~ Consider Events Just After His Death
~
The Setting
~ Jesus buried in the tomb of
Joseph of Arimathea. (Parallel passages are Matthew 27:57-61, Mark 15:42-47, and
Luke 23:50-56).
The Account
~ “After
this, Joseph of Arimathea, being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly, for fear of
the Jews, asked Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus; and Pilate
gave him permission. So he came and took
the body of Jesus. And Nicodemus, who at
first came to Jesus by night, also came, bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes,
about a hundred pounds. Then they took
the body of Jesus, and bound it in strips of linen with the spices, as the
custom of the Jews is to bury. Now in
the place where He was crucified there was a garden, and in the garden a new
tomb in which no one had yet been laid.
So there they laid Jesus, because of the Jews' Preparation Day, for the
tomb was nearby” (John 19:38-42).
Some Observations
~ (1) As we contemplate Jesus’
death we recognize that Jesus while He was a fully God He also lived a fully
human life in identification with us.
(2) While our natural human tendency is to fear death, Jesus has gone before
and conquered death.
Some Lessons
~ (1) Riches are not the
important thing in this life. At His
birth he laid in a borrowed manger.
Throughout His life we know of nothing that He owned. At His burial he was put in a borrowed
tomb. (2) We should never give up
hope. How hopeless the scene of His
death appeared to His followers. But God
is sovereign and things continued to work out for our good. (3) For the Christian death is not the end
but rather the beginning of eternity-future and a life of sublime pleasure and
enjoyment.
the key question:
“Who do you say that I am?” (Matthew 16:15). This is the most important
question you will ever answer. If you do not answer it, or answer it
incorrectly, you have made the biggest mistake anyone can make!
~ Robert
Lloyd Russell, ABUNDANT LIFE
NOW
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