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  5_c.gif The Resurrection of Jesus
    [부활하신 예수님]
  5_c.gif text- Matthew 28:20
 
and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age."

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The resurrection of Jesus

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[NKJV] Matthew 28:20
Teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Amen.

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Jesus was arrested by the Roman soldiers because Judas Iscariot had betrayed him. They led him away to Governor Pilate.
Jesus was crucified by the Roman soldiers although he didn’t have any sin. Jesus said his last word, “It is finished.” And he died on the cross. Jesus breathed his last; at that moment the earth shook and darkness came over the whole land. There was sadness about the death of the Son of God. When they saw this, they exclaimed, “Surely he was the Son of God.”

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Joseph from Arimathea went to Pilate, he asked for the body of Jesus to bury him in his tomb.

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The body of Jesus was buried in the tomb provided by Joseph from Arimathea. They mourned deeply.

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The Roman soldiers guarded the tomb as securely as they should. They secured the tomb hard for fear that his disciples would come, steal the body, and tell the people that he had been raised from the dead.
Friday and Saturday, two days passed and nothing happened. At last Sunday, very early in the morning, the day Jesus prophesied that he would rise again came. So, the soldiers secured the tomb tighter.

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After three days, there was a violent earthquake, for an angel came down from heaven and rolled back the stone from the tomb and sat on it. His appearance was like lightning, and his clothes were white as snow.

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At that time, when Mary Magdalene and the other Mary who would anoint Jesus’ body saw what happened and they were so afraid and shook. The angel said to them, “Don’t be afraid, are you looking for Jesus who was crucified? He is not here, He has risen! Just as he said so He is going ahead of you into Galilee. There you will see him.”

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The women were afraid but when they heard about Jesus’ resurrection they hurried away from the tomb.

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Suddenly Jesus appeared to the women who were terrified and said,
“Greetings.”

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When the women heard the word of Jesus, they clasped his feet and worshiped him. Jesus said, “Do not be afraid. Go and tell my brothers to go to Galilee; there they will see me.”

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After the earthquake, some of the guards who saw the angel went into the city and reported to the chief priests.

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“Chief priest!  Chief priest! A serious thing has happened! After the earthquake, the angel came down from heaven and went to the tomb and rolled back the stone.” And Jesus seemed to have been risen. When the chief priests and the elders heard about it they were surprised.

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The chief priests and the elders had met and discussed about that happened.

“I have a good idea, we will spread a rumor that Jesus disciples came during the night and stole his body away.”

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The chief priests gave the soldiers a large sum of money and asked them to spread a bad rumor to the people. So the soldiers took the money and did as they were instructed.
This rumor has been widely spread throughout the land even to this day.

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At that time, the women who went to Jesus’ tomb reported to the disciples what Jesus had told them. “Jesus wants to meet you in Galilee. Hurry up, let’s go to Galilee.”

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Then the disciples ran to the mountain of Galilee
where Jesus had told them to go.

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They bowed down and worshiped Jesus who had rose again from the dead. But amazingly the appearance of his resurrected body was like the same as before he died.

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Jesus said to the disciples, “Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”

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Jesus, who had died on the cross, shows us that if we believe in Him; We will be resurrected from the dead and enter the eternal glory of God. Therefore, those who believe in Jesus must trust what he has promised and that surely Jesus is with us always, to the very end of the age. We should be faithful Christians to testify about the resurrection of Jesus.