There are two major prophecies that we must relate to the burial of Christ. The first was found in Isaiah 53:9 “And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death.” The second is found in Matthew 12:40 and is the response of Jesus to a question by the Scribes and Pharisees, in verse 38, “Teacher, we want to see a sign from You.” His response was, An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, and no sign will be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah,” not only must he be buried with the rich in his death, He would also be buried for a period of three days. Jesus was nailed to the cross at 9 am and was dead by three in the afternoon. The three days, were to be a sign to the Jews, who were always looking for a sign. According to their reckoning, any portion of a day was equal to an entire day. So Jesus had to be buried on Friday, so that Friday, Saturday and Sunday, at least a portion of each of those days, He would spend in the earth as He … READ MORE

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