(How has He just come through for you, no matter how big or small-thank Him, praise Him -even if it's still on it's way.)
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DEATH & RESURRECTION OF JESUS, THE KING
Matthew 27
The Guard at the Tomb v. 62-66
The next day, the one after Preparation Day, the chief priests and the Pharisees went to Pilate. "Sir," they said, "we remember that while he was still alive that deceiver said, 'After three days I will rise again.' So give the order for the tomb to be made secure until the third day. Otherwise, his disciples may come and steal the body and tell the people that he has been raised from the dead. This last deception will be worse than the first."
"Take a guard," Pilate answered. "Go, make the tomb as secure as you know how." So they went and made the tomb secure by putting a seal on the stone and posting the guard.
Funny, the chief priests remembered what Jesus had said about raising from the dead now, but claimed to not have a clue when they used this to sentence Jesus to death. Actually, the religious leaders took Jesus' resurrection claims more seriously than the disciples did. The disciples didn't remember Jesus' teaching about His resurrection (20:17-19); but the religious leaders did. Because of his claims, they were almost as afraid of Jesus after His death as when He was alive. They tried to take every precaution that his body would remain in the tomb. They made sure the tomb was thoroughly sealed and guarded. Because the tomb was hewn out of rock in the side of a hill, there was only one entrance. The tomb was sealed by stringing a cord across the stone that was rolled over the entrance. The cord was sealed at each end with clay. But the religious leader took a further precaution, asking that guards be placed at the tomb's entrance. With such precautions, the only way the tomb could be empty would be for Jesus to rise from the dead. The Pharisees failed to understand that no rock, seal, guard, or army could prevent the Son of God from rising again.
AND NOTHING CAN PREVENT JESUS FROM MOVING ALL THROUGH YOUR LIFE.
-trust Him!
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