They went out, made the grave secure, and along with a guard, set a seal on the stone.

Frankly, they'd have been better off to leave the thing open than there could have been all kinds of explanations.

But what they did was, they made it impossible for the body to be stolen.

And consequently, when the resurrection occurred, the only explanation was a resurrection.

Welcome to Grace to you with the Bible teaching of John MacArthur. I'm your host, Phil Johnson. It's understandable that Jesus' unjust trial and torture would upset you,

and that his paying the price of our guilt on the cross would humble you to the core.

But what about his burial? Anything there that should stir your feelings?

Well, today on Grace to you, John MacArthur will show you the supernatural nature of Christ's burial.

It's part of a study designed to deepen your understanding of the most important event in history.

The title of this study is The Divine Drama of Redemption.

And now with the lesson, here's John.

Well, let's open the Word of God then to the 15th chapter of the wonderful gospel of Mark.

We all understand the importance of the cross, the priority of the cross, the wonder of the

cross, the miraculous nature of the death of our Lord.

And we also are very well aware of the resurrection, even though we haven't arrived

yet at it in Mark's Gospel. We understand its massive and eternal implications. Those are two

very, very significant marks in the life and ministry of Christ.

There is one, however, in the middle of them between the cross and the resurrection that

is equally monumental, although it is usually overlooked.

It is the burial of Jesus. Maybe you've never even thought about that. It had human

elements but was no less supernatural than what was happening at the cross or the resurrection.

There are two ways that God operates supernaturally in the world. Number

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