25:35.960
 the reason Jesus

00:25:35.960 --> 00:25:37.040
 they know

00:25:37.040 --> 00:25:38.360
 that he is their

00:25:38.360 --> 00:25:39.320
 healer

00:25:39.320 --> 00:25:40.640
 that he is their

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 king

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 that they've been

00:25:41.819 --> 00:25:42.299
 waiting for

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 that he is

00:25:43.139 --> 00:25:44.379
 their savior

00:25:44.379 --> 00:25:46.220
 that he is their

00:25:46.220 --> 00:25:46.679
 lord

00:25:46.679 --> 00:25:48.299
 so they put

00:25:48.299 --> 00:25:49.059
 their faces

00:25:49.059 --> 00:25:49.879
 to the ground

00:25:49.879 --> 00:25:51.659
 and cling

00:25:51.659 --> 00:25:53.240
 to Jesus' feet

00:25:53.240 --> 00:25:56.579
 friends

00:25:56.579 --> 00:25:57.179
 this is how

00:25:57.179 --> 00:25:57.839
 we all

00:25:57.839 --> 00:25:58.559
 must come

00:25:58.559 --> 00:25:59.079
 before

00:25:59.079 --> 00:26:00.559
 Christ the king

00:26:00.559 --> 00:26:03.799
 we must not

00:26:03.799 --> 00:26:04.639
 approach Jesus

00:26:04.639 --> 00:26:05.220
 with our

00:26:05.220 --> 00:26:05.980
 chins up

00:26:05.980 --> 00:26:06.740
 and our

00:26:06.740 --> 00:26:08.200
 heads held high

00:26:08.200 --> 00:26:09.139
 and our shoulders

00:26:09.139 --> 00:26:10.639
 level with his

00:26:10.640 --> 00:26:11.300
 saying hey

00:26:11.300 --> 00:26:11.660
 look

00:26:11.660 --> 00:26:12.440
 look at all

00:26:12.440 --> 00:26:12.940
 these good

00:26:12.940 --> 00:26:13.380
 things that

00:26:13.380 --> 00:26:13.920
 I've done

00:26:13.920 --> 00:26:16.280
 look

00:26:16.280 --> 00:26:16.740
 look at all

00:26:16.740 --> 00:26:17.680
 my qualifications

00:26:17.680 --> 00:26:18.700
 look at my

00:26:18.700 --> 00:26:19.280
 potential

00:26:19.280 --> 00:26:20.320
 all the wonderful

00:26:20.320 --> 00:26:20.980
 things that I

00:26:20.980 --> 00:26:22.060
 can do for you

00:26:22.060 --> 00:26:24.940
 no we must

00:26:24.940 --> 00:26:25.800
 come to Jesus

00:26:25.800 --> 00:26:27.300
 recognizing our

00:26:27.300 --> 00:26:28.620
 abject poverty

00:26:28.620 --> 00:26:30.759
 and our total

00:26:30.759 --> 00:26:31.580
 depravity

00:26:31.580 --> 00:26:33.140
 and cling

00:26:33.140 --> 00:26:34.140
 to his feet

00:26:34.140 --> 00:26:36.220
 nothing in my

00:26:36.220 --> 00:26:37.420
 hand I bring

00:26:37.420 --> 00:26:38.779
 simply to the

00:26:38.779 --> 00:26:40.000
 cross I cling

00:26:40.000 --> 00:26:41.560
 naked I come

00:26:41.560 --> 00:26:42.240
 to thee for

00:26:42.240 --> 00:26:42.740
 dress

00:26:42.740 --> 00:26:43.920
 helpless

00:26:43.920 --> 00:26:45.259
 look to thee

00:26:45.259 --> 00:26:46.140
 for grace

00:26:46.140 --> 00:26:49.920
 but there's more

00:26:49.920 --> 00:26:50.640
 the women don't

00:26:50.640 --> 00:26:51.500
 stop at humbling

00:26:51.500 --> 00:26:52.180
 themselves before

00:26:52.180 --> 00:26:52.519
 Jesus

00:26:52.519 --> 00:26:53.820
 they also

00:26:53.820 --> 00:26:54.680
 worship him

00:26:54.680 --> 00:26:57.220
 this is shocking

00:26:57.220 --> 00:26:57.860
 because it's

00:26:57.860 --> 00:26:58.740
 exactly what the

00:26:58.740 --> 00:26:59.380
 devil had

00:26:59.380 --> 00:27:00.460
 tempted Jesus

00:27:00.460 --> 00:27:01.440
 to do

00:27:01.440 --> 00:27:02.340
 in Matthew

00:27:02.340 --> 00:27:03.060
 chapter 4

00:27:03.060 --> 00:27:04.120
 verses 9 to 10

00:27:04.120 --> 00:27:05.039
 he said to

00:27:05.039 --> 00:27:06.279
 Jesus all

00:27:06.279 --> 00:27:08.399
 these wealth

00:27:08.399 --> 00:27:09.079
 of the kingdoms

00:27:09.079 --> 00:27:09.680
 of this world

00:27:09.680 --> 00:27:10.279
 I will give

00:27:10.279 --> 00:27:11.539
 you if you

00:27:11.539 --> 00:27:12.519
 will fall

00:27:12.519 --> 00:27:13.519
 down and

00:27:13.519 --> 00:27:14.960
 worship me

00:27:14.960 --> 00:27:16.519
 but Jesus

00:27:16.519 --> 00:27:17.339
 rebuked him

00:27:17.339 --> 00:27:18.619
 be gone

00:27:18.619 --> 00:27:19.099
 Satan

00:27:19.099 --> 00:27:19.980
 for it is

00:27:19.980 --> 00:27:20.379
 written you

00:27:20.379 --> 00:27:21.039
 shall worship

00:27:21.039 --> 00:27:21.779
 the Lord your

00:27:21.779 --> 00:27:22.779
 God and him

00:27:22.779 --> 00:27:24.299
 only shall you

00:27:24.299 --> 00:27:24.659
 serve

00:27:24.659 --> 00:27:26.440
 we should

00:27:26.440 --> 00:27:27.119
 worship God

00:27:27.119 --> 00:27:27.599
 alone

00:27:27.599 --> 00:27:29.200
 but Satan

00:27:29.200 --> 00:27:29.579
 being the

00:27:29.579 --> 00:27:30.079
 prideful and

00:27:30.079 --> 00:27:30.720
 presumptuous

00:27:30.720 --> 00:27:31.859
 devil he is

00:27:31.859 --> 00:27:32.879
 demanded worship

00:27:32.879 --> 00:27:33.379
 from Jesus

00:27:33.379 --> 00:27:33.779
 and Jesus

00:27:33.779 --> 00:27:34.559
 rightly rebuked

00:27:34.559 --> 00:27:34.759
 him

00:27:34.759 --> 00:27:36.059
 and if anyone

00:27:36.059 --> 00:27:36.960
 tries to worship

00:27:36.960 --> 00:27:38.319
 man rather than

00:27:38.319 --> 00:27:39.200
 the one true God

00:27:39.200 --> 00:27:40.480
 we must stop

00:27:40.480 --> 00:27:40.819
 them

00:27:40.819 --> 00:27:43.720
 so in Acts

00:27:43.720 --> 00:27:44.940
 10 24 to 26

00:27:44.940 --> 00:27:45.899
 when Cornelius

00:27:45.899 --> 00:27:47.379
 falls at the

00:27:47.379 --> 00:27:48.819
 feet of Peter

00:27:48.819 --> 00:27:49.859
 and worships him

00:27:49.859 --> 00:27:50.599
 Peter lifts him

00:27:50.599 --> 00:27:51.419
 up saying stand

00:27:51.419 --> 00:27:53.119
 up I too am a

00:27:53.119 --> 00:27:53.539
 man

00:27:53.539 --> 00:27:56.099
 even angels

00:27:56.099 --> 00:27:56.819
 refuse to be

00:27:56.819 --> 00:27:57.399
 worshiped in

00:27:57.399 --> 00:27:58.259
 Revelation 22

00:27:58.259 --> 00:27:58.859
 8 to 9

00:27:58.859 --> 00:27:59.579
 when John

00:27:59.579 --> 00:28:00.319
 falls at

00:28:00.319 --> 00:28:01.460
 worship in

00:28:01.460 --> 00:28:02.119
 worship at the

00:28:02.119 --> 00:28:02.579
 feet of the

00:28:02.579 --> 00:28:03.399
 angel this is

00:28:03.399 --> 00:28:04.000
 what the angel

00:28:04.000 --> 00:28:04.500
 says to him

00:28:04.500 --> 00:28:05.539
 you must not

00:28:05.539 --> 00:28:06.140
 do that

00:28:06.140 --> 00:28:08.400
 I am a

00:28:08.400 --> 00:28:09.160
 fellow servant

00:28:09.160 --> 00:28:09.880
 with you and

00:28:09.880 --> 00:28:10.400
 your brothers

00:28:10.400 --> 00:28:11.140
 the prophets

00:28:11.140 --> 00:28:12.039
 and with those

00:28:12.039 --> 00:28:12.559
 who keep the

00:28:12.559 --> 00:28:13.140
 words of this

00:28:13.140 --> 00:28:13.500
 book

00:28:13.500 --> 00:28:15.539
 worship God

00:28:15.539 --> 00:28:17.960
 even an

00:28:17.960 --> 00:28:18.839
 angel like we

00:28:18.839 --> 00:28:19.519
 saw earlier in

00:28:19.519 --> 00:28:20.279
 this chapter

00:28:20.279 --> 00:28:21.140
 whose appearance

00:28:21.140 --> 00:28:21.680
 according to

00:28:21.680 --> 00:28:22.160
 verse 3

00:28:22.160 --> 00:28:22.940
 was like

00:28:22.940 --> 00:28:23.599
 lightning

00:28:23.599 --> 00:28:25.180
 imagine seeing

00:28:25.180 --> 00:28:26.740
 someone clothed

00:28:26.740 --> 00:28:27.660
 like lightning

00:28:27.660 --> 00:28:29.140
 white as snow

00:28:29.140 --> 00:28:31.140
 that being

00:28:31.140 --> 00:28:32.240
 does not deserve

00:28:32.240 --> 00:28:33.100
 to be worshipped

00:28:33.100 --> 00:28:36.220
 but Jesus

00:28:36.220 --> 00:28:38.140
 the one who

00:28:38.140 --> 00:28:38.780
 was crucified

00:28:38.780 --> 00:28:40.400
 the one who

00:28:40.400 --> 00:28:40.960
 is risen

00:28:40.960 --> 00:28:43.280
 deserves to

00:28:43.280 --> 00:28:44.600
 be worshipped

00:28:44.600 --> 00:28:46.500
 that's the

00:28:46.500 --> 00:28:47.780
 woman's natural

00:28:47.780 --> 00:28:48.900
 and immediate

00:28:48.900 --> 00:28:49.740
 response upon

00:28:49.740 --> 00:28:50.480
 encountering the

00:28:50.480 --> 00:28:51.060
 risen Lord

00:28:51.060 --> 00:28:51.940
 and a little

00:28:51.940 --> 00:28:52.580
 later in

00:28:52.580 --> 00:28:53.980
 verse 17

00:28:53.980 --> 00:28:54.960
 Jesus appears

00:28:54.960 --> 00:28:55.420
 to his 11

00:28:55.420 --> 00:28:56.120
 disciples and

00:28:56.120 --> 00:28:56.700
 their response

00:28:56.700 --> 00:28:57.360
 is the same

00:28:57.359 --> 00:28:58.139
 when they saw

00:28:58.139 --> 00:28:58.579
 the resurrected

00:28:58.579 --> 00:28:59.179
 Jesus it

00:28:59.179 --> 00:28:59.619
 says they

00:28:59.619 --> 00:29:01.379
 worshipped him

00:29:01.379 --> 00:29:02.859
 and this is not

00:29:02.859 --> 00:29:04.000
 idolatrous because

00:29:04.000 --> 00:29:05.119
 he is the

00:29:05.119 --> 00:29:05.959
 son of God

00:29:05.959 --> 00:29:07.139
 the second

00:29:07.139 --> 00:29:07.719
 person of the

00:29:07.719 --> 00:29:08.000
 trinity

00:29:08.000 --> 00:29:09.259
 the risen

00:29:09.259 --> 00:29:09.979
 Lord

00:29:09.979 --> 00:29:11.079
 Emmanuel

00:29:11.079 --> 00:29:11.979
 which means

00:29:11.979 --> 00:29:12.479
 God with

00:29:12.479 --> 00:29:12.819
 us

00:29:12.819 --> 00:29:15.639
 and this

00:29:15.639 --> 00:29:16.859
 glorious God

00:29:16.859 --> 00:29:17.719
 who so humbled

00:29:17.719 --> 00:29:18.319
 himself in

00:29:18.319 --> 00:29:18.819
 taking on

00:29:18.819 --> 00:29:19.559
 human flesh

00:29:19.559 --> 00:29:21.799
 and submit

00:29:21.799 --> 00:29:22.439
 subjecting

00:29:22.439 --> 00:29:23.019
 himself to

00:29:23.019 --> 00:29:23.319
 death

00:29:23.319 --> 00:29:23.839
 even death

00:29:23.839 --> 00:29:24.619
 on the cross

00:29:24.619 --> 00:29:27.879
 graciously

00:29:27.879 --> 00:29:29.099
 calls us

00:29:29.099 --> 00:29:30.279
 his brothers

00:29:30.279 --> 00:29:31.959
 did you see

00:29:31.959 --> 00:29:32.659
 that verse

00:29:32.659 --> 00:29:32.939
 10

00:29:32.939 --> 00:29:34.559
 he says do

00:29:34.559 --> 00:29:35.299
 not be afraid

00:29:35.299 --> 00:29:36.619
 go and tell

00:29:36.619 --> 00:29:37.939
 my brothers

00:29:37.939 --> 00:29:39.639
 to go to

00:29:39.639 --> 00:29:40.220
 Galilee

00:29:40.220 --> 00:29:42.199
 and there

00:29:42.199 --> 00:29:42.819
 they will see

00:29:42.819 --> 00:29:43.279
 me

00:29:43.279 --> 00:29:46.639
 Jesus taught

00:29:46.639 --> 00:29:47.199
 in Matthew

00:29:47.199 --> 00:29:47.779
 12 50

00:29:47.779 --> 00:29:48.379
 that those

00:29:48.379 --> 00:29:48.799
 who do the

00:29:48.799 --> 00:29:49.240
 will of his

00:29:49.240 --> 00:29:49.740
 father in

00:29:49.740 --> 00:29:50.480
 heaven is

00:29:50.480 --> 00:29:51.039
 his brother

00:29:51.039 --> 00:29:52.159
 and sister

00:29:52.160 --> 00:29:53.220
 and mother

00:29:53.220 --> 00:29:56.180
 but look

00:29:56.180 --> 00:29:56.600
 who he's

00:29:56.600 --> 00:29:57.279
 saying this

00:29:57.279 --> 00:29:57.580
 to

00:29:57.580 --> 00:29:58.040
 it's

00:29:58.040 --> 00:29:58.360
 these

00:29:58.360 --> 00:29:58.880
 disciples

00:29:58.880 --> 00:29:59.720
 the very

00:29:59.720 --> 00:30:00.180
 disciples

00:30:00.180 --> 00:30:00.779
 who deserted

00:30:00.779 --> 00:30:01.220
 him

00:30:01.220 --> 00:30:07.759
 when Jesus

00:30:07.759 --> 00:30:08.600
 needed

00:30:08.600 --> 00:30:09.720
 their help

00:30:09.720 --> 00:30:10.360
 and their

00:30:10.360 --> 00:30:10.920
 encouragement

00:30:10.920 --> 00:30:11.560
 the most

00:30:11.560 --> 00:30:12.080
 in the moment

00:30:12.080 --> 00:30:12.420
 of his

00:30:12.420 --> 00:30:12.940
 greatest

00:30:12.940 --> 00:30:13.700
 weakness

00:30:13.700 --> 00:30:14.440
 and need

00:30:14.440 --> 00:30:14.980
 they were

00:30:14.980 --> 00:30:15.480
 nowhere

00:30:15.480 --> 00:30:16.400
 to be

00:30:16.400 --> 00:30:16.920
 seen

00:30:16.920 --> 00:30:19.720
 and Jesus

00:30:19.720 --> 00:30:20.380
 graciously

00:30:20.380 --> 00:30:21.180
 calls them

00:30:21.180 --> 00:30:23.200
 my brothers

00:30:23.200 --> 00:30:27.660
 me

00:30:27.660 --> 00:30:30.519
 Jesus

00:30:30.519 --> 00:30:31.019
 his brother

00:30:31.019 --> 00:30:34.820
 there's so much

00:30:34.820 --> 00:30:35.259
 forgiveness

00:30:35.259 --> 00:30:35.900
 and affection

00:30:35.900 --> 00:30:37.140
 wrapped up

00:30:37.140 --> 00:30:37.460
 in that

00:30:37.460 --> 00:30:38.100
 term

00:30:38.100 --> 00:30:38.860
 and all

00:30:38.860 --> 00:30:39.160
 those who

00:30:39.160 --> 00:30:39.519
 are adopted

00:30:39.519 --> 00:30:39.920
 by God

00:30:39.920 --> 00:30:40.340
 the father

00:30:40.340 --> 00:30:40.680
 through their

00:30:40.680 --> 00:30:41.019
 faith

00:30:41.019 --> 00:30:41.560
 in Jesus

00:30:41.560 --> 00:30:42.100
 become

00:30:42.100 --> 00:30:42.500
 his

00:30:42.500 --> 00:30:43.060
 brothers

00:30:43.060 --> 00:30:44.420
 and sisters

00:30:44.420 --> 00:30:44.860
 within

00:30:44.860 --> 00:30:45.360
 the family

00:30:45.360 --> 00:30:45.700
 of God

00:30:45.700 --> 00:30:46.320
 and witnesses

00:30:46.320 --> 00:30:46.840
 of his

00:30:46.840 --> 00:30:47.380
 resurrection

00:30:47.380 --> 00:30:51.600
 so Mary

00:30:51.600 --> 00:30:52.080
 Magdalene

00:30:52.080 --> 00:30:52.320
 and the

00:30:52.320 --> 00:30:52.860
 other Mary

00:30:52.860 --> 00:30:53.460
 were true

00:30:53.460 --> 00:30:53.840
 witnesses

00:30:53.840 --> 00:30:54.400
 of the

00:30:54.400 --> 00:30:54.740
 resurrection

00:30:54.740 --> 00:30:55.340
 but in

00:30:55.340 --> 00:30:55.640
 verses

00:30:55.640 --> 00:30:56.260
 11 to

00:30:56.260 --> 00:30:56.540
 15

00:30:56.540 --> 00:30:56.920
 we see

00:30:56.920 --> 00:30:57.160
 that they

00:30:57.160 --> 00:30:57.400
 have

00:30:57.400 --> 00:30:57.620
 some

00:30:57.620 --> 00:30:58.240
 competition

00:30:58.240 --> 00:31:00.380
 they're

00:31:00.380 --> 00:31:00.600
 also

00:31:00.600 --> 00:31:01.040
 false

00:31:01.040 --> 00:31:01.420
 witnesses

00:31:01.420 --> 00:31:02.020
 of the

00:31:02.020 --> 00:31:02.440
 resurrection

00:31:02.440 --> 00:31:03.480
 verse 11

00:31:03.480 --> 00:31:03.880
 sets up

00:31:03.880 --> 00:31:04.560
 the contrast

00:31:04.560 --> 00:31:05.340
 while they

00:31:05.340 --> 00:31:06.000
 were going

00:31:06.000 --> 00:31:06.920
 behold

00:31:06.920 --> 00:31:07.380
 some of

00:31:07.380 --> 00:31:07.860
 the guard

00:31:07.860 --> 00:31:08.340
 went into

00:31:08.340 --> 00:31:08.900
 the city

00:31:08.900 --> 00:31:09.800
 and told

00:31:09.800 --> 00:31:10.180
 the chief

00:31:10.180 --> 00:31:10.460
 priest

00:31:10.460 --> 00:31:10.940
 all that

00:31:10.940 --> 00:31:11.400
 had taken

00:31:11.400 --> 00:31:11.840
 place

00:31:11.840 --> 00:31:12.520
 there are

00:31:12.520 --> 00:31:13.060
 two groups

00:31:13.060 --> 00:31:13.600
 of people

00:31:13.600 --> 00:31:14.400
 at the same

00:31:14.400 --> 00:31:15.380
 time hurrying

00:31:15.380 --> 00:31:15.740
 away

00:31:15.740 --> 00:31:16.460
 from the

00:31:16.460 --> 00:31:16.740
 tomb

00:31:16.740 --> 00:31:17.280
 the empty

00:31:17.280 --> 00:31:17.660
 tomb

00:31:17.660 --> 00:31:18.240
 and the

00:31:18.240 --> 00:31:18.500
 word

00:31:18.500 --> 00:31:18.920
 tell

00:31:18.920 --> 00:31:19.320
 in verses

00:31:19.320 --> 00:31:19.620
 8

00:31:19.620 --> 00:31:19.880
 10

00:31:19.880 --> 00:31:20.240
 and 11

00:31:20.240 --> 00:31:21.080
 all translate

00:31:21.080 --> 00:31:21.600
 the same

00:31:21.600 --> 00:31:22.080
 Greek word

00:31:22.080 --> 00:31:22.860
 to announce

00:31:22.860 --> 00:31:23.220
 which means

00:31:23.220 --> 00:31:23.740
 to announce

00:31:23.740 --> 00:31:24.320
 a message

00:31:24.320 --> 00:31:25.300
 and they're

00:31:25.300 --> 00:31:25.960
 all relaying

00:31:25.960 --> 00:31:26.380
 a message

00:31:26.380 --> 00:31:26.940
 they want

00:31:26.940 --> 00:31:27.400
 to relay

00:31:27.400 --> 00:31:27.860
 that Jesus

00:31:27.860 --> 00:31:28.240
 has risen

00:31:28.240 --> 00:31:28.600
 from the

00:31:28.600 --> 00:31:28.920
 dead

00:31:28.920 --> 00:31:29.780
 but the

00:31:29.780 --> 00:31:30.080
 second

00:31:30.080 --> 00:31:30.420
 group

00:31:30.420 --> 00:31:31.260
 is bribed

00:31:31.260 --> 00:31:31.940
 into becoming

00:31:31.940 --> 00:31:32.480
 false

00:31:32.480 --> 00:31:32.920
 witnesses

00:31:32.920 --> 00:31:34.420
 and therefore

00:31:34.420 --> 00:31:35.300
 conveyors

00:31:35.300 --> 00:31:35.940
 of a starkly

00:31:35.940 --> 00:31:36.420
 different

00:31:36.420 --> 00:31:36.820
 news

00:31:36.820 --> 00:31:37.100
 it says

00:31:37.100 --> 00:31:37.380
 in verses

00:31:37.380 --> 00:31:37.880
 12 to

00:31:37.880 --> 00:31:38.320
 15

00:31:38.320 --> 00:31:39.140
 and when

00:31:39.140 --> 00:31:39.500
 they had

00:31:39.500 --> 00:31:39.900
 assembled

00:31:39.900 --> 00:31:40.260
 with the

00:31:40.260 --> 00:31:40.540
 elders

00:31:40.540 --> 00:31:40.960
 and taken

00:31:40.960 --> 00:31:41.460
 counsel

00:31:41.460 --> 00:31:42.240
 they gave

00:31:42.240 --> 00:31:42.780
 a sufficient

00:31:42.780 --> 00:31:43.240
 sum of

00:31:43.240 --> 00:31:43.640
 money to

00:31:43.640 --> 00:31:44.120
 the soldiers

00:31:44.120 --> 00:31:44.580
 and said

00:31:44.579 --> 00:31:45.639
 tell people

00:31:45.639 --> 00:31:46.839
 his disciples

00:31:46.839 --> 00:31:47.599
 came by night

00:31:47.599 --> 00:31:48.099
 and stole

00:31:48.099 --> 00:31:48.579
 him away

00:31:48.579 --> 00:31:48.939
 while we

00:31:48.939 --> 00:31:49.460
 were asleep

00:31:49.460 --> 00:31:50.199
 and if

00:31:50.199 --> 00:31:50.740
 this comes

00:31:50.740 --> 00:31:51.039
 to the

00:31:51.039 --> 00:31:51.439
 governor's

00:31:51.439 --> 00:31:51.799
 ears

00:31:51.799 --> 00:31:52.539
 we will

00:31:52.539 --> 00:31:53.339
 satisfy him

00:31:53.339 --> 00:31:53.679
 and keep

00:31:53.679 --> 00:31:53.919
 you out

00:31:53.919 --> 00:31:54.299
 of trouble

00:31:54.299 --> 00:31:55.199
 so they

00:31:55.199 --> 00:31:55.699
 took the

00:31:55.699 --> 00:31:55.899
 money

00:31:55.899 --> 00:31:56.419
 and did

00:31:56.419 --> 00:31:56.779
 as they

00:31:56.779 --> 00:31:57.439
 were directed

00:31:57.439 --> 00:31:58.559
 and this

00:31:58.559 --> 00:31:59.000
 story has

00:31:59.000 --> 00:31:59.439
 been spread

00:31:59.439 --> 00:31:59.839
 among the

00:31:59.839 --> 00:32:00.059
 Jews

00:32:00.059 --> 00:32:00.460
 to this

00:32:00.460 --> 00:32:00.879
 day

00:32:00.879 --> 00:32:02.399
 there's a

00:32:02.399 --> 00:32:02.699
 deliberate

00:32:02.699 --> 00:32:03.259
 contrast

00:32:03.259 --> 00:32:03.599
 that Matthew

00:32:03.599 --> 00:32:03.899
 is setting

00:32:03.899 --> 00:32:04.139
 up

00:32:04.139 --> 00:32:04.460
 between

00:32:04.460 --> 00:32:04.720
 verses

00:32:04.720 --> 00:32:05.059
 1 to

00:32:05.059 --> 00:32:05.379
 10

00:32:05.379 --> 00:32:05.559
 and

00:32:05.559 --> 00:32:06.000
 11

00:32:06.000 --> 00:32:06.179
 to

00:32:06.179 --> 00:32:06.699
 15

00:32:06.699 --> 00:32:07.779
 in

00:32:07.779 --> 00:32:08.619
 1 to

00:32:08.619 --> 00:32:08.879
 10

00:32:08.879 --> 00:32:09.339
 the true

00:32:09.339 --> 00:32:09.699
 witnesses

00:32:09.699 --> 00:32:10.240
 received

00:32:10.240 --> 00:32:10.819
 their instruction

00:32:10.819 --> 00:32:11.339
 from

00:32:11.339 --> 00:32:11.839
 heaven

00:32:11.839 --> 00:32:12.519
 from the

00:32:12.519 --> 00:32:12.919
 angel

00:32:12.919 --> 00:32:13.339
 the Lord

00:32:13.339 --> 00:32:13.519
 who has

00:32:13.519 --> 00:32:13.819
 descended

00:32:13.819 --> 00:32:14.339
 from heaven

00:32:14.339 --> 00:32:15.059
 but here

00:32:15.059 --> 00:32:15.539
 the false

00:32:15.539 --> 00:32:15.839
 witnesses

00:32:15.839 --> 00:32:16.339
 received

00:32:16.339 --> 00:32:16.480
 their

00:32:16.480 --> 00:32:16.879
 instructions

00:32:16.879 --> 00:32:17.379
 from the

00:32:17.379 --> 00:32:17.639
 chief

00:32:17.639 --> 00:32:18.039
 priests

00:32:18.039 --> 00:32:18.459
 in the

00:32:18.459 --> 00:32:18.740
 city

00:32:18.740 --> 00:32:20.119
 and these

00:32:20.119 --> 00:32:20.480
 chief

00:32:20.480 --> 00:32:20.799
 priests

00:32:20.799 --> 00:32:21.240
 considered

00:32:21.240 --> 00:32:21.699
 Jesus

00:32:21.699 --> 00:32:22.599
 an imposter

00:32:22.599 --> 00:32:22.919
 and a

00:32:22.919 --> 00:32:23.179
 fraud

00:32:23.179 --> 00:32:23.759
 but they

00:32:23.759 --> 00:32:24.399
 revealed

00:32:24.399 --> 00:32:24.959
 themselves

00:32:24.959 --> 00:32:25.339
 to be

00:32:25.339 --> 00:32:25.579
 here

00:32:25.579 --> 00:32:26.299
 imposters

00:32:26.299 --> 00:32:27.279
 and fraud

00:32:27.279 --> 00:32:27.679
 they do

00:32:27.679 --> 00:32:28.319
 not truly

00:32:28.319 --> 00:32:28.959
 represent

00:32:28.959 --> 00:32:29.459
 God

00:32:29.459 --> 00:32:30.799
 and verse

00:32:30.799 --> 00:32:31.459
 15 is

00:32:31.459 --> 00:32:31.859
 ironic

00:32:31.859 --> 00:32:32.319
 the word

00:32:32.319 --> 00:32:32.859
 directed

00:32:32.859 --> 00:32:33.799
 is literally

00:32:33.799 --> 00:32:34.779
 taught

00:32:34.779 --> 00:32:35.819
 it's the word

00:32:35.819 --> 00:32:36.359
 for teach

00:32:36.359 --> 00:32:36.839
 and the word

00:32:36.839 --> 00:32:37.319
 story

00:32:37.319 --> 00:32:38.039
 is literally

00:32:38.039 --> 00:32:39.059
 word

00:32:39.059 --> 00:32:40.740
 they are

00:32:40.740 --> 00:32:41.200
 literally

00:32:41.200 --> 00:32:41.819
 teachers

00:32:41.819 --> 00:32:42.599
 of the

00:32:42.599 --> 00:32:42.940
 word

00:32:42.940 --> 00:32:44.339
 false

00:32:44.339 --> 00:32:45.079
 teachers

00:32:45.079 --> 00:32:46.000
 of the

00:32:46.000 --> 00:32:46.319
 word

00:32:46.319 --> 00:32:49.139
 throughout

00:32:49.139 --> 00:32:49.599
 the gospel

00:32:49.599 --> 00:32:49.960
 of Matthew

00:32:49.960 --> 00:32:50.419
 Jesus

00:32:50.419 --> 00:32:51.019
 is portrayed

00:32:51.019 --> 00:32:51.539
 as the

00:32:51.539 --> 00:32:51.960
 faithful

00:32:51.960 --> 00:32:52.440
 teacher

00:32:52.440 --> 00:32:52.779
 of the

00:32:52.779 --> 00:32:53.059
 word

00:32:53.059 --> 00:32:53.740
 and in

00:32:53.740 --> 00:32:54.179
 the parable

00:32:54.179 --> 00:32:54.500
 of the

00:32:54.500 --> 00:32:54.779
 sower

00:32:54.779 --> 00:32:55.259
 in Matthew

00:32:55.259 --> 00:32:55.599
 13

00:32:55.599 --> 00:32:56.119
 he spoke

00:32:56.119 --> 00:32:57.059
 of proclaiming

00:32:57.059 --> 00:32:58.079
 the word

00:32:58.079 --> 00:32:58.819
 of the

00:32:58.819 --> 00:32:59.200
 kingdom

00:32:59.200 --> 00:33:00.059
 sowing the

00:33:00.059 --> 00:33:00.519
 seeds of

00:33:00.519 --> 00:33:00.839
 the kingdom

00:33:00.839 --> 00:33:01.480
 is proclaiming

00:33:01.480 --> 00:33:02.000
 the word

00:33:02.000 --> 00:33:02.259
 of the

00:33:02.259 --> 00:33:02.519
 kingdom

00:33:02.519 --> 00:33:03.440
 and these

00:33:03.440 --> 00:33:04.179
 chief priests

00:33:04.179 --> 00:33:04.700
 are also

00:33:04.700 --> 00:33:05.679
 proclaiming a

00:33:05.679 --> 00:33:06.039
 word

00:33:06.039 --> 00:33:07.819
 but it's

00:33:07.819 --> 00:33:08.240
 a false

00:33:08.240 --> 00:33:08.579
 word

00:33:08.579 --> 00:33:10.940
 and today

00:33:10.940 --> 00:33:11.519
 also there

00:33:11.519 --> 00:33:12.079
 are many

00:33:12.079 --> 00:33:13.019
 who are

00:33:13.019 --> 00:33:13.659
 false

00:33:13.659 --> 00:33:14.500
 teachers

00:33:14.500 --> 00:33:14.779
 of the

00:33:14.779 --> 00:33:15.019
 word

00:33:15.019 --> 00:33:17.700
 people who

00:33:17.700 --> 00:33:18.299
 undermine

00:33:18.299 --> 00:33:19.359
 the life

00:33:19.359 --> 00:33:19.619
 death

00:33:19.619 --> 00:33:20.079
 and resurrection

00:33:20.079 --> 00:33:20.720
 of Jesus

00:33:20.720 --> 00:33:22.299
 people who

00:33:22.299 --> 00:33:22.960
 deny it

00:33:22.960 --> 00:33:24.379
 explain it

00:33:24.379 --> 00:33:24.720
 away

00:33:24.720 --> 00:33:29.799
 admitting of

00:33:29.799 --> 00:33:30.220
 course that

00:33:30.220 --> 00:33:31.240
 Jesus was

00:33:31.240 --> 00:33:32.180
 raised from

00:33:32.180 --> 00:33:32.559
 the dead

00:33:32.559 --> 00:33:32.940
 and then

00:33:32.940 --> 00:33:33.480
 left the

00:33:33.480 --> 00:33:34.039
 tomb on

00:33:34.039 --> 00:33:34.700
 their watch

00:33:34.700 --> 00:33:35.079
 would have

00:33:35.079 --> 00:33:35.319
 been a

00:33:35.319 --> 00:33:35.720
 death knell

00:33:35.720 --> 00:33:36.019
 to their

00:33:36.019 --> 00:33:36.500
 careers

00:33:36.500 --> 00:33:38.400
 as Jewish

00:33:38.400 --> 00:33:38.779
 leaders

00:33:38.779 --> 00:33:39.579
 because they

00:33:39.579 --> 00:33:40.039
 were the

00:33:40.039 --> 00:33:40.500
 ones who

00:33:40.500 --> 00:33:41.160
 orchestrated

00:33:41.160 --> 00:33:41.880
 and redrove

00:33:41.880 --> 00:33:42.799
 his death

00:33:42.799 --> 00:33:43.740
 so they

00:33:43.740 --> 00:33:44.200
 tried to

00:33:44.200 --> 00:33:44.799
 salvage the

00:33:44.799 --> 00:33:45.299
 situation

00:33:45.299 --> 00:33:46.140
 by bribing

00:33:46.140 --> 00:33:46.559
 the soldiers

00:33:46.559 --> 00:33:47.200
 to lie

00:33:47.200 --> 00:33:47.620
 that Jesus'

00:33:47.799 --> 00:33:48.539
 disciples came

00:33:48.539 --> 00:33:48.920
 by night

00:33:48.920 --> 00:33:49.279
 and stole

00:33:49.279 --> 00:33:49.759
 them away

00:33:49.759 --> 00:33:53.079
 just like

00:33:53.079 --> 00:33:53.920
 they use

00:33:53.920 --> 00:33:54.299
 money

00:33:54.299 --> 00:33:55.420
 to pay

00:33:55.420 --> 00:33:55.779
 Judas

00:33:55.779 --> 00:33:56.259
 to betray

00:33:56.259 --> 00:33:56.700
 Jesus

00:33:56.700 --> 00:33:57.900
 they think

00:33:57.900 --> 00:33:58.319
 like many

00:33:58.319 --> 00:33:58.740
 people in

00:33:58.740 --> 00:33:59.180
 our world

00:33:59.180 --> 00:34:01.180
 that they

00:34:01.180 --> 00:34:01.539
 could solve

00:34:01.539 --> 00:34:01.819
 all their

00:34:01.819 --> 00:34:02.140
 problems

00:34:02.140 --> 00:34:02.600
 with money

00:34:02.599 --> 00:34:05.980
 and look

00:34:05.980 --> 00:34:06.219
 at what

00:34:06.219 --> 00:34:06.539
 Matthew

00:34:06.539 --> 00:34:06.980
 concedes

00:34:06.980 --> 00:34:07.299
 in verse

00:34:07.299 --> 00:34:07.759
 15

00:34:07.759 --> 00:34:08.819
 and this

00:34:08.819 --> 00:34:09.519
 story has

00:34:09.519 --> 00:34:10.000
 been spread

00:34:10.000 --> 00:34:10.420
 among the

00:34:10.420 --> 00:34:11.079
 Jews to

00:34:11.079 --> 00:34:11.699
 this day

00:34:11.699 --> 00:34:13.679
 the gospel

00:34:13.679 --> 00:34:14.159
 of Matthew

00:34:14.159 --> 00:34:14.900
 is an

00:34:14.900 --> 00:34:15.819
 apologetic

00:34:15.819 --> 00:34:16.759
 meaning it's

00:34:16.759 --> 00:34:17.319
 a systematic

00:34:17.319 --> 00:34:19.519
 defense of

00:34:19.519 --> 00:34:20.139
 the claim

00:34:20.139 --> 00:34:20.719
 that Jesus

00:34:20.719 --> 00:34:21.079
 is the

00:34:21.079 --> 00:34:21.460
 Messiah

00:34:21.460 --> 00:34:21.699
 who was

00:34:21.699 --> 00:34:22.099
 crucified

00:34:22.099 --> 00:34:22.739
 but now

00:34:22.739 --> 00:34:23.299
 risen from

00:34:23.299 --> 00:34:23.559
 the dead

00:34:23.559 --> 00:34:23.960
 to save

00:34:23.960 --> 00:34:24.339
 his people

00:34:24.339 --> 00:34:24.920
 from sin

00:34:24.920 --> 00:34:26.400
 Matthew

00:34:26.400 --> 00:34:26.900
 was written

00:34:26.900 --> 00:34:27.319
 for that

00:34:27.319 --> 00:34:27.679
 purpose

00:34:27.679 --> 00:34:28.360
 to defend

00:34:28.360 --> 00:34:29.380
 that claim

00:34:29.380 --> 00:34:30.500
 especially for

00:34:30.500 --> 00:34:31.340
 the Jewish

00:34:31.340 --> 00:34:31.800
 people

00:34:31.800 --> 00:34:32.219
 they were

00:34:32.219 --> 00:34:32.820
 their primary

00:34:32.820 --> 00:34:33.260
 target

00:34:33.260 --> 00:34:33.820
 audience

00:34:33.820 --> 00:34:34.739
 that's why

00:34:34.739 --> 00:34:35.159
 the gospel

00:34:35.159 --> 00:34:35.519
 of Matthew

00:34:35.519 --> 00:34:36.079
 so often

00:34:36.079 --> 00:34:36.820
 features the

00:34:36.820 --> 00:34:37.300
 characteristic

00:34:37.300 --> 00:34:38.159
 fulfillment

00:34:38.159 --> 00:34:38.980
 formula which

00:34:38.980 --> 00:34:39.800
 quotes an

00:34:39.800 --> 00:34:40.260
 Old Testament

00:34:40.260 --> 00:34:41.000
 prophecy and

00:34:41.000 --> 00:34:41.480
 shows how

00:34:41.480 --> 00:34:41.860
 Jesus

00:34:41.860 --> 00:34:43.039
 fulfilled it

00:34:43.039 --> 00:34:43.559
 Matthew's

00:34:43.559 --> 00:34:43.940
 trying to

00:34:43.940 --> 00:34:44.380
 show his

00:34:44.380 --> 00:34:45.019
 fellow Jews

00:34:45.019 --> 00:34:46.059
 Jesus really

00:34:46.059 --> 00:34:46.679
 was the

00:34:46.679 --> 00:34:47.099
 Messiah

00:34:47.099 --> 00:34:47.920
 he really

00:34:47.920 --> 00:34:48.880
 is risen

00:34:48.880 --> 00:34:49.320
 from the

00:34:49.320 --> 00:34:49.639
 dead

00:34:49.639 --> 00:34:52.179
 and so

00:34:52.179 --> 00:34:52.780
 for their

00:34:52.780 --> 00:34:53.519
 sake he

00:34:53.519 --> 00:34:54.539
 includes this

00:34:54.539 --> 00:34:55.119
 note of

00:34:55.119 --> 00:34:55.980
 verse 15

00:34:55.980 --> 00:34:58.699
 that they

00:34:58.699 --> 00:34:59.139
 might know

00:34:59.139 --> 00:34:59.559
 that this

00:34:59.559 --> 00:35:00.199
 story that

00:35:00.199 --> 00:35:00.480
 has been

00:35:00.480 --> 00:35:00.899
 circulating

00:35:00.899 --> 00:35:01.519
 among them

00:35:01.519 --> 00:35:01.859
 that has

00:35:01.859 --> 00:35:02.859
 had some

00:35:02.859 --> 00:35:03.439
 currency

00:35:03.439 --> 00:35:04.079
 among them

00:35:04.079 --> 00:35:05.500
 is false

00:35:05.500 --> 00:35:08.179
 that Jesus

00:35:08.179 --> 00:35:08.779
 disciples did

00:35:08.779 --> 00:35:09.379
 not steal

00:35:09.379 --> 00:35:10.099
 Jesus body

00:35:10.099 --> 00:35:10.539
 from the

00:35:10.539 --> 00:35:10.960
 grave at

00:35:10.960 --> 00:35:11.259
 night

00:35:11.259 --> 00:35:13.339
 there's

00:35:13.339 --> 00:35:13.599
 several

00:35:13.599 --> 00:35:14.000
 important

00:35:14.000 --> 00:35:14.559
 implications

00:35:14.559 --> 00:35:15.299
 of this

00:35:15.299 --> 00:35:16.199
 lie that

00:35:16.199 --> 00:35:16.539
 we should

00:35:16.539 --> 00:35:16.980
 point out

00:35:16.980 --> 00:35:17.339
 first

00:35:17.339 --> 00:35:18.539
 even this

00:35:18.539 --> 00:35:19.039
 lie

00:35:19.039 --> 00:35:19.960
 confirms

00:35:19.960 --> 00:35:20.679
 that the

00:35:20.679 --> 00:35:21.039
 empty

00:35:21.039 --> 00:35:21.559
 tomb

00:35:21.559 --> 00:35:22.279
 was an

00:35:22.279 --> 00:35:23.139
 unquestionable

00:35:23.139 --> 00:35:23.679
 reality

00:35:23.679 --> 00:35:26.559
 if Jesus

00:35:26.559 --> 00:35:27.439
 tomb had

00:35:27.439 --> 00:35:27.980
 not been

00:35:27.980 --> 00:35:28.319
 empty

00:35:28.319 --> 00:35:28.799
 the Jewish

00:35:28.799 --> 00:35:29.379
 leaders and

00:35:29.379 --> 00:35:29.699
 the Roman

00:35:29.699 --> 00:35:30.139
 rulers

00:35:30.139 --> 00:35:31.079
 could have

00:35:31.079 --> 00:35:32.099
 very easily

00:35:32.099 --> 00:35:33.199
 opened it

00:35:33.199 --> 00:35:33.559
 up for

00:35:33.559 --> 00:35:33.900
 some

00:35:33.900 --> 00:35:34.440
 tours

00:35:34.440 --> 00:35:35.599
 to nip

00:35:35.599 --> 00:35:36.379
 Christianity

00:35:36.379 --> 00:35:36.839
 right in

00:35:36.839 --> 00:35:37.139
 the bud

00:35:37.139 --> 00:35:39.259
 because

00:35:39.259 --> 00:35:39.719
 Christianity

00:35:39.719 --> 00:35:40.759
 unlike other

00:35:40.759 --> 00:35:41.139
 religions

00:35:41.139 --> 00:35:42.019
 is based

00:35:42.019 --> 00:35:42.500
 on a

00:35:42.500 --> 00:35:43.239
 verifiable

00:35:43.239 --> 00:35:43.980
 historical

00:35:43.980 --> 00:35:44.480
 claim

00:35:44.480 --> 00:35:47.239
 but they

00:35:47.239 --> 00:35:47.579
 didn't do

00:35:47.579 --> 00:35:47.920
 that

00:35:47.920 --> 00:35:49.279
 instead

00:35:49.279 --> 00:35:50.319
 the alternative

00:35:50.319 --> 00:35:50.980
 narrative that

00:35:50.980 --> 00:35:51.279
 they were

00:35:51.279 --> 00:35:51.819
 circulating at

00:35:51.819 --> 00:35:52.239
 the time

00:35:52.239 --> 00:35:52.659
 was that

00:35:52.659 --> 00:35:52.980
 Jesus

00:35:52.980 --> 00:35:53.519
 disciples

00:35:53.519 --> 00:35:54.119
 stole

00:35:54.119 --> 00:35:54.460
 Jesus

00:35:54.460 --> 00:35:54.859
 body

00:35:54.859 --> 00:35:55.579
 while it

00:35:55.579 --> 00:35:56.019
 was being

00:35:56.019 --> 00:35:56.639
 guarded by

00:35:56.639 --> 00:35:57.339
 the soldiers

00:35:57.340 --> 00:35:59.140
 because it

00:35:59.140 --> 00:35:59.640
 was empty

00:35:59.640 --> 00:36:01.539
 second

00:36:01.539 --> 00:36:02.160
 this story

00:36:02.160 --> 00:36:03.039
 is so

00:36:03.039 --> 00:36:03.620
 ridiculous

00:36:03.620 --> 00:36:04.840
 that

00:36:04.840 --> 00:36:05.260
 Matthew

00:36:05.260 --> 00:36:05.600
 doesn't

00:36:05.600 --> 00:36:05.820
 even

00:36:05.820 --> 00:36:06.280
 refute

00:36:06.280 --> 00:36:06.519
 it

00:36:06.519 --> 00:36:08.420
 if the

00:36:08.420 --> 00:36:08.820
 soldiers

00:36:08.820 --> 00:36:09.559
 really were

00:36:09.559 --> 00:36:10.340
 asleep

00:36:10.340 --> 00:36:12.059
 like they

00:36:12.059 --> 00:36:12.480
 claimed to

00:36:12.480 --> 00:36:12.760
 be

00:36:12.760 --> 00:36:13.940
 while the

00:36:13.940 --> 00:36:14.280
 disciples

00:36:14.280 --> 00:36:14.800
 came to

00:36:14.800 --> 00:36:15.300
 roll away

00:36:15.300 --> 00:36:15.840
 a large

00:36:15.840 --> 00:36:16.320
 stone

00:36:16.320 --> 00:36:17.380
 and carry

00:36:17.380 --> 00:36:17.740
 Jesus'

00:36:17.980 --> 00:36:18.260
 body

00:36:18.260 --> 00:36:18.680
 away

00:36:18.680 --> 00:36:19.700
 then they

00:36:19.700 --> 00:36:20.440
 would have

00:36:20.440 --> 00:36:21.019
 never

00:36:21.019 --> 00:36:21.940
 known

00:36:21.940 --> 00:36:22.559
 that

00:36:22.559 --> 00:36:22.740
 the

00:36:22.740 --> 00:36:22.980
 body

00:36:22.980 --> 00:36:23.179
 was

00:36:23.179 --> 00:36:23.400
 stolen

00:36:23.400 --> 00:36:23.619
 by

00:36:23.619 --> 00:36:23.780
 the

00:36:23.780 --> 00:36:24.139
 disciples

00:36:24.139 --> 00:36:26.920
 because

00:36:26.920 --> 00:36:27.059
 they

00:36:27.059 --> 00:36:27.280
 never

00:36:27.280 --> 00:36:27.599
 saw

00:36:27.599 --> 00:36:27.840
 it

00:36:27.840 --> 00:36:28.780
 they

00:36:28.780 --> 00:36:28.900
 were

00:36:28.900 --> 00:36:29.300
 asleep

00:36:29.300 --> 00:36:33.059
 at

00:36:33.059 --> 00:36:33.440
 best

00:36:33.440 --> 00:36:33.579
 it

00:36:33.579 --> 00:36:33.679
 would

00:36:33.679 --> 00:36:33.820
 be

00:36:33.820 --> 00:36:34.000
 a

00:36:34.000 --> 00:36:34.360
 guess

00:36:34.360 --> 00:36:35.820
 they

00:36:35.820 --> 00:36:36.019
 could

00:36:36.019 --> 00:36:36.240
 not

00:36:36.240 --> 00:36:36.639
 know

00:36:36.639 --> 00:36:36.880
 that

00:36:36.880 --> 00:36:37.119
 Jesus'

00:36:37.300 --> 00:36:37.559
 disciples

00:36:37.559 --> 00:36:37.860
 stole

00:36:37.860 --> 00:36:38.000
 the

00:36:38.000 --> 00:36:38.260
 body

00:36:38.260 --> 00:36:38.740
 they

00:36:38.740 --> 00:36:38.960
 couldn't

00:36:38.960 --> 00:36:39.139
 even

00:36:39.139 --> 00:36:39.340
 know

00:36:39.340 --> 00:36:39.480
 that

00:36:39.480 --> 00:36:39.599
 his

00:36:39.599 --> 00:36:39.820
 body

00:36:39.820 --> 00:36:39.980
 was

00:36:39.980 --> 00:36:40.240
 stolen

00:36:40.240 --> 00:36:40.420
 at

00:36:40.420 --> 00:36:40.800
 all

00:36:40.800 --> 00:36:42.700
 third

00:36:42.700 --> 00:36:42.940
 this

00:36:42.940 --> 00:36:43.200
 lie

00:36:43.200 --> 00:36:43.720
 confirms

00:36:43.720 --> 00:36:43.880
 that

00:36:43.880 --> 00:36:44.039
 we

00:36:44.039 --> 00:36:44.460
 already

00:36:44.460 --> 00:36:44.980
 know

00:36:44.980 --> 00:36:45.539
 from

00:36:45.539 --> 00:36:45.860
 other

00:36:45.860 --> 00:36:46.139
 ancient

00:36:46.139 --> 00:36:46.599
 sources

00:36:46.599 --> 00:36:47.179
 what

00:36:47.179 --> 00:36:47.340
 we

00:36:47.340 --> 00:36:47.539
 already

00:36:47.539 --> 00:36:47.700
 know

00:36:47.700 --> 00:36:47.820
 from

00:36:47.820 --> 00:36:48.000
 other

00:36:48.000 --> 00:36:48.179
 ancient

00:36:48.179 --> 00:36:48.420
 sources

00:36:48.420 --> 00:36:48.599
 that

00:36:48.599 --> 00:36:48.920
 grave

00:36:48.920 --> 00:36:49.519
 robberies

00:36:49.519 --> 00:36:49.679
 were

00:36:49.679 --> 00:36:50.099
 common

00:36:50.099 --> 00:36:51.759
 that's

00:36:51.759 --> 00:36:51.899
 what

00:36:51.899 --> 00:36:52.159
 made

00:36:52.159 --> 00:36:52.419
 this

00:36:52.419 --> 00:36:52.719
 story

00:36:52.719 --> 00:36:53.239
 plausible

00:36:53.239 --> 00:36:54.639
 but

00:36:54.639 --> 00:36:54.859
 this

00:36:54.859 --> 00:36:55.199
 actually

00:36:55.199 --> 00:36:55.859
 corroborates

00:36:55.859 --> 00:36:56.000
 the

00:36:56.000 --> 00:36:56.359
 reality

00:36:56.359 --> 00:36:56.519
 of

00:36:56.519 --> 00:36:56.739
 Jesus'

00:36:56.960 --> 00:36:57.259
 post

00:36:57.259 --> 00:36:57.739
 resurrection

00:36:57.739 --> 00:36:58.379
 appearances

00:36:58.379 --> 00:36:59.259
 if

00:36:59.259 --> 00:36:59.379
 the

00:36:59.379 --> 00:36:59.659
 empty

00:36:59.659 --> 00:37:00.059
 tomb

00:37:00.059 --> 00:37:00.839
 were

00:37:00.839 --> 00:37:01.000
 the

00:37:01.000 --> 00:37:01.339
 only

00:37:01.339 --> 00:37:01.879
 evidence

00:37:01.879 --> 00:37:02.119
 of

00:37:02.119 --> 00:37:02.359
 Jesus'

00:37:02.519 --> 00:37:02.940
 resurrection

00:37:02.940 --> 00:37:03.639
 and

00:37:03.639 --> 00:37:03.940
 Jesus

00:37:03.940 --> 00:37:04.179
 had

00:37:04.179 --> 00:37:04.519
 never

00:37:04.519 --> 00:37:04.919
 appeared

00:37:04.919 --> 00:37:05.119
 to

00:37:05.119 --> 00:37:05.480
 people

00:37:05.480 --> 00:37:05.779
 in

00:37:05.779 --> 00:37:05.980
 his

00:37:05.980 --> 00:37:06.379
 flesh

00:37:06.379 --> 00:37:06.859
 the

00:37:06.859 --> 00:37:07.319
 disciples

00:37:07.319 --> 00:37:07.759
 would

00:37:07.759 --> 00:37:08.000
 have

00:37:08.000 --> 00:37:08.219
 been

00:37:08.219 --> 00:37:08.559
 hard

00:37:08.559 --> 00:37:09.000
 pressed

00:37:09.000 --> 00:37:09.219
 to

00:37:09.219 --> 00:37:09.699
 convince

00:37:09.699 --> 00:37:10.119
 people

00:37:10.119 --> 00:37:10.339
 in

00:37:10.339 --> 00:37:10.559
 this

00:37:10.559 --> 00:37:10.759
 day

00:37:10.759 --> 00:37:10.899
 and

00:37:10.899 --> 00:37:11.279
 age

00:37:11.279 --> 00:37:11.719
 that

00:37:11.719 --> 00:37:12.000
 Jesus

00:37:12.000 --> 00:37:12.219
 had

00:37:12.219 --> 00:37:12.440
 risen

00:37:12.440 --> 00:37:12.659
 from

00:37:12.659 --> 00:37:12.799
 the

00:37:12.799 --> 00:37:13.079
 dead

00:37:13.079 --> 00:37:13.859
 because

00:37:13.859 --> 00:37:14.199
 grave

00:37:14.199 --> 00:37:14.659
 robberies

00:37:14.659 --> 00:37:14.819
 were

00:37:14.819 --> 00:37:15.059
 so

00:37:15.059 --> 00:37:15.519
 common

00:37:15.519 --> 00:37:17.239
 even

00:37:17.239 --> 00:37:17.419
 the

00:37:17.419 --> 00:37:17.919
 disciples

00:37:17.919 --> 00:37:18.419
 would not

00:37:18.420 --> 00:37:18.579
 have

00:37:18.579 --> 00:37:18.740
 been

00:37:18.740 --> 00:37:19.180
 convinced

00:37:19.180 --> 00:37:19.539
 that

00:37:19.539 --> 00:37:19.940
 Jesus

00:37:19.940 --> 00:37:20.740
 was

00:37:20.740 --> 00:37:20.960
 risen

00:37:20.960 --> 00:37:21.180
 from

00:37:21.180 --> 00:37:21.320
 the

00:37:21.320 --> 00:37:21.559
 dead

00:37:21.559 --> 00:37:22.680
 until

00:37:22.680 --> 00:37:23.079
 Jesus'

00:37:23.260 --> 00:37:23.639
 bodily

00:37:23.639 --> 00:37:24.400
 appearance

00:37:24.400 --> 00:37:24.639
 the

00:37:24.639 --> 00:37:24.920
 empty

00:37:24.920 --> 00:37:25.159
 tomb

00:37:25.159 --> 00:37:25.280
 is

00:37:25.280 --> 00:37:25.559
 more

00:37:25.559 --> 00:37:25.820
 a

00:37:25.820 --> 00:37:26.220
 puzzle

00:37:26.220 --> 00:37:26.780
 than

00:37:26.780 --> 00:37:26.980
 a

00:37:26.980 --> 00:37:27.440
 proof

00:37:27.440 --> 00:37:28.200
 to

00:37:28.200 --> 00:37:28.480
 Jesus'

00:37:28.639 --> 00:37:29.000
 followers

00:37:29.000 --> 00:37:30.000
 this

00:37:30.000 --> 00:37:30.220
 is why

00:37:30.220 --> 00:37:30.400
 in

00:37:30.400 --> 00:37:30.659
 John

00:37:30.659 --> 00:37:31.180
 21

00:37:31.180 --> 00:37:31.380
 to

00:37:31.380 --> 00:37:31.539
 2

00:37:31.539 --> 00:37:31.720
 when

00:37:31.720 --> 00:37:31.960
 Mary

00:37:31.960 --> 00:37:32.559
 Magdalene

00:37:32.559 --> 00:37:33.340
 first

00:37:33.340 --> 00:37:34.360
 visits

00:37:34.360 --> 00:37:35.079
 notices

00:37:35.079 --> 00:37:35.380
 the

00:37:35.380 --> 00:37:35.659
 empty

00:37:35.659 --> 00:37:36.039
 tomb

00:37:36.039 --> 00:37:36.400
 before

00:37:36.400 --> 00:37:36.639
 her

00:37:36.639 --> 00:37:36.980
 second

00:37:36.980 --> 00:37:37.200
 visit

00:37:37.200 --> 00:37:37.380
 when

00:37:37.380 --> 00:37:37.500
 the

00:37:37.500 --> 00:37:37.720
 angel

00:37:37.720 --> 00:37:38.180
 explains

00:37:38.180 --> 00:37:38.360
 to

00:37:38.360 --> 00:37:38.960
 her

00:37:38.960 --> 00:37:38.980
 her

00:37:38.980 --> 00:37:40.059
 response

00:37:40.059 --> 00:37:40.280
 is

00:37:40.280 --> 00:37:40.500
 not

00:37:40.500 --> 00:37:40.680
 a

00:37:40.680 --> 00:37:41.240
 triumphant

00:37:41.240 --> 00:37:41.639
 Christ

00:37:41.639 --> 00:37:41.860
 is

00:37:41.860 --> 00:37:42.180
 risen

00:37:42.180 --> 00:37:43.260
 but

00:37:43.260 --> 00:37:43.579
 instead

00:37:43.579 --> 00:37:43.780
 she

00:37:43.780 --> 00:37:44.059
 says

00:37:44.059 --> 00:37:44.420
 this

00:37:44.420 --> 00:37:45.159
 they've

00:37:45.159 --> 00:37:45.500
 taken

00:37:45.500 --> 00:37:45.700
 the

00:37:45.700 --> 00:37:45.880
 Lord

00:37:45.880 --> 00:37:46.079
 out

00:37:46.079 --> 00:37:46.160
 of

00:37:46.160 --> 00:37:46.280
 the

00:37:46.280 --> 00:37:46.640
 tomb

00:37:46.640 --> 00:37:47.380
 and

00:37:47.380 --> 00:37:47.480
 we

00:37:47.480 --> 00:37:47.559
 do

00:37:47.559 --> 00:37:47.700
 not

00:37:47.700 --> 00:37:47.880
 know

00:37:47.880 --> 00:37:48.039
 where

00:37:48.039 --> 00:37:48.260
 they've

00:37:48.260 --> 00:37:48.460
 laid

00:37:48.460 --> 00:37:48.720
 him

00:37:48.720 --> 00:37:51.800
 but

00:37:51.800 --> 00:37:52.140
 Jesus'

00:37:52.420 --> 00:37:52.880
 disciples

00:37:52.880 --> 00:37:53.260
 were

00:37:53.260 --> 00:37:53.820
 fully

00:37:53.820 --> 00:37:54.420
 convinced

00:37:54.420 --> 00:37:54.920
 and

00:37:54.920 --> 00:37:55.119
 they

00:37:55.119 --> 00:37:55.760
 died

00:37:55.760 --> 00:37:56.800
 proclaiming

00:37:56.800 --> 00:37:57.039
 that

00:37:57.039 --> 00:37:57.400
 Jesus

00:37:57.400 --> 00:37:57.920
 really

00:37:57.920 --> 00:37:58.400
 has

00:37:58.400 --> 00:37:58.780
 been

00:37:58.780 --> 00:37:59.180
 raised

00:37:59.180 --> 00:37:59.380
 from

00:37:59.380 --> 00:37:59.500
 the

00:37:59.500 --> 00:37:59.840
 dead

00:37:59.840 --> 00:38:00.860
 because

00:38:00.860 --> 00:38:01.220
 they

00:38:01.220 --> 00:38:01.640
 had

00:38:01.640 --> 00:38:01.980
 really

00:38:01.980 --> 00:38:02.480
 seen

00:38:02.480 --> 00:38:02.800
 him

00:38:02.800 --> 00:38:02.960
 with

00:38:02.960 --> 00:38:03.119
 their

00:38:03.119 --> 00:38:03.519
 eyes

00:38:03.519 --> 00:38:06.380
 and

00:38:06.380 --> 00:38:06.519
 the

00:38:06.519 --> 00:38:06.760
 fact

00:38:06.760 --> 00:38:06.960
 that

00:38:06.960 --> 00:38:07.119
 the

00:38:07.119 --> 00:38:07.340
 church

00:38:07.340 --> 00:38:07.500
 of

00:38:07.500 --> 00:38:07.900
 Christ

00:38:07.900 --> 00:38:08.160
 has

00:38:08.160 --> 00:38:08.760
 faithfully

00:38:08.760 --> 00:38:09.360
 proclaimed

00:38:09.360 --> 00:38:09.640
 the

00:38:09.640 --> 00:38:09.920
 risen

00:38:09.920 --> 00:38:10.320
 Christ

00:38:10.320 --> 00:38:10.480
 for

00:38:10.480 --> 00:38:10.579
 the

00:38:10.579 --> 00:38:10.800
 last

00:38:10.800 --> 00:38:11.280
 2,000

00:38:11.280 --> 00:38:11.720
 years

00:38:11.720 --> 00:38:12.340
 and

00:38:12.340 --> 00:38:12.440
 the

00:38:12.440 --> 00:38:12.619
 fact

00:38:12.619 --> 00:38:12.780
 that

00:38:12.780 --> 00:38:13.000
 we

00:38:13.000 --> 00:38:13.360
 now

00:38:13.360 --> 00:38:13.800
 proclaim

00:38:13.800 --> 00:38:14.000
 him

00:38:14.000 --> 00:38:14.200
 today

00:38:14.200 --> 00:38:14.360
 on

00:38:14.360 --> 00:38:14.579
 Easter

00:38:14.579 --> 00:38:15.039
 Sunday

00:38:15.880 --> 00:38:16.559
 proof

00:38:16.559 --> 00:38:17.740
 that

00:38:17.740 --> 00:38:17.980
 no

00:38:17.980 --> 00:38:18.200
 one

00:38:18.200 --> 00:38:18.559
 has

00:38:18.559 --> 00:38:18.740
 been

00:38:18.740 --> 00:38:19.039
 able

00:38:19.039 --> 00:38:19.280
 to

00:38:19.280 --> 00:38:19.579
 bury

00:38:19.579 --> 00:38:19.780
 the

00:38:19.780 --> 00:38:20.039
 truth

00:38:20.039 --> 00:38:20.180
 of

00:38:20.180 --> 00:38:20.400
 Jesus'

00:38:20.579 --> 00:38:21.000
 resurrection

00:38:21.000 --> 00:38:23.900
 billions

00:38:23.900 --> 00:38:24.260
 and

00:38:24.260 --> 00:38:24.640
 billions

00:38:24.640 --> 00:38:25.180
 of

00:38:25.180 --> 00:38:25.880
 Christians

00:38:25.880 --> 00:38:26.820
 have

00:38:26.820 --> 00:38:27.320
 believed

00:38:27.320 --> 00:38:27.860
 this

00:38:27.860 --> 00:38:28.740
 unbelievable

00:38:28.740 --> 00:38:29.539
 claim

00:38:29.539 --> 00:38:30.119
 that

00:38:30.119 --> 00:38:30.440
 Jesus

00:38:30.440 --> 00:38:31.220
 physically

00:38:31.220 --> 00:38:31.760
 rose

00:38:31.760 --> 00:38:32.039
 from

00:38:32.039 --> 00:38:32.180
 the

00:38:32.180 --> 00:38:32.400
 dead

00:38:32.400 --> 00:38:35.519
 and

00:38:35.519 --> 00:38:35.760
 we

00:38:35.760 --> 00:38:36.039
 bear

00:38:36.039 --> 00:38:36.360
 witness

00:38:36.360 --> 00:38:36.700
 today

00:38:36.700 --> 00:38:36.920
 that

00:38:36.920 --> 00:38:37.059
 he

00:38:37.059 --> 00:38:37.200
 is

00:38:37.200 --> 00:38:37.700
 alive

00:38:37.700 --> 00:38:38.420
 and

00:38:38.420 --> 00:38:38.519
 that

00:38:38.519 --> 00:38:38.619
 he

00:38:38.619 --> 00:38:38.720
 is

00:38:38.720 --> 00:38:38.960
 with

00:38:38.960 --> 00:38:39.400
 us

00:38:39.400 --> 00:38:43.599
 here's

00:38:43.599 --> 00:38:43.780
 why

00:38:43.780 --> 00:38:43.960
 this

00:38:43.960 --> 00:38:44.240
 is

00:38:44.239 --> 00:38:46.699
 so

00:38:46.699 --> 00:38:47.099
 important

00:38:47.099 --> 00:38:47.259
 it

00:38:47.259 --> 00:38:47.379
 goes

00:38:47.379 --> 00:38:47.479
 to

00:38:47.479 --> 00:38:47.579
 the

00:38:47.579 --> 00:38:47.899
 crux

00:38:47.899 --> 00:38:48.019
 of

00:38:48.019 --> 00:38:48.139
 our

00:38:48.139 --> 00:38:48.679
 faith

00:38:48.679 --> 00:38:49.159
 1

00:38:49.159 --> 00:38:49.479
 Corinthians

00:38:49.479 --> 00:38:49.919
 15

00:38:49.919 --> 00:38:50.379
 17

00:38:50.379 --> 00:38:50.819
 Paul

00:38:50.819 --> 00:38:51.139
 says

00:38:51.139 --> 00:38:51.759
 and if

00:38:51.759 --> 00:38:52.219
 Christ

00:38:52.219 --> 00:38:52.419
 has

00:38:52.419 --> 00:38:52.719
 not

00:38:52.719 --> 00:38:52.939
 been

00:38:52.939 --> 00:38:53.439
 raised

00:38:53.439 --> 00:38:54.119
 your

00:38:54.119 --> 00:38:54.659
 faith

00:38:54.659 --> 00:38:55.019
 is

00:38:55.019 --> 00:38:55.679
 futile

00:38:55.679 --> 00:38:56.079
 and you

00:38:56.079 --> 00:38:56.239
 are

00:38:56.239 --> 00:38:56.699
 still

00:38:56.699 --> 00:38:57.039
 in

00:38:57.039 --> 00:38:57.239
 your

00:38:57.239 --> 00:38:57.679
 sins

00:38:57.679 --> 00:38:58.559
 then

00:38:58.559 --> 00:38:58.859
 those

00:38:58.859 --> 00:38:59.019
 who

00:38:59.019 --> 00:38:59.219
 have

00:38:59.219 --> 00:38:59.500
 fallen

00:38:59.500 --> 00:38:59.819
 asleep

00:38:59.819 --> 00:39:00.039
 in

00:39:00.039 --> 00:39:00.399
 Christ

00:39:00.399 --> 00:39:00.819
 have

00:39:00.819 --> 00:39:01.439
 perished

00:39:01.439 --> 00:39:02.759
 if

00:39:02.759 --> 00:39:03.299
 Christ

00:39:03.299 --> 00:39:03.579
 has

00:39:03.579 --> 00:39:03.839
 not

00:39:03.839 --> 00:39:04.039
 been

00:39:04.039 --> 00:39:04.539
 raised

00:39:04.539 --> 00:39:05.339
 then

00:39:05.339 --> 00:39:05.579
 his

00:39:05.579 --> 00:39:06.019
 atoning

00:39:06.019 --> 00:39:06.399
 death

00:39:06.399 --> 00:39:06.599
 for

00:39:06.599 --> 00:39:06.819
 our

00:39:06.819 --> 00:39:07.119
 sin

00:39:07.119 --> 00:39:07.500
 was

00:39:07.500 --> 00:39:08.159
 ineffective

00:39:08.159 --> 00:39:09.179
 and

00:39:09.179 --> 00:39:09.319
 we

00:39:09.319 --> 00:39:09.459
 are

00:39:09.459 --> 00:39:09.739
 still

00:39:09.739 --> 00:39:09.919
 in

00:39:09.919 --> 00:39:10.119
 our

00:39:10.119 --> 00:39:10.579
 sins

00:39:10.579 --> 00:39:12.440
 sometimes

00:39:12.440 --> 00:39:12.860
 we

00:39:12.860 --> 00:39:13.059
 can

00:39:13.059 --> 00:39:13.340
 think

00:39:13.340 --> 00:39:13.579
 that

00:39:13.579 --> 00:39:13.880
 Christ

00:39:13.880 --> 00:39:14.420
 death

00:39:14.420 --> 00:39:14.840
 alone

00:39:14.840 --> 00:39:15.119
 is

00:39:15.119 --> 00:39:15.779
 sufficient

00:39:15.779 --> 00:39:16.199
 for

00:39:16.199 --> 00:39:16.360
 our

00:39:16.360 --> 00:39:16.699
 forgiveness

00:39:16.699 --> 00:39:16.940
 and

00:39:16.940 --> 00:39:17.299
 redemption

00:39:17.299 --> 00:39:17.980
 but

00:39:17.980 --> 00:39:18.119
 this

00:39:18.119 --> 00:39:18.239
 is

00:39:18.239 --> 00:39:18.480
 not

00:39:18.480 --> 00:39:18.920
 true

00:39:18.920 --> 00:39:19.500
 if

00:39:19.500 --> 00:39:19.940
 Christ

00:39:19.940 --> 00:39:20.319
 had

00:39:20.319 --> 00:39:20.699
 not

00:39:20.699 --> 00:39:20.900
 been

00:39:20.900 --> 00:39:21.259
 raised

00:39:21.259 --> 00:39:21.440
 it

00:39:21.440 --> 00:39:21.579
 would

00:39:21.579 --> 00:39:22.019
 mean

00:39:22.019 --> 00:39:22.420
 that

00:39:22.420 --> 00:39:23.039
 Jesus

00:39:23.039 --> 00:39:23.480
 was

00:39:23.480 --> 00:39:23.920
 swallowed

00:39:23.920 --> 00:39:24.199
 up

00:39:24.199 --> 00:39:24.400
 by

00:39:24.400 --> 00:39:24.840
 death

00:39:24.840 --> 00:39:26.039
 if

00:39:26.039 --> 00:39:26.380
 Christ

00:39:26.380 --> 00:39:26.539
 had

00:39:26.539 --> 00:39:26.739
 not

00:39:26.739 --> 00:39:26.920
 been

00:39:26.920 --> 00:39:27.219
 raised

00:39:27.219 --> 00:39:27.380
 it

00:39:27.380 --> 00:39:27.500
 would

00:39:27.500 --> 00:39:27.799
 mean

00:39:27.799 --> 00:39:27.980
 that

00:39:27.980 --> 00:39:28.099
 he

00:39:28.099 --> 00:39:28.299
 was

00:39:28.299 --> 00:39:29.039
 overwhelmed

00:39:29.039 --> 00:39:29.319
 by

00:39:29.319 --> 00:39:29.519
 the

00:39:29.519 --> 00:39:29.880
 curse

00:39:29.880 --> 00:39:30.039
 of

00:39:30.039 --> 00:39:30.380
 sin

00:39:30.380 --> 00:39:30.819
 he

00:39:30.819 --> 00:39:31.059
 could

00:39:31.059 --> 00:39:31.400
 not

00:39:31.400 --> 00:39:31.779
 bear

00:39:31.779 --> 00:39:31.960
 the

00:39:31.960 --> 00:39:32.299
 weight

00:39:32.299 --> 00:39:33.099
 if

00:39:33.099 --> 00:39:33.480
 Christ

00:39:33.480 --> 00:39:33.639
 had

00:39:33.639 --> 00:39:33.860
 not

00:39:33.860 --> 00:39:34.039
 been

00:39:34.039 --> 00:39:34.360
 raised

00:39:34.360 --> 00:39:34.539
 it

00:39:34.539 --> 00:39:34.679
 would

00:39:34.679 --> 00:39:35.000
 mean

00:39:35.000 --> 00:39:35.239
 that

00:39:35.239 --> 00:39:35.539
 Jesus

00:39:35.539 --> 00:39:35.819
 was

00:39:35.819 --> 00:39:36.259
 overcome

00:39:36.259 --> 00:39:37.199
 by

00:39:40.579 --> 00:39:40.739
 still

00:39:40.739 --> 00:39:41.079
 remain

00:39:41.079 --> 00:39:41.279
 in

00:39:41.279 --> 00:39:41.480
 their

00:39:41.480 --> 00:39:42.099
 sins

00:39:42.099 --> 00:39:43.400
 and

00:39:43.400 --> 00:39:43.679
 stand

00:39:43.679 --> 00:39:44.099
 condemned

00:39:44.099 --> 00:39:44.340
 under

00:39:44.340 --> 00:39:44.739
 God's

00:39:44.739 --> 00:39:45.059
 judgment

00:39:45.059 --> 00:39:45.960
 and

00:39:45.960 --> 00:39:46.239
 that

00:39:46.239 --> 00:39:46.380
 is

00:39:46.380 --> 00:39:46.679
 why

00:39:46.679 --> 00:39:46.960
 Paul

00:39:46.960 --> 00:39:47.139
 says

00:39:47.139 --> 00:39:47.440
 apart

00:39:47.440 --> 00:39:47.719
 from

00:39:47.719 --> 00:39:47.860
 the

00:39:47.860 --> 00:39:48.219
 resurrection

00:39:48.219 --> 00:39:48.440
 of

00:39:48.440 --> 00:39:48.699
 Christ

00:39:48.699 --> 00:39:49.039
 our

00:39:49.039 --> 00:39:49.559
 faith

00:39:49.559 --> 00:39:50.099
 is

00:39:50.099 --> 00:39:50.799
 futile

00:39:50.799 --> 00:39:50.960
 and

00:39:50.960 --> 00:39:51.099
 we

00:39:51.099 --> 00:39:51.219
 are

00:39:51.219 --> 00:39:51.619
 still

00:39:51.619 --> 00:39:52.400
 in

00:39:52.400 --> 00:39:52.779
 our

00:39:52.779 --> 00:39:53.519
 sins

00:39:53.519 --> 00:39:55.319
 everywhere

00:39:55.319 --> 00:39:55.719
 we

00:39:55.719 --> 00:39:55.940
 go

00:39:55.940 --> 00:39:56.059
 in

00:39:56.059 --> 00:39:56.219
 our

00:39:56.219 --> 00:39:56.679
 lives

00:39:56.679 --> 00:39:57.039
 we

00:39:57.039 --> 00:39:57.599
 smell

00:39:57.599 --> 00:39:58.079
 death

00:39:58.079 --> 00:39:58.779
 we

00:39:58.779 --> 00:39:59.279
 ourselves

00:39:59.279 --> 00:39:59.739
 smell

00:39:59.739 --> 00:39:59.940
 of

00:39:59.940 --> 00:40:00.279
 death

00:40:00.279 --> 00:40:01.739
 there

00:40:01.739 --> 00:40:01.840
 are

00:40:01.840 --> 00:40:02.139
 people

00:40:02.139 --> 00:40:02.380
 in

00:40:02.380 --> 00:40:02.519
 our

00:40:02.519 --> 00:40:02.840
 lives

00:40:02.840 --> 00:40:03.079
 that

00:40:03.079 --> 00:40:03.460
 die

00:40:03.460 --> 00:40:03.819
 our

00:40:03.819 --> 00:40:04.179
 loved

00:40:04.179 --> 00:40:04.619
 ones

00:40:04.619 --> 00:40:05.699
 die

00:40:05.699 --> 00:40:05.880
 and

00:40:05.880 --> 00:40:05.980
 we

00:40:05.980 --> 00:40:06.179
 never

00:40:06.179 --> 00:40:06.420
 see

00:40:06.420 --> 00:40:06.579
 them

00:40:06.579 --> 00:40:06.920
 again

00:40:06.920 --> 00:40:07.960
 we

00:40:07.960 --> 00:40:08.500
 ourselves

00:40:08.500 --> 00:40:09.099
 are

00:40:09.099 --> 00:40:09.579
 dying

00:40:09.579 --> 00:40:10.639
 there

00:40:10.639 --> 00:40:10.860
 is

00:40:10.860 --> 00:40:11.420
 sickness

00:40:11.420 --> 00:40:12.340
 there

00:40:12.340 --> 00:40:12.559
 is

00:40:12.559 --> 00:40:13.059
 suffering

00:40:13.059 --> 00:40:14.840
 and

00:40:14.840 --> 00:40:15.039
 there

00:40:15.039 --> 00:40:15.239
 is

00:40:15.239 --> 00:40:15.799
 sin

00:40:15.799 --> 00:40:17.960
 so

00:40:17.960 --> 00:40:18.500
 deeply

00:40:18.500 --> 00:40:19.139
 entrenched

00:40:19.139 --> 00:40:19.860
 so

00:40:19.860 --> 00:40:20.480
 pervasive

00:40:20.480 --> 00:40:20.719
 in

00:40:20.719 --> 00:40:20.860
 our

00:40:20.860 --> 00:40:21.279
 world

00:40:21.279 --> 00:40:22.119
 and

00:40:22.119 --> 00:40:22.420
 all

00:40:22.420 --> 00:40:22.579
 of

00:40:22.579 --> 00:40:22.739
 that

00:40:22.739 --> 00:40:22.920
 we

00:40:22.920 --> 00:40:23.159
 have

00:40:23.159 --> 00:40:23.539
 no

00:40:23.539 --> 00:40:23.900
 hope

00:40:23.900 --> 00:40:24.159
 for

00:40:24.159 --> 00:40:24.400
 it

00:40:24.400 --> 00:40:25.119
 if

00:40:25.119 --> 00:40:25.619
 Christ

00:40:25.619 --> 00:40:25.880
 had

00:40:25.880 --> 00:40:26.239
 not

00:40:26.239 --> 00:40:26.819
 been

00:40:26.819 --> 00:40:27.319
 raised

00:40:27.319 --> 00:40:32.819
 but

00:40:32.819 --> 00:40:33.279
 because

00:40:33.279 --> 00:40:33.659
 Jesus

00:40:33.659 --> 00:40:33.940
 has

00:40:33.940 --> 00:40:34.279
 paid

00:40:34.279 --> 00:40:34.440
 the

00:40:34.440 --> 00:40:34.679
 penalty

00:40:34.679 --> 00:40:34.920
 for

00:40:34.920 --> 00:40:35.199
 sin

00:40:35.199 --> 00:40:35.340
 on

00:40:35.340 --> 00:40:35.440
 the

00:40:35.440 --> 00:40:35.779
 cross

00:40:35.779 --> 00:40:38.659
 and

00:40:38.659 --> 00:40:39.059
 because

00:40:39.059 --> 00:40:39.319
 he

00:40:39.319 --> 00:40:39.799
 is

00:40:39.799 --> 00:40:40.519
 risen

00:40:40.519 --> 00:40:42.619
 we

00:40:42.619 --> 00:40:42.719
 are

00:40:42.719 --> 00:40:42.899
 now

00:40:42.899 --> 00:40:43.559
 justified

00:40:43.559 --> 00:40:45.679
 counted

00:40:45.679 --> 00:40:46.079
 righteous

00:40:46.079 --> 00:40:46.420
 before

00:40:46.420 --> 00:40:46.879
 Christ

00:40:46.879 --> 00:40:47.659
 and

00:40:47.659 --> 00:40:48.000
 because

00:40:48.000 --> 00:40:48.179
 he

00:40:48.179 --> 00:40:48.319
 is

00:40:48.319 --> 00:40:48.579
 risen

00:40:48.579 --> 00:40:48.739
 we

00:40:48.739 --> 00:40:48.859
 can

00:40:48.859 --> 00:40:49.000
 now

00:40:49.000 --> 00:40:49.159
 be

00:40:49.159 --> 00:40:49.879
 sanctified

00:40:49.879 --> 00:40:50.940
 made

00:40:50.940 --> 00:40:51.319
 holy

00:40:51.319 --> 00:40:51.599
 become

00:40:51.599 --> 00:40:51.839
 more

00:40:51.839 --> 00:40:51.960
 and

00:40:51.960 --> 00:40:52.099
 more

00:40:52.099 --> 00:40:52.500
 like

00:40:52.500 --> 00:40:53.119
 Jesus

00:40:53.119 --> 00:40:54.099
 and

00:40:54.099 --> 00:40:54.259
 it's

00:40:54.259 --> 00:40:54.440
 also

00:40:54.440 --> 00:40:54.739
 because

00:40:54.739 --> 00:40:55.139
 of

00:40:55.139 --> 00:40:55.539
 his

00:40:55.539 --> 00:40:56.940
 resurrection

00:40:56.940 --> 00:40:57.299
 that

00:40:57.299 --> 00:40:57.559
 we

00:40:57.559 --> 00:40:58.039
 will

00:40:58.039 --> 00:40:58.319
 be

00:40:58.319 --> 00:40:59.039
 glorified

00:40:59.039 --> 00:41:01.079
 our

00:41:01.079 --> 00:41:01.460
 bodies

00:41:01.460 --> 00:41:01.759
 will be

00:41:01.759 --> 00:41:02.159
 raised

00:41:02.159 --> 00:41:02.379
 and

00:41:02.379 --> 00:41:03.119
 perfected

00:41:03.119 --> 00:41:03.339
 like

00:41:03.339 --> 00:41:03.839
 Christ's

00:41:03.839 --> 00:41:04.139
 resurrection

00:41:04.139 --> 00:41:04.559
 body

00:41:04.559 --> 00:41:05.299
 and

00:41:05.299 --> 00:41:05.420
 we

00:41:05.420 --> 00:41:05.559
 will

00:41:05.559 --> 00:41:05.960
 share

00:41:05.960 --> 00:41:06.179
 in

00:41:06.179 --> 00:41:06.480
 his

00:41:06.480 --> 00:41:07.019
 reign

00:41:07.019 --> 00:41:08.099
 forever

00:41:08.099 --> 00:41:08.519
 and

00:41:08.519 --> 00:41:08.820
 dwell

00:41:08.820 --> 00:41:09.159
 with

00:41:09.159 --> 00:41:09.619
 God

00:41:09.619 --> 00:41:09.960
 our

00:41:09.960 --> 00:41:10.320
 father

00:41:10.320 --> 00:41:10.780
 forever

00:41:10.780 --> 00:41:13.679
 that's

00:41:13.679 --> 00:41:13.940
 what we

00:41:13.940 --> 00:41:14.340
 proclaim

00:41:14.340 --> 00:41:15.579
 on

00:41:15.579 --> 00:41:15.940
 resurrection

00:41:15.940 --> 00:41:16.440
 Sunday

00:41:16.440 --> 00:41:17.639
 and so

00:41:17.639 --> 00:41:17.860
 though

00:41:17.860 --> 00:41:18.400
 fools

00:41:18.400 --> 00:41:18.679
 we

00:41:18.679 --> 00:41:18.920
 might

00:41:18.920 --> 00:41:19.259
 seem

00:41:19.259 --> 00:41:19.599
 to

00:41:19.599 --> 00:41:19.820
 the

00:41:19.820 --> 00:41:20.059
 watching

00:41:20.059 --> 00:41:20.519
 world

00:41:20.519 --> 00:41:21.900
 let us

00:41:21.900 --> 00:41:22.119
 not

00:41:22.119 --> 00:41:22.599
 shrink

00:41:22.599 --> 00:41:23.019
 from

00:41:23.019 --> 00:41:23.519
 declaring

00:41:23.519 --> 00:41:23.759
 this

00:41:23.759 --> 00:41:24.079
 wonderful

00:41:24.079 --> 00:41:24.539
 truth

00:41:24.539 --> 00:41:26.179
 Christ

00:41:26.179 --> 00:41:26.639
 is

00:41:26.639 --> 00:41:26.980
 risen

00:41:26.980 --> 00:41:30.280
 he

00:41:30.280 --> 00:41:30.500
 is

00:41:30.500 --> 00:41:30.840
 risen

00:41:30.840 --> 00:41:32.940
 amen

00:41:32.940 --> 00:41:33.699
 let's

00:41:33.699 --> 00:41:33.960
 pray

00:41:33.960 --> 00:41:45.639
 Lord

00:41:45.639 --> 00:41:46.820
 we

00:41:46.820 --> 00:41:47.280
 thank you

00:41:47.280 --> 00:41:47.599
 for

00:41:47.599 --> 00:41:50.699
 not

00:41:50.699 --> 00:41:51.280
 leaving us

00:41:51.280 --> 00:41:51.519
 to our

00:41:51.519 --> 00:41:51.659
 own

00:41:51.659 --> 00:41:52.079
 devices

00:41:52.079 --> 00:41:53.860
 but

00:41:53.860 --> 00:41:54.220
 sending

00:41:54.220 --> 00:41:54.420
 your

00:41:54.420 --> 00:41:54.659
 son

00:41:54.659 --> 00:41:54.920
 Jesus

00:41:54.920 --> 00:41:55.139
 to

00:41:55.139 --> 00:41:55.380
 save

00:41:55.380 --> 00:41:55.639
 us

00:41:55.639 --> 00:41:58.059
 we

00:41:58.059 --> 00:41:58.440
 thank you

00:41:58.440 --> 00:41:58.639
 for

00:41:58.639 --> 00:41:59.119
 his

00:41:59.119 --> 00:42:00.179
 death

00:42:00.179 --> 00:42:02.199
 the

00:42:02.199 --> 00:42:02.460
 death

00:42:02.460 --> 00:42:02.840
 that we

00:42:02.840 --> 00:42:03.119
 should

00:42:03.119 --> 00:42:03.280
 have

00:42:03.280 --> 00:42:03.579
 died

00:42:03.579 --> 00:42:05.199
 but

00:42:05.199 --> 00:42:05.380
 he

00:42:05.380 --> 00:42:05.679
 died

00:42:05.679 --> 00:42:06.559
 in our

00:42:06.559 --> 00:42:06.960
 place

00:42:06.960 --> 00:42:08.579
 we

00:42:08.579 --> 00:42:08.960
 thank you

00:42:08.960 --> 00:42:09.159
 for

00:42:09.159 --> 00:42:09.400
 his

00:42:09.400 --> 00:42:09.900
 resurrection

00:42:09.900 --> 00:42:14.920
 we

00:42:14.920 --> 00:42:15.119
 now

00:42:15.119 --> 00:42:15.340
 have

00:42:15.340 --> 00:42:15.840
 assurance

00:42:15.840 --> 00:42:16.119
 of our

00:42:16.119 --> 00:42:16.460
 victory

00:42:16.460 --> 00:42:18.619
 we

00:42:18.619 --> 00:42:18.880
 now

00:42:18.880 --> 00:42:19.279
 have

00:42:19.279 --> 00:42:19.500
 a

00:42:19.500 --> 00:42:20.119
 foretaste

00:42:20.119 --> 00:42:20.539
 of our

00:42:20.539 --> 00:42:20.940
 glory

00:42:20.940 --> 00:42:26.619
 we

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