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Voice Of Prophecy

H.M.S. Richards

In the Garden of the Resurrection

This is the voice of prophecy. Later on in this program, you'll hear a very important announcement. Lift up the trumpet and lovely. Jesus is cheers. Joyful Jesus is again, This is the voice of prophecy. A voice crying in the wilderness of these modern days. Prepare ye the way of the Lord. Call me again again. Jesus is call again From our voice of prophecy studios in Los Angeles, California. We welcome you to this half hour of inspiration at Music with the king's heroes, Del Delker, Brad Braley and HMS Richards, A seventh day Adventist minister, the voice of prophecy, speaker Grave savior waiting. The calming day. Jesus, my Lord, from the grave he rose. He rose the mighty triumph His he rose Victor from the dark domain and he leaves his Reign. Cannot keep his pray. Jesus, my savior, my Lord. Up from the grave he rose. Rose with the mighty for his he victor from the dark and he lives for he Reign. Heavenly Father, we thank th that Jesus is a living savior, that he arose from the dead and ever live us to make intercession for us. We pray the that this blessed hope of ours in arisen Christ and in our own eternal life may be bright today. Bless this broadcast to all who listen, we pray in Jesus' name. Oh Jesus. Blessed redeemer sent from the heart of God hold us who bow before the near to the heart of God. I come to the still on and the of God and he walks with me and he talks with me and he me and the joy we in the around me through to and he walks with me and he talks with me and he and the joy I wish Our controlo soloist, Ms. Dale Delker brings us now the positive assurance of the song. He did not die in vain. My grief was for the savior Lord and love that Jesus lives and reigns. He made the of He did the mighty Lord. Here now is HMS Richards. The voice of prophecy. Speaker is subject. Why I know Jesus is alive. The trees were sobbing in a winter, tempest the cold, wind driven rain obscured, vision soaked everything that is everything in the open here in this limestone cave. It was dry, dry and quiet as it had been since the workman finished cutting it from the living rock. 1,920 years before caves like mountains had always been interesting to me. I had visited many of them but this cave above all others had drawn me since childhood. And here I was at last, sitting within its rocky door, looking out into the storm, a dream come true, the realization of a pilgrimage of the heart. The cave was a tomb outside the northern gate of old Jerusalem believed by many to be the very sker where Jesus had lane. It had been prepared by the secret disciple Joseph of aramathea prepared for himself and presented as a gift of love to him who had no home, had no grave, the little garden about the door. Now the prey of winter, rain and wind was the garden of the resurrection. Here one spring morning before sunrise, the light of heaven flooded the world. The earth trembled the guards fell away helpless as angel hands rolled back, the great stone that closed the door of the tomb so that the disciples coming there early in the morning to perform the final services of burial could see that the place was empty. And then the holy voice spoke. Fear not ye, for I know that ye seek Jesus, which was crucified. He is not here. For he is arisen as he said. Come see the place where the Lord lay and go quickly and tell his disciples that he is arisen from the dead. Words found in Matthew 28. Those were the angels words. Come see, go tell. And that was the message that stirred the world, shattered pagan civilization and built a Christian Church. He is not here. He is not here for see where the save your leg. The seal is broken. The is empty and the is rolling. He is not here. Our Lord is leaving this. Why do we There in the tomb? I thought about these words and repeated them. He's not here. How cold the stone was. How silent. How changeless the greatest Christian preacher put it all in these simple words. How that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures and that he was buried and that he rolls again the third day according to the scriptures words of Saint Paul in one Corinthians 15. Three. And isn't it strange that his enemies on that morning long ago, which seems only yesterday when you visit the tomb, were afraid he had risen and paid the guards to keep still about it while his friends thought that the wonderful news was just a story imagined by an excited woman and went on mourning his death, read about it there in the 16th chapter of Mark. He took a world of proof to convince them it was just too good to be true, but it was true. They believed it when they recognized him there in the upper room. No wonder they were glad and I'm glad too. Aren't you meditating there where the Lord lay the evidence for our Lord's resurrection seemed like the five fingers on the hand of faith. First, the evidence of the empty tomb. Second, the evidence of his post resurrection appearances. Three, the testimony of the guards. Four, the change in the apostles. Five, the faith of the early church. All four gospels record Christ burial in the tomb of the good Joseph of Aramathea. All four record that on the first day of the week, which followed the Sabbath when certain women came to see the spriker bringing spices that they might come and anoint him. They found the stone rolled away from the sker and Mary Magdalene ran back and reported They've taken away the Lord out of the sker and we know not where they've laid him. All agree, both friends and enemies. The tomb was empty between the time of his resurrection and his ascension. 10 days later, our Lord appeared at least 10 times to his disciples. First to certain women returning from the sre. Matthew 28. One second to Mary Magdalene at the tomb. John 10 11, third to the apostle Peter before the evening of the day of the resurrection. Luke 24, 34, 4 to Cleopas and another disciple on the way to Ams on the afternoon of the resurrection day. Luke 24, 13, 5 to the 10 Apostles Thomas being absent John 2019, a week later to all the 11 apostles John 2026 to several of his disciples at the Sea of Galilee, John 21 to the apostles and 500 brethren on a mountain in Galilee. Matthew 28 16 to James one Corinthians 15, seven. And last to the apostles before his ascension from the Mount of Olives Acts one, we have the testimony of the guards that Christ had risen. You'll find that in Matthew 20 80 11. They did not know how the body of our Lord ever got out of the tomb, but they convinced the chief priest and the elders at the tomb was suddenly empty. And this conviction was so strong that these authorities paid the guards money and plenty of it, large money to keep still about the truth of the empty tomb. To tell the strange story that the disciples came and stole the Lord's body while they slept on duty. Any argument based on the testimony of sleeping witnesses is stopped before it begins, especially when the witnesses have paid large money for their testimony. But money talks it did in this case. The change in the apostles was a mighty testimony also to the resurrection of Jesus. One day they were fearful, sorrowing, unbelieving 40 days later fearless and rejoicing in their unbreakable faith that Jesus was alive. They went forth spreading the good news everywhere, even at the risk of life itself. They knew that something had changed the world for them and it has has changed the lives of everybody else who has believed their testimony from that day to this. The Christian Church itself is proof of the resurrection of Jesus. For had there been no resurrection, there would have been no church. The church has a continuous record from that glorious date of this. And it still says that the resurrection is a fact. Christ is alive today. And remember this, we have unimpeachable historical documentary evidence that Jesus Christ predicted that he would rise from the dead. For instance, early in his ministry he said to the people of Jerusalem, destroy this temple. And in three days I will raise it up, the spank of the temple of his body. John two 19, Jesus himself had unwavering faith that this append miracle would take place as indeed authentic records prove that he did. Matthew 1240 and a dozen other texts. It's a fact also that the gospel narrators devote more space to Christ's resurrection than to any other part of his entire life except his trial and crucifixion. To see this, read the four gospels again yet really do your heart good. And all the early apostolic preaching recorded in the book of Acts and in the epistles of the New Testament is filled with the declaration repeated like hammer blows. He arose, he arose. He arose. Time after time before they crucified our Lord. Jesus said, I will rise from the dead. Then after his resurrection, the disciples actually saw him alive and he said to them, behold my hands and my feet, that his eye myself handle me. And see, that's Luke 24 39. He was a real person actually there. And he convinced those disciples that he was there, a real being. I am here that liveth and was dead. We read in Revelation one 18, the words of Christ and behold, I am alive forevermore. There in the tomb. I sat that lonely stormy day and thought about these things. Then I lay down in the stone sker where the body of the Lord had been. How cold was the stone? How hard, how lifeless? And then I thought he was here. His body had been wounded, that very body here on the cold stone. But he's not in this tomb now. Not in any tomb. He's alive. Alive right now as I'm here, he's alive. I shall never forget the thrill that came to me there. Jesus is alive, alive today. Why should any Christian ever fear death? Jesus is alive. And he said, because I live, ye shall live. Also John 1419. And so I know that Jesus is alive today because he said that he would rise again. And because he was seen by hundreds of witnesses bodily alive after his public execution, the Christian Church grew on the reality of the resurrection of Christ. And the holy scriptures declare it to be a fact. But best of all, and most wonderful of all to me, I know that Jesus rose from the dead because he has changed my life. And by his spirit dwells in my heart every day. I believe he is alive because I know him now, just as the apostle put it that I may know him and the power of his resurrection. Philippians three 10. And that's the testimony of Christians everywhere around this world. I've been around the world again and again in different countries. And people of every race have the same experience. Their hearts are changed, their lives are changed. And whether there was hatred, there's love, and whether there was worry and trouble and fear, there's confidence. Christ has changed their lives. He's alive today. He ever live us not only to make intercession for us, but to change us and to live anew in us. That's the testimony of Christian experience. The flowers in Joseph's garden were a bloom that Mary saw them not She saw the tomb, an empty tomb she founded when she came and kneeling, wept alone there. Then her name, the master spoke it clear and plain. She heard. And how she ran to bring the other's word, her wondrous joy as brave the ages through. She knew he was alive. She knew. She knew. And while yet the lilies bloom about the door where Jesus rose to live forevermore and still the tomb is empty in our day from which the mighty stone was rolled away. I know he lives. He lives today. And now I do not know the mystery nor the how. But in my heart of hearts he speaks. And so I know He lives today. I know, I know I Savior is in the world today. I know that He leaving whatever man, I see his hand of mercy. I hear his voice of Jesus and just the time I need him. He's always, he leaves. He leaves Christ. Jesus leaves today, he walks with me and talks with me all along life. Wave He He leave salvation to you. Me. He my heart. Rejoice. Rejoice or Christian. Lift up your voice and sing eternal Jesus Christ king. The hope Him, the none is so loving, so good mankind. He leave. He leave Christ. Jesus lives today. He walks with me and talks with me a long life away. He leaves, he leave salvation. Oh Lord, This is Orva Iverson of the voice of prophecy with this word of encouragement. The Christ who still the tempest of the Sea of Galilee can steal the tempest in our lives today. So let us keep looking up ever going forward in faith. Friends, remember that today you are introducing for the first time our light of the world Bible course. Be sure and forth the light of the world, the story of Jesus. It's free. And now we say, say, have faith in God. The stone of doubt has now been rolled away. Have faith in God for Christ has risen. The holy angels say, have faith in God. He is alive. He is alive today. Have faith. Dear friend in God. We hope this program is brought blessing to you. We invite you to hear us again next week. Another broadcast brought by the voice of prophecy. The Lord bless the and keep the the Lord. Make his face shine up on the, and be gracious unto the the Lord. Lift up his, count upon the, and give the peace.

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