Resurrection

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Resurrection!

• Luke 23.50 24.12

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A cursed death

• If a man guilty of a capital offense is put to
  death and his body is hung on a tree, you must
  not leave his body on the tree overnight. Be
  sure to bury him that same day, because anyone
  who is hung on a tree is under Gods curse. You
  must not desecrate the land the LORD your God is
  giving you as an inheritance (Deut 21.22-23).

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A cursed death

• Joshua hung the king of Ai on a tree and left
  him there until evening. At sunset, Joshua
  ordered them to take his body from the tree and
  throw it down at the entrance of the city gate.
  And they raised a large pile of rocks over it,
  which remains to this day (Joshua 8.29).

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A cursed death

• Now the five kings had fled and hidden in the
  cave at Makkedah. When Joshua was told that the
  five kings had been found hiding in the cave at
  Makkedah, he said, Roll large rocks up to the
  mouth of the cave, and post some men there to
  guard it. Joshua said, Open the mouth of the
  cave and bring those five kings out to me.
  Then Joshua struck and killed the kings and hung
  them on five trees, and they were left hanging on
  the trees until evening. At sunset Joshua gave
  the order and they took them down from the trees
  and threw them into the cave where they had been
  hiding. At the mouth of the cave they placed
  large rocks, which are there to this day (Joshua
  10.16-18, 22, 26-27).

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Joseph of Arimathea

• a member of the Council, a good and upright man,
  who had not consented to their decision and
  action (23.50b-51a).
• Burying the deceased, in Jewish tradition was a
  means of fulfilling the obligation to share with
  those in need. To be refused burial, conversely,
  was a fate interpreted under the heading of
  divine curse (Green 1997 830).

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Three Women

• Typically, preparation for burial entailed
  washing, anointing, and clothing the body. The
  warm climate in ancient Palestine dictated a
  speedy burial, with spices and ointments used not
  for purposes of embalming but in order to counter
  the stench of decomposition (Green 1997 830).
• On the first day of the week, very early in the
  morning, the women took the spices they had
  prepared and went to the tomb (24.1).

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Ex / Song / Gospels
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Song / Gospels
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Song / Gospels
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Recipients of rare Spices and expensive Perfumes

• Exodus
• You shall make of these a holy anointing oil, a
  perfume mixture, the work of a perfumer it shall
  be a holy anointing oil (30.25).
• priests (Ex 29)
• nearly every article that comprised the
  Tabernacle (Ex 35).

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Recipients of rare Spices and expensive Perfumes

• Song of Songs
• the lovers Beloved
• A garden locked is my sister, my bride, A rock
  garden locked, a spring sealed up. Your shoots
  are an orchard of pomegranates with choice
  fruits, henna with nard plants (4.12-13).

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Recipients of rare Spices and expensive Perfumes

• Jesus
• Like in Exodus, Jesus is the Most Sacred
  Tabernacle as well as the Great High Priest
  (Hebrews 8).
• Like in Song of songs, Jesus is the beloved of
  God and the beloved of his followers lives (Lk
  3.22).

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Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the mother of James

• Last eyes to see Jesus dead
• The women who had come with Jesus from Galilee
  followed Joseph and saw the tomb and how his body
  was laid in it (23.55)
• First eyes to witness the empty grave and the
  angels
• On the first day of the week, very early in the
  morning, the women took the spices they had
  prepared and went to the tomb. They found the
  stone rolled away from the tomb, but when they
  entered, they did not find the body of the Lord
  Jesus (24.1-3).