Hey everybody, I'm Tim McEy and this is my podcast Exploring My Strange Bible.

I am a card carrying Bible history and language nerd who thinks that Jesus of Nazareth is

utterly amazing and worth following with everything that you have.

On this podcast I'm putting together the last ten years worth of lectures and sermons

where I've been exploring the strange and wonderful story of the Bible and how it invites

us into the mission of Jesus and the journey of faith.

And I hope this can be helpful for you too.

I also help start this thing called the Bible Project.

We make animated videos and podcasts about all kinds of topics in Bible and theology.

You can find those resources at thebibelproject.com.

With all that said, let's dive into the episode for this week.

Alright, well in this episode we're going to continue to explore the gospel according to Matthew.

In fact, we're exploring the final story in the gospel according to Matthew.

It's the story of the empty tomb and of the resurrection of Jesus after his brutal execution.

This story has changed the course of human history over the last two thousand years.

The story itself but also the implications of what an event like this means in the history of our universe.

What the resurrection of Jesus says about the story of human history leading up to this moment,

the story of Israel's history, the story of the scriptures, to which this moment is a culmination and fulfillment.

But also with the empty tomb, Jesus walking out of there, opened up a whole new history for the future of the world.

The implications of this story for you and for me, for what we even mean when we say the word God or human or the universe,

everything changes in light of this moment.

So this is a reflection on the significance of Easter and of the resurrection.

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