The Resurrection - The Gospels

In this Bible Story, the tomb that contained the beaten body of Jesus is rolled open by the power of God. Jesus, the Savior of the World, rose from the tomb to prove that death had no power over him. Death is defeated as Jesus walks in the resurrection. Jesus appears to the two Marys and tells them to give word to the disciples that he had returned. This story is inspired by Matthew 27:62-28:15; Mark 16:1-13 & John 20:1-18. Go to https://www.BibleinaYear.com and learn the Bible in a Year.

Today's Bible verse is Mark 16:6 from the King James Version.

Episode 213: All who were loyal to Jesus began to live in fear. Even His enemies, the very ones who put Him to death lived in fear. But theirs was a different kind, they still feared they would lose their power over the people to this Jesus movement. So they requested Pilate to put a guard at the tomb lest His disciples come and steal away the body. Three days later when Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of James went to visit the tomb, they were interrupted by an angel who told them it was empty. And as they were running away, they ran into the risen Jesus himself!

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Let us pray, and he said, unto them, be not affrighted.
Ye seek Jesus of Nazareth, which was crucified, He has risen.
He is not here. Behold the place where they laid him,
Mark sixteen six. Thank you God, that through your promise

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in the garden we were given new life in Jesus.
Even though his body was bruised by the crucifixion, his
act of resurrection crushed the head of the serpent Satan forever.
For in doing so, you took the power away from
sin and death. Jesus, when I am tempted to go

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back to the sins of my past, remind me, Holy Spirit,
that they are not there. Remind me that through the death, burial,
and resurrection of Jesus, my sins were washed away by
the blood of the Lamb. Hallelujah. Thank you Jesus that

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through your sacrifice I have new life and new power.
Thank you Lord, that the stone was rolled away and
that the tomb is empty. I choose to celebrate because
an empty tomb means an occupied throne ready for me
to approach, to tap into the greatest power, provision, and

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love I've ever known. In Jesus' name. Amen. Thanks for
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Speaker 2 (01:51):
Com The Resurrection. In our last story, we learned about
the death of Jesus on a cross and the offering
up of his life for the sins of humanity. After
his death, he was placed and buried in the tomb

(02:12):
of a man named Joseph. In this story, we will
learn about the glorious resurrection of Jesus Christ as inspired
by the Gospels.

Speaker 3 (02:25):
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Jack Graham dot org. In yesterday's reading, we heard how
Jesus went to the cross, suffered, and died there at
Calvary for our sins. His physical pain was unimaginable, but
the pain of separation from the heavenly Father was even greater,

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as the one who was sinless now bears our sins.
The Father God himself turned his back upon his darling
son as the sins of the world were placed on him.
The wrath of God came upon Jesus that day, and
Christ was judged for our sins. He bore the weight
of the world, and yet in that sacrifice, the justice

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of God himself was satisfied, so that we now can
have relationship with God. That relationship with God is made
possible for what we read about today, and that is
that Jesus is alive because he came out of the gray.
The resurrection is our subject. So let's listen. Now.

Speaker 2 (04:17):
Christ's death had caused the earth itself to cry out
in mourning. His disciples, hiding and alone, mimicked the earth
in sorrow. Though the morning sun had come, the world
still felt dark. A fear and trembling came over all
that were once loyal to Jesus. Would they do to

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them what they did to Jesus. In fear of their
lives and embarrassment of their cowardice, the disciples hid themselves away.
Those who had conspired to kill Jesus suddenly had felt
an uneasiness bubble up in them. The day after Jesus's crucifixion,
they had come to Pilate and said to him, this

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man we have put to day death once said that
he would be raised again on the third day. We
must have guards around the tomb, lest his disciples take
his body and claim he was risen from the dead.
Pilot heard what the Pharisees said and agreed send guards
to make sure the tomb is buried and sealed post
guards in front of the tomb to make sure the

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disciples do not attempt to steal Jesus's body. On the
third day, in the cool of the morning, Mary Magdalene
and Mary the mother of James left to go visit
the tomb where Jesus had laid. They held spices and
flowers to lay beside the entrance of the tomb. Approaching
the tomb, their footsteps were interrupted by the shaking of

(05:41):
the earth beneath them. A bright light flashed before them,
and the guards beside the tomb fell to the ground motionless.
The two women opened their eyes to the sight of
an angel sitting beside Jesus's tomb. The stone that once
sealed it was rolled away. Looking at the women with
a face shining righter than the sun, the angel said,

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why do you seek the living among the dead. He
is not here. He has risen, as he said, he
would now go quickly and tell his disciples. As the
two women fled to go tell the others, they were
met on the road by a man. Flustered and confused,
they could barely pay any attention. Greetings the man said.

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He spoke to them with a familiar and gentle tone.
They looked up to him and discovered it was him,
he who was hung, bloodied, and demolished, and the cross
stood before them. No words or expressions could quite capture
their relation, so they simply clung to him as Jacob
once did on the hill generations ago. They too were

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trembling with joy, fear, and confusion. Do not be afraid,
nor should you cling to me too long, Jesus said, quick,
go and tell my brothers to meet me in Galilee.
There they will see me. The women did as they
were told and immediately ran to the disciples. The two

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brought word to Peter and John. Though they doubted, they
wasted no time fleeing towards the garden where Jesus was
buried so they could see it for themselves. John, the
youngest of the disciples, ran the fastest, determined to see
his king once again. He ran inside, picked up the
pieces of cloth that once wrapped his Messiah, and welled

(07:29):
up with tears. The cloths were lying there alone on
the stone, but his king was gone. As the two
Marys had said, the tomb was empty, and joy and
anticipation erupted in both of them. The darkness over the
face of the earth was lifted, and light was restored
to the hearts of those who followed Jesus. The next

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chapter of the disciples lives would be marked with more
wonder and exploits than their imaginations could ever predict king
had risen, and the only thing remaining in the tomb
were the sins of mankind he had put to death
on the cross. God once promised in the Garden of
Eden that the serpent would bruise the heel of a

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promised son, yet he would crush his head. Jesus's scars
from crucifixion remained. He was, in fact bruised by evil.
Yet the head of the serpent, the enemy, and all
his exploits were crushed under the heel of the promised messiah.
On that cross, the sins of humanity and all that

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plagued the hearts of men were crushed, and the Son
of God proved that even death has no power over him,
nor would it have power over all those that followed
him after Amen.

Speaker 3 (08:51):
In today's scripture, the dark shadow of grief and fear
hang over the entire world, and none are feeling it
more powerfully than the disciples and those who followed Jesus
to the end. For them, it seemed that all hope
is lost. Though Jesus had told them he would die
and be raised again, it seemed an impossibility. At this

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point two days had already passed, and still Jesus was
behind a heavy stone in a tomb. Those who had
orchestrated this unjust execution and crucifixion had heard about Jesus'
claims that after three days he would rise again, so
they arranged for Jesus' tomb to be guarded by Roman
soldiers so that none of his followers could break in

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and steal the body and claim a resurrection. I could
only imagine the sorrow and terror of those who had
followed Jesus. If their master had been killed, surely they
would be in grave danger. But more than that, their
dearest friend and teacher and messiah, the one that they
had trusted in love like no one else, was gone.

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They were soon to experience in a very real way
what Psalm thirty taught them that though sorrow may last
through the night, joy comes in the morning. For on
the morning of the third day, everything was going to
change forever. On that morning, Mary Magdalene and Mary the
mother of James made their way to the tomb, bringing
spices to anoint the body of Jesus, because they did

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not expect that he would actually rise from the dead
as he promised he would. Of course, they had no
idea how they would move the heavy stone that blocked
the access to the body. But they went anyway, desperate,
desiring to show honor to their beloved friend. What a
surprise they were in for. When they got to the
place where Jesus was laid to rest, the large stone

(10:42):
had already been rolled away. When they entered the tomb,
they did not find the lord's body. No, they encountered
two men dressed in sparkling white robes, angel beings. They
were understandably afraid, but the angel spoke to them reassuringly,
and we hear their words in Luke twenty four six
to seven. He is not here, but he has risen.

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Remember how he told you while he was still in Galilee,
that the son of Man must be delivered into the
hands of sinful men and be crucified, and on the
third day rise. Then they remembered what Jesus had promised them,
and they ran to tell the others the good news.
The greatest good news the world has ever heard, came
out of an empty tomb in Jerusalem two thousand years ago.

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Jesus had risen, just as he said he would. Everything
Jesus said, everything Jesus did everything about Jesus hinges on
this miracle of the resurrection. If he never rose from
the dead, if the tomb is not empty that day,
then Jesus was just a compelling speaker, a magnetic personality,

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a religious teacher that led people astray. But if Jesus
did in fact conquer death and rise from the grave,
then he truly is the savior of the world, the
Son of God, perfect God, in perfect man, alive forevermore.
His death accomplished what he said it would, the forgiveness
of our sins. And with his resurrection he removed the

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sting of death, eternal separation from God, and made a
way for those who follow him to live forever in
the presence of God. Jesus had said in John fourteen six,
I am the Way and the Truth and the Life.
And no one comes to the Father but by me.
Jesus made away, and it went through an empty tomb.
He rose from the grave, and now we can trust

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him with our lives. And how do we know that
he rose from the dead Because of the many witnesses
that saw him, starting with these two women who rushed
to tell others that they had encountered the risen Christ
They embraced him, joy like they had never known, filling
their hearts, and they couldn't wait to tell the disciples
the amazing news. When Peter and John heard, they were doubtful,

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so they ran to the tomb and found it empty
except for the burial clause Giesus had been wrapped in
which were folded neatly at the tomb. This was not
a grave robbery. This was a resurrection. There are many
evidences for the resurrection of Jesus Christ. We can believe
in the resurrection, but the greatest evidence of all is

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the change lives of the disciples, whose world was turned
upside down at the cross, but right side up at
the resurrection. The one who had commanded the lame to walk,
the sick to be healed, and the dead to rise,
had walked right out of his tomb. He is alive.
Christ is alive. He did not need someone else to
command him to rise, for he has power over sin, death, hell,

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and the grave, and through him, because of his cross
and resurrection, we can have the forgiveness of our sins
and eternal life. This is why the gospel is such
good news that the whole world needs to hear. Would
you pray with me. If you've never received Jesus the
Living Lord as your savior and your God, you can

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trust him right now by simply breathing this prayer. Lord Jesus,
I know that I have sinned and broken your commandments,
but I believe you died to save me, and so
I do trust you as my Lord and savior. I
will follow you all the days of my life and
the power of your spirit, and when you come for me,
I'll be ready because I've put my faith and trust

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in you. In Jesus' name, Amen. Thank you for listening
to today's Bible in a Year podcast. I'm Jack Graham
from Dallas, Texas, and before we go, I want you
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