WHAT THE RESURRECTION GIVES YOU
TEXT- MATTHEW 28:1-10
INTRODUCTION
THIS MORNING I AM GOING TO FINISH MAY THREE PART SERIES ON THE SUBJECT THE DAYS LEADING UP TO THE RESURRECTION OF JESUS.
IN DOING THIS I’D LIKE US TO CONSIDER WHAT TOOK PLACE ON THE MORNING OF THE RESURRECTION.
THIS SERIES OF SERMONS HAS BEEN VERY BENEFICIAL TO ME, BECAUSE THEY HAVE HELPED ME TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE ORDER OF THE EVENTS THAT OCCURRED ON THE DAYS BEFORE JESUS ROSE FROM THE DEAD.
THEY HAVE ALSO HELPED ME TO UNDERSTAND WHAT JESUS WENT THROUGH BEFORE HE AROSE FROM THE DEAD.
I AM SURE THAT WITHIN THIS SERIES OF MESSAGES I HAVE LEFT OUT MANY DIFFERENT THINGS THAT HAPPENED ON THE DAYS LEADING UP TO THE RESURRECTION, SO I ENCOURAGE YOU TO TAKE THE TIME TO STUDY ALL OF THESE EVENTS IN DETAIL IN ORDER FOR YOU TO HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT JESUS WENT THROUGH FOR YOU AND ME.
AS WITH THE OTHER TWO EVENTS THAT WE HAVE LOOKED AT, THE BIBLE HAS MUCH TO SAY ABOUT THE RESURRECTION OF JESUS CHRIST.
IN FACT, THERE IS SO MUCH INFORMATION ABOUT THE RESURRECTION OF JESUS WITHIN THE BIBLE THAT IT WOULD BE UTTERLY IMPOSSIBLE FOR US TO STUDY ABOUT IT ALL IN JUST ONE HOUR.
YET I HOPE THAT THROUGH THIS MESSAGE YOU WILL BE. ABLE TO FULLY UNDERSTAND WHAT HAPPENED ON THE DAY JESUS ROSE FROM THE DEAD.
IN STUDYING AN EVENT LIKE THE RESURRECTION OF JESUS, IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE COMBINE ALL THE INFORMATION THAT ALL FOUR GOSPELS GIVE TO US SO THAT WE CAN GET A FULL PICTURE OF WHAT HAPPENED ON THIS DAY.
BUT FIRST, LET’S LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENED AFTER JESUS DIED ON THE CROSS OF CALVARY FOR ALL MANKIND.
IN JOHN 19:14,31 WE ARE TOLD THAT THE DAY JESUS WAS CRUCIFIED WAS CALLED "THE DAY OF PREPARATION FOR THE PASSOVER."
JOHN 19:14 IT WAS THE DAY OF PREPARATION OF PASSOVER WEEK, ABOUT THE SIXTH HOUR."HERE IS YOUR KING," PILATE SAID TO THE JEWS.
JOHN 19:31 NOW IT WAS THE DAY OF PREPARATION, AND THE NEXT DAY WAS TO BE A SPECIAL SABBATH. BECAUSE THE JEWS DID NOT WANT THE BODIES LEFT ON THE CROSSES DURING THE SABBATH, THEY ASKED PILATE TO HAVE THE LEGS BROKEN AND THE BODIES TAKEN DOWN.
"THE DAY OF PREPARATION" WAS THE DAY JUST BEFORE THE PASSOVER.
THE PASSOVER WAS CONSIDERED A SABBATH DAY AND WAS CALLED A "HIGH DAY" OR "HOLY DAY."
WHEN IT WAS EVENING ON THE DAY OF PREPARATION WE ARE TOLD IN MARK 15:43 THAT A MAN NAMED JOSEPH OF ARIMATHEA CAME TO PILATE AND ASKED HIM FOR THE BODY OF JESUS.
MARK 15:43 JOSEPH OF ARIMATHEA CAME, A PROMINENT MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL, WHO HIMSELF WAS WAITING FOR THE KINGDOM OF GOD; AND HE GATHERED UP COURAGE AND WENT IN BEFORE PILATE, AND ASKED FOR THE BODY OF JESUS.
AFTER JOSEPH HAD BEEN GIVEN PERMISSION TO TAKE HIS BODY, WE ARE TOLD THAT HE PLACED IT IN A TOMB THAT HAD BEEN CUT OUT OF ROCK AND THEN HAD A STONE ROLLED AGAINST THE ENTRANCE OF THE TOMB.
ON THE NEXT DAY WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN THE PASSOVER ITSELF, WE ARE TOLD IN MATT, 27:62-66 THAT THE CHIEF PRIESTS AND THE PHARISEES CAME TO PILATE AND ASKED HIM TO PLACE A GUARD AT THE ENTRANCE OF THE TOMB IN ORDER TO MAKE IT SECURE.
THEY RECEIVED PERMISSION TO DO THIS AND AT LEAST TWO GUARDS WERE STATIONED AT THE ENTRANCE OF THE TOMB TO GUARD IT AND MAKE IT SECURE.
THE NEXT DAY THAT I WOULD LIKE FOR US TO LOOK AT IS THE ACTUAL DAY JESUS AROSE FROM THE GRAVE.
AS WE DO THIS, I WOULD LIKE US TO CONSIDER THREE BLESSINGS YOU WILL RECEIVE BY BELIEVING JESUS AROSE FROM THE DEAD. THESE ARE THREE THINGS IT WILL GIVE YOU.