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Speaker 1: Through your death and burial, Jesus, you put into action

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Speaker 1: over Satan and his plans. The best is yet to come.

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Speaker 1: In Jesus' name. Amen, Stay tuned to immerse yourself in

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Speaker 1: Heroes in the Bible.

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Speaker 2: Hi, I'm doctor Tony Evans, your host for Heroes in

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Speaker 2: the Bible Jesus. If you've enjoyed this podcast so far,

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Speaker 2: please share it with your family and friends so they

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Speaker 2: can know Jesus Christ in a personal way, because knowing

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Speaker 2: Jesus is the key to understanding the Bible. Welcome to

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Speaker 2: the greatest story ever told. It is a story of

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Speaker 2: a shepherd's heart for his sheep, a father's love for

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Speaker 2: This is a story that continues to shape and mold

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Speaker 2: the world around us, bringing the divine heart of God

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Speaker 2: war is about to be weighed. There could be no

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Speaker 2: My prayer for you is that this episode starees your

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Speaker 2: all just for you. If nobody else needed saving but you,

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Speaker 2: he would have done it all. You are the reason

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Speaker 2: he joyfully endured pain, suffering, and separation. Jesus act on

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Speaker 2: a story captured from another time in space. The story

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Speaker 2: at it. David's victory over Goliath wasn't an upset or surprise,

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Speaker 3: Prin lude to chapter eighteen. The giant steps shook the

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Speaker 3: He yelled. The whole crowd erupted and curses. Jesus peered

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Speaker 3: the distance, lighting up the skies. Jesus looked down at them.

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Speaker 3: Crucifixion was a slow and painful death. The position of

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Speaker 3: his arms and legs made it nearly impossible to breathe.

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Speaker 3: If Jesus desired to take a breath, he needed to

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Speaker 3: push up on the nails in his feet and pulled

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Speaker 3: from the nails in his hands. Every breath was a

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Speaker 3: precious and painful gift. With those breaths, he prayed for

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Speaker 3: the people below.

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Speaker 6: Father, forgive them. They do not know what they are doing.

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Speaker 3: He prayed, if Jesus desired, with his single breath, he

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Speaker 3: could redirect the storm to strike every one of them down. However,

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Speaker 3: their mockery only proved their deep need to be saved.

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Speaker 3: With every insult hurled Jesus's way, his will to conquer

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Speaker 3: sin grew stronger. The thief on his right chimed in

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Speaker 3: with the goading, aren't you the Christ?

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Speaker 6: The man yelled, why don't you strike them down and

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Speaker 6: save us?

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Speaker 3: The thief on the left had his eyes closed. He

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Speaker 3: was near death and could barely hold his head up.

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Speaker 5: Have you no fear?

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Speaker 3: The man mumbled in response.

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Speaker 2: We are hanging here because we deserve it.

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Speaker 4: This man hangs innocent.

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Speaker 3: The thief turned his head to Jesus. His eyes were weary.

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Speaker 3: He only had a few moments left. Jesus, my Lord, please.

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Speaker 3: He began coughing up blood, then looked Jesus deep in

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Speaker 3: the eyes. Tears of regret stream down his face. He

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Speaker 3: looked at Jesus like a frightened child.

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Speaker 1: Will you remember me when you enter your kingdom.

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Speaker 3: Jesus looked at the man with compassion, although His face

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Speaker 3: was mangled, bloody, and swollen. He managed to smile. Yes,

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Speaker 3: my child, Jesus whispered.

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Speaker 7: To day you will be with me in paradise.

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Speaker 3: The thief smiled and closed his eyes. Jesus then turned

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Speaker 3: to the foot of the cross. Jesus's mother has bowed

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Speaker 3: before him. Her cries were inconsolable. She looked at Jesus

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Speaker 3: not just as a crucified king or a sacrificial lamb.

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Speaker 3: She saw him as her baby, the same child she

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Speaker 3: swallowed in the manger. She ran towards the cross to

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Speaker 3: touch her son. She wanted to hold him and comfort him,

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Speaker 3: but the soldiers stopped her and threw her to the ground.

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Speaker 3: John was there and ran to Mary. Jesus stirred where

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Speaker 3: he hung. He looked Mary and John. He cried out

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Speaker 3: in pain. As he lifted his chest to breathe. He

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Speaker 3: cried to his mother in beloved sion. John was precious

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Speaker 3: to Jesus. Gesturing to John, he said, mother, behold you son. Then,

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Speaker 3: gesturing to Mary, he said.

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Speaker 2: Son, behold your mother.

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Speaker 3: John nodded and lifted Mary to her feet and took

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Speaker 3: her home. Jesus's first miracle was a favor for his mother,

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Speaker 3: And now, as he hung on a cross, ready to

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Speaker 3: bear the weight of all mankind sins, he made sure

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Speaker 3: his mother was taken care of. Hours had passed, and

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Speaker 3: the thundering skies bellowed like war drums. Death itself was

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Speaker 3: raging like a wild animal. Its claws were sinking deeper

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Speaker 3: into the neck of God's chosen hero. Jesus knew the

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Speaker 3: hour had come. It was time for the full weight

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Speaker 3: of God's wrath to be poured out onto him. Every sin, past,

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Speaker 3: present in future required punishment. So Jesus looked up to heaven,

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Speaker 3: and the mighty judgment of Yahweh struck down like a

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Speaker 3: bolt of lightning. In that very moment, the entire sins

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Speaker 3: of humanity were released. Unto Jesus, he who knew no

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Speaker 3: sin became sin. Also mankind could be reconciled to God

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Speaker 3: once more. He wore the dirtiness of humanity so they

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Speaker 3: might wear his righteousness. Jesus screamed to the heavens and

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Speaker 3: cried out.

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Speaker 4: He lii eli whola must.

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Speaker 8: Emotony, which means, my God, my God, why have you

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Speaker 8: forsaken me?

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Speaker 3: People laughed at his cries, but they did not see

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Speaker 3: the cosmic shift taking place before them. Jesus, who had

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Speaker 3: been connected with the Father and Spirit since before time

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Speaker 3: was created, was now separated from them. Jesus endured separation

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Speaker 3: from God so that no person would ever have to again.

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Speaker 3: It had been done. The weight of mankind sins were

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Speaker 3: thrust on his shoulders. Now the only thing left to

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Speaker 3: do was bury them in the grave. To do that,

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Speaker 3: Jesus had to die. He looked down at the people below.

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Speaker 3: His eyes were darkened and nearly lifeless. Jesus whispered. The

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Speaker 3: soldiers took a sponge attached to a hissop branch and

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Speaker 3: soaked it in sour wine for him to drink. Over

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Speaker 3: a thousand years prior, the blood of lambs soaked his

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Speaker 3: up branches to go on the doorposts of the Hebrews.

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Speaker 3: Now a different lamb was about to be slain. He'd

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Speaker 3: lifted his legs and arms to take one final breath.

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Speaker 3: The lightning strapped aside him, causing the soldiers to fall back. Then,

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Speaker 3: with the booming voice of the Almighty, Jesus yelled it

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Speaker 3: his freisht and he bowed his head and gave up

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Speaker 3: his spirit. As Jesus breathed his last the heavens released

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Speaker 3: the rains, and the storm hurled itself downward at the

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Speaker 3: soldiers and bystanders. In the distance, the priests could hear

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Speaker 3: a loud tearing in the temple. They ran towards the

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Speaker 3: inner place, where God's presence dwelled. There was a large

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Speaker 3: curtain separating the Holy of Holies from God its people.

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Speaker 3: Yet in the moment Jesus breathed his last breath, the

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Speaker 3: temple curtain was torn in two, signifying the manifest presence

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Speaker 3: of God's spirit. God's presence would no longer be separated

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Speaker 3: from man in the temple. He would dwell among them,

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Speaker 3: as he did with Jesus. At the foot of the cross,

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Speaker 3: a soldier stood looking up at Jesus's lifeless body. He

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Speaker 3: could feel the earth itself weeping over his death. He

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Speaker 3: took off his helmet and gazed up. Truly, this man

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Speaker 3: was the son of God, he said. They then took

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Speaker 3: a spear and drove it through Jesus's side to insure

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Speaker 3: he was dead. Pouring out of his body was blood

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Speaker 3: and water. Ages ago, God formed Eve from the side

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Speaker 3: of Adam. He took his ribs and formed for him

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Speaker 3: a bride. He would walk beside her and love her.

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Speaker 3: Now from the cross, God took something from Jesus's side.

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Speaker 3: Water poured forth as a symbol of the cleansing work

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Speaker 3: of his sacrifice. From this the Church will be born.

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Speaker 3: The bride of Christ. Jesus was brought down a rich

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Speaker 3: man who was devoted to Jesus. Joseph of Arimathea had

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Speaker 3: requested the body from ponscious Pylot. There he Mary Magdalen

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Speaker 3: and the other Mary helped wrap him in clean linen. Then,

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Speaker 3: quickly and without a procession, the son of God was

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Speaker 3: laid in a tomb cut from the side of the hill.

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Speaker 3: They rolled a great stone on the entrance of the

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Speaker 3: tomb and went away. Jesus's body laid in darkness. Death

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Speaker 3: had delivered the first blow. The disciples were dispersed in fear,

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Speaker 3: and the religion jous leaders basked in their victory. The

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Speaker 3: skies were dark, and the entire universe was weeping at

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Speaker 3: the death of its creator. The Lamb of God had

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Speaker 3: been slain. He was beaten, pierced, mocked, and killed. Yet

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Speaker 3: in all of this he was not a victim. Jesus

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Speaker 3: was not dragged to the cross against his will. He

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Speaker 3: pursued it. He welcomed death as an unworthy adversary. Since

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Speaker 3: the fall of man, sin and death had caused a

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Speaker 3: rift between mankind and its creator. Jesus came to remove

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Speaker 3: death's script from humanity, so he took it on himself.

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Speaker 3: Jesus lay in the tomb, yes, but so did all

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Speaker 3: the sins of humanity. They were buried and gone in

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Speaker 3: the grave. The enemy rejoiced for a moment, basking in

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Speaker 3: the triumph. His joy would be short lived, for the

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Speaker 3: hero of history was preparing to rise again. He would

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Speaker 3: make a mockery of sin soon.

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Speaker 2: Enough, crucifying, crucifying. It's hard to believe that some of

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Speaker 2: the same people in this crowd were just praising his

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Speaker 2: name a week earlier, but that is the nature of

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Speaker 2: all human beings. We can be fickle and double minded.

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Speaker 2: Lucky for us, Jesus isn't double minded. He had a

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Speaker 2: singular focus the Cross. His gaze was continually set on

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Speaker 2: the hill of Calvary, where Death was awaiting a battle.

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Speaker 2: A theme in this episode and a few of the

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Speaker 2: episodes leading up to this one was the personification of death,

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Speaker 2: as if it were a person or beast that was

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Speaker 2: an intentional choice to communicate the heart of God. Satan

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Speaker 2: wasn't even the ultimate enemy to be defeated. Death was.

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Speaker 2: The Bible uses several metaphors for death throughout scripture. The

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Speaker 2: most compelling image to me is Goliath. He was the

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Speaker 2: embodiment of death, corruption, and the threat of sin. David

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Speaker 2: is an image of Jesus, who stood up to conquer

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Speaker 2: death once and for all. There were plenty of times

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Speaker 2: when Jesus could have backed out and run away. He

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Speaker 2: could have stayed away from Jerusalem. He could have stopped Judas.

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Speaker 2: He could have renounced the words of Caiaphas, and, now

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Speaker 2: standing face to face with punchest pilot who wants an

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Speaker 2: excuse to set him free, Jesus still refuses to back down.

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Speaker 2: The cross is before him and any thoughts of comfort

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Speaker 2: are behind him. To a worldly man like Pilate, it

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Speaker 2: can be confusing, but to a follower of Jesus it

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Speaker 2: makes perfect sense. Jesus has always embodied the idea of

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Speaker 2: sacrificing service to those he loves. He was not going

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Speaker 2: to let the fear of death stop him from carrying

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Speaker 2: out the will of God. After several attempts at helping

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Speaker 2: Jesus pilot puts the decision in the hands of the crowd.

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Speaker 2: He presents them with a choice. They can free Jesus,

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Speaker 2: or they can free the terrorists. Starred by the Pharisees

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Speaker 2: and seduced by the enemy, the crowd chance for Rabbits.

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Speaker 2: This is profound imagery that shouldn't be missed. For Rabbits

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Speaker 2: represents you and I. For Rabbis, who was actually guilty,

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Speaker 2: was replaced by Jesus, who was actually innocent. You and I,

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Speaker 2: although guilty because of our sins, have been pardoned. Jesus,

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Speaker 2: who lived the perfect life, died the death we deserved.

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Speaker 2: The most compelling scene, in my opinion, was the scourging

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Speaker 2: of Jesus. After being condemned to die, he was given

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Speaker 2: over to the Romans, masters of torture. He was beaten

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Speaker 2: to an unrecognizable degree. The moment they gave me chills

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Speaker 2: was when Jesus lifted his gaze toward the hill. Let's

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Speaker 2: listen to that scene again together. He rose his head

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Speaker 2: toward the hills in the distance. He knew that his

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Speaker 2: present pain was not comparable to the glory awaiting him.

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Speaker 2: Death had beckoned him for a fight. It would not win.

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Speaker 2: He thought of his disciples, the sick he had healed,

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Speaker 2: and the poor he had preached to. They were his sheep,

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Speaker 2: the people he was called to redeem. The words of

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Speaker 2: Isaiah echoed from ancient days. They prophesied of this very moment, saying,

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Speaker 2: surely is borne our grief and carried our sorrow. We

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Speaker 2: considered him stricken, smitten by God, and afflicted. Yet even

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Speaker 2: so he was pierced for our transgressions. He was crushed

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Speaker 2: for our iniquities. Upon him was the punishment that brought

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Speaker 2: us peace. And by his wounds we are healed. Jesus's

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Speaker 2: suffering and death was not by random chance. It was

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Speaker 2: prophesied from the very beginning. When mankind fell from grace.

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Speaker 2: In the garden, God prophesied over Adam and Eve, promising

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Speaker 2: a son who would spring forth to defeat the serpent.

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Speaker 2: He would crush his head, but the serpent would bruise

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Speaker 2: his heel. This was the bruising God spoke of. Jesus

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Speaker 2: is the ancient and foreshadowed son of Man, destined to

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Speaker 2: defeat the serpent and restore life to mankind. We see

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Speaker 2: an extraordinary dichotomy in the Gospels. Jesus is a meek

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Speaker 2: humble and joyful servant, but he's also a strong and

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Speaker 2: conquering warrior who stares death in the face without flinching.

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Speaker 2: This dichotomy was explored in our series through David, who

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Speaker 2: was both a warrior and poet, king and shepherd. If

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Speaker 2: you haven't yet listened to our series through David, I

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Speaker 2: highly recommend it to you. His life provides a beautiful

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Speaker 2: perspective for the life of Christ. Jesus marched up to

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Speaker 2: the place of the Skull, where death was awaiting its challenger.

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Speaker 2: A few things happened before Jesus was risen up to die. First,

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Speaker 2: he needed to march up the hill with the cross

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Speaker 2: on his back. The weight was heavy for his tired

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Speaker 2: and tattered legs, so a man named Simon was asked

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Speaker 2: to carry the cross for him. This was a profound

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Speaker 2: image that harkened back to the words of Jesus when

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Speaker 2: he said, if anyone would come after me, let him

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Speaker 2: deny himself, take up his cross and follow me. We

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Speaker 2: all must bear our own crosses. We must all take

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Speaker 2: up suffering in some way the Kingdom of God. As

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Speaker 2: we embrace hardship and struggle, we come out the other

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Speaker 2: side stronger and the people around us are blessed. Carved

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Speaker 2: into the cross was the title King of the Jews.

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Speaker 2: In scripture, we are told that it was written in Aramaic, Latin,

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Speaker 2: and Greek, the major languages of the ruling powers and

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Speaker 2: nations at that time. This was a beautiful image of

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Speaker 2: what would come afterward, when every tribe, whether Jew, Greek,

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Speaker 2: or Roman, would come to recognize Jesus as king and Lord.

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Speaker 2: And isn't it beautiful that Jesus's coronation as king was

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Speaker 2: not with trumpets surrounded by nobility, but with a crown

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Speaker 2: of thorns upon his head and mockery at his feet.

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Speaker 2: Paul talked about this in Philippians three, saying, have this

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Speaker 2: mind among yourselves, which is yours. In Christ Jesus, who

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Speaker 2: though he was in the form of God, did not

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Speaker 2: count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but

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Speaker 2: emptied himself by taking the form of a servant. Being

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Speaker 2: born in the likeness of men and being found in

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Speaker 2: human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the

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Speaker 2: point of death, even death on a cross. The nature

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Speaker 2: of true royalty is not having a golden crown, but

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Speaker 2: knowing when to lay it down. Jesus laid it all

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Speaker 2: down for our sake on the cross, but before he

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Speaker 2: gave up his spirit, he had a few compelling interactions

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Speaker 2: with those around him. Even at the doorstep of death,

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Speaker 2: Jesus noticed the individual. First, he attended to the thief

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Speaker 2: on the cross, who desperately wanted forgiveness for his sins.

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Speaker 2: Jesus forgave him and granted him everlasting life. Second, he

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Speaker 2: attended to his mother. Even as he is perishing under

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Speaker 2: existential separation from God, he still sees fit to make

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Speaker 2: sure his mom is taken care of. There's no cause

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Speaker 2: for the collective that requires you to abandon the relationships

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Speaker 2: that matter most. When you look at the grand picture

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Speaker 2: of our lives, it can be easy for us to

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Speaker 2: be self focused because we are all about the mission. Jesus, however,

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Speaker 2: was able to pause and consider the thief and his mother.

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Speaker 2: The work was almost finished and God was pouring out

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Speaker 2: his wrath on Jesus. In a moment of pain, he

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Speaker 2: shouted Eli Eli Lama sabac deni, which means, my God,

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Speaker 2: my God, why have you forsaken me. Jesus, who had

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Speaker 2: been connected with the Father and Spirit since before time

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Speaker 2: was created, was now separated from them. Jesus endured separation

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Speaker 2: from God so that no person would ever have to again.

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Speaker 2: After he said this, he asked for a drink. Instead

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Speaker 2: of a refreshing drink of water, he was given sorrow

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Speaker 2: wine from a sponge. The sour drink was an image

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Speaker 2: of the cup Jesus said he had to drink. Do

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Speaker 2: you remember his reference to the cup? He mentioned it

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Speaker 2: when James and John asked to sit at his right

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Speaker 2: and left hand in episode fourteen. You have no idea

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Speaker 2: what you're asking?

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Speaker 5: Do you?

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Speaker 2: Are you able to drink the cup that I'm about

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Speaker 2: to drink in Jerusalem? Jesus asked, unsure of the question,

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Speaker 2: but brimming with confidence. James and John nodded, Yes, Lord,

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Speaker 2: we are. We would not be following you if we

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Speaker 2: were not sure. Jesus nodded in agreement. He looked into

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Speaker 2: their eyes. For a moment, they were unable to see

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Speaker 2: their future, but Jesus was. He alone was able to

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Speaker 2: peer into the future of James and John. The cup

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Speaker 2: Jesus would drink at Jerusalem was a cup of suffering.

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Speaker 2: He would endure it, and although they were filled with pride,

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Speaker 2: he knew James and John would endure it as well.

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Speaker 2: He also prayed that the cup would pass from him.

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Speaker 2: When praying to God in the garden in episode seventeen,

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Speaker 2: Jesus's shivering body walked into the opening between the trees.

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Speaker 2: He looked up to see the moon peeking out from

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Speaker 2: the clouds. His jaw quivered. He closed his eyes and

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Speaker 2: fell to the ground. Jesus's face was on the floor.

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Speaker 2: He clinched fistfuls of dirt and grass as he prayed

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Speaker 2: vigorously to the Lord. Tears streamed down his wincing face.

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Speaker 2: My father, he cried, if it be possible, let this

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Speaker 2: cup pass from me. Back then, when King's crown, they

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Speaker 2: would take a sip from a royal chalice. When Jesus

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Speaker 2: spoke about this cup, the disciples always took it to

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Speaker 2: mean something good. But this was the cup he was

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Speaker 2: talking about, the cup of wrath. So when he said

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Speaker 2: it is finished, he met the power of sending death

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Speaker 2: and decay was taken. The episode ends with the Son

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Speaker 2: of God lying in a tomb. You and I know

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Speaker 2: that this is not where the story ends. However, the

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Speaker 2: beloved disciples didn't know what you and I know. In

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Speaker 2: our next episode, we will follow them in their grief,

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Speaker 2: feel the pain of loss, and then experience the awe

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Speaker 2: of resurrection. Join us for episode nineteen. He has risen.

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Speaker 2: Thanks again for listening. For more inspiring stories, daily prayers

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Speaker 2: and wisdom to last a lifetime, go to pray dot com.

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Speaker 2: And to expand your heroes in the Bible journey, download

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Speaker 2: the Heroes of the Faith devotional at Tonyevans dot org.

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Speaker 2: Forward slash Heroes. Share this podcast with the family member

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Speaker 2: or friend so they can know Jesus Christ in a

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Speaker 2: personal way. You never know how great of an impact

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Speaker 2: the Bible and this podcast can have on someone's life.

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Speaker 2: God bless