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Welcome to Day 2186 of Wisdom-Trek, and thank you for joining me.\nThis is Guthrie Chamberlain, Your Guide to Wisdom\nThe Gospel of John \u2013 40 \u2013 A Miraculous Resurrection \u2013 Daily Wisdom\nPutnam Church Message \u2013 11/20/2022\nThe Gospel of John \u2013 Part 5: Vindication Of The Word \u2013 A Miraculous Resurrection\nToday, we continue our series on the Good News according to John the Apostle. Last, we explored in detail the use of crucifixion as a means of capital punishment and John\u2019s use of rich imagery, prophecies, and facts surrounding the crucifixion of the Messiah in a message titled Death on a Cross.\n\nOur scripture for today is John 19:38-20:10. As we begin this week, I can\u2019t think of anything more important to be thankful for than the resurrection. We will study one of the most miraculous events in all of history in a message titled A Miraculous Resurrection.\n\n\xa0The Burial of Jesus\n\n38\xa0Later, Joseph of Arimathea asked Pilate for the body of Jesus. Now Joseph was a disciple of Jesus, but secretly because he feared the Jewish leaders.\xa0With Pilate\u2019s permission, he came and took the body away.\xa039\xa0He was accompanied by Nicodemus, the man who earlier had visited Jesus at night. Nicodemus brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about seventy-five pounds.\xa040\xa0Taking Jesus\u2019 body, the two of them wrapped it, with the spices, in strips of linen.\xa0This was in accordance with Jewish burial customs.\xa041\xa0At the place where Jesus was crucified, there was a garden, and in the garden a new tomb, in which no one had ever been laid.\xa042\xa0Because it was the Jewish day of Preparation\xa0and since the tomb was nearby,\xa0they laid Jesus there.\n\n\xa0\n\nThe Empty Tomb\n\nEarly on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene\xa0went to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the entrance.\xa02\xa0So she came running to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one Jesus loved,\xa0and said, \u201cThey have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we don\u2019t know where they have put him!\u201d\n\n3\xa0So Peter and the other disciple started for the tomb.\xa04\xa0Both were running, but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb first.\xa05\xa0He bent over and looked in\xa0at the strips of linen\xa0lying there but did not go in.\xa06\xa0Then Simon Peter came along behind him and went straight into the tomb. He saw the strips of linen lying there,\xa07\xa0as well as the cloth that had been wrapped around Jesus\u2019 head.\xa0The cloth was still lying in its place, separate from the linen.\xa08\xa0Finally the other disciple, who had reached the tomb first,\xa0also went inside. He saw and believed.\xa09\xa0(They still did not understand from Scripture\xa0that Jesus had to rise from the dead.)\xa010\xa0Then the disciples went back to where they were staying.\n\nWe have so much to be thankful for today. Even for every breath that we take. Did you know that you take approximately 23,000 breaths daily, but when was the last time you thanked God for one of them? The process of inhaling...