PEEP
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Transcript
Turn your Bible to 1 Corinthians 15
Easter is a time for candy just look at the shelves when you first walk into Walmart
I think it is just another holiday for the candy company to push their candy .
Halloween: Tops the list with over $3.6 billion in candy sales annually
Easter: Comes in second, with sales reaching around $2.6 billion
Christmas: Generates approximately $1.4 billion in candy sales
Valentine's Day: Brings in about $1 billion
Now during Easter there is plenty of candy and PEEPS top the list for most.
But let us not forget the choc bunny
But hollow or solid?
Who says hollow
Who say solid
Can not for get about the Cadburry eggs
Getting back to the PEEPS
Peeps are iconic marshmallow treats, especially popular during Easter. Here are some fun facts about them:
Origins:
Peeps were originally handmade, taking about 27 hours to create.
Today, modern equipment has reduced this time to about six minutes
Popularity:
Yellow chicks are the original and most popular Peeps,
followed by yellow bunnies
Pink is the second best-selling color
Production:
An average of 5.5 million
Peeps are made daily at the Just Born factory in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
Annually, enough Peeps are produced to circle the Earth twice
Recipe:
The recipe for Peeps has remained largely unchanged
consisting of granulated sugar, liquid sugar, corn syrup, gelatin, and vanilla extract
Fun Traditions:
In Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, a giant Peep is dropped instead of a ball on New Year's Eve
Creative Eating:
Surveys show that nearly two-thirds of people who eat Peeps bite the heads off first.
Other ways to enjoy them include letting them get stale, microwaving, freezing, or even putting them on pizza
We are going to look at PEEP in a different way
Passover
Eternal Life
Explanations
Promise
Please stand as we read 1 Cor 15:54-57
So when this corruptible has put on incorruption, and this mortal has put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written: “Death is swallowed up in victory.”
“O Death, where is your sting?
O Hades, where is your victory?”
The sting of death is sin, and the strength of sin is the law. But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
Lets pray
PASSOVER - Exodus 12
The comparison between the Passover lamb and Jesus
Exodus 12 “Now the Lord said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, “This month shall be the beginning of months for you; it is to be the first month of the year to you. “Speak to all the congregation of Israel, saying, ‘On the tenth of this month they are each one to take a lamb for themselves, according to their fathers’ households, a lamb for each household. ‘Now if the household is too small for a lamb, then he and his neighbor nearest to his house are to take one according to the number of persons in them; according to what each man should eat, you are to divide the lamb. ‘Your lamb shall be an unblemished male a year old; you may take it from the sheep or from the goats. ‘You shall keep it until the fourteenth day of the same month, then the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel is to kill it at twilight. ‘Moreover, they shall take some of the blood and put it on the two doorposts and on the lintel of the houses in which they eat it. ‘They shall eat the flesh that same night,…”
The lambs blood was put on the door posts so the Angel of Death would Passover those with the blood.
The comparison of the Lamb and Jesus being the Lamb
Today Passover is still celebrated, a week long usually right before Easter
Without Blemish
The Passover lamb had to be without blemish (Exodus 12:5).
Similarly, Jesus was sinless and perfect
1 Peter 1:18–19 “knowing that you were not redeemed with perishable things like silver or gold from your futile way of life inherited from your forefathers, but with precious blood, as of a lamb unblemished and spotless, the blood of Christ.”
Sacrificed for Redemption:
The Passover lamb's blood was used to mark the Israelites' doorposts, protecting them from the plague of the firstborn (Exodus 12:7).
Jesus' blood, shed on the cross, offers spiritual redemption and salvation from sin
John 1:29 “The next day he saw Jesus coming to him and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!”
Timing of Sacrifice:
The Passover lamb was sacrificed on the 14th day of Nisan (Exodus 12:6).
Jesus was crucified during Passover, fulfilling this timing (John 19:14)
No Broken Bones:
The bones of the Passover lamb were not to be broken (Exodus 12:46).
Similarly, none of Jesus' bones were broken during His crucifixion (John 19:36)
Firstborn:
The Passover lamb died in place of the firstborn of the Israelites.
Jesus, referred to as the "firstborn of many brethren" (Romans 8:29), died to reconcile humanity with God
ETERNAL LIFE
As we have just seen through the Comparison of the Passover and Jesus being the lamb . This is where we see eternal life through Christ . The Gospel which is the good news which is also the death burial and resurrection of Christ . In this Easter we celebrate the resurrection which is the completion of the picture of Christ because we have Christmas which is the birth then of course the 33 sinless years perfect Lamb which then was crucified on a cross for our sins and three days later he rose again .
But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
For the love of Christ controls us, having concluded this, that one died for all, therefore all died;
and He died for all, so that they who live might no longer live for themselves, but for Him who died and rose again on their behalf.
that if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved;
for with the heart a person believes, resulting in righteousness, and with the mouth he confesses, resulting in salvation.
for “Whoever will call on the name of the Lord will be saved
EXPLANATION of events of the day leading up to the cross
Matthew 27-28
When he had scourged Jesus: Commonly the blows of scourging would lessen as the criminal confessed to his crimes. Jesus remained silent, having no crimes to confess, so the blows continued with full strength.
They gave Him sour wine mingled with gall to drink. But when He had tasted it, He would not drink: It was customary to give those about to be crucified a pain-numbing and mind-numbing drink, to lessen their awareness of the agony awaiting them. But Jesus refused any numbing drug. He chose to face the spiritual and physical terror with His senses awake.
John 19:30 tells us that Jesus said, “It is finished,” which is one word in the ancient Greek — tetelestai, which means, “paid in full.” This was the cry of a winner, because Jesus fully paid the debt of sin we owed, and finished the eternal purpose of the cross.
Truly this was the Son of God!
The scene at the crucifixion of Jesus was so striking that even a hardened Roman centurion confessed that this was the Son of God.
This man had supervised the death of perhaps hundreds of other men by crucifixion, but he knew there was something absolutely unique about Jesus.
This man went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus:
Customarily, the bodies of crucified criminals were left on their crosses to rot or to be eaten by wild animals. But the
Jews wanted no such horror displayed during the Passover season, and Romans were known to grant the corpses of executed men to friends or relatives for proper burial.
He rolled a large stone against the door of the tomb:
This was the customary way to seal an expensive tomb.
A rich man like Joseph of Arimethea probably had a tomb carved into solid rock;
this tomb was in a garden near the place of crucifixion (John 19:41).
The tomb would commonly have a small entrance and perhaps one or more compartments where bodies were laid out after being somewhat mummified with spices, ointments, and linen strips.
Customarily, the Jews left these bodies alone for a few years until they decayed down to the bones, then the bones were placed in a small stone box known as an ossuary.
The ossuary remained in the tomb with the remains of other family members.
The door to the tomb was typically made of a heavy, circular shaped stone, running in a groove and settled down into a channel, so it could not be moved except by several strong men.
This was done to ensure that no one would disturb the remains.Tombs like this were very expensive. It was quite a sacrifice for Joseph of Arimathea to give his up — but Jesus would only use it for a few days!
We remember…how that deceiver said, “After three days I will rise”:
Ironically, the enemies of Jesus remembered His promise of resurrection better than His own disciples remembered.
There are several myths and misconceptions surrounding the resurrection of Jesus.
The Swoon Theory:
This theory suggests that Jesus didn't actually die on the cross but merely fainted (swooned) and later revived in the tomb.
This theory is widely debunked due to the detailed accounts of Jesus' death, including the piercing of His side to confirm His death
The Stolen Body Theory:
Some claim that Jesus' disciples stole His body to fake the resurrection.
This theory is countered by the presence of Roman guards at the tomb and the severe consequences they would face for failing their duty
Hallucination Theory:
This theory posits that the appearances of the resurrected Jesus were hallucinations experienced by His followers.
However, the varied and numerous eyewitness accounts, including group sightings, challenge this explanation
Promise
1 Corinthians 15:54-57 Resurrection is the final defeat of death.
So when this corruptible has put on incorruption, and this mortal has put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written: “Death is swallowed up in victory.”
“O Death, where is your sting?
O Hades, where is your victory?”
The sting of death is sin, and the strength of sin is the law. But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
Death is swallowed up in victory: A resurrected body is not a resuscitated corpse. It is a new order of life that will never die again. Death is defeated by resurrection.
O Death, where is your sting? O Hades, where is your victory? Paul, knowing death is a defeated enemy because of Jesus’ work, can almost taunt death, and mock it. Death has no power over the person found in Jesus Christ.
For those who are not in Jesus Christ, death still has its sting. “
The sting of death lay in this, that we had sinned and were summoned to appear before the God whom we had offended.
This is the sting of death to you, unconverted ones, not that you are dying, but that after death is the judgment, and that you must stand before the Judge of the quick and dead to receive a sentence for the sins which you have committed in your body against him.” (Spurgeon)
Through our Lord Jesus Christ: This defeat of death is only possible for those who live through our Lord Jesus Christ. For others, there is resurrection and eternal life, but unto damnation. If you are an unbeliever, death is not your friend; it is your enemy.
Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that you will abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
Then He opened their minds to understand the Scriptures,
and He said to them, “Thus it is written, that the Christ would suffer and rise again from the dead the third day,
and that repentance for forgiveness of sins would be proclaimed in His name to all the nations, beginning from Jerusalem.
“You are witnesses of these things.
“And behold, I am sending forth the promise of My Father upon you; but you are to stay in the city until you are clothed with power from on high.”
And He led them out as far as Bethany, and He lifted up His hands and blessed them.
While He was blessing them, He parted from them and was carried up into heaven.
And they, after worshiping Him, returned to Jerusalem with great joy,
and were continually in the temple praising God.
Application -
All things New
The story of Easter is the Resurrection
As reading at the end of Luke 24 they were continually praising God in the Temple
Jesus will make all things new 2 Cor 5:17
Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creature; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come.
The hope we have in the Resurrection -
In the quiet moments at home, when you feel overwhelmed, reflect on the resurrection of Jesus as a source of hope. The resurrection’s importance and how it transforms our understanding of life and death. Know death is being absent from the body and present with the Lord.
Maybe you need to make things new in your life.
