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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's name. Amen, Stay tuned to immerse yourself in

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Speaker 1: the Greatest Stories Ever Told from pray dot COM's podcast

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Speaker 1: Heroes in the Bible.

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Speaker 2: Hi, I'm doctor Tony Evans, jehost for Heroes in the

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Speaker 2: This is the episode we have been teasing since the beginning.

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Speaker 2: no real storytelling that will do this event justice. How

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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 joyfully endured pain, suffering, and separation. Jesus, this act

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Speaker 2: the prelude, a story captured from another time in space.

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Speaker 2: The story of David and Goliath is renowned throughout the

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Speaker 4: Prin lude to chapter eighteen. The giant steps shook beer

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Speaker 4: The whole crowd erupted and curses. Jesus peered out into

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Speaker 3: Come now, your majesty, save yourself.

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Speaker 4: They laughed and spat in his direction. Lightning flashed in

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Speaker 4: the distance, lighting up the skies. Jesus looked down at them.

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Speaker 4: Crucifixion was a slow and painful death. The position of

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Speaker 4: his arms and legs made it nearly impossible to breathe.

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Speaker 4: If Jesus desired to take a breath, he needed to

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Speaker 4: push up on the nails in his feet and pulled

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Speaker 4: from the nails in his hands. Every breath was a

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Speaker 4: precious and painful gift. With those breaths, he prayed for

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Speaker 4: the people below.

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Speaker 3: Father, forgive them.

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Speaker 1: They do not know what they are doing.

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Speaker 4: He prayed, if Jesus desire, with his single breath, he

446
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Speaker 4: could redirect the storm to strike every one of them down. However,

447
00:30:06,360 --> 00:30:09,880
Speaker 4: their mockery only proved their deep need to be saved.

448
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Speaker 4: With every insult hurled Jesus's way, his will to conquer

449
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Speaker 4: sin grew stronger. The thief on his right chimed in

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Speaker 4: with the goading, aren't you the Christ? The man yelled,

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Speaker 4: why don't.

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Speaker 5: You strike them down and save us?

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Speaker 4: The thief on the left had his eyes closed. He

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Speaker 4: was near death and could barely hold his head up.

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Speaker 6: Have you no fear?

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Speaker 4: The man mumbled in response, We.

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Speaker 1: Are hanging here because we deserve it.

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Speaker 5: This man hangs innocent.

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Speaker 4: The thief turned his head to Jesus. His eyes were weary.

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Speaker 4: He only had a few moments left.

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Speaker 7: Jesus, my Lord, please.

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Speaker 4: He began coughing up blood, then looked Jesus deep in

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Speaker 4: the eyes. Tears of regret stream down his face. He

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Speaker 4: 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 4: Jesus looked at the man with compassion. Although his face

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Speaker 4: was mangled, bloody, and swollen, he managed to smile.

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Speaker 3: Yes, my child, Jesus whispered, to day you will be

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Speaker 3: with me in paradise.

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Speaker 4: The thief smiled and closed his eyes. Jesus then turned

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Speaker 4: to the foot of the cross. Jesus's mother was bowed

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Speaker 4: before him. Her cries were inconsolable. She looked at Jesus

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Speaker 4: not just as a crucified king or a sacrificial lamb.

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Speaker 4: She saw him as her baby, the same child she

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Speaker 4: swadowed in the manger. She ran towards the cross to

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Speaker 4: touch her son. She wanted to hold him and comfort him,

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Speaker 4: but the soldiers stopped her and threw her to the ground.

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Speaker 4: John was there and ran to Mary. Jesus stirred where

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Speaker 4: he hung. He looked Mary at John. He cried out

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Speaker 4: in pain as he lifted his chest to breathe. He

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Speaker 4: cried to his mother in beloved to sighton John was

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Speaker 4: precious to Jesus. Gesturing to John.

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Speaker 3: He said, mother, behold you son.

484
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Speaker 4: Then, gesturing to Mary, he said, son, behold your mother.

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Speaker 4: John nodded and lifted Mary to her feet and took

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Speaker 4: her home. Jesus's first miracle was a favor for his mother,

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Speaker 4: and now as he hung on a cross, ready to

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Speaker 4: bear the weight of all mankind sins, he made sure

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Speaker 4: his mother was taken care of. Hours had passed, and

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Speaker 4: the thundering skies bellowed like war drums. Death itself was

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Speaker 4: raging like a wild animal. Its claws were sinking deeper

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Speaker 4: into the neck of God's chosen hero. Jesus knew the

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Speaker 4: hour had come. It was time for the full weight

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Speaker 4: of God's wrath to be poured out onto him. Every sin, past, present,

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Speaker 4: in future required punishment. So Jesus looked up to heaven,

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Speaker 4: and the mighty judgment of Yahweh struck down like a

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Speaker 4: bolt of lightning, and that very moment, the entire sins

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Speaker 4: of humanity were released. Unto Jesus, he who knew no

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Speaker 4: sin became sin, also mankind could be reconciled to God

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Speaker 4: once more. He wore the dirtiness of humanity so they

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Speaker 4: might wear his righteousness. Jesus screamed to the heavens and

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Speaker 4: cried out.

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Speaker 3: He lii e liie who amust tomotony, which means my God,

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Speaker 3: my God, why have you forsaken me.

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Speaker 4: People laughed at his cries, but they did not see

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Speaker 4: the cosmic shift taking place before them. Jesus, who had

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Speaker 4: been connected with the Father and Spirit since before time

508
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Speaker 4: was created, was now separated from them. Jesus endured separation

509
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Speaker 4: from God so that no person would ever have to again.

510
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Speaker 4: It had been done. The weight of mankind sins were

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Speaker 4: thrust on his shoulders. Now the only thing left to

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Speaker 4: do was bury them in the grave. To do that,

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Speaker 4: Jesus had to die. He looked down at the people below.

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Speaker 4: His eyes were darkened and nearly lifeless. Jesus whispered. The

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Speaker 4: soldiers took a sponge attached to a hissop branch and

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Speaker 4: soaked it in sour wine for him to drink. Over

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Speaker 4: a thousand years prior, the blood of lambs soaked hiss

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Speaker 4: up branches to go on the doorposts of the Hebrews.

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Speaker 4: Now a different lamb was about to be slain. He

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Speaker 4: lifted his legs and arms to take one final breath.

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Speaker 4: The lightning strapped aside him, causing the soldiers to fall back. Then,

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Speaker 4: with the booming voice of the Almighty, Jesus yelled it

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Speaker 4: His furnished and he bowed his head and gave up

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Speaker 4: his spirit. As Jesus breathed his last the heavens released

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Speaker 4: the rains, and the storm hurled itself downward at the

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Speaker 4: soldiers and bystanders. In the distance, the priests could hear

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Speaker 4: a loud tearing in the temple. They ran towards the

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Speaker 4: inner place, where God's presence dwelled. There was a large

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Speaker 4: curtain separating the Holy of Holies from God people. Yet

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Speaker 4: in the moment Jesus breathed his last breath, the temple

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Speaker 4: curtain was torn in two, signifying the manifest presence of

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Speaker 4: God's spirit. God's presence would no longer be separated from

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Speaker 4: man in the temple. He would dwell among them as

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Speaker 4: he did with Jesus. At the foot of the cross,

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Speaker 4: a soldier stood looking up at Jesus's lifeless body. He

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Speaker 4: could feel the earth itself weeping over his death. He

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Speaker 4: took off his helmet and gazed up.

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Speaker 5: Truly, this man was the son of God.

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Speaker 4: He said. They then took a spear and drove it

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Speaker 4: through Jesus's side to insure he was dead. Pouring out

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Speaker 4: of his body was blood and water. Ages ago, God

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Speaker 4: formed Eve from the side of Adam. He took his

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Speaker 4: rib and formed for him a bride. He would aalk

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Speaker 4: beside her and love her. Now from the cross, God

545
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Speaker 4: took something from Jesus's side. Water poured forth as a

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Speaker 4: symbol of the cleansing work of his sacrifice. From this

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Speaker 4: the Church will be born. The bride of Christ. Jesus

548
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Speaker 4: was brought down a rich man who was devoted to Jesus.

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Speaker 4: Joseph of Arimathea had requested the body from conscious Pinot.

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Speaker 4: There he Mary Magdalen and the other Mary helped wrap

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Speaker 4: him in clean linen. Then, quickly and without a procession,

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Speaker 4: the son of God was laid in a tomb cut

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Speaker 4: from the side of a hill. They rolled a great

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Speaker 4: stone on the entrance of the tomb and went away.

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Speaker 4: Jesus's body, laid in darkness. Death had delivered the first blow.

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Speaker 4: The disciples were dispersed in fear, and the relig jeous

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Speaker 4: leaders basked in their victory. The skies were dark, and

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Speaker 4: the entire universe was weeping at the death of its creator.

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Speaker 4: The Lamb of God had been slain. He was beaten, pierced, mocked,

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Speaker 4: and killed. Yet in all of this he was not

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Speaker 4: a victim. Jesus was not dragged to the cross against

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Speaker 4: his will. He pursued it. He welcomed death as an

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Speaker 4: unworthy adversary. Since the fall of man, sin and death

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Speaker 4: had caused a rift between mankind and its creator. Jesus

565
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Speaker 4: came to remove death's grip on humanity, so he took

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Speaker 4: it on himself. Jesus lay in the tomb, yes, but

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Speaker 4: so did all the sins of humanity. They were buried

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Speaker 4: and gone in the grave. The enemy rejoiced for a moment,

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Speaker 4: basking in the triumph. His joy would be short lived,

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Speaker 4: for the hero of history was preparing to rise again.

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Speaker 4: He would make a mockery of sin soon enough.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Speaker 2: Hill of Calvary, where Death was awaiting a battle. A

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

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Speaker 2: 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 punches Pilate, 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 Jesus,

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Speaker 2: 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,

607
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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 a 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, humble,

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Speaker 2: 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, with 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 the 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 sorow 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, do you? Are you able to drink

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Speaker 2: the cup that I'm about to drink in Jerusalem, Jesus asked,

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Speaker 2: unsure of the question, but brimming with confidence. James and

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Speaker 2: John nodded, Yes, Lord, we are. We would not be

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Speaker 2: following you if we were not sure. Jesus nodded in agreement.

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Speaker 2: He looked into their eyes. For a moment. They were

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

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Speaker 2: was able to peer into the future of James and John.

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Speaker 2: The cup Jesus would drink at Jerusalem was a cup

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Speaker 2: of suffering. He would endure it, and although they were

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Speaker 2: filled with pride, he knew James and John would endure

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Speaker 2: it as well. He also prayed that the cup would

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Speaker 2: pass from him. When praying to God in the garden

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Speaker 2: in episode seventeen, Jesus's shivering body walked into the opening

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Speaker 2: between the trees. He looked up to see the moon

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Speaker 2: peeking out from the clouds. His jaw quivered. He closed

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Speaker 2: his eyes and fell to the ground. Jesus's face was

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Speaker 2: on the floor. He clinched fistfolds of dirt and grass

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Speaker 2: as he prayed vigorously to the Lord. Tears streamed down

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Speaker 2: his wincing face. My father, he cried, if it be possible,

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Speaker 2: let this cup pass from me. Back then, when kings

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Speaker 2: were crowned, they would take a sip from a royal chalice.

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Speaker 2: When Jesus spoke about this cup, the disciples always took

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

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

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

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Speaker 2: sending death and decay was taken. The episode ends with

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Speaker 2: the Son of God lying in a tomb. You and

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

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Speaker 2: the beloved Disciples didn't know what you and I know.

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Speaker 2: In 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 Tony Evans 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