Eternal

Mosaic - Erwin McManus

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.8 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 20 April 2022

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

In Lead Pastor Erwin McManus’ captivating Easter message “Eternal,” he brings us into the monumental moment when time and eternity collided as Jesus died on the cross.

In Matthew chapter 27, a wide array of astonishing events come to pass at the moment of Jesus’ death. Not only did the veil in the Jewish temple tear in two, but bodies were raised from their graves and began to walk around the city.

Moments before Jesus died, he cried out to God, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” Pastor Erwin highlights that God wanted us to know that Jesus could relate to the darkest moments in our story because of what he endured on the cross. But what do we make of the supernatural occurrences after Jesus’ death?

Pastor Erwin compares the moment of Jesus' death to a black hole colliding with a white hole; the totality of light consuming all darkness. The veil being torn represented the ripping apart of the separation between God and man. The walking dead show us that our eternal bodies are only graves waiting to be resurrected to life through Jesus.

If you’ve wrestled with feeling empty or searching for an answer to your soul’s longing for life, this message will invite you to surrender your life to Jesus - the only one who can raise you out of the darkness.

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0:00.0	Hey guys, I want to walk you me to the Mosaic podcast.
0:11.8	I'm Pastor Erwin, I'm Phil McManus, and just wanted to thank you for listening.
0:15.5	In case you didn't know, I just released a new book, it's called The Genius of Jesus,
0:19.7	The Man Who Changed Everything, and you can order it today at TheGeniusOfJesus.com.
0:24.7	This is always such a peculiar day for me.
0:28.1	Having grown up, air religious, we would always try to make it to mass this one Sunday a year.
0:36.7	We never quite knew which Sunday was Easter, so we always missed it by a Sunday.
0:42.0	But I've talked to a lot of people, tell me, well, you know, I've done church, I've tried it.
0:47.3	The talk is always the same talk, it's always the same message.
0:51.1	It's because you showed up once you're an Easter, and the conversation on Easter is the
0:57.2	resurrection of Jesus, and so you shouldn't be surprised we're not talking about marriage
1:01.5	or relationships or how to optimize your potential because today there's a bigger story
1:08.3	than you.
1:10.5	And then me, or maybe you are the story, and it's just so big, you don't realize it.
1:16.9	I know it's hard.
1:18.7	I'll never forget how hard it was for me to begin to believe the possibility that God could
1:24.1	step into human history.
1:26.1	It's just crazy, right?
1:28.1	I mean, this week I've been reading and going, I can't believe I believe this.
1:33.7	I actually believe God took on flesh and blood, that God became human, that's a lot to believe.
1:39.9	So I get it if you're hearing, this is sort of stretching my capacity to believe.
1:45.4	And then on top of that, I want you to believe that God who is the source of life died.
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