THE PASSION HISTORY--------------------THE RESURRECTION.

 SOME DETAILS ARE FOUND ONLY IN MATTHEW. JUDAS ASK THE CHIEF PRIESTS HOW MUCH THEY WILL GIVE HIM IF HE BETRAYS JESUS, 26:15. JESUS NAMES JUDAS AS THE ONE WHO WILL BETRAY HIM, 26:25. NO MENTION IS MADE OF THE ROMAN SOLDIERS AMONG THOSE WHO GO TO GETHSEMANE TO CAPTURE JESUS26:59.  JUDAS REPENTS OF HIS ACTIONS, RETURNS THE MONEY TO THE CHIEF PRIESTS AND ELDERS, AND HANGS HIMSELF. THE MONEY HW RETURNS IS USED TO BUY POTTER'S FIELD, 27:3-10. PILATE'S WIFE WARNS HER HUSBAND NOT TO HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH JESUS; SHE IS TROUBLED BY A DREAM., 27:19. PILATE WASHERS HIS HANDS BEFORE A CROWD, 27:24-26. LIKE MARH, MATTHEW QUOTES ONLY ONE WORD FROM THE CROSS, 27:46. AFTER JESUS DEATH ( IN WHICH HE YIELDS UP HIS SPIRIT, 27:50), THE EARTH SHAKES, ROCKS SPLIT OPEN, TOMBS ARE ARE OPENED AND THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN IN THEM APPEAR TO MANY IN JERUSALEM AFTER JESUS RESURRECTION, 27:51-53. FINALLY, THE CHIEF PRIESTS AND PHARISEES ARRANGE TO HAVE JESUS TOMB SEALED AND GUARDED. DURING THE MOCKY SCENE IN HIS PASSION, JESUS IS GIVEN NOT ONLY A CROWN, BUT ALSO A MOCK SCEPTER, 27:29 THE OPENING OF JESUS TOMB IS ASSOCIATED WITH AN EARTHQUAKE AND TH VISIT OF AN ANGEL. THE GUARDS ARE TERRIFIED BY THIS EXPERIENCE. THE RISEN JESUS MEETS WOMEN NEAR THE TOMB, AND THERE IS A MUTUAL GREETING. THE PROBLEM WITH  THE EMPTY TOMB IS REPORTED TO THE AUTHORITIES  WHO IN TURN TRY TO KEEP THE MATTER QUIET BY RESORTING TO BRIBERY. JESUS MEETS HIS DISCIPLES IN GALILEE. THOUGH SOME WORSHIP HIM,, OTHERS DOUBT. JESUS POINTS TO HIS KINGLY AUTHORITY AND SENDS HIS DISCIPLES FORTH TO DRAW PEOPLE FROM ALL NATIONS INTO HIS COMMUNITY. HIS DISCIPLES ARE TO TEACH ALL NATIONS, AND TO BAPTIZE THEM IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER, THE SON AND THE HOLY SPIRIT. THEY ARE TO TEACH HIS NEW FOLLOWERS TO OBSERVE (NOT JUST "BELIEVE"). ALL THAT HE COMMANDED THEM. THE GOSPEL CLOSES WITH JESUS ASSURING HIS DISCIPLES THAT HE WILL BE WITH THEM TO THE CLOSE OF THE AGE,ch.28. THOUGH MATTHEW FOLLOWS THE SAME GEOGRAPHICAL AND CHRONOLOGICAL OUTLINE AS MARK, IT IS STRUCTURED AROUND A " FIVE BOOKS" PLAN. MATTHEW STRESSES THAT JESUS DESCENDED FROM BOTH ABRAHAM AND DAVID. JESUS WAS A" NEW MOSES"  WHOSE MINISTRY BROUGHT A NEW CHOSEN PEOPLE INTO EXISTENCE, A NEW ISRAEL. JESUS WAS MUCH MORE THAN A GIVER OF NEW LAWS. AT THE NEW MOSES (JESUS CAME TO RESCUE GOD'S PEOPLE FROM BONDAGE FROM SIN, SATAN, JUDGMENT AND DEATH. HE WAS ALSO THE SON OF DAVID, THE PROMISED MESSIANIC KING, WHO CAME TO LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HUMANITY THAT IT MIGHT HAVE FORGIVENESS OF SIN AND ETERNAL LIFE AS A PRESENT POSSESSION. JESUS REPEATED IN HIS LIFE THE HISTORY OF THE"OLD ISRAEL," THE OLD SON OF GOD. HE WENT DOWN INTO EGYPT, WAS CALLED OUT OF EGYPT, PASSED THROUGH WATER, AND WAS TEMPTED IN THE WILDERNESS. HE CONQUERED SATAN AND GATHERED A NEW PEOPLE AROUND HIMSELF. AS GOD GAVE HIS LAW TO OLD ISRAEL ON A MOUNTAIN, SO TOO JESUS GAVE HIS NEW WILL TO HIS NEW PEOPLE ON A MOUNTAIN. HIS NEW WILL STRIPPED AWAY ALL HUMAN MANIPULATIONS OF THE LAW AND MADE CLEAR GOD'S ORIGINAL INTENTION FOR HUMANITY-- THAT PEOPLE SHOULD LOVE GOD AND ONE ANOTHER. JESUS IS NOT AN "ABSENT KING," BUT THE EVER PRESENT IMMANUEL, "GOD WITH US." HE WILL REMAIN AMONG HIS PEOPLE UNTIL THE CLOSE OF THE AGE. THE NEW ISRAEL HE BROUGHT INTO EXISTENCE IS TO MAKE DISCIPLES OF ALL NATIONS BY BAPTIZING THEM, AND TEACHING THEM ALL THAT HE WOULD HAVE THEM BELIEVE AND DO.