The Burial of Christ and Entering His Rest

Summary

The Burial of Christ and Entering His Rest

Preached on 20161113

By Pastor Bryan Walker

Text:  John 19:31-42 NASB

Preparations for the Passover Sabbath (a high day)

 

• Crucifixions: Prolonged death
  • Bodies were left to rot, birds
• Break the legs – breath
• Unlawful to leave them on the cross

 

Deuteronomy 21:22-23 NASB 

• Interesting verse, the Jews didn’t crucify people (4 ways, burning, sword, stoning and strangulation)

 

Sabbath – Jesus is killed and buried just before the Sabbath

• He is done with his work, IT IS FINISHED

Heb 1:3  …When He had made purification of sins, He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high,

 

• Women’s Bible Study
  • God’s overarching plan, written in the Bible
  • “The scriptures testify about me”
• Wednesday nights (The Sabbath)

 

Christ Restores the Sabbath

• Communion with God
• Remember Christ’s words, “IT IS FINISHED”

 

Where does the Sabbath come from?

 

Genesis 2:2-3 ESV 

• God didn’t rest because he was tired
• God was enjoying His creation

 

Genesis 2:8 ESV  And the LORD God planted a garden in Eden, in the east, and there he put the man whom he had formed.

 

• Man was the keeper of the garden
• He was given the woman as a helper
  • Adam and Eve enjoyed the Sabbath with God
  • They were the pinnacle of his creation
  • He walked with them
  • He talked to them
  • They were in his presence
• He named all the animals and communed with God
  • BUT – GO TO Genesis 3:23

 

Genesis 3:23-24 ESV 

• Something happened between verse 2:8 and 3:23
• Only one commandment
  • Why does God give us commandments? Our Good
• Curse
  • SWEAT – thorns, thistles
  • Pain in child bearing
  • The relationship between husband and a wife
  • To the ground you shall return
• Man is under the curse / judgement of God

 

• If there is a God:
  • Why is there evil?
  • Why is there suffering?
    • Lying, Cheating, Stealing, Murder, Betrayal
    • Sickness, Disease, Wars
    • Sweat, work and toil, just to get by
    • And then you die
  • Why doesn’t he do something about it?
  • How can he subject us to this world?
    • We know HE DID DO SOMETHING

 

• Men of the world, If you don’t believe in God how can you curse Him?
  • Humm…
• Deep down we all know there is something better

 

• The promise land was a “type” of entering into rest with God
• Noah’s Ark was a “type” of Christ
  • Foreshadows of things to come
• Jesus has finished his earthly work
  • We enter God’s rest through Christ

 

THE PRICE WAS PAID FOR SIN – Through Christ

 

• So they break the 1^st and 2^nd
  • But, Jesus is already dead

 

(34)  But one of the soldiers pierced His side with a spear, and immediately blood and water came out.

 

• Blood and water (What is the meaning of blood and water?)
  • Don’t know for sure
    • Blood for sanctification?
    • Water for justification (baptism)? Unknown
    • The spear could have lanced the heart? Unknown
  • Do know for sure
    • He was dead
      • God wasn’t dead, never was
    • Some said he didn’t have a physical body
      • Thus he didn’t suffer
      • Blood and water is proof of the body and suffering

 

John 19:36 NASB 

• Exodus 12:46 – They were not to break the Passover Lambs bones

 

John 19:37 NASB 

Zechariah 12:10 NASB 

• The work of redemption is completed
• BUT, not everything is completely fulfilled
  • We still have the resurrection of the body
  • The return of Christ!
• THIS WILL BE FULFILLED AGAIN

 

Revelation 1:7 NASB 

 

(38)  After these things Joseph of Arimathea

 

• Joseph of Arimathea
  • Secret follower of Jesus for “fear”
    • No one knew he followed Jesus
    • Eventually stepped out
  • Mark says he gathered up COURAGE and went before Pilate
  • Matthew tells us he was rich
  • Provides a rich man’s grave
• Nicodemus (Change view, regenerated)
  • John Chapter 3 (The Son of Man will be lifted up)
  • John Chapter 7 (do you judge before you hear him out?)
  • 100 pounds of spice
• Took the body
• Bound it in wrappings and spice
• Laid him in a NEW tomb / in a nearby garden
  • Only rich – tombs had roll away stones, normally bricks
  • Tall enough to stand in
  • Opening about 4 ft
• Tombs would have more than one bench or shelves
• Jesus is buried in a garden
  • Adam and Eve were driven out of a garden
• GOD WAS PLEASED WITH HIM

 

Isaiah 53:9 NASB 

 

• Judged with the wicked men (cross)
• Buried with the rich (Joseph of Arimathea & Nicodemus)

 

We know it was Passover time

Passover/Feast of Unleavened Bread – 7 days

• Christ is the Passover Lamb
• Not a bone was broken

Sabbath /High day

“First Fruits” Beginning of the harvest / day after the Sabbath

 

FIRST FRUIT (Resurrection Sunday):

Leviticus 23:11 NASB  ‘He shall wave the sheaf before the LORD for you to be accepted; on the day after the Sabbath the priest shall wave it.

 

Why the “day after the Sabbath???” (Sunday – Resurrection)

 

1 Corinthians 15:20 NASB  (20)  But now Christ has been raised from the dead, the first fruits of those who are asleep.

 

• The first BORN belongs to the LORD
• The entire tradition of the first born: How significant is THAT!!!

 

I ask this question again –

• What did God do about sin, death, sickness, disease, famine, disasters, war…
• He sent his only begotten Son to redeem us
  • Redeem means to buy back
• He made a way of escape (Christ)
  • Noah’s ark
  • The promise land
  • The road to PARRICIDE is through Christ
• So, why is there still a fallen world?
  • The guilty WILL NOT enter into his rest
    • They will not step one foot in PARADISE
  • The world is mixed with wheat and tears
  • On the last day
    • God takes his wheat into his barn
      • Rest/Paradise
    • He binds the tears and burns them
  • Rest comes “only” through Christ
    • You know the way
    • The narrow path

Joh 18:36  Jesus answered, “My kingdom is not of this world

Joh 18:37  Everyone who is of the truth hears My voice.”

 

• The CURSE and PROMISE renewed in Revelation
• Those who are of evil will continue in evil
• Those who are in Christ will continue in righteousness

 

Revelation 22:11

Leave with this reading

 

Romans 6:5-11 NASB 

 

Sermon preached by Pastor Bryan Walker

One Way Christian Center

A Reformed Baptist Church, in Olustee Oklahoma

Olustee is about 12-15 miles from Altus and Altus Air Force Base

Our service times are Wed @7 and Sun @1030

www.onewaychristiancenter.com

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