MATTHEW 27:62-28:15
Dr. Jerry Vines
When Jesus died on the cross they took Him down from the cross and buried Him in a new tomb. We are told in chapter 27:60 that it was the tomb of Joseph of Arimathaea. It was a new tomb which means that it was a freshly made tomb or that it was an unused tomb. No one had ever been placed there before but when Jesus died the body of Jesus was placed in that tomb. Then they took a great stone and rolled it over the door. What a scene this really is to us. Here is the Rock of Ages now in an aging rock. Here is the Light of the World and he shrouded in darkness. Here is the one who has come to give life and yet he is now dead. So we have the scene of the Lord Jesus Christ being buried in the tomb. You and I know that this is not the final word of the Gospel. We believe the gospel of Jesus Christ. The word, gospel, literally means Good News. There would be no good news if all we have is the death and the burial of Jesus. In I Corinthians 15 the apostle Paul lays out the essential ingredients of the gospel when he says, ''Christ died for our sins, he was buried and the third day he rose again.'' The Good News is not merely that Jesus died and was buried in that tomb. But it is the good news that three days later Jesus rose again from the dead.
In Acts 1:3 the Bible says that Jesus showed himself alive by many infallible (unmistakable) proofs. There are many evidences for the reality of the resurrection. There are many bases upon which a person can rest his believe that Jesus Christ is a living Savior. One of these is the evidence of the empty tomb. The fact that Jesus
Christ's body came out literally from that tomb after three days and three nights. If they had put a sign on the tomb the day Jesus was buried it would have read ''Occupied.'' Three days later if they put up a sign it would have read, ''Vacant.'' Jesus Christ is no longer in that tomb, he rose again from the dead. The verses we are going to study today is bui ...
Dr. Jerry Vines
When Jesus died on the cross they took Him down from the cross and buried Him in a new tomb. We are told in chapter 27:60 that it was the tomb of Joseph of Arimathaea. It was a new tomb which means that it was a freshly made tomb or that it was an unused tomb. No one had ever been placed there before but when Jesus died the body of Jesus was placed in that tomb. Then they took a great stone and rolled it over the door. What a scene this really is to us. Here is the Rock of Ages now in an aging rock. Here is the Light of the World and he shrouded in darkness. Here is the one who has come to give life and yet he is now dead. So we have the scene of the Lord Jesus Christ being buried in the tomb. You and I know that this is not the final word of the Gospel. We believe the gospel of Jesus Christ. The word, gospel, literally means Good News. There would be no good news if all we have is the death and the burial of Jesus. In I Corinthians 15 the apostle Paul lays out the essential ingredients of the gospel when he says, ''Christ died for our sins, he was buried and the third day he rose again.'' The Good News is not merely that Jesus died and was buried in that tomb. But it is the good news that three days later Jesus rose again from the dead.
In Acts 1:3 the Bible says that Jesus showed himself alive by many infallible (unmistakable) proofs. There are many evidences for the reality of the resurrection. There are many bases upon which a person can rest his believe that Jesus Christ is a living Savior. One of these is the evidence of the empty tomb. The fact that Jesus
Christ's body came out literally from that tomb after three days and three nights. If they had put a sign on the tomb the day Jesus was buried it would have read ''Occupied.'' Three days later if they put up a sign it would have read, ''Vacant.'' Jesus Christ is no longer in that tomb, he rose again from the dead. The verses we are going to study today is bui ...
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