Thee Easter Event

Thee Easter Event

The Easter Events

The Easter Events

On Friday, Jesus died and they laid him in a grave.

The Easter Events

On Friday, Jesus died and they laid him in a grave.

On Sunday, Jesus rose and he laid death in his grave.

Statement #1

They crucified him.

They crucified him.

Matthew 22:36-4636 Then Jesus went with his disciples to a place called

Gethsemane, and he said to them, “Sit here while I go over there and pray.” 37 He took Peter and the two sons of

Zebedee along with him, and he began to be sorrowful and troubled. 38 Then he said to them, “My soul is

overwhelmed with sorrow to the point of death. Stay here and keep watch with me.”

They crucified him.

Matthew 22:36-46 39 Going a little farther, he fell with his face to the ground and prayed, “My Father, if it is possible, may this cup be

taken from me. Yet not as I will, but as you will.” 40 Then he returned to his disciples and found them

sleeping. “Could you men not keep watch with me for one hour?” he asked Peter. 41 “Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the body

is weak.”

They crucified him.

Matthew 22:36-4642 He went away a second time and prayed, “My Father, if

it is not possible for this cup to be taken away unless I drink it, may your will be done.”

43 When he came back, he again found them sleeping, because their eyes were heavy. 44 So he left them and

went away once more and prayed the third time, saying the same thing.

They crucified him.

Matthew 22:36-4645 Then he returned to the disciples and said to them, “Are you still sleeping and resting? Look, the hour is near, and the Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners. 46

Rise, let us go! Here comes my betrayer!”

They crucified him.

Luke 22:47-5347 While he was still

speaking a crowd came up, and the man who was called Judas, one of the

Twelve, was leading them. He approached

Jesus to kiss him, 48 but Jesus asked him, “Judas,

are you betraying the Son of Man with a kiss?”

They crucified him.

Luke 22:47-5349 When Jesus’ followers saw what was going to

happen, they said, “Lord, should we strike with our

swords?” 50 And one of them struck the servant

of the high priest, cutting off his right ear.

51 But Jesus answered, “No more of this!” And he

touched the man’s ear and healed him.

They crucified him.

Luke 22:47-5352 Then Jesus said to the chief priests, the officers of the temple guard, and

the elders, who had come for him, “Am I

leading a rebellion, that you have come with swords and clubs? 53

Every day I was with you in the temple courts, and you did not lay a hand on me. But this is your hour—when darkness reigns.”

They crucified him.

Luke 23:26-3326 As they led him away, they seized Simon from Cyrene,

who was on his way in from the country, and put the cross on him and made him carry it behind Jesus. 27 A large number of people followed him, including women who mourned and wailed for him…32 Two other men, both

criminals, were also led out with him to be executed. 33

When they came to the place called the Skull, there…

…They crucified him.

Statement #2

“It is finished.”

“It is finished.”

Matthew 20:17-1917 And as Jesus was

going up to Jerusalem, he took the twelve disciples aside, and on the way he said to them, 18 “See, we

are going up to Jerusalem. And the Son of

Man will be delivered over to the chief priests

and scribes, and they will condemn him to death 19 and deliver him over

to the Gentiles to be mocked and flogged and crucified, and he will be raised on the third day.”

 

“It is finished.”

Luke 23:34-3834 Jesus said, “Father,

forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.” And they divided up his clothes by casting lots. 35 The people stood watching, and the rulers

even sneered at him. They said, “He saved others; let him save

himself if he is the Christ of God, the Chosen One.”

 

“It is finished.”

Luke 23:34-3836 The soldiers also came up and mocked him. They offered him wine vinegar

37 and said, “If you are the king of the Jews, save

yourself.”  

38 There was a written notice above him, which read: THIS IS THE KING

OF THE JEWS.

“It is finished.”

Matthew 27:45-4645 Now from the sixth

hour there was darkness over all the land until the ninth hour. 46 And about the ninth hour Jesus cried

out with a loud voice, saying, “Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?” that is, “My God, my God, why

have you forsaken me?”

“In quoting psalm [22], he is quoting a cry of desolation that also has implicit in its context an unremitting faith in

the God who will ultimately deliver him.

Nevertheless, it remains a very real cry of anguish because the suffering has gone on so long and no release is in sight. With this context for the quotation it is better

to understand the question

“Why have you forsaken me?” as meaning,

“Why have you left me for so long?”

This is the sense it has in Psalm 22. Jesus, in his human nature, knew he would have to bear our sins, to suffer

and to die. But, in his human consciousness, he probably did not know how long this suffering would take. Yet to

bear the guilt of millions of sins even for a moment would cause the greatest anguish of soul.”

“To face the deep and furious wrath of an infinite God even for an instant would cause the most profound fear.

But Jesus’ suffering was not over in a minute—or two—or ten.

When would it end? Could there be yet more weight of sin? Yet more wrath of God?

Hour after hour it went on—the dark weight of sin and the deep wrath of God poured over Jesus in wave after wave.

Jesus at last cried out, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” Why must this suffering go on so long? Oh

God, my God, will you ever bring it to an end?”

~ Wayne A. Grudem, Systematic Theology : An Introduction to Biblical Doctrine (Leicester, England; Grand Rapids, Mich.: Inter-Varsity Press; Zondervan Pub. House,

1994), 576.

“It is finished.”

John 19:28-3028 …Jesus, knowing that all was now finished, said ( to fulfill the Scripture), “I thirst.” 29 A jar full of sour wine stood there, so they put a sponge full of

the sour wine on a hyssop branch and held it

to his mouth. 30 When Jesus had received the sour wine, he said…

 

“It is finished.”

Statement #3

“He is risen!”

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“He is risen!”

Luke 24:1-8On the first day of the week, very early in the morning, the women took the spices they had prepared and went to the tomb. 2They found the stone rolled away from the

tomb, 3 but when they entered, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus. 4 While they were wondering about this, suddenly two men in clothes that gleamed like lightning

stood beside them.

“He is risen!”Luke 24:1-8

5 In their fright the women bowed down with their faces to the ground, but the men said to them, “Why do you look

for the living among the dead? 6 He is not here…

“He is risen!”

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“He is risen!”Luke 24:1-8

…Remember how he told you, while he was still with you in Galilee: 7 ‘The Son of Man must be delivered into the

hands of sinful men, be crucified and on the third day be raised again.’” 8Then they remembered his words.

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The magnitude of these Easter Events

1 Corinthians 15:12-1912But if it is preached that Christ has been raised from the

dead, how can some of you say that there is no resurrection of the dead? 13If there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even Christ has been raised. 14And if Christ has not been raised, our preaching is useless and

so is your faith. 15More than that, we are then found to be false witnesses about God, for we have testified about

God that he raised Christ from the dead. But he did not raise him if in fact the dead are not raised. 16For if the dead are not raised, then Christ has not been raised

either. 17And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins. 18Then those also who

have fallen asleep in Christ are lost. 19If only for this life we have hope in Christ, we are to be pitied more than all

men.

The magnitude of these Easter Events

1 Corinthians 15:12-1912But if it is preached that Christ has been raised from the

dead, how can some of you say that there is no resurrection of the dead? 13If there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even Christ has been raised. 14And if Christ has not been raised, our preaching is useless and

so is your faith. 15More than that, we are then found to be false witnesses about God, for we have testified about

God that he raised Christ from the dead. But he did not raise him if in fact the dead are not raised. 16For if the dead are not raised, then Christ has not been raised

either. 17And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins. 18Then those also who

have fallen asleep in Christ are lost. 19If only for this life we have hope in Christ, we are to be pitied more than all

men.

The magnitude of these Easter Events

1 Corinthians 15:20-2620 But in fact Christ has been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep. 21 For as by a

man came death, by a man has come also the resurrection of the dead. 22 For as in Adam all die, so also

in Christ shall all be made alive. 23 But each in his own order: Christ the firstfruits, then at his coming those who

belong to Christ. 24 Then comes the end, when he delivers the kingdom to God the Father after destroying

every rule and every authority and power. 25 For he must reign until he has put all his enemies under his feet.

26 The last enemy to be destroyed is death.

My prayer for you this EasterEphesians 1:18

18I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope

to which he has called you…

This Easter, CELEBRATE JESUS!

On Friday, Jesus died and they laid him in a grave.

On Sunday, Jesus rose and he laid death in his grave.

HE IS RISEN!