1. Five Monuments to the Resurrection Matthew 27:50–66

2. What Is a Monument? Monuments are intended to remind: –Important events (The Liberty Bell) –Great men (Washington Monument) –Wars & tragedies (Mountain Meadows Massacre) –Joyful days (May 8, 1945)

3. What Is a Monument? Monuments are proof of fact: –The people lived (Names read & bell tolled) –The events occurred (The Holocaust Museum) –There were ample eyewitnesses (“Lest we forget”) –The people involved & the events were judged important―significant enough to be remembered by generations unborn (cf. Joel 1:1-3)

4. What Is a Monument? Monuments are intended to prevent: –Lapses in memory –Names (The War Memorial) –Dates (Headstones) –Places (Utah, the monument in AR) –Witnesses & beneficiaries (Normandy)

5. What Is a Monument? Monuments are intended to prevent: –Trivialization –Rituals –Solemnity & Reverence –Respect

6. God’s Monuments Divine monuments remember Jesus & His resurrection (I Corinthians 11:24–25). God’s monuments establish His life, ministry, death and resurrection in space & time.

7. God’s Monuments Divine memorials reveal the significance of these things (I Corinthians 15:17–19). These monuments give hope and comfort to the observant (I Corinthians 11:26).

8. The First Day of the Week 1500 yrs of Sabbaths (Deuteronomy 5:15). What changed? (Acts 20:7; I Corinthians 16:1) Jesus rose from the dead (Luke 24:1,13,21).

9. The Transformation of the 12 6 wks before (Matthew 26:69–75; Luke 23:49). From 50 & after (Acts 2:14; 4:13–21; 5:17–29). What changed these twelve men (1 John 1:1– 3; I Peter 3:15–4:2; I Corinthians 15:5–11).

10. Water Baptism The significance of baptism rests upon the fact of the resurrection of Jesus from the dead: – Its efficacy (I Peter 3:18–22) – Its transformation (Romans 6:1–11) – Its fellowship (Colossians 2:10–3:13) If Jesus is not raised baptism is meaningless.

11. The Church of Christ The existence of the church is directly attributable to preaching of the resurrection of Jesus from the dead (Acts 2:29–37; et.al.). How does one explain 2000 yrs of survival and worldwide expansion in the midst of opposition & persecution, if Christ not raised?

12. The Lord’s Supper The propitiation of Jesus’s death is confirmed by the resurrection (Acts 2:24; Romans 1:4). His death memorialized in the Supper (Luke 22:14–20; I Corinthians 11:23–26). It is kept “until He come” (v. 26).

13. God’s Monuments The First Day of the Week The Transformation of the Twelve Water Baptism The Church of Christ The Lord’s Supper