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Easter Even
First Lesson
Job 14:1-14
1 Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble.
2 He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also
as a shadow, and continueth not.
3 And dost thou open thine eyes upon such an one, and bringest
me into judgment with thee?
4 Who
can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one.
5 Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months are
with thee, thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass;
6 Turn from him, that he may rest, till he shall accomplish,
as an hireling, his day.
7 For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will
sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease.
8 Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock
thereof die in the ground;
9 Yet through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth
boughs like a plant.
10 But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost,
and where is he?
11 As the waters fail from the sea, and the flood decayeth and
drieth up:
12 So man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens be no
more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep.
13 O that thou wouldest hide me in the grave, that thou wouldest
keep me secret, until thy wrath be past, that thou wouldest appoint
me a set time, and remember me!
14 If a man die, shall he live again? all the days of my appointed
time will I wait, till my change come.
1st Lesson Questions -
Who can bring a clean thing [a saved me] out of an unclean? (V. 4) Do I really believe it is possible? Will I let God do so with me? RESOLVE.
Second Lesson
John 19:38-42
38 And after this Joseph of Arimathaea, being a disciple of Jesus,
but secretly for fear of the Jews, besought Pilate that he might
take away the body of Jesus: and Pilate gave him leave. He came
therefore, and took the body of Jesus.
39 And there came also Nicodemus, which at the first came to
Jesus by night, and brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about
an hundred pound weight.
40 Then took they the body of Jesus, and wound it in linen clothes
with the spices, as the manner of the Jews is to bury.
41 Now in the place where he was crucified there was a garden;
and in the garden a new sepulchre, wherein was never man yet
laid.
42 There laid they Jesus therefore because of the Jews' preparation
day; for the sepulchre was nigh at hand.
2nd Lesson Questions -
Had I been with Joseph and Nicodemus, what would it have been like? RESOLVE.