1 00:00:04,240 --> 00:00:08,520 This is Living Waters of Grace, the teaching ministry of Lewis 2 00:00:08,520 --> 00:00:12,200 Harold, assistant pastor of Calvary Chapel of Westmoreland 3 00:00:12,200 --> 00:00:16,520 County in Greensburg, PA. Now here's Pastor Lewis as he 4 00:00:16,520 --> 00:00:18,920 continues teaching through God's Word. 5 00:00:37,440 --> 00:00:41,120 And then in verse 5 he says what the Angel answered and said to 6 00:00:41,120 --> 00:00:45,680 the women, do not be afraid, for I know that you seek Jesus who 7 00:00:45,680 --> 00:00:49,760 was crucified. And then verse 6 is probably my 8 00:00:49,760 --> 00:00:54,720 favorite verse. The Angel said he is not here, 9 00:00:56,400 --> 00:01:03,280 for he is risen as he said. Don't forget that part, as he 10 00:01:03,560 --> 00:01:08,400 said. As he said, this is an important 11 00:01:08,400 --> 00:01:11,440 phrase in the Bible for so many of us. 12 00:01:11,440 --> 00:01:16,000 As we say doesn't mean much. Our yes isn't yes and our no 13 00:01:16,000 --> 00:01:17,880 isn't no. We flip flop a lot with our 14 00:01:17,880 --> 00:01:22,240 words and commitments. The Bible provides plenty of 15 00:01:22,240 --> 00:01:26,160 details for things that were predicted to happen, and the 16 00:01:26,160 --> 00:01:30,000 death and resurrection of Jesus is the most pivotal in all of 17 00:01:30,000 --> 00:01:33,720 history. But as he said, it's a phrase 18 00:01:33,720 --> 00:01:37,160 that confirms the words spoken by the prophets. 19 00:01:37,840 --> 00:01:41,320 Today, you'll learn from Pastor Lewis just how much you can 20 00:01:41,320 --> 00:01:45,640 trust in the Word of God. Now here's Pastor Lewis in the 21 00:01:45,640 --> 00:01:49,760 Gospel of Matthew chapter 28 with today's edition of Living 22 00:01:49,760 --> 00:01:52,480 Waters of Grace. I would ask if you would turn in 23 00:01:52,480 --> 00:01:56,760 your bodies please to the book of Matthew and we're going to 24 00:01:56,760 --> 00:02:01,280 look at the 28th chapter there beginning at verse one. 25 00:02:01,680 --> 00:02:07,320 One of the reasons why we have decided to play this particular 26 00:02:08,320 --> 00:02:13,400 rap song that Case and his wrote is because it kind of depicts 27 00:02:14,200 --> 00:02:18,840 exactly what it was that my life was about before I knew Christ 28 00:02:18,840 --> 00:02:22,400 and, and how I celebrated Easter. 29 00:02:23,400 --> 00:02:25,280 And I want to say this, and I'm going to say this right at the 30 00:02:25,280 --> 00:02:28,000 top. Many people call it Easter. 31 00:02:28,080 --> 00:02:30,280 Many people call it Resurrection day. 32 00:02:31,320 --> 00:02:34,160 We're not more holy. People call it one or the other. 33 00:02:35,360 --> 00:02:37,800 The one who calls it resurrection Day is no more holy 34 00:02:37,800 --> 00:02:40,160 or righteous than the one who calls it Easter. 35 00:02:41,080 --> 00:02:44,680 OK, that's not the point. The point is, where's the heart? 36 00:02:45,800 --> 00:02:51,840 Where's the heart if your heart prioritizes what happened that 37 00:02:51,840 --> 00:02:57,040 day, The fact that our Lord and Savior walked out of that tomb 38 00:02:57,040 --> 00:02:58,600 and we don't know what He walked. 39 00:02:58,600 --> 00:03:00,240 Maybe He levitated out of it. I don't know. 40 00:03:00,760 --> 00:03:05,800 I wasn't there. But we do know that He did rise 41 00:03:05,800 --> 00:03:10,640 Sunday morning. And because He lives, we live. 42 00:03:11,400 --> 00:03:13,640 That's the important thing about the resurrection. 43 00:03:13,640 --> 00:03:16,040 It's not whether you call it Easter or whether you call it 44 00:03:16,040 --> 00:03:17,880 Resurrection Day. I just want to make that clear 45 00:03:17,880 --> 00:03:20,320 right from the top. So when someone says Happy 46 00:03:20,320 --> 00:03:23,280 Easter to me and I say happy Resurrection Day back, I'm not 47 00:03:23,280 --> 00:03:25,880 trying to be more righteous than you and I'm not saying that 48 00:03:25,880 --> 00:03:29,920 you're more righteous than me. But it's the heart behind the 49 00:03:29,920 --> 00:03:33,200 reason why we celebrate that makes this day so special. 50 00:03:33,320 --> 00:03:35,080 That's what separates us from the world. 51 00:03:35,080 --> 00:03:38,560 And as long as we have that in mind, doesn't matter what we 52 00:03:38,560 --> 00:03:42,440 call it, long as we know that this is the day that we 53 00:03:42,440 --> 00:03:48,160 commemorate and celebrate the day that our Lord and Savior was 54 00:03:48,160 --> 00:03:51,200 risen, just as he said. Amen. 55 00:03:51,960 --> 00:03:54,600 So, yeah, Well, but, but for many years, that was me. 56 00:03:54,600 --> 00:03:58,800 I, I, I celebrated Easter because of what it gave me, 57 00:03:59,760 --> 00:04:01,160 because of what this day gave me. 58 00:04:01,160 --> 00:04:04,320 See, when I was young, and maybe many of you can relate to it, 59 00:04:05,600 --> 00:04:08,040 but when I was young, we celebrated Easter. 60 00:04:08,040 --> 00:04:13,640 And that meant a new suit, a new pair of shoes and lots of candy. 61 00:04:15,320 --> 00:04:18,440 And that was every year. That was every year I could look 62 00:04:18,440 --> 00:04:20,120 forward to getting a new suit. Every year. 63 00:04:20,120 --> 00:04:23,560 My mom would give me a new suit every year because Easter had to 64 00:04:23,560 --> 00:04:26,640 go to church and have on an Easter suit and everybody else 65 00:04:26,640 --> 00:04:29,320 had on one. So we went to church and we were 66 00:04:29,320 --> 00:04:31,920 looking at what everybody else was wearing and everybody's 67 00:04:32,080 --> 00:04:35,240 suits and everybody's shoes. Oh more, that looks nice. 68 00:04:35,240 --> 00:04:38,640 That looks nice. How much can I was running 69 00:04:38,640 --> 00:04:40,680 around trying to get all the Reese's peanut butter cups I can 70 00:04:40,680 --> 00:04:48,280 find and everybody's baskets. But that's what it meant to me. 71 00:04:49,600 --> 00:04:54,800 That's what it meant to me. But now being in Christ Jesus, 72 00:04:55,320 --> 00:04:59,040 it means so much more. And that's what we want to talk 73 00:04:59,040 --> 00:05:02,360 about this morning. You see the resurrection of 74 00:05:02,360 --> 00:05:06,640 Jesus Christ. It's a historical as well as a 75 00:05:06,640 --> 00:05:11,160 fulfilled prophecy. It provides a lot of things for 76 00:05:11,160 --> 00:05:12,960 us. First of all, it provides the 77 00:05:12,960 --> 00:05:16,320 fact that it is fulfilled. It does fulfill the Old 78 00:05:16,320 --> 00:05:21,280 Testament prophecy and the proof that Jesus Christ is the 79 00:05:21,280 --> 00:05:27,400 Messiah. Secondly, it's hope for our own 80 00:05:27,440 --> 00:05:31,600 resurrection one day. Just to look at a couple verses 81 00:05:31,600 --> 00:05:34,920 concerning that, I'd like to look at Romans first of all, 82 00:05:34,920 --> 00:05:40,160 chapter 6 and yeah, chapter 6 and verses 8 and 9, and I'll 83 00:05:40,160 --> 00:05:46,280 just read it just basically says now we have died with Christ, we 84 00:05:46,280 --> 00:05:50,680 believe that we shall also live with him knowing that Christ, 85 00:05:50,840 --> 00:05:55,120 having been raised from the dead, dies no more. 86 00:05:55,880 --> 00:06:02,280 Second Corinthians chapter 4 and verse 14 says, knowing that he 87 00:06:02,280 --> 00:06:06,600 who raised up the Lord Jesus will also raise up, raise us up 88 00:06:06,640 --> 00:06:10,800 with Jesus and will present us with you. 89 00:06:11,720 --> 00:06:15,800 And then in first Peter gives us another encouragement. 90 00:06:16,480 --> 00:06:21,520 First Peter chapter 1 and verse 3 says blessed be the God and 91 00:06:21,520 --> 00:06:25,200 Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his abundant 92 00:06:25,200 --> 00:06:29,880 mercy has begotten us again to a living hope through the 93 00:06:29,880 --> 00:06:34,120 resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. 94 00:06:35,040 --> 00:06:40,400 So his resurrection is hope for us that we too will be 95 00:06:40,400 --> 00:06:44,040 resurrected one day. But I also want to mention that 96 00:06:44,240 --> 00:06:46,040 it wasn't like when he resurrected. 97 00:06:46,040 --> 00:06:49,520 It wasn't like him just coming just being made alive again. 98 00:06:49,520 --> 00:06:52,680 See back in in the Old Testament, there's different 99 00:06:53,320 --> 00:06:56,400 times when we see that people were made alive. 100 00:06:56,400 --> 00:07:02,440 Elijah, he brought the woman's son who had died, and she, you 101 00:07:02,440 --> 00:07:04,360 know, he raised him from the dead. 102 00:07:07,080 --> 00:07:11,840 Jesus even rose Lazarus from the dead, but they died again. 103 00:07:12,840 --> 00:07:16,280 If they weren't resurrected, they were raised from the dead. 104 00:07:17,280 --> 00:07:21,080 Jesus was resurrected. He was resurrected to new life. 105 00:07:21,840 --> 00:07:26,600 His body was not the same. Now he's able to go through and 106 00:07:26,600 --> 00:07:28,720 we'll get to that in a minute, but he's able to walk through 107 00:07:28,720 --> 00:07:33,240 walls and appear. He was different because the 108 00:07:33,240 --> 00:07:35,920 body that went in is not the same body that goes out. 109 00:07:36,280 --> 00:07:39,720 We're we're, we may go in the ground with dishonor, but we're 110 00:07:39,720 --> 00:07:42,720 raised in glory. We may go in the ground, a 111 00:07:43,120 --> 00:07:45,800 natural body, but we're raised a spiritual body. 112 00:07:46,600 --> 00:07:51,120 We may go in the ground, a weak body, but we're raised in power. 113 00:07:51,960 --> 00:07:54,880 So it's not just him coming alive again. 114 00:07:55,000 --> 00:07:58,320 He was resurrected and makes such a big difference. 115 00:07:59,040 --> 00:08:01,440 So now let's go back to our let's go to our story. 116 00:08:02,000 --> 00:08:06,080 So being that we have these two facts that it fulfills Old 117 00:08:06,080 --> 00:08:10,240 Testament prophecy and and also the fact that it's hoped for our 118 00:08:10,240 --> 00:08:13,600 own resurrection. The one thing that's important 119 00:08:13,600 --> 00:08:16,320 that we look at now is, well, how should we live in light of 120 00:08:17,400 --> 00:08:19,600 the resurrection? How does that impact the way we 121 00:08:19,600 --> 00:08:22,240 live? Does it impact our life or is it 122 00:08:22,240 --> 00:08:24,240 just something we look at? So it happened and we just keep 123 00:08:24,240 --> 00:08:26,160 going. No, it has an impact on our 124 00:08:26,160 --> 00:08:29,200 life. It has an impact on the how we 125 00:08:29,200 --> 00:08:32,240 live going forward. We'll get into that. 126 00:08:34,000 --> 00:08:39,440 But looking at verse chapter 28, starting at verse one, and I'll 127 00:08:39,440 --> 00:08:41,360 just read down to verse 3 and then we'll go back and make 128 00:08:41,360 --> 00:08:44,400 calm. He says this now after the 7th, 129 00:08:44,400 --> 00:08:47,520 as the first day of the week began to dawn. 130 00:08:48,120 --> 00:08:53,480 Mary Magdalene and the other Mary came to see the tomb, and 131 00:08:53,480 --> 00:08:58,680 behold, there was a great earthquake, for an Angel of the 132 00:08:58,680 --> 00:09:02,600 Lord descended from heaven and came and rolled back the stone 133 00:09:02,600 --> 00:09:06,800 from the door and sat on it. Just stop there for a second. 134 00:09:06,800 --> 00:09:11,480 That's a mouthful. So we see that on Sunday 135 00:09:11,480 --> 00:09:15,400 morning, which is the early Sunday morning, which is when 136 00:09:15,400 --> 00:09:18,880 the two women decided that it was time for them to go when 137 00:09:18,880 --> 00:09:22,600 they brought spices with them. They brought spices because they 138 00:09:22,600 --> 00:09:24,600 were going to prepare the body. They were going to anoint the 139 00:09:24,600 --> 00:09:27,680 body of Jesus. So they brought they came with 140 00:09:27,680 --> 00:09:30,360 spices and they really expected to see a body there. 141 00:09:30,640 --> 00:09:33,720 You know, it wasn't like they came thinking that it would be, 142 00:09:33,760 --> 00:09:37,520 that it would not be there. They expected to see that body 143 00:09:37,520 --> 00:09:39,720 there. So they brought these spices and 144 00:09:39,960 --> 00:09:42,280 they obviously couldn't do it on the Sabbath, which was the day 145 00:09:42,280 --> 00:09:44,160 before this, which was a Saturday. 146 00:09:44,440 --> 00:09:45,520 They couldn't do it on the Sabbath. 147 00:09:45,520 --> 00:09:51,440 So they waited until dawn of the Sunday morning, which is early 148 00:09:51,440 --> 00:09:55,440 Sunday morning. But before they got there, the 149 00:09:55,440 --> 00:10:00,160 Bible tells us that there was something epic that it happened 150 00:10:00,160 --> 00:10:01,680 before they got there. Now, we don't know if it 151 00:10:01,680 --> 00:10:05,040 happened late Saturday night or if it happened early Sunday 152 00:10:05,040 --> 00:10:06,720 morning before they actually got there. 153 00:10:07,120 --> 00:10:09,640 But what we know is something epic happened. 154 00:10:11,000 --> 00:10:15,880 And when they got there, all they saw is that the door to the 155 00:10:15,880 --> 00:10:19,360 tomb, the OR the stone that was in front of the tomb was 156 00:10:19,360 --> 00:10:21,200 removed. That's all they saw. 157 00:10:21,440 --> 00:10:24,440 They were wondering how are they going to remove that big stone 158 00:10:24,440 --> 00:10:27,160 before they got there. That was a conversation they 159 00:10:27,160 --> 00:10:29,880 were having and thinking, how are we going to remove this big 160 00:10:29,880 --> 00:10:30,960 stone? We're not talking when it says a 161 00:10:30,960 --> 00:10:32,200 stone. We're not talking about a 162 00:10:32,200 --> 00:10:37,600 Pebble, we're talking about a boulder that they use to cover 163 00:10:37,600 --> 00:10:42,400 and secure this tomb. So they're wondering, you know, 164 00:10:42,400 --> 00:10:44,760 Mary and the other Mary and the other women that are with them, 165 00:10:44,760 --> 00:10:46,680 how are we going to move this tomb? 166 00:10:47,240 --> 00:10:49,360 Men can hardly move it. How are we going to do it? 167 00:10:49,520 --> 00:10:52,360 But before they got there, God had already took care of that. 168 00:10:53,960 --> 00:10:56,000 And he says it was a great earthquake. 169 00:10:56,160 --> 00:11:02,240 And isn't amazing that earthquakes always somehow 170 00:11:03,000 --> 00:11:06,160 accompany great things that happen in the Word of God? 171 00:11:06,800 --> 00:11:11,440 When he was crucified, the Bible says there was a earthquake when 172 00:11:11,440 --> 00:11:14,000 he was crucified. And the Bible says there was an 173 00:11:14,000 --> 00:11:16,840 earthquake here at the resurrection. 174 00:11:18,360 --> 00:11:23,080 So there was a great earthquake and the Angel of the Lord had 175 00:11:23,080 --> 00:11:28,920 descended from heaven and came and rolled back the stone from 176 00:11:28,920 --> 00:11:33,560 the door and sat on it. So this Angel came down from 177 00:11:33,560 --> 00:11:36,280 heaven. And I don't believe that the 178 00:11:36,280 --> 00:11:38,000 Angel got behind his boulder and pushed it. 179 00:11:38,000 --> 00:11:40,360 I believe all he did was just part of him waved his hand or 180 00:11:40,360 --> 00:11:42,800 something and, and the boater just moved. 181 00:11:43,880 --> 00:11:46,840 I mean, we saw on the Old Testament that Moses, all he did 182 00:11:46,840 --> 00:11:52,000 was put up his arms and he, he raised the staff that was in his 183 00:11:52,000 --> 00:11:54,680 hand and the whole Red Sea divided. 184 00:11:55,720 --> 00:11:59,280 So I can't imagine these angels having to put forth any labor to 185 00:11:59,280 --> 00:12:01,800 move this stone. But the interesting thing is 186 00:12:01,800 --> 00:12:04,640 what happens here in verse in verse 4. 187 00:12:05,320 --> 00:12:08,840 Let's look at verse three first. He says His countenance was like 188 00:12:08,840 --> 00:12:10,760 lightning. This is just the description of 189 00:12:10,760 --> 00:12:12,720 the Angel. His countenance was like 190 00:12:12,720 --> 00:12:15,680 lightning and His clothes as white as snow. 191 00:12:16,080 --> 00:12:18,320 If you remember in the Transfiguration when they looked 192 00:12:18,320 --> 00:12:23,480 at Christ, his face glowed. It was like white, the glory of 193 00:12:23,480 --> 00:12:26,480 the Lord is so bright they could hardly look at him and he 194 00:12:26,760 --> 00:12:29,280 appeared to have on white garments. 195 00:12:29,280 --> 00:12:34,000 It also says that the same is in Revelation when John the Apostle 196 00:12:34,000 --> 00:12:38,080 John first saw Jesus in Revelations and and it said that 197 00:12:38,080 --> 00:12:45,200 he had on a white garment the purity of holiness, the purity 198 00:12:45,320 --> 00:12:49,280 of godliness is what these things represent. 199 00:12:49,360 --> 00:12:52,960 And this Angel was representing the purity and it says like 200 00:12:52,960 --> 00:12:54,840 lightning. So he was also representing the 201 00:12:54,840 --> 00:12:59,320 power of God. And in verse 4 says in the and 202 00:12:59,320 --> 00:13:03,840 the guards shook for fear of him and became like dead men. 203 00:13:04,040 --> 00:13:06,920 Now these are guard. Now we don't know exactly how 204 00:13:06,920 --> 00:13:09,080 many of these guards were there guarding this tomb. 205 00:13:09,520 --> 00:13:10,880 We don't know exactly. The Bible doesn't say 206 00:13:10,880 --> 00:13:14,440 specifically how many was there. The speculation is that there 207 00:13:14,440 --> 00:13:18,440 were probably at least 4 because when they say of guard, it 208 00:13:18,440 --> 00:13:22,040 represents at least 4, but it could be anywhere from four men 209 00:13:22,240 --> 00:13:25,880 to about 16 men in a single guard. 210 00:13:26,360 --> 00:13:31,680 So it wasn't clear exactly how many of these men the these 211 00:13:31,680 --> 00:13:33,560 soldiers were there guarding this tomb. 212 00:13:33,560 --> 00:13:38,560 But what we do know, and we know this from back in chapter 27, 213 00:13:38,560 --> 00:13:44,560 and it says this in chapter 27, verse 64, starting verse 62, it 214 00:13:44,560 --> 00:13:48,720 says on the next day, this is the next day after the 215 00:13:48,920 --> 00:13:52,280 crucifixion which followed the day of preparation. 216 00:13:52,480 --> 00:13:55,720 The chief priests and Pharisees gathered together to pilot, 217 00:13:55,720 --> 00:14:00,520 saying, Sir, we remember while he was still alive, how the 218 00:14:00,520 --> 00:14:03,760 deceiver said, after three days I will rise. 219 00:14:03,920 --> 00:14:07,960 Therefore command that the tomb be made secure until the 3rd 220 00:14:07,960 --> 00:14:12,200 day, lest his disciples come by night and steal him away and say 221 00:14:12,200 --> 00:14:15,680 to the people, He has risen from the dead. 222 00:14:16,840 --> 00:14:21,280 So the last deception will be worse than the first 65 pilots 223 00:14:21,280 --> 00:14:26,760 said to them, You have a guard, go go your way and make it as 224 00:14:26,760 --> 00:14:30,320 secure as you know. So they went and made the tomb 225 00:14:30,320 --> 00:14:34,600 secure, sealing the stone and setting the guard. 226 00:14:34,680 --> 00:14:39,640 So these guards that the Pharisees were actually they had 227 00:14:39,640 --> 00:14:42,000 access to were actually Roman soldiers. 228 00:14:42,800 --> 00:14:45,160 Roman soldiers. I'm saying this for a reason, 229 00:14:45,440 --> 00:14:49,000 because if you're talking about here, that these men over here 230 00:14:49,000 --> 00:14:52,920 in verse 28, verse 4 where it says and the guards shook for 231 00:14:52,920 --> 00:14:56,360 fear of him and became like dead men. 232 00:14:56,440 --> 00:14:59,480 We're not talking about men who were like me, who won't even, 233 00:14:59,520 --> 00:15:03,320 who won't even face a bear in the woods or won't even go 234 00:15:03,320 --> 00:15:05,240 camping because of what I might see in the woods. 235 00:15:05,520 --> 00:15:07,000 We're not talking about men like that. 236 00:15:07,000 --> 00:15:10,360 We're talking about soldiers. We're talking about men who are 237 00:15:10,360 --> 00:15:13,800 proven to be gladiators, men who will fight. 238 00:15:13,960 --> 00:15:19,520 They they are, are strong men. They are proven valor men, men 239 00:15:19,520 --> 00:15:22,000 who will go to battle. And at that particular time, 240 00:15:22,000 --> 00:15:25,960 Rome was probably the best trained army in the world. 241 00:15:26,680 --> 00:15:31,200 But when these men saw that Angel, the sight of that must 242 00:15:31,200 --> 00:15:36,080 have been so terrifying to them that the Bible said they shook, 243 00:15:37,520 --> 00:15:41,280 They shook. In fact, they were so afraid 244 00:15:41,400 --> 00:15:45,640 that they became like dead men. And they became like dead men 245 00:15:45,640 --> 00:15:50,840 because of the fear, because of the fear that they experienced. 246 00:15:51,520 --> 00:15:54,360 Now this now this dead doesn't mean that they actually were 247 00:15:54,360 --> 00:15:56,040 dead. Obviously they weren't dead 248 00:15:56,040 --> 00:15:59,880 dead, but they were unconscious. And when you look at what it 249 00:15:59,880 --> 00:16:02,040 means, like by dead men they're talking about, they were 250 00:16:02,040 --> 00:16:05,840 incapacitated by overwhelming fear. 251 00:16:05,840 --> 00:16:11,280 They were rendered helpless, rendered weak because of the 252 00:16:11,280 --> 00:16:15,440 power, the display of power that they saw in God. 253 00:16:17,840 --> 00:16:24,040 I can't imagine seeing that power and how would it impact us 254 00:16:25,520 --> 00:16:29,360 standing in the power in the presence of God. 255 00:16:30,320 --> 00:16:35,920 It's a fear that causes fainting and his Angel and these men did 256 00:16:35,920 --> 00:16:40,200 faint in the presence of these of this Angel. 257 00:16:40,280 --> 00:16:43,640 Now it also talked about that as well with Jesus when they went 258 00:16:43,640 --> 00:16:48,560 to arrest him, when they asked who Jesus was and he says I am 259 00:16:48,560 --> 00:16:51,720 Jesus. Bible says they felt like dead 260 00:16:51,720 --> 00:16:56,560 man. They felt like dead man because 261 00:16:56,560 --> 00:17:02,200 the power, the purity and the holiness of God is overwhelming. 262 00:17:03,520 --> 00:17:07,880 It's overwhelming. And then in verse 5, he says 263 00:17:07,880 --> 00:17:11,319 what the Angel answered and said to the women, Do not be afraid, 264 00:17:11,520 --> 00:17:15,040 for I know that you seek Jesus who was crucified. 265 00:17:15,680 --> 00:17:19,119 And then verse 6 is probably my favorite verse. 266 00:17:20,599 --> 00:17:27,720 The Angel said he is not here for he is risen as he said. 267 00:17:28,400 --> 00:17:32,120 Don't forget that part, as he said. 268 00:17:33,080 --> 00:17:36,120 That part is important. We know that throughout the 269 00:17:36,120 --> 00:17:40,240 Gospels that there have been many times when Jesus predicted 270 00:17:40,720 --> 00:17:43,800 when he's speaking to his apostles and his disciples, when 271 00:17:43,800 --> 00:17:46,560 he would tell the fact that he would go and he's going to be 272 00:17:46,560 --> 00:17:47,840 betrayed. He's going to go to Jerusalem. 273 00:17:48,040 --> 00:17:51,960 He's going to be betrayed, and he's going to suffer at the 274 00:17:51,960 --> 00:17:56,000 hands of these wicked men. And that he's going to be 275 00:17:56,000 --> 00:17:58,640 killed. Jesus. 276 00:17:58,640 --> 00:18:00,960 Yeah, he's he's I'm going to be killed. 277 00:18:02,200 --> 00:18:04,760 But on the third day, I'm going to rise again. 278 00:18:05,520 --> 00:18:08,360 He said that to him a number of times, but that never really 279 00:18:08,360 --> 00:18:13,040 sunk in for them. It never sunk into them, but he 280 00:18:13,040 --> 00:18:16,680 said it so many times and he even said it to the Pharisees 281 00:18:16,800 --> 00:18:19,400 when they talked about wanting to destroy Jesus. 282 00:18:19,400 --> 00:18:21,560 Jesus said destroy this temple and I'll raise it up. 283 00:18:21,880 --> 00:18:25,000 I'll raise it up in three days. Go ahead. 284 00:18:27,120 --> 00:18:29,200 And they said they thinking he's talking physical. 285 00:18:29,320 --> 00:18:32,680 So they said, wait a minute, it took 46 years to build a temple 286 00:18:32,800 --> 00:18:35,080 and you are going to build it in three days. 287 00:18:35,560 --> 00:18:37,840 But Jesus was talking about the temple of his own body. 288 00:18:39,160 --> 00:18:41,920 He said, I will raise it up in three days. 289 00:18:42,480 --> 00:18:44,920 So these angels, what they're saying here is epic. 290 00:18:44,920 --> 00:18:48,840 It's so it's so important and it's so serious and it means so 291 00:18:48,840 --> 00:18:54,440 much for us because it is as he said, as he said. 292 00:18:54,800 --> 00:19:00,400 So if this wouldn't have been true, how could we have believed 293 00:19:00,440 --> 00:19:06,720 anything else that he told us? So it was important that the 294 00:19:06,760 --> 00:19:11,840 Angel specifically mentioned, as he said, if you have faith in 295 00:19:11,840 --> 00:19:15,040 this, have faith in everything else that he said, boy, you got 296 00:19:15,040 --> 00:19:18,600 a good, you got a bright future. It's going to be well for you 297 00:19:19,040 --> 00:19:22,560 because he does what he says. Numbers tell us that God is. 298 00:19:22,680 --> 00:19:24,520 He's not a man that he should lie. 299 00:19:26,080 --> 00:19:29,440 If he says that he's going to do it, he's not a man that he 300 00:19:29,440 --> 00:19:32,840 should lie. So then he talked about it. 301 00:19:32,840 --> 00:19:34,600 He he goes even further than that. 302 00:19:34,720 --> 00:19:38,480 He says he's not here. He is risen as he said, come 303 00:19:38,480 --> 00:19:40,560 see, I actually have AI started wearing those. 304 00:19:40,560 --> 00:19:42,160 I got a T-shirt that says come see. 305 00:19:43,360 --> 00:19:46,080 I started to wear it, but he says come see. 306 00:19:46,200 --> 00:19:48,000 So in other words, what he's saying is, look, I know you're 307 00:19:48,080 --> 00:19:50,400 not going to just take my word for it, even though I'm an Angel 308 00:19:50,400 --> 00:19:54,080 that that constantly stands before the Lord in heaven and 309 00:19:54,080 --> 00:19:56,560 I've come down from heaven in order to do this feet. 310 00:19:56,560 --> 00:19:59,200 But I'm not asking you to just take my word for that. 311 00:19:59,560 --> 00:20:03,720 I want you to come see. So he, you know, he said, go see 312 00:20:03,920 --> 00:20:06,000 and see the place where the Lord lie. 313 00:20:06,600 --> 00:20:09,760 And then in verse 7 he says, and go, and go quickly and tell his 314 00:20:09,760 --> 00:20:12,040 disciples that he is risen from the dead. 315 00:20:12,240 --> 00:20:15,800 And indeed He is going before them into Galilee. 316 00:20:15,920 --> 00:20:20,560 There you will see him. Behold, I have told you this 317 00:20:20,560 --> 00:20:24,520 Angel, He, He's giving them an invitation now, an invitation to 318 00:20:24,520 --> 00:20:27,040 come and validate what He just said. 319 00:20:28,200 --> 00:20:31,080 So they go when they look in and they see, well, He's not there. 320 00:20:32,400 --> 00:20:36,280 He's not there. I've never been to Israel. 321 00:20:36,560 --> 00:20:40,000 I've never been to Jerusalem. I've never been to this tomb, 322 00:20:40,120 --> 00:20:44,120 but I know many people who have my pastor have a Clark, you've 323 00:20:44,120 --> 00:20:48,000 been to this tomb, correct? So and I know many people have 324 00:20:48,000 --> 00:20:52,080 been there several times, several times. 325 00:20:52,960 --> 00:20:57,440 So I want to ask a question because I know that when the 326 00:20:57,480 --> 00:21:01,200 people that I asked when they were there at this tomb and they 327 00:21:01,200 --> 00:21:03,800 said, well, you want to go over to Jerusalem, I said I don't 328 00:21:03,800 --> 00:21:05,040 need to. You were there. 329 00:21:05,040 --> 00:21:12,680 You said he wasn't in there. You said he wasn't there. 330 00:21:12,680 --> 00:21:16,160 So I believe he wasn't there. The Bible says he wasn't there. 331 00:21:16,560 --> 00:21:21,480 That's two witnesses. Pastor Clark, when you went to 332 00:21:21,480 --> 00:21:28,080 Jerusalem, when you went to the tomb, when you looked in, was he 333 00:21:28,080 --> 00:21:30,760 there? I have no reason to have to go. 334 00:21:31,400 --> 00:21:37,440 My pastor said he wasn't there, He's not there, and indeed he is 335 00:21:37,440 --> 00:21:40,560 going before you into Galilee. There you will see him. 336 00:21:41,000 --> 00:21:44,560 Behold, I have told you. And he did. 337 00:21:44,560 --> 00:21:49,320 He told him just that. Jesus told them on the last time 338 00:21:49,320 --> 00:21:52,400 in the book of Matthew when he told him that he was going to be 339 00:21:52,880 --> 00:21:57,000 killed and he was going to be buried and he was going to rise 340 00:21:57,000 --> 00:21:59,120 again. He said, but I will go before 341 00:21:59,120 --> 00:22:03,400 you in Galilee. If you go back to Matthew 342 00:22:03,400 --> 00:22:07,640 chapter 26, which is a should be just a couple pages over and 343 00:22:07,720 --> 00:22:11,760 verse 32 and I'm going to start reading here in verse 31. 344 00:22:12,120 --> 00:22:16,200 Then Jesus said to them, all of you will be made to stumble 345 00:22:16,440 --> 00:22:20,560 because of me this night. For it is written, I will strike 346 00:22:20,560 --> 00:22:25,360 the shepherd, meaning that he was going to be stricken, 347 00:22:25,640 --> 00:22:30,280 beaten, He's going to suffer and he's going to die, and the sheep 348 00:22:30,280 --> 00:22:33,600 of the flock will be scattered. And that's exactly what they all 349 00:22:33,600 --> 00:22:37,680 did when he was being beaten. They ran, they left them. 350 00:22:37,680 --> 00:22:39,320 Even Peter who said that he wouldn't. 351 00:22:40,560 --> 00:22:47,320 Verse 32 But after I have been raised, I will go before you to 352 00:22:47,320 --> 00:22:49,960 Galilee. So just like the Angel said, 353 00:22:49,960 --> 00:22:54,360 look just like he said, just like he told you, OK, he's going 354 00:22:54,360 --> 00:22:57,880 to go before you into Galilee. So so far everything that Jesus 355 00:22:57,880 --> 00:23:02,880 has said was going to happen is coming to be verse 8 and 9 356 00:23:03,560 --> 00:23:08,720 Matthew do 10/2. He says so they went out quickly 357 00:23:09,320 --> 00:23:14,720 from the tomb with fear and great joy and they ran to bring 358 00:23:14,720 --> 00:23:18,280 his disciples word. So let's stop there for a 359 00:23:18,280 --> 00:23:22,040 second. So they left with both fear and 360 00:23:22,040 --> 00:23:24,520 joy. I I I can certainly understand 361 00:23:24,520 --> 00:23:30,240 that and you just saw this Angel sitting on a the stone of this 362 00:23:30,240 --> 00:23:34,240 tomb that it probably would have taken about 30 men plus a 363 00:23:34,240 --> 00:23:38,120 machine to move of some type. But this Angel was there by 364 00:23:38,120 --> 00:23:40,880 himself. But the other account actually 365 00:23:40,880 --> 00:23:43,080 show that there were more than one Angel there. 366 00:23:43,080 --> 00:23:45,240 We don't know exactly how many angels were there, but there 367 00:23:45,240 --> 00:23:46,960 were more than one Angel. There was more than one Angel 368 00:23:46,960 --> 00:23:50,840 there. Thanks for joining us today as 369 00:23:50,840 --> 00:23:55,640 we celebrate the resurrection of Jesus here on Living Waters of 370 00:23:55,640 --> 00:23:58,840 Grace. Pastor Lewis Harrell has been so 371 00:23:58,840 --> 00:24:02,840 excited to share with us about the miracle of the resurrection 372 00:24:02,840 --> 00:24:05,960 of Christ. 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