Hello everybody, it's me Mr. Tall23 back to the video. This is another video on the basic
doctrines of the Bible. In this video I'm going to be talking about the burial of Christ.
After Jesus Christ gave his final breath, he died and his work upon the earth was completed.
As it's recorded in the book of John, his final words were, it is finished. His body
was physically buried following his death, as it's written in 1 Corinthians chapter
15 verse 3-4, For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, that Christ
died for our sins according to the scriptures, and that he was buried.
The count of Christ's burial is recorded in the four gospels, but firstly it's written
that the Roman soldiers came to Christ's body on the cross, which was dead, and pierced
his side to make sure that he was dead. As it's written in John 19 verse 33-34, And when
they came to Jesus, and saw that he was dead already, they break not his legs. But one
of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side, and forthwith came there out blood and water.
Then while Christ's body remained on the cross, a rich man named Joseph of Arimathea,
who was secretly a disciple of Christ, asked of Pilate to take the body down from the cross
and bury it himself. It's written in Matthew 27 verse 57-60, When the even was come, there
came a rich man of Arimathea named Joseph, who also himself was Jesus' disciple. He
went to Pilate and begged the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded the body to be delivered.
And when Joseph had taken the body, he wrapped it in a clean linen cloth and laid it in his
own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock, and he rolled a great stone to the door
of the sepulcher and departed. So Joseph had recently created a new tomb into which no
man had yet been laid, as it says in the scriptures. He had carved it for himself, and it belonged
to him. But because Joseph was a believer in Christ, and he had respect for the Lord,
he chose to give up his sepulcher and let Jesus borrow it. So herein was he laid, as
it's recorded in the book of Matthew, and after that the great stone was then sealed
and guarded by Roman soldiers. So herein was Jesus' flesh and blood body laid. However,
when he died, his soul departed from his body just as with all people, and the scriptures
tell us that Jesus' soul had departed and descended into hell. As it's written in Acts
chapter 2 verse 31 concerning his resurrection, which we'll talk about in the next video,
he's seeing this before a spake of the resurrection of Christ, that his soul was not left in hell,
neither his flesh did see corruption. When later speaking about his resurrection, it's
written that Jesus' soul was not left in hell, showing us that indeed was in hell.
Remember, when Jesus died for the sins of the world, he took upon himself the sins of
the whole world. As it's written, he was made to be sin for us who knew no sin in 2 Corinthians
5 21. The punishment for our sins is both physical death and spiritual death in hell.
But Jesus took that upon himself in payment for the sins of the world, as it's written
in Isaiah 53 verse 10, yet it pleased the Lord to bruise him. He hath put him to grief,
when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin. So not only was his body offered
up, but his soul as well. In Ephesians 4 9 it is written that before Christ ascended,
he descended first into the lower parts of the earth. Therefore, while Jesus' body was
in the sepulcher of Joseph, his soul was made a burnt offering in hell, and remained there
for three days and three nights. As it is written in Matthew 12 verse 40, for as Jonas
was three days and three nights in the whale's belly, so shall the Son of Man be three days
and three nights in the heart of the earth. And what happened next we will talk about
in the next video, and that is his resurrection. Thank you everybody for watching, and goodbye.