Taste and See Challenge Day 19 Luke 23:44-24:12

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The Son was Gone..The Death, Burial and Resurrection

“By this time it was about noon, and darkness fell across the whole land until three o’clock. The light from the sun was gone. And suddenly, the curtain in the sanctuary of the Temple was torn down the middle. Then Jesus shouted, “Father, I entrust my spirit into your hands!” And with those words, he breathed his last.

• The light was gone from the sun, Nature and Creation mourned

• This shows us that Jesus is the true light and the Son of Man.

• Darkness preceded his death showing us that without Jesus there would be no light

• The torn curtain shows allow us access to the throne room of God. Only the Holy Priest could enter once a year to atone for the sins of the people at the death of Christ the barrier was split so Christ gave us access to Jesus

• Jesus had trusted God’s plan for us and now he released his spirit into the hands of His Father and breathed his last breath

How is this significant to us? Without Jesus, there is a darkness that hovers over our lives. There is not Light. There is no Son. There is no access to the throne room without him. Christ's dead tore the veil to grant us access to God’s presence. His obedience to the point of death is an example of following God and taking up our cross daily

The Sorrow was present

When the Roman officer overseeing the execution saw what had happened, he worshiped God and said, “Surely this man was innocent.” And when all the crowd that came to see the crucifixion saw what had happened, they went home in deep sorrow. But Jesus’ friends, including the women who had followed him from Galilee, stood at a distance watching.

• Here we see the death was execution

• The Roman officer knew Jesus was innocent.

• He began to worship God. Could this have been salvation at the cross the scales were removed from his eyes

• The crowd saw the crucifixion –when is it ever comfortable to watch someone die

• But the people who loved him and followed him they stood back at a distance

It took the death of Jesus to remove the scales from the Roman officer's eyes. What is it going to take for yours? I wonder if he was saved after this. He gave worship to God but I wonder if he gave his heart to him. We would want to stand around the execution chair of our best friend for a crime they didn’t do. So his friends stood at a distance. This had to be hard to experience and watch.

The Secret Disciple who buried Jesus

Now there was a good and righteous man named Joseph. He was a member of the Jewish high council, but he did not agree with the decisions and actions of the other religious leaders. He was from the town of Arimathea in Judea, and he was waiting for the Kingdom of God to come. He went to Pilate and asked for Jesus’ body. Then he took the body down from the cross wrapped it in a long sheet of linen cloth and laid it in a new tomb that had been carved out of rock. This was done late on Friday afternoon, the day of preparation, as the Sabbath was about to begin. As his body was taken away, the women from Galilee followed and saw the tomb where his body was placed. Then they went home and prepared spices and ointments to anoint his body. But by the time they were finished the Sabbath had begun, so they rested as required by the law.”

Luke 23:44-56 NLT

• Joseph was not in agreement with the death of Jesus. He was waiting for the Kingdom of God to come

• He took care of Jesus' burial body

• Here we see the wrapping in the linen cloth like we saw in the cloths at birth

• It was the women who went to the tomb

• It was the women who went to prepare ointments and spices to anoint his body

He had got Jesus a new tomb. So we see there was o fishy stuff.They might have tried to say the stone was a little used and loose. Joseph was waiting on the Kingdom are you waiting on the Kingdom?

The Sunday that changes everything

“But very early on Sunday morning, the women went to the tomb, taking the spices they had prepared. They found that the stone had been rolled away from the entrance. So they went in, but they didn’t find the body of the Lord Jesus. As they stood there puzzled, two men suddenly appeared to them, clothed in dazzling robes. The women were terrified and bowed with their faces to the ground. Then the men asked, “Why are you looking among the dead for someone alive? He isn’t here! He is risen from the dead! Remember what he told you back in Galilee, that the Son of Man must be betrayed into the hands of sinful men and be crucified, and that he would rise again on the third day.” Then they remembered that he had said this. So they rushed back from the tomb to tell his eleven disciples—and everyone else—what had happened. It was Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the mother of James, and several other women who told the apostles what had happened. But the story sounded like nonsense to the men, so they didn’t believe it. However, Peter jumped up and ran to the tomb to look. Stooping, he peered in and saw the empty linen wrappings; then he went home again, wondering what had happened.”

Luke 24:1-12 NLT

• Sunday morning. The women took the spices but the stone had been rolled away

• They didn't find the body

• Two men in dazzling robes appeared and terrified them

• The men question them. Why are you looking among the dead for someone alive? He isn’t here! He is risen from the dead!

• Jesus had already told them he would be betrayed, crucified and risen

• The women rushed to tell the disciples and everyone else

• It was women who told about the resurrection

• But the men thought it sounded like nonsense and didn't believe

• Peter jumped to see and he went home wondering what had happened

Are you looking among the dead for the living? What dead thing, place, or circumstance are you still looking to?

Who are you going to for help? Remember in the Old Testament how the Lord told them in Jeremiah their idols can't help them nor harm them. Why because they are dead!

The fact that Jesus told them and they didn't believe the plan after it was played out right in their face.

When Jesus returns, there will be some people who still don’t believe what is happening even though through his Word He tells us just like he told them

The women have a role and relationship in the resurrection

• It was the women who stayed at the cross

• It was the women who prepared the spices

• It was the women who followed to the tomb

• It was the women who first entered the tomb

• It was the woman that the angel first told about the Risen Lord

• It was the women who rushed to tell the others about the Resurrection

The man thought it sounded like nonsense and didn't believe. Peter ran to see and still didn’t believe

Will you be like these women?

Without the Resurrection, we have no faith and no hope, no eternal. Jesus had to rise so we can live forever.

Christian faith is the only faith that has a LIVING GOD and LIVING WORD

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Women have a role and responsibility to prepare our souls for Jesus to follow him, testify about him, and share the gospel.