Have you heard the common saying, “It’s always darkest before dawn?” Well that saying perfectly describes what happens at the end of Matthew 27. Jesus has just been crucified. Jesus is dead and Jesus’ disciples have scattered. They are lost and in great despair. Their Lord and Savior has died before their very eyes… But even though they are experiencing darkness in a way that they have never known before, dawn will soon come.

This week we will be setting the stage for the greatest event in human history. For the event that follows the burial of Jesus will change the course of history. The death and burial of Jesus Christ is not the end. There is hope on the horizon. Come Sunday and receive the hope that is found in Jesus Christ as we look at Matthew 27:57-66.

- Rev. Jeff Lee