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 It was a part of their daily language.

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 In fact, it's what drove the church forward.

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 And so the cross and the resurrection were just continually on the lips of early believers

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 and not needing a specific day to set aside, even though it's okay for us to do that,

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 but just to challenge us to make the resurrection a daily thing that we think about and talk about.

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 And if we actually did that, it might have a great bearing on our soul.

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 And that's the question to ask many of you, if you're a guest here today, if you're visiting,

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 if you're a member of our church, just know that ultimately, however you got here,

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 however you came with us today, God is the one who ultimately brought you here.

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 And it says in Proverbs 16, 9, the heart of man plans his way.

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 So we make our plans.

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 But then it says, but the Lord establishes our steps.

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 So he's the one who brings us together this morning.

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 And just by way of introduction, before we get into Luke 24,

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 there's a lot of stuff going on in our world and in our nation where there seems to be sort of a rising darkness,

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 sort of a more of a hostility towards those in the church and Christianity in the West.

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 It's existed for many other places in the world continually.

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 But we've kind of had it easy for a very long stretch here.

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 And even now, our current administration has named today Easter Sunday as National Trans Awareness Day.

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 It's very sad.

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 And I'm not telling you that as a political thing.

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 It's just that it's just evil is being celebrated out in the open and in trying to sort of erase, I guess, Christian tradition.

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 But I just want to challenge you.

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 Like, it doesn't matter.

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 It doesn't matter to us.

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 Like, believers are going to celebrate the resurrection.

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 And even if we don't have an official day to do it, it's a part of who we are as believers.

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 We live in the life and death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, even if we don't have a national day to celebrate it.

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 And such it was with the early church.

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 And in July 64 AD, during the reign of Nero, who was the last of the Julo-Claudian emperors,

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 there was a huge fire that hit the city of Rome.

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 And it burned for seven to nine days.

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 And it destroyed about 70% of the city.

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 Ten of the 14 districts of the imperial city were just destroyed utterly.

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 And it's called in history the Great Fire of Rome.

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 And many of the senators, many of the patrician class, which is the upper class,

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 and they all believed, a lot of them, that Nero himself started the fire

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 as a way to kind of clear away for some exotic palace he wanted to build.

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 And in the context, in that context, the Roman historian Cornelius Tacitus wrote about those events

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 and what Nero did following that fire in 64 AD.

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 He said that he sought to blame the new religious sect called Christians.

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 They're the ones who did it.

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 And so Tacitus wrote in 64 AD, he said,

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 Nero fastened the guilt and inflicted the most exquisite tortures on a class hated for their abominations

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 called Christians by the populace.

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 Christus, which is Christ, from whom the name has its origin,

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 suffered extreme penalty during the reign of Tiberius Caesar

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 at the hands of one of our procurators, Pontius Pilate.

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 And a most mischievous superstition, thus checked for a moment,

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 again broke out not only in Judea where this evil began,

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 but also in Rome itself where all these hideous things and shameful for every part of the world

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 find their center and became popular.

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 So, in the writing of Tacitus here in 64 AD,

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 we have the first early ancient accounts that are outside the Bible about the life of Jesus.

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 It says that he, in fact, lived, he was a historical person.

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 It says that he suffered an extreme penalty of death, of crucifixion.

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 And then it says it was carried out under the rule of Tiberius under Pontius Pilate.

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 And then if you notice that it says it refers to a most mischievous superstition, right?

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 That's in direct connection to the resurrection.

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 They're like, oh, this man's still alive.

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 And that, you know, superstition has spread not only from Judea,

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 but from all over the empire, he's saying.

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 And so, again, the early believers, they celebrated the resurrection all the time.

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 It wasn't a once-a-year type thing.

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 And it altered society.

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 What do you believe about the resurrection of Jesus today?

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 Did it actually happen?

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 But Jews in the first century, many thousands of them,

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 all of a sudden changed their normal day of worship from Saturday to Sunday.

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 Religious scholars and sociologists, historians will tell you that the most ancient parts of a culture are found in their religious rites and traditions.

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 They're the most steady, conservative values that any culture can have.

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 They're the least likely and the slowest to change.

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 You know that?

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 Like, you don't just flip somebody's religion overnight, is what they're saying, their traditions.

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 But if that's true, then why all of a sudden was the Roman Mediterranean world,

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 where thousands of first century Jews went from worshiping on Saturday to Sunday, almost overnight, they flipped?

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 How has thousands of years of established religious tradition changed seemingly overnight?

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 Because the life and death of resurrection of Jesus has stood the test of time for 2,000 years.

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 It was Him.

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 They saw Him.

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 And they bore witness of Him.

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 And He's been alive and active ever since, redeeming sinful hearts, changing our lives, all that above.

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 Our Redeemer lives today.

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 And so as we get into Luke, this account, we're just going to walk through it piece by piece in chapter 24.

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 Luke, as many of you are aware, is a historian and a physician.

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 So he writes like one.

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 He's very detailed about how he writes.

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 He was in association of Paul's.

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 And we'll start in verse 1 today.

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 But looking back just over the previous chapters, you'll notice that Jesus was arrested.

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 He was tried falsely.

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 That He was, in fact, crucified, taking the place of a very sinful man.

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 And He was on the cross bearing the wrath of God for our sins.

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 He was dying in our place.

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 And then He breathes His last.

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 All right?

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 And then they rushed and they took Him to a tomb.

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 Joseph of Arimathea and Nicodemus took Him to a tomb.

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 And this is kind of where we're going to start in chapter 24, verse 1.

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 And I'm just going to do it by scenes as if we're like reading a story or watching a movie.

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 See, scene 1.

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 This is your point 1.

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 Scene 1 is Jesus and the empty tomb.

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 And we see this in verses 1 through 12.

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 So let's read together.

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 It says,

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 So just sort of stop there for a second.

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 But it says they were basically there, what the Jews would say.

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 That day of the week would be Sunday, what we would call it.

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 But they were taking the spices to kind of prepare the body of Christ.

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 It was kind of hastily done, minimal work, because of the Sabbath that was approaching.

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 And so they were going to kind of finish the job and to kind of honor Jesus in that way.

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 And it says in verse 2, they found the stone rolled away from the tomb.

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 And so they're completely at a loss for what to do.

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 This tomb was either rock-hewn or a natural cave that made like a vault for this huge stone to be rolled over to protect the dead body.

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 And it's gone.

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 Which these women are sitting there and they're brokenhearted and they feel lost.

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 And all of a sudden, these two angels appear to them.

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 Dazzling white apparel.

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 And that very simple resurrection verse that we think of, right?

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 Why do you seek the living among the dead?

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 And really, it is a gentle but subtle rebuke.

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 All right?

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 These angels reveal that these women had not yet understood the Scriptures.

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 They had forgotten what Jesus actually told them.

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 That He must suffer and then rise from death.

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 And if you notice that angels are a consistent theme throughout the life of Jesus.

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 They were there at His birth, His temptation, at Gethsemane, and now at His resurrection.

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 And they're there to ensure these women that His body has not just been stolen.

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 It's in fact risen.

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 He is not here.

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 They mentioned that grave robbers did not come and do this.

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 It was an operation of God.

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 That He had been risen from the dead.

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 And in Matthew's account, it says that this happened after, right?

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 All the soldiers were there and they ran away.

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 The guard that had been set there.

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 So, the appearance of these angels scared away the Roman guard that was there.

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 And they fled, right?

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 They ran.

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 This is in Matthew 28.

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 To save their own skin.

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 They kind of like just begged the Jewish authorities to protect them from what Pilate might do to them.

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 And so, we go on.

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 Just a little note that I made here.

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 Just that I was reading this earlier.

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 Notice that the rolled away stone was not so that Jesus could get out.

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 Remember, He and His resurrected body was able to just appear wherever He wanted to go.

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 Through walls.

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 Didn't need to be let in.

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 He didn't need to be let out.

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 That was there for us to see that He, in fact, had risen.

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 So, look at verse 9.

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 It says,

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 Returning from the tomb, they told all these things to the eleven and to all the rest.

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 Now, it was Mary Magdalene and Joanna and Mary, the mother of James, and the other women with them who told these things to the apostles.

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 But these words seemed to be an idle tale, and they did not believe them.

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 But Peter rose and ran to the tomb, stopping and looking in.

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 He saw the linen cloths by themselves, and he went home marveling at what had happened.

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 And, okay, so sadly, these women, they run back to the disciples, and they're like, look, He's gone.

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 And we saw these angels, and they say that He is risen, that we needed to remember what He told us, that He would rise.

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 And sadly, it kind of fell on deaf ears.

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 Their sadness, their mourning, and their unbelief kept them from really believing the women.

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 But it says that Peter left up, and he ran, and went to the tomb.

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 We also know from John's account that John also went.

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 And John actually says that he outran Peter a couple of times, which I think is really funny.

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 So, he's just more nimble, I guess, than Peter was.

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 And it says that they got to the tomb, and in the Greek, it says they sort of peeped in,

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 kind of like, kind of just like, I'm kind of scared to look.

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 And then they looked, and it says that Peter's response to this was that he returns back marveling.

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 That sounds like a positive word, but really it's used in a negative way.

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 It's used in a way to kind of communicate unbelief, which goes consistent with what the other Gospels say.

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 Peter just doesn't know what to do with this.

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 He's like, I don't know what this means.

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 And so he leaves, and he goes back.

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 But I love what John says in his account.

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 It says after Peter left, he just sat there a little longer, right?

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 And he observed what happened inside the tomb.

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 And I just want to point this out to you.

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 It says in John's account that he says he saw the linen cloths lying there.

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 And the Greek, when you study that phrase,

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 it means that it wasn't just hastily thrown around everywhere.

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 Right?

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 Where it was laying exactly where the body of Jesus was.

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 As if the body had just like come out of it, and it just kind of collapsed where it sat.

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 Pretty crazy, right?

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 Just, if Jesus had sort of just woken up, the swoon theory,

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 he had been throwing clothes everywhere.

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 Parents, just wrap your kids up in something, and just say, all right, get loose.

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 And like, see what happens to all the clothes that they're,

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 all the stuff that you wrap them up in, it'll be just thrown everywhere.

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 And it was just lying there.

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 Right?

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 And it suggests still done up, as if the body had just withdrawn itself.

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 And then John says the face cloth, which had been on Jesus' head,

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 was not lying with the other linen cloths, but was folded up and put over to the side.

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 As if Jesus just took it off, folded it, and just laid it there, and then walked off.

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 Nicely folded up, wrapped in its place.

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 And it says in John's account that he says that upon seeing this, I believed.

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 Like it was real to him.

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 And so, Peter goes back.

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 John goes back.

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 This leads us to scene two.

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 And this is unique in the Gospel of Luke.

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 There's a little story right here about point two, scene two.

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 It's Jesus on the road to Emmaus.

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 This is starting in verse 13.

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 It says,

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 That very day, two of them were going to a village named Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem.

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 And they were talking with each other about all these things that they had, sorry, that had happened.

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 While they were talking and discussing together, Jesus himself drew near and went with them.

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 But their eyes were kept from recognizing him.

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 So, this is the second of three resurrection appearances here in Luke.

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 This is one of the longer stories in the Gospel.

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 But it says that very day, like while all this was happening,

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 after the women had seen him, after the disciples had heard these things,

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 these two men, one of them was named Cleopas, but we don't know the name of the other.

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 But they were going on Emmaus, which was seven miles from Jerusalem.

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 And they were coming back after celebrating Passover in Jerusalem.

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 And it says that they were discussing all the things that had happened.

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 Right?

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 And at a certain point, some of you go on walks.

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 Some of you go on runs.

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 Just imagine somebody just coming up beside you.

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 And Jesus, the resurrected, living Jesus, comes up and walks with them on the road.

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 It's just crazy to me.

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 It gives me chills.

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 Yet, he didn't reveal yet who he truly was.

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 Verse 17.

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 He said to them,

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 What is this conversation that you were holding with each other as you walk?

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 And they stood still, looking sad.

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 Then one of them, named Cleopas, answered him,

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 Are you only a visitor to Jerusalem who does not know the things that have happened there in these days?

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 And Jesus said to them,

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 What things?

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 And he said to him,

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 Concerning Jesus of Nazareth,

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 A man who was a prophet, mighty indeed, and were before God and all the people.

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 And how our chief priests and the rulers delivered him up to be condemned to death and crucified him.

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 So, stop again.

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 Imagine this from Jesus' perspective.

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 He knows they're talking about him.

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 Right?

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 It's like that, you know,

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 You're talking to somebody, and they don't really realize it's you,

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 And then they say things about you while you're standing there.

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 But, just sort of saying,

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 Hey, what's going on, fellows?

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 Like, what's all the fuss about?

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 What's this heavy discussion y'all are having?

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 And basically, their response is,

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 Seriously?

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 Where have you been?

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 Are you an outsider?

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 Because, like, if you were local,

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 Well, you would clearly know the news that's being circulated right now.

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 So, clearly, you're not from around here.

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 Anyway, there was this crazy stuff that happened in Jerusalem with this guy named Jesus.

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 And so, they kind of, like, dropped it there.

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 But, Jesus plays along.

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 He plays along with them.

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 He goes,

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 No, I don't.

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 Please tell me about it.

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 Again, imagine being in the company of people who are talking about you,

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 But they don't realize it's you.

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 It's funny, but just,

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 It is funny to us,

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 But realize that Jesus is not playing with them.

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 He's not toying with them.

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 He's getting ready to show them something very important.

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 But it comes across like that to us,

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 Because they clearly don't know it's him.

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 But, they say,

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 Yeah, there's about this man named Jesus of Nazareth.

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 They said he was a prophet,

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 Which is an adequate description of him.

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 But he was mighty in deed and word.

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 Remember all that Jesus did.

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 He cast out demons.

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 He healed the sick.

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 He performed miracles over nature.

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 And, all these wonderful things he taught with divine authority to forgive sin.

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 And, it says,

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 Before God and all the people.

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 So, meaning that everyone heard him.

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 Everyone knew about him.

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 He's like the most popular thing to come around these parts in a long time.

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 Everyone saw him.

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 Everyone heard him.

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 It's why they're wondering why this man hasn't.

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 And, it says that yet, even though all that happened,

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 Judas delivered Jesus over to the chief priests and the rulers.

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 And, they went to the Romans in order to put him to death.

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 And, so, it gets on to verse 21.

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 They're continuing their spiel.

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 We had hoped that he was the one to redeem Israel.

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 Kind of like they're moping.

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 Like, we had hoped that he was the one to redeem Israel.

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 Yes, and besides all this, it is now the third day since these things happened.

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 Moreover, some women of our company amazed us.

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 They were at the tomb early in the morning.

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 And, when they did not find his body,

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 they came back saying that they had even seen a vision of angels who said that he was alive.

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 Some of those who were with us went to the tomb and found it,

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 just as the women had said, but they did not see.

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 So, look at verse 21.

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 It says,

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 But we had hoped.

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 So, this is going back.

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 This reveals a serious contrast between what the Jews of the first century,

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 the Jews of Jesus' day, believed about the Messiah,

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 their view, their perspective versus what the Scripture actually taught.

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 But, they had these high hopes, this great expectation that there would be more or less a king,

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 warrior, religious Messiah that would come and, like, restore their nation again,

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 bring them back to the days of David and Solomon,

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 and make Judea this national thing again,

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 fight the Romans, kick them out,

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 drive out the pagans.

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 And, that's what they had really thought would happen.

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 It's like, well, we had hoped that he was the one.

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 And, this is why, you know, again, Jesus is sitting there hearing this.

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 And, I mean, it isn't just these guys.

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 Even the disciples didn't really believe.

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 I hope you know that.

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 Like, even in John 12, verse 16,

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 like, they fell into the wrong way of thinking about the Messiah all the time.

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 That's just what they were susceptible to doing.

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 And, it just sort of fell on these superficial, earthly expectations of the Messiah.

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 So, just kind of imagine where Jesus is going here.

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 And, then he kind of gives them a rebuke.

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 A nice rebuke.

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 And, he says in verse 25,

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 He said to them,

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 O foolish ones,

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 and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken.

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 Esclamation point.

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 Was it not necessary that the Christ should suffer these things and enter into his glory?

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 And, beginning with Moses and all the prophets,

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 he interpreted to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning himself.

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 So, O foolish ones,

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 he rebukes them, these despairing men.

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 He's saying, you've missed it.

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 You don't see it.

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 The Scriptures never said that this is what the Messiah would do.

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 So, this is,

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 and he began to interpret it for them,

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 with Moses and the prophets.

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 He went through it.

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 And, he explained how all of it was a fulfillment.

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 Everything that had happened in Jerusalem was a direct fulfillment of what he had said.

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 He said, you're slow of heart to believe.

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 Like, come on.

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 Why are you so doubtful?

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 Why can't you just see this and believe?

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 And, this is a good question for us to ask ourselves.

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 Are you shocked when God actually keeps his word to you?

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 Sometimes I am.

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 And, I'm like, come on.

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 Like, he has had a huge track record of always keeping his word to me.

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 Always fulfilling what he said he would do.

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 And, yet, the next day, I'm like, oh man, what am I going to do about this?

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 And, we just kind of fall into these traps and not believing.

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 But, in this, God has fulfilled his word.

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 He has brought it to pass.

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 And, he tells them, rhetorically,

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 that God has shown a pattern of taking his kings,

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 taking his prophets,

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 taking his people,

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 and putting them through great suffering

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 before they entered into a place of glory.

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 So, that was an established pattern.

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 God takes his servants and they suffer.

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 They always do.

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 And, then, they are, in fact, glorified.

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 And, he said,

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 this is the pattern that the Messiah himself set,

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 that he must suffer,

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 he must die,

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 before he enters into his glory.

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 Like, you should know that.

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 And, they failed to see it.

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 They failed to see it in their own scriptures.

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 That the Messiah's path to glory

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 must, out of necessity,

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 pass through suffering.

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 Right?

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 So, he takes this opportunity

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 to teach them what the scriptures said.

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 Right?

00:24:29.339 --> 00:24:30.859
 So, we need to pull away from

00:24:30.859 --> 00:24:32.659
 the thought of

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 pastors, churches,

00:24:34.299 --> 00:24:35.399
 people who are trying to prove

00:24:35.399 --> 00:24:36.259
 Jesus is somebody

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 without using the scriptures.

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 Because, Jesus,

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 we can't make a better case than Jesus can.

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 And, he's doing it

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 with the scriptures himself.

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 Right?

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 And, he set this historical pattern

00:24:46.759 --> 00:24:47.900
 of God's activity

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 again and again

00:24:49.000 --> 00:24:50.780
 throughout the Old Testament

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 looking forward to himself.

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 Verse 28.

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 Moving along.

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 So, they drew near to the village

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 to which they were going.

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 He acted as if he were going,

00:25:04.460 --> 00:25:05.780
 were going farther.

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 But, they urged him strongly,

00:25:08.140 --> 00:25:08.360
 saying,

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 Stay with us.

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 For, it is toward the evening

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 and the day is now far spent.

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 So,

00:25:15.399 --> 00:25:17.379
 Jesus went in to stay with them.

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 When he was at the table with them,

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 he took the bread

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 and blessed it

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 and broke it

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 and gave it to them.

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 And then, all of a sudden,

00:25:26.019 --> 00:25:26.240
 right,

00:25:26.539 --> 00:25:28.059
 their eyes were open

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 and they recognized him.

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 And, he vanished

00:25:32.460 --> 00:25:33.500
 from their sight.

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 Man, again,

00:25:35.579 --> 00:25:37.259
 just gives you chills.

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 Vanished.

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 Vanish.

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 Meaning, like,

00:25:39.480 --> 00:25:40.740
 ceasing to be there.

00:25:41.079 --> 00:25:42.579
 Disappeared from their sight.

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 They said to each other,

00:25:44.879 --> 00:25:47.200
 Did not our hearts burn within us

00:25:47.200 --> 00:25:48.940
 while he talked to us on the road?

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 While he opened to us the Scriptures?

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 And they rose that same hour

00:25:55.460 --> 00:25:56.640
 and returned to Jerusalem.

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 And they found the eleven

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 and those who gathered with them together.

00:26:01.440 --> 00:26:01.799
 Saying,

00:26:01.799 --> 00:26:04.139
 The Lord has risen indeed

00:26:04.139 --> 00:26:06.440
 and has appeared to Simon.

00:26:07.200 --> 00:26:08.799
 Then they told what happened

00:26:08.799 --> 00:26:09.759
 on the road

00:26:09.759 --> 00:26:12.359
 and how he was known to them

00:26:12.359 --> 00:26:13.759
 in the breaking of bread.

00:26:15.000 --> 00:26:16.019
 So, again,

00:26:16.079 --> 00:26:17.659
 this is a crazy passage.

00:26:18.259 --> 00:26:18.659
 It says,

00:26:18.899 --> 00:26:19.480
 After that,

00:26:20.220 --> 00:26:21.480
 their eyes were opened.

00:26:21.579 --> 00:26:22.079
 That means, like,

00:26:22.139 --> 00:26:23.079
 opened spiritually.

00:26:23.220 --> 00:26:24.539
 They actually recognized

00:26:24.539 --> 00:26:25.639
 who Jesus was

00:26:25.639 --> 00:26:28.240
 when Jesus was ready for them to.

00:26:28.240 --> 00:26:30.920
 And they recognized

00:26:30.920 --> 00:26:31.700
 that he, in fact,

00:26:31.740 --> 00:26:33.720
 was the one who was in Jerusalem.

00:26:33.920 --> 00:26:34.420
 He, in fact,

00:26:34.440 --> 00:26:35.920
 was the one who suffered

00:26:35.920 --> 00:26:37.880
 and died on the cross.

00:26:37.920 --> 00:26:38.559
 And he was the one

00:26:38.559 --> 00:26:39.620
 that everyone's saying

00:26:39.620 --> 00:26:41.539
 is now risen from the dead.

00:26:41.620 --> 00:26:42.480
 So, they go back and say,

00:26:42.500 --> 00:26:43.740
 Hey, he's risen indeed.

00:26:43.880 --> 00:26:45.519
 Like, he actually has.

00:26:45.599 --> 00:26:46.500
 He is alive.

00:26:46.579 --> 00:26:47.440
 We've seen him.

00:26:48.319 --> 00:26:48.819
 And then,

00:26:49.059 --> 00:26:49.599
 he said,

00:26:50.099 --> 00:26:50.920
 While he explained

00:26:50.920 --> 00:26:51.880
 the Scriptures to us,

00:26:51.920 --> 00:26:52.140
 right,

00:26:52.200 --> 00:26:53.359
 our hearts were burning.

00:26:53.519 --> 00:26:54.859
 Something was going on in us

00:26:54.859 --> 00:26:55.120
 that,

00:26:55.799 --> 00:26:56.000
 I mean,

00:26:56.000 --> 00:26:56.980
 wouldn't you love to hear

00:26:56.980 --> 00:26:58.000
 Jesus just unpacked

00:26:58.000 --> 00:26:58.839
 the Scripture to you

00:26:58.839 --> 00:27:01.200
 that your hearts would burn.

00:27:01.799 --> 00:27:02.900
 But all the promises

00:27:02.900 --> 00:27:03.680
 of the Redeemer

00:27:03.680 --> 00:27:05.440
 had come to pass.

00:27:05.519 --> 00:27:06.240
 They hurried back

00:27:06.240 --> 00:27:07.480
 and they told the other disciples

00:27:07.480 --> 00:27:08.099
 what had happened.

00:27:08.720 --> 00:27:09.299
 Now, remember,

00:27:09.440 --> 00:27:10.380
 the disciples are still

00:27:10.380 --> 00:27:12.259
 in a state of fear

00:27:12.259 --> 00:27:12.920
 and hiding.

00:27:13.660 --> 00:27:15.440
 They're still really afraid

00:27:15.440 --> 00:27:16.500
 about what's going on.

00:27:16.579 --> 00:27:17.500
 In Matthew 26,

00:27:17.599 --> 00:27:18.559
 and in John,

00:27:18.640 --> 00:27:19.420
 it says they were hiding

00:27:19.420 --> 00:27:21.039
 behind locked doors.

00:27:21.700 --> 00:27:23.200
 So, they were still fearful,

00:27:23.380 --> 00:27:24.140
 still weak.

00:27:24.759 --> 00:27:25.860
 I would just hesitate

00:27:25.860 --> 00:27:26.900
 to call them cowards

00:27:26.900 --> 00:27:27.560
 because I wonder

00:27:27.560 --> 00:27:28.700
 what any of us would do

00:27:28.700 --> 00:27:29.600
 in their positions.

00:27:29.759 --> 00:27:30.640
 Just sort of a humble

00:27:30.640 --> 00:27:31.880
 acknowledgement.

00:27:32.460 --> 00:27:34.660
 But they are confused.

00:27:35.200 --> 00:27:35.880
 They don't know

00:27:35.880 --> 00:27:37.000
 what to do next.

00:27:37.740 --> 00:27:38.580
 They're at a loss.

00:27:38.660 --> 00:27:39.540
 They're traumatized,

00:27:39.640 --> 00:27:39.960
 fearful.

00:27:40.480 --> 00:27:41.080
 And then these men

00:27:41.080 --> 00:27:41.500
 show up and say,

00:27:41.540 --> 00:27:41.820
 Hey, man,

00:27:41.820 --> 00:27:43.660
 we saw him on the road

00:27:43.660 --> 00:27:45.100
 to Emmaus.

00:27:45.980 --> 00:27:46.759
 We saw him.

00:27:46.780 --> 00:27:47.740
 He's risen indeed.

00:27:47.900 --> 00:27:48.340
 And this brings us

00:27:48.340 --> 00:27:49.060
 to scene three.

00:27:49.900 --> 00:27:50.580
 Scene three,

00:27:50.580 --> 00:27:51.759
 which Jesus appears

00:27:51.759 --> 00:27:52.820
 to his disciples.

00:27:53.500 --> 00:27:55.080
 This starts in verse 36.

00:27:56.900 --> 00:27:57.240
 All right,

00:27:57.340 --> 00:27:58.220
 moving through this.

00:27:58.580 --> 00:27:59.580
 As they were talking

00:27:59.580 --> 00:28:00.460
 about these things,

00:28:00.600 --> 00:28:01.340
 Jesus himself

00:28:01.340 --> 00:28:02.740
 stood among them

00:28:02.740 --> 00:28:03.380
 and said to them,

00:28:03.540 --> 00:28:04.440
 Peace to you.

00:28:05.320 --> 00:28:06.580
 But they were startled

00:28:06.580 --> 00:28:07.340
 and frightened

00:28:07.340 --> 00:28:09.040
 and thought they saw a spirit.

00:28:09.700 --> 00:28:10.640
 And he said to them,

00:28:10.700 --> 00:28:11.680
 Why are you troubled?

00:28:12.220 --> 00:28:13.560
 And why do doubts

00:28:13.560 --> 00:28:14.720
 arise in your hearts?

00:28:15.500 --> 00:28:16.420
 See my hands

00:28:16.420 --> 00:28:17.160
 and my feet.

00:28:17.660 --> 00:28:18.140
 There it is.

00:28:18.200 --> 00:28:19.140
 I myself.

00:28:19.140 --> 00:28:20.540
 Touch me and see.

00:28:21.399 --> 00:28:21.980
 For a spirit

00:28:21.980 --> 00:28:23.059
 does not have flesh

00:28:23.059 --> 00:28:23.579
 and bones

00:28:23.579 --> 00:28:24.639
 as you see

00:28:24.639 --> 00:28:25.359
 that I have.

00:28:26.240 --> 00:28:27.720
 And when he said this,

00:28:27.859 --> 00:28:28.539
 he showed them

00:28:28.539 --> 00:28:29.639
 his hands and his feet.

00:28:30.779 --> 00:28:32.619
 And while they still

00:28:32.619 --> 00:28:34.839
 disbelieved for joy

00:28:34.839 --> 00:28:35.779
 and were marveling,

00:28:35.819 --> 00:28:36.599
 he said to them,

00:28:36.799 --> 00:28:37.899
 Have you anything

00:28:37.899 --> 00:28:38.619
 here to eat?

00:28:39.180 --> 00:28:40.099
 And they gave him

00:28:40.099 --> 00:28:41.399
 a piece of broiled fish

00:28:41.399 --> 00:28:42.079
 and he took it

00:28:42.079 --> 00:28:43.379
 and ate it before them.

00:28:44.379 --> 00:28:46.180
 So we see in verse 36

00:28:46.180 --> 00:28:47.240
 that Jesus finally

00:28:47.240 --> 00:28:47.879
 appears to them.

00:28:47.940 --> 00:28:49.159
 Again, behind locked doors.

00:28:49.220 --> 00:28:50.299
 He just sort of shows up.

00:28:50.299 --> 00:28:51.119
 I just love that.

00:28:51.680 --> 00:28:53.279
 And he says to them,

00:28:53.440 --> 00:28:54.180
 Just peace.

00:28:55.099 --> 00:28:55.379
 Alright?

00:28:57.019 --> 00:28:57.940
 Be still.

00:28:58.180 --> 00:28:58.879
 Rest easy.

00:28:59.019 --> 00:28:59.720
 It's all well.

00:28:59.879 --> 00:29:00.200
 Why?

00:29:00.700 --> 00:29:01.240
 Because it says

00:29:01.240 --> 00:29:01.919
 that it scared

00:29:01.919 --> 00:29:02.799
 the junk out of them.

00:29:02.859 --> 00:29:03.440
 It says that they were

00:29:03.440 --> 00:29:04.500
 startled and frightened.

00:29:05.759 --> 00:29:06.960
 The word startled here

00:29:06.960 --> 00:29:07.899
 means terrified

00:29:07.899 --> 00:29:08.799
 to the point

00:29:08.799 --> 00:29:09.720
 of falling over.

00:29:10.680 --> 00:29:13.299
 So they just turn around

00:29:13.299 --> 00:29:14.379
 and there he is

00:29:14.379 --> 00:29:15.259
 in the room with them.

00:29:16.119 --> 00:29:17.720
 And he shows

00:29:17.720 --> 00:29:18.740
 the physical nature

00:29:18.740 --> 00:29:20.039
 of his resurrected body

00:29:20.039 --> 00:29:20.799
 by using their

00:29:20.799 --> 00:29:21.700
 natural senses.

00:29:21.920 --> 00:29:22.139
 Like,

00:29:22.759 --> 00:29:23.279
 see me.

00:29:23.420 --> 00:29:24.119
 See me.

00:29:24.599 --> 00:29:25.259
 Touch me.

00:29:26.259 --> 00:29:27.399
 Listen to me.

00:29:28.440 --> 00:29:29.359
 He invites them

00:29:29.359 --> 00:29:29.960
 to touch him

00:29:29.960 --> 00:29:31.200
 to see that he is real.

00:29:31.359 --> 00:29:31.839
 Hear me.

00:29:31.940 --> 00:29:32.819
 Hear me talk.

00:29:34.000 --> 00:29:35.099
 And it's just such grace

00:29:35.099 --> 00:29:35.859
 that even though

00:29:35.859 --> 00:29:36.659
 they're still in

00:29:36.659 --> 00:29:37.359
 disbelief,

00:29:37.420 --> 00:29:37.639
 he's like,

00:29:37.680 --> 00:29:37.879
 alright,

00:29:38.000 --> 00:29:38.379
 it's alright.

00:29:38.599 --> 00:29:39.940
 Just come close

00:29:39.940 --> 00:29:41.159
 and see that it's me.

00:29:42.220 --> 00:29:43.079
 Touch my hands

00:29:43.079 --> 00:29:43.859
 and my side

00:29:43.859 --> 00:29:45.200
 and see that it is I.

00:29:45.759 --> 00:29:46.580
 The one who was

00:29:46.580 --> 00:29:47.039
 crucified.

00:29:47.240 --> 00:29:47.319
 Like,

00:29:47.360 --> 00:29:48.539
 I am alive now.

00:29:49.559 --> 00:29:50.279
 Verse 44.

00:29:51.200 --> 00:29:52.160
 Then he said to them,

00:29:52.819 --> 00:29:54.200
 These are my words

00:29:54.200 --> 00:29:55.259
 that I spoke to you

00:29:55.259 --> 00:29:56.180
 while I was still

00:29:56.180 --> 00:29:56.779
 with you.

00:29:57.519 --> 00:29:58.160
 That everything

00:29:58.160 --> 00:29:59.019
 written about me

00:29:59.019 --> 00:30:00.059
 in the law of Moses

00:30:00.059 --> 00:30:00.880
 and the prophets

00:30:00.880 --> 00:30:01.620
 and the Psalms

00:30:01.620 --> 00:30:02.960
 must be fulfilled.

00:30:04.380 --> 00:30:05.299
 Then he opened

00:30:05.299 --> 00:30:05.980
 their minds

00:30:05.980 --> 00:30:06.799
 to understand

00:30:06.799 --> 00:30:07.400
 the scriptures

00:30:07.400 --> 00:30:08.380
 and he said to them,

00:30:08.920 --> 00:30:09.799
 Thus it is written

00:30:09.799 --> 00:30:11.440
 that the Christ

00:30:11.440 --> 00:30:12.080
 should suffer

00:30:12.080 --> 00:30:13.440
 and on the third day

00:30:13.440 --> 00:30:14.779
 rise from the dead.

00:30:15.840 --> 00:30:16.559
 And that repentance

00:30:16.559 --> 00:30:17.720
 for the forgiveness

00:30:17.720 --> 00:30:18.299
 of sins

00:30:18.299 --> 00:30:19.120
 should be proclaimed

00:30:19.120 --> 00:30:19.920
 in his name

00:30:19.920 --> 00:30:21.299
 to all the nations

00:30:21.299 --> 00:30:22.700
 beginning from Jerusalem.

00:30:23.420 --> 00:30:24.900
 You are witnesses

00:30:24.900 --> 00:30:26.500
 of these things.

00:30:27.240 --> 00:30:27.880
 And behold,

00:30:28.120 --> 00:30:28.799
 I am sending

00:30:28.799 --> 00:30:29.420
 the promise

00:30:29.420 --> 00:30:30.180
 of my Father

00:30:30.180 --> 00:30:30.960
 upon you.

00:30:31.539 --> 00:30:32.720
 But stay in the city

00:30:32.720 --> 00:30:34.019
 until you are clothed

00:30:34.019 --> 00:30:34.640
 with the power

00:30:34.640 --> 00:30:35.440
 from on high.

00:30:36.500 --> 00:30:37.860
 So Jesus explains

00:30:37.860 --> 00:30:39.120
 that he has fulfilled

00:30:39.120 --> 00:30:40.080
 the scriptures.

00:30:40.259 --> 00:30:41.240
 All that God has said

00:30:41.240 --> 00:30:41.819
 for thousands

00:30:41.819 --> 00:30:42.740
 of years prior

00:30:42.740 --> 00:30:44.440
 in the law of Moses

00:30:44.440 --> 00:30:45.180
 and the prophets

00:30:45.180 --> 00:30:45.980
 and the Psalms

00:30:45.980 --> 00:30:47.680
 all were fulfilled

00:30:47.680 --> 00:30:48.539
 in him.

00:30:49.039 --> 00:30:50.200
 He opened their mind

00:30:50.200 --> 00:30:50.920
 and they saw it.

00:30:50.940 --> 00:30:51.440
 They saw how

00:30:51.440 --> 00:30:52.380
 it all connected

00:30:52.380 --> 00:30:54.240
 that it indeed

00:30:54.240 --> 00:30:55.140
 was Jesus.

00:30:55.279 --> 00:30:55.640
 But again,

00:30:55.700 --> 00:30:56.279
 this shows you

00:30:56.279 --> 00:30:56.680
 that they didn't

00:30:56.680 --> 00:30:57.380
 even understand.

00:30:57.519 --> 00:30:58.019
 They were still

00:30:58.019 --> 00:30:58.960
 confused about

00:30:58.960 --> 00:31:00.440
 what was going on.

00:31:00.480 --> 00:31:00.779
 And he's like,

00:31:00.799 --> 00:31:01.660
 I told you this.

00:31:01.779 --> 00:31:02.620
 I told you

00:31:02.620 --> 00:31:03.440
 that this must happen.

00:31:04.259 --> 00:31:05.099
 And he goes,

00:31:06.019 --> 00:31:07.759
 you are witnesses

00:31:07.759 --> 00:31:08.940
 of these things.

00:31:09.779 --> 00:31:11.019
 I looked this word up,

00:31:11.019 --> 00:31:11.379
 witness.

00:31:11.519 --> 00:31:11.799
 You know what it

00:31:11.799 --> 00:31:12.299
 actually means?

00:31:12.339 --> 00:31:13.279
 It means martyrs.

00:31:14.500 --> 00:31:16.299
 You are my martyrs.

00:31:16.700 --> 00:31:18.019
 That's what he says

00:31:18.019 --> 00:31:18.359
 to them.

00:31:19.619 --> 00:31:20.460
 Later on,

00:31:21.220 --> 00:31:22.359
 really quickly,

00:31:22.680 --> 00:31:24.139
 if you would like to,

00:31:24.200 --> 00:31:24.759
 you can flip over

00:31:24.759 --> 00:31:25.539
 to 1 Corinthians

00:31:25.539 --> 00:31:26.700
 and just hold your hand

00:31:26.700 --> 00:31:26.960
 in Luke.

00:31:27.220 --> 00:31:28.960
 But all this was done

00:31:28.960 --> 00:31:29.440
 in fulfillment

00:31:29.440 --> 00:31:30.519
 of prophecy,

00:31:30.680 --> 00:31:31.099
 in fulfillment

00:31:31.099 --> 00:31:31.740
 of scripture.

00:31:31.879 --> 00:31:33.480
 But 1 Corinthians 15,

00:31:34.180 --> 00:31:34.879
 Paul wrote

00:31:34.880 --> 00:31:36.900
 to the Corinthians.

00:31:37.060 --> 00:31:38.060
 For I deliver to you

00:31:38.060 --> 00:31:39.260
 as first importance

00:31:39.260 --> 00:31:40.820
 what I also received,

00:31:41.360 --> 00:31:42.440
 that Christ died

00:31:42.440 --> 00:31:43.680
 for our sins

00:31:43.680 --> 00:31:44.580
 in accordance

00:31:44.580 --> 00:31:46.320
 with the scriptures,

00:31:46.320 --> 00:31:48.180
 that he was buried,

00:31:48.960 --> 00:31:49.800
 that he was raised

00:31:49.800 --> 00:31:50.620
 in the third day

00:31:50.620 --> 00:31:51.340
 in accordance

00:31:51.340 --> 00:31:52.400
 with the scriptures.

00:31:53.240 --> 00:31:54.240
 And when he also

00:31:54.240 --> 00:31:55.360
 appeared to Cephas,

00:31:55.760 --> 00:31:56.480
 which is Peter,

00:31:57.380 --> 00:31:59.080
 then to the twelve,

00:31:59.880 --> 00:32:00.640
 then he appeared

00:32:00.640 --> 00:32:01.740
 to more than 500

00:32:01.740 --> 00:32:03.760
 brothers at one time,

00:32:03.759 --> 00:32:05.480
 most of whom

00:32:05.480 --> 00:32:06.480
 are still alive,

00:32:07.220 --> 00:32:07.779
 though some

00:32:07.779 --> 00:32:08.640
 have fallen asleep.

00:32:09.480 --> 00:32:10.619
 Then Jesus appeared

00:32:10.619 --> 00:32:11.319
 to James,

00:32:11.420 --> 00:32:12.579
 then to all the apostles,

00:32:12.779 --> 00:32:13.700
 and last of all,

00:32:14.160 --> 00:32:15.660
 as the one untimely born,

00:32:15.759 --> 00:32:16.900
 he also appeared

00:32:16.900 --> 00:32:17.960
 to me.

00:32:18.720 --> 00:32:20.400
 So Paul reinforces

00:32:20.400 --> 00:32:21.039
 this idea

00:32:21.039 --> 00:32:22.099
 that it was all done

00:32:22.099 --> 00:32:22.599
 in accordance

00:32:22.599 --> 00:32:23.200
 with what God

00:32:23.200 --> 00:32:24.240
 had said he would do.

00:32:24.779 --> 00:32:25.379
 And he goes,

00:32:25.440 --> 00:32:25.940
 by the way,

00:32:26.039 --> 00:32:26.279
 like,

00:32:27.059 --> 00:32:27.879
 he revealed himself

00:32:27.879 --> 00:32:29.359
 to the apostles,

00:32:29.559 --> 00:32:30.200
 to Peter,

00:32:30.960 --> 00:32:31.640
 then he appeared

00:32:31.640 --> 00:32:32.759
 to over 500 people

00:32:32.759 --> 00:32:33.400
 at one time,

00:32:33.759 --> 00:32:34.440
 like,

00:32:34.519 --> 00:32:34.759
 you know,

00:32:34.879 --> 00:32:36.000
 I've been in the hospital

00:32:36.000 --> 00:32:37.259
 in some crazy situations,

00:32:37.259 --> 00:32:38.579
 and I've had some crazy,

00:32:39.059 --> 00:32:39.359
 you know,

00:32:39.420 --> 00:32:39.660
 like,

00:32:40.400 --> 00:32:41.559
 medication that I was on

00:32:41.559 --> 00:32:42.559
 that made me hallucinate.

00:32:43.099 --> 00:32:43.700
 You know one way

00:32:43.700 --> 00:32:44.579
 to know you're hallucinating?

00:32:44.680 --> 00:32:45.259
 You can ask somebody,

00:32:45.379 --> 00:32:45.480
 hey,

00:32:45.519 --> 00:32:46.240
 do you see that?

00:32:46.779 --> 00:32:47.140
 And they'll go,

00:32:47.339 --> 00:32:47.740
 nope,

00:32:48.220 --> 00:32:49.059
 don't see it.

00:32:49.140 --> 00:32:49.759
 I saw a squirrel

00:32:49.759 --> 00:32:50.680
 jumping around the room,

00:32:50.759 --> 00:32:51.660
 and my nurse was like,

00:32:52.720 --> 00:32:53.000
 nope,

00:32:53.099 --> 00:32:53.980
 no squirrel in your room.

00:32:54.759 --> 00:32:55.940
 So 500 people

00:32:55.940 --> 00:32:56.900
 are not all doing this

00:32:56.900 --> 00:32:57.460
 at one time.

00:32:57.519 --> 00:32:57.819
 They're like,

00:32:57.879 --> 00:32:58.039
 yeah,

00:32:58.079 --> 00:32:59.359
 he actually is there.

00:32:59.440 --> 00:32:59.640
 Like,

00:32:59.640 --> 00:33:00.539
 I see what you see.

00:33:01.359 --> 00:33:01.940
 And he goes,

00:33:02.039 --> 00:33:02.180
 look,

00:33:02.319 --> 00:33:03.579
 most of them are still alive.

00:33:03.659 --> 00:33:04.240
 Go ask them.

00:33:05.139 --> 00:33:06.599
 Some have passed,

00:33:07.119 --> 00:33:07.879
 but a lot of them

00:33:07.879 --> 00:33:08.539
 are still alive.

00:33:08.599 --> 00:33:09.379
 Go and talk to them.

00:33:09.960 --> 00:33:11.079
 Then Paul humbly says,

00:33:11.159 --> 00:33:11.379
 yes,

00:33:11.460 --> 00:33:12.480
 but lastly,

00:33:12.599 --> 00:33:13.399
 he appeared to me

00:33:13.399 --> 00:33:14.940
 on the road

00:33:14.940 --> 00:33:16.180
 to Damascus.

00:33:16.180 --> 00:33:18.060
 So,

00:33:18.240 --> 00:33:19.160
 we go back to Luke.

00:33:19.259 --> 00:33:20.180
 We'll wrap it up

00:33:20.180 --> 00:33:21.519
 in the last little scene here

00:33:21.519 --> 00:33:22.960
 in Luke 24.

00:33:23.880 --> 00:33:24.340
 But,

00:33:24.779 --> 00:33:26.440
 we see in verse 49

00:33:26.440 --> 00:33:28.620
 that the Lord promises

00:33:28.620 --> 00:33:29.700
 that the Holy Spirit

00:33:29.700 --> 00:33:30.860
 will enable them

00:33:30.860 --> 00:33:32.120
 to go forth

00:33:32.120 --> 00:33:32.960
 as his witnesses,

00:33:33.220 --> 00:33:34.360
 as his martyrs.

00:33:35.060 --> 00:33:36.560
 That they should remain

00:33:36.560 --> 00:33:37.140
 in the city

00:33:37.140 --> 00:33:37.900
 and be patient

00:33:37.900 --> 00:33:38.600
 and prayerful

00:33:38.600 --> 00:33:39.140
 and wait

00:33:39.140 --> 00:33:40.640
 for the power

00:33:40.640 --> 00:33:41.220
 of the Spirit

00:33:41.220 --> 00:33:41.720
 to come

00:33:41.720 --> 00:33:42.660
 that will enable them

00:33:42.660 --> 00:33:43.660
 to carry out

00:33:43.660 --> 00:33:44.240
 that mission.

00:33:44.240 --> 00:33:45.519
 what would come

00:33:45.519 --> 00:33:46.380
 40 days later

00:33:46.380 --> 00:33:47.259
 at Pentecost.

00:33:48.039 --> 00:33:48.279
 So,

00:33:48.519 --> 00:33:49.319
 in closing,

00:33:49.460 --> 00:33:50.519
 we'll look at scene 4.

00:33:51.819 --> 00:33:52.660
 And this starts

00:33:52.660 --> 00:33:53.319
 in verse 50.

00:33:53.500 --> 00:33:54.299
 Scene 4 was

00:33:54.299 --> 00:33:55.960
 Jesus ascends to heaven.

00:33:57.319 --> 00:33:58.700
 And he led them out

00:33:58.700 --> 00:33:59.779
 as far as Bethany.

00:34:00.579 --> 00:34:01.740
 And lifting up his hands,

00:34:01.799 --> 00:34:02.519
 he blessed them.

00:34:03.839 --> 00:34:04.980
 While he blessed them,

00:34:05.440 --> 00:34:06.599
 he parted from them

00:34:06.599 --> 00:34:07.480
 and was carried up

00:34:07.480 --> 00:34:08.139
 into heaven.

00:34:08.820 --> 00:34:10.000
 And they worshipped him

00:34:10.000 --> 00:34:11.960
 and returned to Jerusalem

00:34:11.960 --> 00:34:13.059
 with great joy

00:34:13.059 --> 00:34:14.759
 and were continually

00:34:14.759 --> 00:34:15.659
 in the temple

00:34:15.659 --> 00:34:17.480
 blessing God.

00:34:18.599 --> 00:34:19.079
 Alright?

00:34:19.559 --> 00:34:20.440
 That wraps up

00:34:20.440 --> 00:34:21.139
 Luke's account.

00:34:21.679 --> 00:34:22.599
 He continues that

00:34:22.599 --> 00:34:23.559
 in the book of Acts

00:34:23.559 --> 00:34:24.599
 that he also wrote.

00:34:25.259 --> 00:34:25.960
 Kind of picks up

00:34:25.960 --> 00:34:26.539
 right there

00:34:26.539 --> 00:34:27.500
 what happened next.

00:34:28.019 --> 00:34:28.940
 But he led them out

00:34:28.940 --> 00:34:29.880
 as far as Bethany

00:34:29.880 --> 00:34:31.079
 on the Mount of Olives

00:34:31.079 --> 00:34:32.500
 and this is how Luke

00:34:32.500 --> 00:34:33.420
 ends that account

00:34:33.420 --> 00:34:34.900
 by Jesus blessing them.

00:34:35.440 --> 00:34:36.420
 And then ascending

00:34:36.420 --> 00:34:37.079
 into heaven

00:34:37.079 --> 00:34:38.299
 which is this visible

00:34:38.299 --> 00:34:39.059
 demonstration

00:34:39.739 --> 00:34:40.719
 of power,

00:34:41.099 --> 00:34:42.299
 of glory,

00:34:42.300 --> 00:34:43.460
 but also

00:34:43.460 --> 00:34:44.500
 that there is

00:34:44.500 --> 00:34:45.820
 a decisive shift

00:34:45.820 --> 00:34:47.019
 in redemptive history

00:34:47.019 --> 00:34:48.240
 that Jesus

00:34:48.240 --> 00:34:48.980
 has accomplished

00:34:48.980 --> 00:34:49.640
 his work

00:34:49.640 --> 00:34:50.980
 and now he's going

00:34:50.980 --> 00:34:52.760
 back to the Father

00:34:52.760 --> 00:34:53.680
 to rule

00:34:53.680 --> 00:34:54.960
 at his right hand

00:34:54.960 --> 00:34:55.580
 in glory.

00:34:56.440 --> 00:34:56.960
 And now

00:34:56.960 --> 00:34:57.720
 the disciples

00:34:57.720 --> 00:34:58.740
 respond to that

00:34:58.740 --> 00:35:00.000
 by doing the only thing

00:35:00.000 --> 00:35:00.740
 that you could do

00:35:00.740 --> 00:35:02.120
 which is worshipping

00:35:02.120 --> 00:35:03.700
 and giving praise

00:35:03.700 --> 00:35:04.220
 to God.

00:35:05.380 --> 00:35:05.800
 And so

00:35:05.800 --> 00:35:07.680
 that's how it is

00:35:07.680 --> 00:35:08.700
 until he returns,

00:35:08.820 --> 00:35:09.000
 right?

00:35:09.000 --> 00:35:10.019
 Now we're in this phase

00:35:10.019 --> 00:35:11.000
 of waiting for him

00:35:11.000 --> 00:35:12.239
 to return.

00:35:13.000 --> 00:35:14.320
 A few points

00:35:14.320 --> 00:35:15.039
 of application,

00:35:15.280 --> 00:35:15.800
 just a few.

00:35:16.739 --> 00:35:17.219
 There's a lot

00:35:17.219 --> 00:35:18.000
 to apply already

00:35:18.000 --> 00:35:19.579
 but just a few things

00:35:19.579 --> 00:35:20.480
 to hang your hat on.

00:35:22.239 --> 00:35:23.659
 If Christ lives,

00:35:23.739 --> 00:35:23.960
 right?

00:35:24.159 --> 00:35:25.440
 Because he lives,

00:35:26.000 --> 00:35:26.860
 we can have

00:35:26.860 --> 00:35:27.519
 great hope

00:35:27.519 --> 00:35:28.000
 to face

00:35:28.000 --> 00:35:29.539
 whatever comes ahead.

00:35:30.480 --> 00:35:31.719
 And we can possess

00:35:31.719 --> 00:35:33.179
 the greatest motivation

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 for living.

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 We don't have to

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 spend our day

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 looking for something

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 to throw our lives

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 into.

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 That if there is

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 in fact

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 Jesus

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 who has risen

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 from the dead,

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 then that's the guy

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 I want to live for

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 and that's the guy

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 I want to die for.

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 Any other little cause

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 is minor

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 or almost insignificant

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 in comparison.

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 We can throw away

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 our lives

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 even to the point

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 of death

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 in the cause

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 of Jesus

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 because

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 that's not final.

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 He has overcome

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 the grave.

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 Right?

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 We can be in Christ

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 steadfast,

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 immovable,

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 always abounding

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 in the work

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 of the Lord

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 knowing that

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 in the Lord

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 our labor

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 is not in vain.

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 That's 1 Corinthians 15

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 58.

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 We don't have

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 to fear death.

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 I don't know

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 how you are

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 with death.

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 Like if you've

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 been around it,

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 if you've seen

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 people die.

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 I know some of you

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 have.

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 Some of you

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 have been close

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 to death.

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 When that day

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 comes for you,

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 you don't have

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 to be fearful.

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 You can be afraid,

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 but you don't

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 have to be terrified

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 because of what

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 Christ has accomplished.

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 You can indeed

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 have eternal life.

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 Jesus said

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 upon Lazarus dying,

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 He said,

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 I am the resurrection

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 and the life.

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 Whoever believes

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 in Me,

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 though he die,

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 yet shall he live.

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 And everyone

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 who lives

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 and believes in Me

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 shall never die.

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 And then He said,

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 do you believe this?

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 So hear that call

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 to you today.

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 Do you believe this?

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 And that we can

00:37:09.240 --> 00:37:10.220
 taunt death.

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 We can say that

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 death no longer

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 has power over us.

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 It's swallowed up

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 in victory.

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 Oh death,

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 where is your victory?

00:37:18.500 --> 00:37:19.039
 Oh death,

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 where is your sting?

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 So we can have

00:37:23.019 --> 00:37:23.500
 all that

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 and we can be

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 assured,

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 lastly,

00:37:26.480 --> 00:37:28.260
 that Christ

00:37:28.260 --> 00:37:29.099
 will come back

00:37:29.099 --> 00:37:29.820
 for us.

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 He will return.

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 I want to save time.

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 I want to tell you

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 1 Thessalonians 4,

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 16 through 17.

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 But the risen Lord

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 will leave the throne

00:37:42.519 --> 00:37:43.580
 sitting at the hand

00:37:43.580 --> 00:37:43.980
 of the Father

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 and He will return.

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 And He will come back

00:37:46.840 --> 00:37:47.600
 for His people.

00:37:47.720 --> 00:37:48.280
 He will come

00:37:48.280 --> 00:37:49.700
 to judge the world

00:37:49.700 --> 00:37:50.720
 in righteousness

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 and to call us up

00:37:53.059 --> 00:37:54.760
 to be with Him.

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 And that's what

00:37:55.820 --> 00:37:56.720
 gives us authority.

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 Like,

00:37:57.899 --> 00:37:58.939
 Jesus is coming back.

00:37:59.659 --> 00:38:00.519
 He's alive.

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 And you're going to

00:38:01.039 --> 00:38:01.539
 have to reckon

00:38:01.539 --> 00:38:02.219
 with Him one day.

00:38:03.219 --> 00:38:04.399
 You can't just forget Him.

00:38:04.459 --> 00:38:05.279
 He's going to come back.

00:38:05.839 --> 00:38:06.279
 And you're either

00:38:06.279 --> 00:38:06.879
 going to be

00:38:06.879 --> 00:38:08.859
 His friends

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 on His terms

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 or enemies

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 on your terms.

00:38:13.099 --> 00:38:13.379
 Right?

00:38:13.480 --> 00:38:14.599
 Every knee will bow.

00:38:15.299 --> 00:38:15.899
 And every tongue

00:38:15.899 --> 00:38:16.500
 will confess

00:38:16.500 --> 00:38:17.980
 that Jesus is Lord.

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 And this is the hope

00:38:19.559 --> 00:38:20.379
 we have of

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 the resurrection.

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 That He is living

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 and that He has

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 actually indeed

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 saved us.

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 saved us

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 and dwells in us.

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 We can have

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 great hope

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 and joy

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 for the future.

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 As the disciples did,

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 they left

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 upon knowing this

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 having great joy.

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 And I pray

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 that that joy

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 is yours today.

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 Join me in prayer.

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