Sermon Tone Analysis

Matthew 27:45-66 "The Death of the King"

Marc Transparenti / General

The King's Cross | Matthew 26-27 / Crucifixion; Jesus' Death; Centurion watching Jesus' Death; Seven Last Sayings of Jesus / Matthew 27:45-66

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Please turn in your Bibles to Matthew 27... we are looking at VSS 45-66 today... finishing Matthew 27.

We are in a difficult section of scripture... looking at the final week of Jesus' ministry prior to the cross.

• Betrayed, Arrested, Tried, Scourged, and Crucified.

And, vividly portrayed in OT prophecy.

• Fulfilled prophecy is proof that the word of God truly is the WORD OF GOD.

• Paul wrote, "All Scripture is give by inspiration of God..." Scripture is "breathed out by God."

• We looked at portions of Psalm 22 last week... amazingly accurate descriptions of crucifixion about 500 years prior to the Persians putting it into practice... 1000 years Before Christ.

And, about 700 years prior to Jesus Christ, Isaiah the Prophet wrote several Messianic passages...

• We looked at Isa 53 numerous times.

• Read Isaiah 53.

After Isaiah speaks about Messiah being wounded for our transgressions... by His stripes we are healed... and His death and burial.

• Isa 53:10 states, "Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise Him..."

• Isa 53:11 states, "He shall see the labor of His soul, and be satisfied.

By His knowledge My righteous Servant shall justify many, For He shall bear their iniquities."

• The substitutionary work of Jesus Christ satisfied the Father.

He died physically, so we can live eternally.

• It was pleasing to the Father... it was His will that His Son died... not sadistically... but sacrificially.

• There is nothing more noble... nothing more loving than when one pays the ultimate sacrifice to save their loved ones.

• When Jesus gave His life, it was pleasing to the Father... one sacrifice to save many... to redeem us back to relationship with God

• 1 Pet 3:18 "For Christ also suffered once for sins, the just for the unjust, that He might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive by the Spirit..."

As we continue down this hard road today, do not lose sight that this was God's will and plan.

• His desire was to allow the sacrifice of His Son to restore relationship with you...

• And, Jesus is not just any son, but He is the Messianic King.

The title of today's message is "The Death of the King."

Let's Pray!

Matt 27:45-50 "Now from the sixth hour until the ninth hour there was darkness over all the land.

46 And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, "Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?" that is, "My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?" 47 Some of those who stood there, when they heard that, said, "This Man is calling for Elijah!"

48 Immediately one of them ran and took a sponge, filled it with sour wine and put it on a reed, and offered it to Him to drink.

49 The rest said, "Let Him alone; let us see if Elijah will come to save Him." 50 And Jesus cried out again with a loud voice, and yielded up His spirit."

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In these 6 verses, Matthew crams a lot of information that would be highly significant to his Jewish audience.

a. Darkness, Ps 22, Elijah, and fulfilled prophecy... all pictured here.

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A Jew reading these verses would be drawn back to many OT allusions pointing to Messiah.

2. Matthew begins describing a 3 hours period of darkness... from the sixth to the ninth hour... from noon to 3:00 pm.

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An account even documented by secular historians.

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