WEBVTT 00:00:01.360 --> 00:00:03.600 Good morning and happy Saturday. 00:00:04.080 --> 00:00:06.559 Today is what we call Holy Saturday. 00:00:06.959 --> 00:00:10.960 And we're looking at Matthew chapter 27, starting in verse 57. 00:00:11.279 --> 00:00:20.399 It says this as evening approached, there came a rich man from Arimathea named Joseph, who had himself become a disciple of Jesus. 00:00:20.800 --> 00:00:26.000 Going to Pilate, he asked for Jesus' body, and Pilate ordered that it be given to him. 00:00:26.239 --> 00:00:34.640 Joseph took the body, wrapped it in clean linen cloth, and placed it in his own new tomb that he had cut out of rock. 00:00:34.880 --> 00:00:38.399 He rolled a big stone in front of the entrance of the tomb and went away. 00:00:38.719 --> 00:00:42.479 Mary Magdalene and the other Mary were sitting there opposite the tomb. 00:00:42.799 --> 00:00:48.880 The next day, the one after the preparation day, the chief priest and the Pharisees went to Pilate. 00:00:49.119 --> 00:00:56.079 Sir, they said, We remembered that while he was still alive, that deceiver said, After three days I will rise again. 00:00:56.399 --> 00:01:00.640 So give the order for the tomb to be made secure until the third day. 00:01:00.880 --> 00:01:07.040 Otherwise, his disciples may come and steal the body and tell the people that he has been raised from the dead. 00:01:07.280 --> 00:01:10.079 This last deception will be worse than the first. 00:01:10.319 --> 00:01:12.400 Take a guard, Pilate answered. 00:01:12.640 --> 00:01:15.519 Go, make the tomb as secure as you know how. 00:01:15.760 --> 00:01:21.840 So they went and made the tomb secure by putting a still on the stone and posting the guard. 00:01:22.959 --> 00:01:24.959 Today is Holy Saturday. 00:01:25.120 --> 00:01:34.719 Yesterday we celebrated and remembered the truth of Good Friday, when Jesus willingly gave his life, dying a humiliating and excruciating death on the cross. 00:01:34.959 --> 00:01:42.560 Yesterday, the city would have been buzzing, and the talk of Jesus' death would have been the topic of conversation on everyone's tongue. 00:01:42.799 --> 00:01:50.239 The dream of Jesus being the long-awaited Messiah was suddenly becoming a nightmare, and all hope was gone. 00:01:50.480 --> 00:01:54.400 The sun sets on Friday and awakes on Saturday morning. 00:01:54.640 --> 00:02:00.159 However, the scene of the streets of Jerusalem looked much different than a few hours before. 00:02:00.400 --> 00:02:06.079 On this Saturday morning, the streets are quiet and everything is moving at a slower pace. 00:02:06.319 --> 00:02:11.759 Today is the Sabbath, and no work is to be done on this designated day of rest. 00:02:12.159 --> 00:02:14.879 This meant everything suddenly ceases. 00:02:15.120 --> 00:02:23.199 There is no anointing the body, no traveling to get out of the city, no planning meetings for the disciples to determine what would happen next. 00:02:23.439 --> 00:02:24.879 Everything stops. 00:02:25.439 --> 00:02:27.039 Everything is quiet. 00:02:27.520 --> 00:02:29.520 Everyone is still. 00:03:29.840 --> 00:03:35.439 Spend time quieting your soul to hear from the Lord and reflect on his sacrifice. 00:03:35.680 --> 00:03:39.360 And so we pray this morning, Father, today I wait. 00:03:39.599 --> 00:03:43.680 Help me to love you more as I sit in the stillness of this moment. 00:03:44.159 --> 00:03:54.800 Thank you for what you have done for me and through your sacrifice and thank you for what we will celebrate tomorrow, your resurrection from the dead. 00:03:55.280 --> 00:03:57.360 And so we wait this morning, Lord. 00:03:57.520 --> 00:07:41.839 We wait on you to work and to move like only you can't.