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Reflections on Scripture with Dr. Leins

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0:06	hello
0:07	today let’s talk about the new creation
0:12	you are familiar I suspect with the idea
0:15	that a particular historical person or
0:18	place or event in the Old Testament can
0:22	be seen as a type or shadow of its
0:24	fulfillment in the New Testament for
0:27	example
0:28	the shepherd boy and King David in the
0:32	Old Testament can be seen as a type or
0:34	shadow of the Good Shepherd and the
0:36	Heavenly King of Kings Jesus Christ in
0:39	the New Testament
0:40	or for example
0:43	the Waters of the flood at the time of
0:46	Noah can be seen as a type of shadow of
0:48	the Waters of holy baptism in the New
0:50	Testament or the Passover meal of the
0:54	Old Testament can be seen as a type or
0:56	shadow of the Lord’s Supper in the New
0:58	Testament you get the idea so today
1:00	we’re going to talk about God’s work of
1:04	Creation in the Old Testament as a type
1:07	or shadow of Christ’s work
1:10	of New Creation in the New Testament
1:16	in the beginning
1:18	Genesis 1
1:21	the Earth was without
1:23	form and was void
1:26	Darkness was over the face of the deep
1:27	and God said let there be light and
1:30	there was light
1:33	and God separated the darkness from the
1:35	light and there was evening and there
1:37	was mourning the first day
1:39	the sequence is odd for us but it’s
1:41	memorable worth noting there was evening
1:44	there was morning the first day
1:47	God created and continued to create in
1:50	subsequent days until on the sixth day
1:53	God created Humanity in his own image in
1:57	the image of God he created them male
1:59	and female created he them
2:02	and there was evening and there was
2:04	mourning the sixth day then on the
2:07	seventh day God rested
2:10	from all of his labors it was a Sabbath
2:13	rest
2:14	have you ever thought
2:16	of God’s work of Creation in the Old
2:18	Testament as a type or a shadow of God’s
2:22	work
2:23	of new creation of redemption
2:27	in the New Testament
2:29	let’s see what happens when the word of
2:31	God
2:31	that spoke all creation into being when
2:34	that word becomes flesh and dwells Among
2:36	Us full of grace and truth and we have
2:38	beheld his glory glory as of the only
2:40	son of the father
2:42	when the one who said let there be light
2:45	becomes the light of the world
2:48	and we see him
2:50	and know him
2:51	let’s start with Monday Thursday of Holy
2:55	Week
2:57	when Jesus sends Peter and John ahead of
2:59	him to make ready the meal of the
3:02	Passover
3:03	as evening Falls this is the beginning
3:06	of the day of preparation
3:09	we would call this Thursday evening but
3:11	to the Jew
3:12	it is the beginning of Friday the day of
3:15	preparation
3:16	Jesus celebrates the last supper with
3:19	his disciples he teaches them the truth
3:22	of his Divine body and blood in the
3:25	Earthly elements of bread and wine by
3:27	virtue of the word of God the word of
3:30	Christ
3:31	making that reality
3:34	he teaches
3:37	extensively
3:38	in the supper
3:40	but when the supper has ended they leave
3:42	for the upper room in the Garden of
3:44	Gethsemane
3:45	there Jesus prays that the cup of all of
3:48	Humanity’s sin may pass from him
3:51	and that the penalty of all of God’s
3:53	Wrath may not be laid upon him
3:56	but he prays also
3:58	not his will but the fathers will be
4:00	done
4:02	Judas comes
4:04	and betrays the Lord
4:06	the guard of the Sanhedrin take him
4:10	seize him for interrogation Peter
4:13	follows and denies him
4:15	the Lord is mocked and beaten bludgeoned
4:19	with a stick spat upon
4:21	this goes on for hours
4:24	until dawn is breaking and he’s taken
4:27	before Pilate pilate finds no guilt no
4:31	fault in this man
4:34	he sends him to Herod who’s displeased
4:37	because he wants to see a miracle
4:39	pardon me
4:42	Jesus is sent back to Pilate
4:44	who’s trying to find a way to release
4:46	him
4:47	he determines that he will have Jesus
4:49	scourged the Roman flagellum is a
4:53	torture instrument it is a whip
4:56	with
4:57	many long strips of leather studded at
5:02	intervals with metal or bone
5:06	it is
5:08	it is created to tear
5:11	flesh
5:12	to tear chunks of Flesh off the back
5:15	side’s abdomen legs of the victim
5:20	the flagellum may result in death
5:26	is designed
5:29	to inflict pain
5:32	it may kill or it may almost kill
5:36	when Jesus has finished his lashes he’s
5:38	taken back to pilate who displays him to
5:40	the crowd and says isn’t this enough I
5:42	can release one man they cry give us
5:45	Barabbas crucify him
5:47	pilate washes his hands of this
5:50	and gives the nod for crucifixion Jesus
5:52	is made to carry his cross
5:54	until he can carry it no longer
5:56	he’s taken to Golgotha there he is
5:58	crucified it’s only nine o’clock in the
6:00	morning
6:03	Jesus is completing his work
6:07	of New Creation
6:09	he has taken upon himself the sins of
6:12	the world
6:14	he is receiving the punishment for all
6:16	Humanity
6:18	he is writhing in agony both spiritually
6:22	and physically
6:25	he is pressing himself up
6:28	on the cross
6:30	pressing his
6:31	his feet
6:33	with the nail through his feet pulling
6:35	with his hands with the nails through
6:37	his hands pulling himself up to grasp
6:40	and gasp a breath
6:43	and then as his energy and life ebb
6:48	he falls down again but realizes quickly
6:51	that he needs breath and Rises up and so
6:55	he rides the cross up and down for hours
6:58	until three o’clock in the afternoon
7:05	Jesus commends his Spirit to his father
7:09	the work of atonement
7:12	is finished
7:14	the Son of God the son of man
7:17	is dead
7:20	Joseph of Arimathea asks for the body of
7:23	Christ
7:24	he and Nicodemus take the body down
7:27	and begin the preparation
7:31	that must take
7:32	two or three hours
7:35	at a minimum but they will rush because
7:37	they must have him in the Tomb
7:39	before the end of the day of preparation
7:41	the beginning of the day of Sabbath
7:43	what do they do to prepare the body
7:45	they must wash the body completely
7:48	they must anoint the body
7:51	with oil
7:54	they will begin to wrap the body with
7:57	fine linen the arms will be wrapped very
8:00	Loosely and in each fold of the linen
8:02	there will be placed nard and aloes
8:05	frankincense and myrrh
8:08	copious amounts in all of the folds both
8:11	arms both legs
8:13	and then
8:15	a napkin will be rolled
8:18	placed under the chin and tied at the
8:20	head
8:21	his face must be covered because he’s
8:23	been beaten and bludgeoned and it’s
8:25	disfigured a disfigured face must be
8:27	covered
8:30	his hands are tied his feet are tied and
8:34	he’s laid on a shroud
8:36	othonia is the name of the Shroud his
8:40	feet are placed at one end his head
8:42	toward the middle it’s about three and a
8:44	half feet wide 14 feet long
8:47	then the rest of the Shroud is brought
8:49	over the head passes over the Torso back
8:51	down to the feet it too is filled with
8:54	copious amounts of of spices and
8:58	ointments
9:01	there are um
9:03	bandages brought around the Shroud and
9:05	tied at intervals what make a burial
9:09	Cocoon of sorts for the body of Christ
9:13	he’s then hastily carried into a tomb
9:16	into which no one has ever been placed
9:20	the tomb is sealed
9:25	all things have taken place before the
9:28	Sabbath begins
9:30	now it is Friday night to us
9:33	but for the Jew
9:34	Sabbath
9:36	has just begun
9:38	after the completion
9:40	of his creation
9:44	the creation work that God did
9:46	he rested on the seventh day
9:49	after the completion of the new creation
9:53	work that the Lord Jesus did
9:56	he rested in the Tomb
10:04	during the Sabbath day
10:07	the disciples hid for Terror in the
10:09	upper room the doors and windows being
10:11	locked
10:12	the the women waited in order to anoint
10:16	the corpse
10:17	when the Sabbath was completed
10:20	the sanhedrined and sent soldiers to
10:22	guard the tomb
10:24	and the Bible says that all creation
10:26	waited as a woman in childbirth to be
10:29	set free from the slavery of corruption
10:32	and delivered into the freedom of the
10:36	glory of the children of God
10:41	finally
10:43	Shabbat the Sabbath was ended
10:47	what would be to us Saturday night
10:49	is to the Jew the first day of the week
10:53	or as Jesus called it on the third day
10:57	he will rise again
10:59	Jesus visits the souls in prison from
11:02	the time of Noah
11:05	the Earth turns
11:07	and the new day
11:09	is Dawning
11:11	here’s how John puts it in his gospel
11:14	the 20th chapter beginning with the
11:16	first verse
11:17	now on the first day of the week Mary
11:20	Magdalene came early to the tomb while
11:24	it was still dark and saw the stone
11:25	already taken away from the tomb and so
11:28	she ran and came to Simon Peter and to
11:30	the other disciple whom Jesus loved
11:33	she came while it was still dark
11:36	but Darkness
11:37	is turning into light and all the world
11:40	is beginning a new creation humanity is
11:44	reconciled to God and the great foes of
11:47	humanity sin death and the devil have
11:50	been vanquished
11:52	for all of those who believe in Jesus
11:55	Christ
11:56	these enemies have become toothless
11:59	tigers
12:00	they can only Roar but they have no
12:03	power to destroy
12:06	Jesus is Alive
12:10	he has passed through the walls of the
12:12	Tomb
12:13	he is no longer wearing his grave
12:15	wrappings
12:16	he’s wearing a robe of Resurrection
12:19	he the new Adam is the firstborn from
12:22	the dead
12:25	Mary delivers her message to Peter and
12:27	John who run to the tomb we’re told that
12:30	they see the linen wrappings quote lying
12:33	there end quote
12:35	that is one word in English there’s two
12:38	words lying there but in Greek it’s
12:39	simply the word keimana
12:42	lying there
12:44	it’s spoken of an infant who would be
12:47	wrapped and placed in a crib and we
12:49	would say ah
12:51	the baby’s lying there
12:53	or it could be spoken even of a village
12:55	that is nicely situated in a meadow we
12:59	would say it’s just lying there
13:01	now at this point we’re told
13:04	that the wrappings from the body of
13:06	Jesus were lying there
13:09	one would have had to have cut the
13:11	cocoon-like wrappings or disheveled
13:13	their folds terribly to get the body of
13:15	Jesus out
13:18	but the body
13:20	was gone
13:22	and the the wrappings were still in
13:26	their folds they were still in the right
13:28	place
13:30	they were just lying there
13:34	it was a clear testimony they were a
13:36	witness to the resurrection of Jesus
13:40	strangely enough though you remember
13:42	this
13:43	sudarion is what it’s called the napkin
13:45	that goes under the chin and ties at the
13:48	top of the head well it should have been
13:49	in the midst of those folds but it’s not
13:52	instead you remember the Jews require a
13:55	second Witness
13:56	the sudarion is the second witness for
13:59	it is wrapped up in a place apart by
14:02	itself
14:04	making a separate testimony
14:06	to the reality of the Resurrection
14:10	of Jesus
14:16	Jesus meets with Mary and the women he
14:19	meets with Simon Peter and the disciples
14:24	it is the first day of the new creation
14:27	on that new day everything everywhere is
14:31	changed
14:32	when God first created it was a mighty
14:35	work
14:37	but it was only a shadow of what was to
14:39	come
14:40	for this new creation this Resurrection
14:42	Day
14:43	restored the broken Fellowship indeed
14:48	restored the intimacy
14:50	between God
14:52	and his beloved children
14:54	who had strayed so far and sinned so
14:58	greatly
15:00	his beloved Son the life-giving second
15:04	Adam
15:05	had established a new creation
15:08	and in it a new relationship
15:12	that by grace through faith
15:14	the children are restored to the bosom
15:16	of the father
15:19	and there was evening
15:21	and there was mourning
15:23	a new day
15:25	and God saw everything that he had done
15:29	and God said
15:32	it is good
15:35	amen