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As we come now to the word of God,

I want to take you to a point in the passion week which is very often overlooked and that is the burial of Jesus.

We all understand the miracle of the cross.

The Son of God is not just a man dying there.

He is the God man and he is bearing the sins of all who will ever believe through all of human history.

It is a death that has efficacy reaching to millions and millions and millions of people and an efficacy that results in everlasting life

for all for whom he died.

It is the most massive miracle ever done by God and done at the

cross. We also understand the miraculous nature of the resurrection. That's obvious.

We know that death is the final enemy and it is the last enemy and its opponent under men wants to die and then comes judgment.

Conquering death is not something that we can do.

But Christ did that.

Conquer death and in a miraculous way,

as in his atonement, he conquered death for all who will ever believe in him.

The miracle of the cross is atonement for sins for all of God's people through all of history and the miracle

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