IIT UBF - University Bible Fellowship at IIT

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The Death and Burial of Jesus

Date: Jul. 10, 2022

Passage

Mark 15:33-47 (ESV)

33 And when the sixth hour had come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour. 34 And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?” which means, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” 35 And some of the bystanders hearing it said, “Behold, he is calling Elijah.” 36 And someone ran and filled a sponge with sour wine, put it on a reed and gave it to him to drink, saying, “Wait, let us see whether Elijah will come to take him down.” 37 And Jesus uttered a loud cry and breathed his last. 38 And the curtain of the temple was torn in two, from top to bottom. 39 And when the centurion, who stood facing him, saw that in this way he breathed his last, he said, “Truly this man was the Son of God!”

40 There were also women looking on from a distance, among whom were Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the younger and of Joses, and Salome. 41 When he was in Galilee, they followed him and ministered to him, and there were also many other women who came up with him to Jerusalem.

42 And when evening had come, since it was the day of Preparation, that is, the day before the Sabbath, 43 Joseph of Arimathea, a respected member of the council, who was also himself looking for the kingdom of God, took courage and went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. 44 Pilate was surprised to hear that he should have already died. And summoning the centurion, he asked him whether he was already dead. 45 And when he learned from the centurion that he was dead, he granted the corpse to Joseph. 46 And Joseph bought a linen shroud, and taking him down, wrapped him in the linen shroud and laid him in a tomb that had been cut out of the rock. And he rolled a stone against the entrance of the tomb. 47 Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses saw where he was laid.

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Key Verse: 15:34

And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?” which means, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”

From noon to three in the afternoon darkness descended at what should be the brightest part of the day. The darkness was accompanied by Jesus crying out, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” Jesus suffered physically, but his spiritual suffering for us is incomparable. People waited for Elijah to come, but Jesus breathed his last. He had to die for the sin of humankind.

When Jesus suffered like this, amazing things happened. The temple curtain that represented the separation between holy God and sinful man was torn from top to bottom. A hardened Gentile centurion confessed the crucified Jesus to be the Son of God. And Joseph of Arimathea, a member of the very Sanhedrin that condemned Jesus, now went to Pilate to claim Jesus’ body and take care of his burial. These wondrous things testify that the darkness has passed. Since Jesus died, life has come to the sinful world. God is revealed to sinners. Men are made new. Thank God for Jesus, who came to suffer, be rejected, and die for us.

Prayer: Prayer: Lord, help me to live as a new person today. Make my life a testimony of Jesus who died for me.

One Word: One Word: Jesus’ death is life for the world?

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The End of Northern Israel

2 Kings 17:1-23

Key Verse: 17:15

They despised his statutes and his covenant that he made with their fathers and the warnings that he gave them. They went after false idols and became false, and they followed the nations that were around them, concerning whom the LORD had commanded them that they should not do like them.

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