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Matthew 27: 33-38
(Key verse - 36)
If we were there that day,
what would we have seen?
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(1) A death beyond human comprehension |
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(2) Pain so intense it would make us
shudder |
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(3) Blood running down His face and
body |
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(4) Beard hair plucked out by the hand
full |
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* There were many who watched this
horrible sight (Vs 36) |
Just who
did watch Jesus there?
1. God
watched Him there
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(1) He saw His only
begotten Son
John 3:36 |
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* The crucifixion did not take God the
Father by surprise
Acts 2:23 |
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(2) God saw you and me |
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* When God saw His Son, I believe He
saw all who would ever trust Jesus as their Savior
Galatians 2:20 |
2. The angels watched
Him there
*What heaviness as they watched their Creator there
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(1) They had announced His birth |
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(2) They had reassured Joseph
concerning Mary |
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(3) They had told the shepherds He's
in Bethlehem |
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(4) They ministered to Him after His
temptation in the wilderness |
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(5) They ministered to Him in the
Garden of Gethsemane |
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* Now they watched His death |
3. Mary His mother
watched Him there
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(1) She was chosen of God to give
birth to the Messiah |
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(2) She raised Him through His
childhood |
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(3) When He was 12 years old, she
heard these words, "I must be
about my Father's business." |
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* Now she watched Him dying |
4. Other women
watched Him there
(Vs 55,56)
* We are not told all the
women's names
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(1) Maybe the woman with issues of
blood and healed |
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(2) Maybe the woman whose son was
raised from the dead |
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(3) Maybe Peter's mother-in-law whom
Jesus healed |
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* Whoever they were, they did not
forget who changed their lives |
5. The disciples watched Him there
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James, John, Peter, Joseph of
Arimethius, Nicodemus
* No doubt they must have thought this was the end,
yet it was Just the Beginning.
(Luke 24: 13-32) |
6. The soldiers
watched Him there
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* The soldiers who mocked Him, beat
Him, gambled for His robe; may be the same ones who
would guard His tomb.
* But one saw Him as He should be seen - "Truly
this was the Son of God." |
7. The Priests and the
Elders watched Him there
(Vs 41-43)
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* They envied Him , yet
despised and hated Him. One day they shall be judged
by Him. |
8. The Thieves
watched Him there
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* Both at first ridiculed
Him. Later one would come to trust Him. |
9. Satan watched Him there
* From Genesis 3
until His crucifixion, the devil sought to somehow destroy
the Redeemer of men.
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(1) He had Herod kill
Hebrew baby boys |
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(2) He tried to keep Jesus
in the wilderness, unsuccessfully |
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(3) He fought the
spiritual battle in the Garden |
But
Death and Hell was Conquered
"He Arose"
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