If all the other things we've seen in the book of Matthew are true, then it is mind-blowing what happens in Matthew 27 verse 50 just 50 even it says and when Jesus had

cried out again in a loud voice he gave up his spirit that's clearly language for death and the rest of the context indicates

that yeah that that little euphemism that expression that we'll talk about more in a minute.

It means he died. What in the world? How can all the other stuff be true and that be true?

It keeps feeling the closer you get to the cross like there's going to be some

bailout that happens something's gonna work out but if you step even further back

from just the narrative beats that demonstrate the power of Jesus, then you understand what that thing is.

The missing point in the equation that I just threw out is that he's not playing the same game you and I are playing,

which is prolong our lives and avoid pain and suffering

and make sure we're vindicated whenever it's possible at all costs,

he is clearly Clearly Willingly

laying down his life.

What a stunning moment that it finally happened

that it

actually came to this

in a way this I suppose his vindication because he said this is what was

going to happen but all of his power all of his behavior all of his social sense made it

look like he could have avoided this whenever he wanted to

He could walk right through that crowd of people who wanted to do roughly the same thing to him in

Nazareth. He could theoretically just do that again.

In fact, he says as much just a chapter earlier in Matthew 26 and he tells Peter to put his sword back in its place because everybody who draws a sword will die by the sword but then he goes on remember this Matthew 2653 he says do you think I cannot call on my father and he will at once put at my disposal more than 12 legions of

angels but then how would the scriptures be fulfilled that say it must happen in

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