Empty Tomb

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• Empty Tomb
• to the
• Great Commission
• Matthew 281 20

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Matthew 1724
Matthew 171

• Israel in the New Testament

Matthew 191
Matthew 211 - Sunday
Matthew 2112 Monday Cleanses Temple
Matthew 2120 Monday Judgment on Jews
Matthew 262 Tuesday ye know after two days
Matthew 2626 Thursday Passover, Garden,
Arrest
Mark 1525 Friday Crucified _at_ 3rd hour
Mark 1533 Friday Dies _at_ 9th hour
Matthew 287 Sunday Tomb is Empty
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Empty Tomb Great Commission

• The Empty Tomb Mt 281 8
• Jesus based his claim to be the Son of God upon
  the evidence of his miraculous deeds, but one
  deed was the miracle par excellence. The
  resurrection of Jesus from the dead is the
  centerpiece of Christian doctrine and the
  ultimate proof of all that Christianity
  maintains. If Christ has not been raised, wrote
  the apostle Paul, then our preaching is vain,
  your faith also is vain (1 Cor. 1514).
• A man coming back from the dead is a staggering
  claim, but equally staggering is how easily the
  claim could be refuted if indeed it was false.
  Jesus death and supposed resurrection did not
  occur in a remote part of the world, away from
  the presence of detractors and skeptics. Jesus
  was buried just outside of Jerusalem, the central
  location of the Jewish opposition against him,
  and his initial post-resurrection appearances
  took place in and around this city. It was there
  in Jerusalem that talk of Jesus resurrection
  began to surface three days after his
  crucifixion, and it was there that his
  resurrection was first publicly proclaimed a few
  weeks later at the feast of Pentecost. He was
  buried in a grave owned by a prominent Pharisee
  and member of the Sanhedrin Council, so locating
  the tomb would have been easy for anyone wanting
  to disprove the notion that Jesus was alive.
• The resurrection of Jesus was an outlandish idea
  and quite refutable. The Jewish opposition to
  Christianity needed only to go to the tomb and
  retrieve Jesus corpse. But when the disciples of
  Jesus began reporting that they had seen him
  alive again, the opposition never produced the
  body. No one could. Three days after the burial,
  the tomb of Jesus was empty. Martin Pickup

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Empty Tomb Great Commission

• The Empty Tomb Mt 281 8
• Mark 161-2 And when the sabbath was past, Mary
  Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and
  Salome, bought spices, that they might come and
  anoint him. And very early on the first day of
  the week, they come to the tomb when the sun was
  risen.
• Luke 241 But on the first day of the week, at
  early dawn, they came unto the tomb, bringing the
  spices which they had prepared.
• Great stone rolled away by an angel of the Lord.
• heavenly appearance and symbolic of purity.
• Guards shaking with fear and paralyzed with
  terror (or passed out).
• Jesus which was crucified He is not here, for he
  is risen.
• Tell Disciples he is risen from the dead Go to
  Galilee and you shall see him there.

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Empty Tomb Great Commission

• The Appearance of Jesus to The Women Mt 289 10
• Women who had prepared sweet spices for Jesus
  were first to arrive at the tomb. After an angel
  instructs them to report His resurrection to the
  disciples, Jesus meets them on their way back. In
  addition to Matthews account, Luke 2410
  mentions Joanna, and Mark 161 mentions Salome as
  women who were with Mary Magdalene and Mary the
  mother of James.
• Jesus meets the women they worshipped Him.
• Be not afraid
• Go tell my brethren His description of those
  who had denied and fled from
• Him. A great deal of comfort to those who forsook
  Him.
• Heb 211 For both he that sanctifieth and they
  that are sanctified are all of one for which
  cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren,

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Empty Tomb Great Commission

• The Bribery of The Soldiers Mt 2811 15
• One possible explanation for the empty tomb is
  that Jesus disciples stole the body to make it
  appear that he had returned to life. According to
  the gospel of Matthew, this position was
  advocated by ancient Jews in an attempt to negate
  the claims of Christians (Matt. 2811-15). It
  appears to have been the standard Judaic response
  to Christianity even toward the end of the second
  century. Is this a plausible explanation? Could
  the disciples have taken the body of Jesus?
• One obvious problem with this theory is the fact
  that guards were stationed at the tomb to prevent
  this very thing from happening (Matt. 2765-66).
  How could the disciples or any other grave
  robbers have gotten past these soldiers? Perhaps
  the soldiers fell asleep, someone suggests. But
  the implausibility of that idea becomes apparent
  with just a moments reflection. If the guards
  were a Jewish contingent, then sleeping on watch
  would mean severe punishment and possible
  execution. If they were Roman soldiers, then
  execution was a certainty.
• Martin Pickup

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Empty Tomb Great Commission

• The Bribery of The Soldiers Mt 2811 15
• The guards go to the chief priests to explain all
  that was done.
• Cruel irony the ones who were so concerned
  about a lie being spread concerning the
  resurrection of Jesus, find themselves
  fabricating one to cover up the truth about His
  resurrection.
• Hush money large sums unto the soldiers to lie.
• This is the explanation that the Jews continue to
  buy into (and use today).

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Empty Tomb Great Commission

• Appearance of Jesus to The Disciples Mt 2816
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• First-century Christians affirmed that after
  Jesus was executed he appeared alive again to his
  disciples on no less than 11 different occasions
  over a period of 40 days. These appearances are
  recorded in the four Gospels, the book of Acts,
  and Pauls first letter to the Corinthians (Matt.
  26 Mark 16 Luke 24 John 20-21 Acts 1 1 Cor.
  15). What can a skeptic say when faced with such
  strong evidence for Jesus resurrection from the
  dead?
• Since that time, men have fabricated many
  theories to refute the resurrection of Jesus from
  the dead.
• Yet the strongest objection to any theory that
  denies the factuality of the post- resurrection
  appearances of Jesus is this the opponents of
  Christianity never produced Jesus body. If it is
  true that Jesus was raised only in the
  imagination of some of his followers, then three
  days after his burial the corpse of Jesus would
  still have been in the tomb. Once the news of his
  resurrection began to spread throughout
  Jerusalem, it would have been a simple matter for
  the Jewish leaders to retrieve the body from the
  grave and disprove the fraud. Yet the body of
  Jesus was not produced in fact there were no
  remains at all. This one fact is a daunting
  obstacle to anyone who tries to attack the
  historicity of the post-resurrection appearances.
  Martin Pickup

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Empty Tomb Great Commission

• Appearance of Jesus to The Disciples Mt 2816
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• Jesus announced this meeting to take place in
  Galilee - _at_ the Passover.
• They worshipped Him but some doubted.
• Two thoughts on some doubted
• 1st doubt would not mean unbelief, but rather
  hesitation.
• 2nd perhaps this gathering is a parallel of 1
  Cor 156 were more than
• 500 were witness of His resurrection.

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Empty Tomb Great Commission

• The Great Commission Mt 2818 20
• The one who came to do the Jn 434 will of His
  Father and finish His work, it is finished Jn
  1930 at the cross. God giving Acts 1731
  assurance in raising Him from the dead.
• God has set His king of Psalm 26. The Dan 244
  kingdom which shall never be destroyed is
  established in Him. The promised seed of David
  Psa 893 has been set upon the Isa 96-7 throne
  of David. The meek, merciful, compassionate, and
  just one of Isa 42 who became deity in the 1Tim
  316 flesh, has now been given all rule and
  authority. The Matthew 11 son of David and son
  of Abraham.
• GO AND TEACH BAPTIZING THEM TEACHING TO
  OBSERVE ALL THINGS I HAVE COMMANDED I AM WITH
  YOU ALWAYS

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Empty Tomb Great Commission

• The Great Commission Mt 2818 20
• All power exousia authority
• Davidic / Kingly authority Jesus raised to sit
  on Davids throne (Acts 229-36 Psa 1101).
• Matthew 11 son of David is now established on
  His throne.
• Therefore links v18 to vv19-20.
• Because Jesus is the son of David, the son of
  Abraham, the Son of God, (having all authority)
  He charges/gives the 11 apostles their commission.

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Empty Tomb Great Commission

• 1) How many days was Jesus in the heart of the
  earth?
• Matthew 1240 for as Jonah was three days and
  three nights in the belly of the
• whale so shall the Son of man be three days and
  three nights in the heart of the earth.
• 2) What day of the week was Jesus resurrected?
• Matthew 281 Now late on the sabbath day, as it
  began to dawn toward the first day
• of the week, came Mary Magdalene and the other
  Mary to see the sepulchre.
• 3) For a period of how many days did Jesus appear
  to His apostles speaking
• the things concerning the kingdom of God?
• Act 13 to whom he also showed himself alive
  after his passion by many proofs,
• appearing unto them by the space of forty days,
  and speaking the things concerning the
• kingdom of God
• 4) Where did Jesus instruct the 11 to meet Him
  (where He also ascended)?
• Matthew 2816 But the eleven disciples went into
  Galilee, unto the mountain where
• Jesus had appointed them.
• 5) No fewer than ____________ witnessed the
  resurrected Jesus? (1 Cor 155-8)

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• 6) What is the great commission?
• Authority source is Jesus.
• Go imperative. Did not say wait for them to
  come or wherever you happen to be teach
  those.
• Ye personal.
• Make disciples of all nations. The purpose of
  the teaching is to make a disciple a learner, a
  follower.
• (Response he that believeth and is baptized. Mk
  1615-16).
• Baptizing them into the name of the Father, and
  of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
• (Lack of a response is condemnation. Mk
  1615-16).
• Teach the gospel, the doctrine of Christ, all
  things commanded by Christ. Remember the purpose
  of teaching it is seed producing its own
  kind.
• I am with you always.

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Empty Tomb Great Commission

• 7) Read 1 Cor 1512-20
• a. What was being preached and what were some
  Corinthians saying?
• Now if Christ is preached that he hath been
  raised from the dead,
• how say some among you that there is no
  resurrection of the dead?
• b. What of Jesus if there is no resurrection of
  the dead?
• neither hath Christ been raised
• c. What of our preaching and faith if Christ has
  not been raised?
• then is our preaching vain,
• your faith also is vain.
• d. We are yet in our __________.
• e. To be sure, Christ has been
  _________________________________,
• the ___________of them that sleep.
• The first-fruits, or the first sheaf of ripe
  grain was required to be offered to the Lord, and
  was waved before him by the priest, as expressing
  the sense of gratitude by the husbandman, and his
  recognition of the fact that God had a right to
  all that he had Lev_2310-14. The word,
  therefore, comes to have two
• (1) That which is first, the beginning, or that
  which has the priority of time and,
• (2) That which is apart and portion of the whole
  which is to follow, and which is the earnest or
  pledge of that as the first sheaf of ripe
  grain was not only the first in order of time,
  but was the earnest or pledge of the entire
  harvest which was soon to succeed.

SINS
raised from the dead,
firstfruits
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