#502 Resurrection Series# 2, The Face Of Resurrection

Resurrection Series# 2, The Face Of Resurrection
By: D. Karl Thomas

The wright brothers father. Bishop Milton Wright … “That is heresy, absolute heresy, the Bible says that flight is reserved for the angels. We will have no such talk at this conference. If God wanted us to fly He would have given us wings.” Flight Changes Everything!!!

Romans 4:25 (Youngs Literal Translation) “…who was delivered up because of our offences, and was raised up because of our being declared righteous.”

Rom. 4:25 TPT “Jesus was handed over to be crucified for the forgiveness of our sins and was raised back to life to prove that he had made us right with God!

Jesus could not be raised if every sin was not forgiven. Full atonement! Jesus covered it all! The resurrection is proof that I am righteous!!!

Acts 4:33 “And with great power the apostles gave witness to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus. And great grace was upon them all.” Central Message of the early Church!!!!

Colossians 2:17 “These are a shadow of the things that were to come; the reality, however, is found in Christ.” The instructions in the old covenant. Special days … foods … sacrifices…

1 Corinthians 15:20-26 “But now Christ is risen from the dead, and has become the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep. For since by man came death, by Man also came the resurrection of the dead. … … For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ all shall be made alive. But each one in his own order: Christ the firstfruits, afterward those who are Christ’s at His coming. Then comes the end, … …when He delivers the kingdom to God the Father, when He puts an end to all rule and all authority and power. For He must reign till He has put all enemies under His feet. The last enemy that will be destroyed is death.”

Psalm 89:15 (AMP) “Blessed (happy, fortunate, to be envied) are the people who know the joyful sound [who understand and appreciate the spiritual blessings symbolized by the feasts]; they walk, O Lord, in the light and favor of Your countenance!”
Great Blessing On Understanding The Spiritual Meaning Of The Feasts! Fulfilled In Jesus!!!

Leveiticus 23:10-11, 14 “When you come into the land which I give to you, and reap its harvest, then you shall bring a sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest to the priest. …
… He shall wave the sheaf before the Lord, to be accepted on your behalf; on the day after the Sabbath the priest shall wave it.”
… You shall eat neither bread nor parched grain nor fresh grain until the same day that you have brought an offering to your God; it shall be a statute forever throughout your generations in all your dwellings.” You don’t enjoy the blessing of God until … He’s first … Then harvest is blessed!!!

Jesus was raised on the 17th day of Nisan. (17 Overcoming The Enemy – Complete Victory)

The day of the harvest of Firstfruits. The day Noah’s ark rested on the new earth.

The day they passed through the Red Sea – New Life
The day manna stopped and they enjoyed New Land
The day Esther touch the sceptre of the King.

John 20:1, 11-18 “Now the first day (First Fruits 17th) of the week Mary Magdalene went to the tomb early, while it was still dark, and saw that the stone had been taken away from the tomb…

Luke 8:1-3 “Now it came to pass, afterward, that He went through every city and village, preaching and bringing the glad tidings of the kingdom of God. And the twelve were with Him, 2 and certain women who had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities—Mary called Magdalene, out of whom had come seven demons, 3 and Joanna the wife of Chuza, Herod’s steward, and Susanna, and many others who provided for Him from their substance.”

VS. 11 … But Mary stood outside by the tomb weeping, and as she wept she stooped down and looked into the tomb. And she saw two angels in white sitting, one at the head and the other at the feet, where the body of Jesus had lain.
Then they said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping?” She said to them, “Because they have taken away my Lord, and I do not know where they have laid Him.
Now when she had said this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing there, and did not know that it was Jesus. Jesus said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping? Whom are you seeking?”
She, supposing Him to be the gardener, said to Him, “Sir, if You have carried Him away, tell me where You have laid Him, and I will take Him away.”

Adam was a gardener who failed in his task and the world became a wasteland of war and sin. But the second Adam (Jesus) will succeed in his task. Christ will restore the ruined garden.

Revelation 22:2, 3 “On either side of the river is the tree of life with its twelve kinds of fruit, producing its fruit each month; and the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations. Nothing accursed will be there anymore.”

… Jesus said to her, “Mary!” She turned and said to Him, “Rabboni!” (which is to say, Teacher). Jesus said to her, “Do not cling to Me, for I have not yet ascended to My Father; but go to My brethren and say to them,…

‘I am ascending to My Father and your Father, and to My God and your God.’ ” Mary Magdalene came and told the disciples that she had seen the Lord, and that He had spoken these things to her.”

Jesus was so careful to completely honour the patterns and purposes of his calling … Exactly. John 17:4 “I have finished the work which You have given Me to do.”

Why did He pause, before the he ascended to the father, to interact with Mary?

What does that tell us about the heart of god?How does this encounter speak to you?

Mary, His Mother, in John 2 says Jesus do something. Woman it’s not my time. But He did it … First Miracle.

Matthew 15:27-28 (Jesus said “It’s not time”) And she said, “Yes, Lord, yet even the little dogs eat the crumbs which fall from their masters’ table.” Then Jesus answered and said to her, “O woman, great is your faith! Let it be to you as you desire.” And her daughter was healed from that very hour.”