There are two key prophecies that must be fulfilled in the burial of Jesus. The first is found in Isaiah 53:9, this whole chapter is devoted to the death of Israel’s Messiah. it talks about the fact that He was despised and rejected of men who bore our griefs, and carried our sorrows. He was wounded for our transgressions, bruised for our iniquities. It talks about Him being taken from prison unto judgment. Then in verse 9 it mentions something interesting “He made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death.” Here the Holy Spirit through the prophet of Isaiah says it was an assignment for Him to be placed with criminals in a criminal grave, yet that didn’t happen but rather He was to be with a rich man in His death. Now that rather strange and obscure prophecy would be very difficult to understand until one arrives at the burial scene of Jesus in Matthew 27:57-62. A man by the name of Joseph of Arimathea, comes into the pages of Scripture, and is identified as a “rich man!” Every detail of the life of Jesus was authored buy the Lord, Every detail of Jesus … READ MORE

1 Corinthians 15:3-4 says, “For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, and that He was buried, and that He rose again the third day according to the Scriptures. Between the crucifixion and the resurrection there is a burial of Jesus. At first thought it would seem to be anything but miraculous, a rather mundane and necessary act with little or no consequence except for what happens on both ends of it. But that is not the case at all. The burial of Jesus Christ is as supernatural and as miraculous in many ways as was His death and as will be His resurrection. It is a marvelous and thrilling account of supernatural intervention in every detail in the life of Crist. . . for His birth to His burial to His resurrection, everything is controlled by God the Father for the fulfillment of divine purpose and prophecy. Take time to read Matthew 27: 57-61 and see that three parties play a very significant role in that burial, which ultimately speaks to the truthfulness of Christ claim to be the Son of God. God is … READ MORE

in Romans 12:1-2 there is an implied fourth element of presenting ourselves to God as a living holy, and acceptable sacrifice, that that is offering Him our will. The Greek constructions here makes “that you may prove” a purpose/result phrase. When a believer’s mind is transformed, their thinking ability, moral reasoning, and spiritual understanding are able to properly assess everything, and to accept only what conforms to the will of God. A transformed mind produces a transformed will, by which we become eager and able, with the Spirit’s help, to lay aside our own plans and to trustingly accept God’s no matter what the cost. The divine transformation of our minds and wills must be constant, because we are still continuouisly tempted through our remaining humanness, our minds and wills must be continuously transformed through God’s Word and by God’s Spirit. The product of a transformed mind is a life that does the tings God has declared to be righteous, fitting, and complete. Understand God wants us to be transformed, and He has made all the provision necessary for that transformation to take place. … READ MORE