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#137 - Kyle Thompson // St. Patrick’s Breastplate: Through the strength of His resurrection with His ascension
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Welcome to the Daily Blade. The word of God is described as the sword of the spirit, the primary spiritual weapon in the Christian's armor against the forces of evil. Your hosts are Joby Martin and Kyle Thompson, and they stand ready to equip men for the fight. Let's sharpen up.
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Welcome back, guys. This week we're spending some time with an Irish prayer from St. Patrick called St. Patrick's Breastplate or the deer's cry. Let me read the beginning of it here. I arise today through a mighty strength, the invocation of the Trinity, through belief in the threeness, through confession of the oneness of the creator of creation. I rise today through the strength of Christ with his baptism, through the strength of his crucifixion, with his burial, through the strength of his resurrection, with his ascension, through the strength of his descent, for the judgment of doom. So yesterday we pondered aloud how we could derive strength from the crucifixion and burial of Jesus Christ. Today we're going to key in on this one line. I arise today through the strength of his resurrection, with his ascension. So let's go back to the Gospel of John starting in chapter 20, verse 1. Now, on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb early, while it was still dark, and saw that the stone had been taken away from the tomb. So she ran and went to Simon Peter and the other disciples, the one whom Jesus loved, and said to them, they have taken the Lord out of the tomb and we do not know where they have laid him. So Peter went out with the other disciples and they were going toward the tomb. Both of them were running together. But the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb first. And stooping to look in, he saw the linen cloths lying there and he did not go in. Then Simon Peter came following him and went into the tomb. He saw the linen cloths lying there in the face cloth which had been on Jesus's head, not lying with the linen cloths, but folded up in a place by itself. Then the other disciple who had reached the tomb first also went in and he saw and believed, for as yet they did not understand the Scripture, that he must rise from the dead. Then the disciples went back to their homes. Now let's go to verse 11. But Mary stood weeping outside the tomb. And as she wept, she stooped to look into the tomb, and she saw two angels in white sitting where the body of Jesus had lain. One hat at the head and one at the feet. They said to her, woman, why are you weeping? She said to them, they have taken away my Lord, and I do not know where they have laid him. Having said this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing. But she did not know that it was Jesus. Jesus said to her, woman, why are you weeping? Whom are you seeking? Supposing him to be the gardener. She said to him, sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have laid him and I will take him away. Jesus said to her, mary. She turned and said to him in Aramaic, rabbani, which means teacher. Jesus said to her, do not cling to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father. But go to my brothers and say to them, I am ascended to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God. Mary Magdalene went and announced the disciples, I have seen the Lord and that he said these things to her. So I always get, like, a little bit choked up there. Whenever Jesus just responds to her and just says Mary, he says her name. And in that instant, she recognizes the name of her shepherd. And again, this is Mary Magdalene. To say she had a rough past would be a tremendous understatement. She would have been considered, you know, very unclean and outside of normal, polite society. But to Jesus, I mean, it's just so powerful. She was a daughter. She had a name. And then Jesus appears to the rest of the disciples, and he's with them for a period of time. And then at the beginning of the Book of Acts, we see this, so Acts 1, starting in verse 6. So when they have come together, they asked him, lord, will you at this time restore the kingdom to Israel? And he said to them, it is not for you to know times or seasons that the Father has fixed by his own authority. But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you. And you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria into the end of the earth. And when he had said these things, as they were looking on, he was lifted up and a cloud took him out of their sight. And while they were gazing into heaven, as he went, behold, two men stood by them in white robes and said, men of Galilee, white. Do you stand looking into heaven? This Jesus who is taken up from you into heaven will come in the same way as you saw him go into heaven. So why can we gain strength through the crucifixion and burial of Jesus? Because the story didn't end there. That's where the story ended for a lot of fake messiahs, but not for Jesus of Nazareth. Jesus was murdered to provide payment for the sins of humanity, including my sins and your sins. So they the cross, which was meant to be a symbol of fear and shame, was adopted by Christians for the last 2000 plus years as a powerful symbol of ultimate hope. I'll read the end of St Patrick's Breastplate as we wrap today. May you receive protection. Christ with me, Christ before me, Christ behind me, Christ in me, Christ beneath me, Christ above me, Christ on my right, Christ on my left Christ when I lie down, Christ when I sit down, Christ when I arise, Christ in the heart of every man who thinks of me, Christ in the mouth of everyone who speaks of me, Christ in every eye that sees me, Christ in every ear that hears me. Amen.
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