Welcome to Form Now. I'm Tim Gray, president of the Augustine Institute. And joining me is Dr. Michael Barber, who's a professor of scripture here at the Augustin Institute. And we're continuing our Matthew Bible study. And actually, this is, I think, the final episode, Michael. Amazing. Yeah, episode 40. Yeah, this is... Very biblical number. That's right. And that's how we planned it out, right, from the beginning? I'm sure that's the case. A hundred percent positive. I'm sure it's how God planted out because neither of us did.

So. How we planned it out, right, from the beginning? I'm sure that's the case. I'm sure it's how

God planned it out because neither of us did. So I wouldn't have guessed it would take so long to get

to the gospel of Matthew, but I've never done a Bible study with you before. I mean, this was the

quick version. This is the quick version of you. This is fast for you.

All right, I'll calculate more time next time.

Well, in all seriousness, we've enjoyed going through this Bible study.

We hope you have two.

And now we're at the final chapter of the Gospel of Matthew, chapter 28.

So open up the chapter 28.

And, you know, of course, we've just gone through the intensity of Jesus's passion, death, agony, and burial. And now we get to the good news in chapter 28, when it begins now after the Sabbath, towards the dawn of the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene, and the other Mary went to see the tomb. And behold,

there was a great earthquake for an angel the Lord descended from heaven and came and rolled back

the stone and sat upon it. His appearance was like lightning and his clothing white as snow.

And for fear of him, the guards trembled and became like dead men.

But then the angel addresses the women.

So here we have this scene on Sunday morning, the day of the resurrection.

And, you know, it's at dawn.

Do you think that's significant?

Most certainly.

And in fact, we noticed at the beginning of the Gospel of Matthew that we start with the book of the Genesis of Jesus Christ. And so here we have, you could say, the dawning of

the new creation. And I think that is a very appropriate way to read Matthew because we've seen

in Matthew 19, Jesus talk about

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