Why The Resurrection Matters | New Testament | Mark 16

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🗓️ 20 October 2023

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What makes Christianity different from all other religions? What sets Jesus apart from other people claiming to be the Messiah? Here's what made all the difference: what happened after Jesus died. In today's episode, Keith uses Mark 16 to share the importance that Jesus's resurrection holds in your faith and in your life. Your support makes TMBT possible. Ten Minute Bible Talks is a crowd-funded project. Join the TMBTeam to reach more people with the Bible. Give now. Join the TMBT community in reading the entire New Testament in one year. Get your FREE reading plan here. Like this content? Make sure to leave us a rating and share it with others, so others can find it too. Use #asktmbt to connect with us, ask questions, and suggest topics. We'd love to hear from you! To learn more, visit our website and follow us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter @TenMinuteBibleTalks. Don't forget to subscribe to the TMBT Newsletter here. Passages: Mark 16

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0:00.0	Welcome to 10 minute Bible Talks, where we connect the Bible to your life.
0:09.0	In the time it takes to get to work, I'm Keith Simon.
0:16.8	In the decades before and after Jesus there were dozens of would-be Messiahs who claimed to be leading Messianic movements in
0:21.1	Israel. In every case the Messianic leader was killed most of the time by execution and after the leader's death each of these movements invariably collapsed. I mean everybody just went home and that was it except for one.
0:33.6	There was one movement whose leader was crucified
0:36.4	that didn't collapse. Not only did it not collapse, it exploded with growth.
0:40.9	In the course of about 300 years it spread throughout the whole Roman Empire.
0:45.4	What is it that made Christianity different?
0:48.6	What happened after Jesus died?
0:51.2	Jesus died in mid afternoon on Friday and the Sabbath began at sunset.
0:55.1	The Jewish law permitted no work on the Sabbath, which means they couldn't bury the
0:58.4	body of Jesus that night or the next day.
1:01.1	So Joseph goes to Pilate hoping to be able to bury the body before the
1:04.9	Sabbath begins. Pilot checks with the soldiers to make sure that Jesus is dead and
1:09.6	then releases the body to Joseph who buries Jesus in his own tomb while women looked on.
1:15.0	Here's how it goes down in Mark chapter 16 verse 1.
1:19.0	When the Sabbath was over Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome, brought spices so they may go
1:25.2	anoint Jesus' body. Very early on the first day of the week just after sunrise,
1:29.9	they were on their way to the tomb and they asked each other,
1:32.6	who will roll the stone away from the entrance of the tomb?
1:35.6	But when they looked up they saw the stone, which was very large,
1:38.8	had been rolled away.
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