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MARCH 27, 1921 THE LIVING CHRIST (Easter Lesson). Golden Text: I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Mat. 28:20. LESSON TEXT Mat. 28:1-10, IP-20. (Read Mat. 27:51-66; Mk. 16:1-18; Lu. 23:56—24:12; Jno. 20:1-18; Phil. 3:8-11; 1 Pet. 1:3-5.)
(1) In th e end of th e sab b ath , as it began to daw n tow a rd th e first day of th e w eek, cam e M ary M ag dalene an d th e o th er M ary to see th e sepulchre. (2) And, behold, th e re w as a g re a t e a rth q u a k e : fo r th e 1 a n g el of th e L ord descended from heaven, a n d cam e an d ro lled back th e sto n e from th e door and s a t upon it. (3) H is countenance w as lik e lig h tn in g , a n d his ra im en t w h ite a s snow : (4) And fo r fe a r of him th e k eep ers did shak e, and become as dead m en. (5) A nd th e an g el a n sw ered an d said u n to th e women, F e a r n o t ye; fo r I know th a t ye seek Jesu s, w hich w as c ru c i fied. (6) He is n o t h ere: fo r he is risen , as he said. Come, see th e place w h ere th e L ord lay. (7) And go quickly, an d te ll his disciples, th a t he is rise n from th e dead; and, behold, he g o e th before y o u in to G alilee; th e re sh a ll ye see him : lo, I have to ld you. (8) And th ey de p a rte d q uickly from th e sepulchre OUTLINE (1) The Messenger and Message, vs. 1-7. (2) The Master Himself, vs. 8-10. (3) The Money Bribers, vs. 11-15. (4) The Meeting on the Mount, T's. 16-20. The theme is so great and the ac counts so full when all are considered that we must confine ourselves to the story in Matthew. (1) The two Marys are on their way to the tomb. There was a great earth quake. The stone was rolled away and an angel sat upon it. The guards lay prostrate upon the ground as dead men, (Rev. 1:17). “And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead.” The stone was rolled away, not to , LESSON GER AND MES- SAGE: “ T h e a n g e l of the Lord/;’ EXPOSITION T. C. Horton
w ith fe a r a n d g re a t joy; and did ru n to b rin g his d isciples w ord. (9) And a s th ey w e n t to te ll h is d is ciples, behold, Je su s m et them , sa y ing, A ll hail. And th ey cam e and held him by th e feet, and w o r shipped him . (10) T hen said Je su s un to them . Be n o t a fra id : go te ll m y b re th re n th a t th ey go in to G ali lee, and th e re sh a ll th ey see ME, (16) T hen th e eleven disciples w en t aw ay in to Galilee, in to a m o u n tain w here Je su s had ap p ointed them . (17) And w hen th e y saw HIM, th ey w orshipped HIM, b u t som e doubted. (18) And Je su s cam e and spake u n to them , saying, All pow er is g iven un to ME in heaven an d in e arth . (19) Go ye th erefo re, and tea ch a ll n a tio n s b ap tizin g th em in th e nam e of th e F a th e r, and of th e Son, an d of th e H oly G host: (20) T each in g th em to observe a ll th in g s w h atsoever I have Commanded you: and, lo, I am w ith you alw ay, even u n to th e end Of th e w orld. Amen. allow Christ to pass out, for He was already gone, hut to allow the women to look in. There is no' description of the resurrection itself. No mortal eyes beheld it; no pen records it. The facts are stated. The silence of the Scrip tures is often as impressive as the words. The vision of the angel. “Counten ance like lightning,” “Raiment white as snow.” (Rev. ' 1:14-15). What a marvelous revelation of the glorious bodies which await the saints. If the guards were frigid in fright at the ap pearance of one heavenly visitant, what will it be when the Lord descends with His holy ones with Him? Angels at tended the birth of the Lord, minis tered to Him in the wilderness, com forted Him in the Garden and sur rounded .His tomb. The voice of the angel. “ Pear not.” No fear for them, but rather cheer. He is not here. They came looking for a body to embalm, but found a being
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