182 - Les Feldick Bible Study Lesson 1 - Part 2 - Book 16 - His Arrest & His Suffering

https://lesfeldickbiblestudy.com Through the Bible with Les Feldick LESSON 1 * PART 2 * BOOK 16 HIS ARREST, HIS SUFFERING Let's pick up in the garden where Jesus is speaking. Matthew 26:55,56 The power of Resurrection. Before that, the Resurrection hasn't been mentioned and is not part of that Kingdom Gospel. Some teachers and preachers have problems with His Resurrection. But if they have a problem with the Resurrection, they'll have a problem getting into glory. Chapter 27. Matthew 27:11a "And Jesus stood before the governor:..." The Creator! One word and He could have annihilated the whole city of Jerusalem. Remember, here Jesus stood before the Roman authority, but one day that same Roman authority will stand before Him. As will Presidents, and Kings. Go to Revelation Chapter 20. We are living in a day of such gross unbelief, where they scoff at this Book. They don't realize how meticulously and supernaturally this whole Book is put together. Human intellect could never have done it. At the end of time for the human experience; eternity is about to begin. Revelation 20:11,12 Back in Matthew, God was standing before the Roman Government. Never forget that Christ was God. Christ laid aside His glory but never His Deity. Unless that Governor was saved (and we don't know about that), he will stand before Christ and Christ will be The Judge. So all men, great and small, who have not experienced salvation, will one day stand before Him to face their eternal doom. Back to Matthew Chapter 27 again. The Nation of Israel is on trial more than Jesus is: Matthew 27:15 "Now at that feast the governor was wont to release unto the people a prisoner, whom they would." Pilate keeps trying to convince the crowd that he can find nothing wrong with Jesus. Matthew 27:24,25 Verse 25 is crucial, especially as it pertains to the Nation of Israel. Absolutely. Again, I had the young Jewish man that watches our programs in Hollywood call the other day. He's a Judaistic Jew and not a believing Jew. I asked him if he realizes the horrors that are facing his nation. Let's look at verse 27: Matthew 27:27 "Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the common hall, and gathered unto him the whole band of soldier. Matthew 27:29 If you have ever been stuck by a thorn you know how it hurts and acts like a poison), they put it upon his head, and a reed in his right hand: and they bowed the knee before him, and mocked him, saying, `Hail, King of the Jews (imagine, before the Creator God).'" Matthew 27:30-36 Let's go to Isaiah Chapter 52 for a moment. Remember God is laying on Christ all the sin of mankind. That, coupled with the physical abuse at the hands of the Romans, left these results: Isaiah 52:14 As many were astonied at thee; his visage (appearance) was so marred more than any man, and his form more than the sons of men:" Matthew 27:37 "And set up over his head his accusation written, `THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS.'" Matthew 27:38 Matthew 27:45,46 In those three hours there is no record of Jesus saying a single word. "And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say `My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?'" Matthew 27:50 "Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost." He gave up His own life although Peter in Acts Chapter 2 will tell the Nation of Israel, "You killed the Messiah." In other aspects of Scripture we feel the Romans put Him to death. No one took His life. Matthew 27:51 "And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake. and the rocks rent:" Many people miss this part. The veil was that part in the Tabernacle, and later in the Temple, that separated the sanctuary, (in which the priest ministered daily from the Holy of Holies), wherein was the Ark of the Covenant. After Solomon's Temple was built that veil was thick and heavy. The veil in symbolism spoke of His body of flesh. Nevertheless the Jews didn't understand this. Matthew 27:52,53 "And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose, And came out of the graves (not while Christ was on the Cross but when?) after his resurrection." No one had ever been resurrected from the dead before Christ was. Those people in Scripture who had died and were brought back to life had each died again. But Christ's Resurrection opened the door to life after death. To show the power of His Resurrection, and in order to fulfill the Firstfruits, we also see others were resurrected after His Resurrection. They went into the holy city of Jerusalem and appeared unto many. Remember the Jews are still frustrated and asked that extra guards be placed around the tomb of Jesus. Oh the frustration of simple men. How they think that they can withstand a Holy and mighty God, and people haven't changed. #LesFeldick #BibleStudy #Bible