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“No event in American history which was so improbable at the time has seemed so inevitable in retrospect as the American

Revolution. On the inevitability side, it is true there were voices

back then urging prospective patriots to regard American independence as an early

version of manifest destiny. Tom Paine, for example, claimed that

it was simply a matter of common sense that an island

could not rule a continent. And Thomas Jefferson's lyrical

rendering of the reasons for the entire revolutionary enterprise emphasized the self-evident character of the principles at

stake.”from Joseph Ellis – Founding Brothers





“The creation of a separate American nation occurred suddenly

rather than gradually, in revolutionary rather than

evolutionary fashion, the decisive events that shaped the political

ideas and institutions of the emerging state all taking place with

dynamic intensity during the last quarter of the eighteenth century. No one present at the start knew how it would turn out in the end.

What in retrospect has the look of a foreordained unfolding of God's will

was in reality an improvisational affair in which sheer chance, pure

luck-both good and bad-and specific decisions made in the crucible of specific military and political crises determined the

outcome.”

from Joseph Ellis – Founding Brothers



"I shall have a great advantage over you, Mr. Gerry," said

Harrison, "when we are all hung for what we are now doing. From the size and weight of my body I shall die in a few minutes, but

from the lightness of your body you will dance in the air an hour

or two before you are dead." Rush recalled that the comment

"procured a transient smile, but it was soon succeeded by the

solemnity with which the whole business was conducted.”

from Joseph Ellis – Founding Brothers

The Context…

John 20:1-91Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the entrance. 2So she came running to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one Jesus loved, and said,

“They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we don’t know where they have put him!” 3So Peter and the other disciple

started for the tomb. 4Both were running, but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb first. 5He bent over and looked in at the strips of linen lying there but did not go in.

6Then Simon Peter, who was behind him, arrived and went into the tomb. He saw the strips of linen lying there, 7as well as the burial cloth that had been around Jesus’ head. The cloth was folded up by itself, separate from the linen. 8Finally the other disciple, who had reached the tomb first, also went inside. He

saw and believed. 9(They still did not understand from Scripture that Jesus had to rise from the dead.)

The Crucifixion of Jesus

BOTTICELLI, Sandro Lamentation over the Dead Christ with Saintsc.1490 Tempera on panel, 140 x 207 cm Alte Pinakothek, Munich





CORNELISZ VAN OOSTSANEN, Jacob

Christ Appearing to Mary Magdalen as a Gardener

1507 Oil on oak, 55 x 39 cmStaatliche Museen, Kassel

The starting point of the revolutionaries…

John 20:19a19On the evening of that first day of the week, when the disciples were together, with the doors locked for fear of

the Jews,



The sudden appearance of Jesus

John 20:19bJesus came and stood among them and said,

“Peace be with you!”



“Hey, man, show me the money!”

John 20:20a20After he said this, he showed them his hands and side.



A 180° Shift in EVERYTHING!

John 20:20bThe disciples were overjoyed when they saw the Lord.



The Call to a Revolution

John 20:2121Again Jesus said, “Peace be with you!

As the Father has sent me, I am sending you.”




Matthew 28:16-2016Then the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the

mountain where Jesus had told them to go. 17When they saw him, they worshipped him; but some doubted. 18Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the

Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded

you. And surely I am with you always,to the very end of the age.”




Luke 24:36-4944He said to them, “This is what I told you while I was still with you: Everything must be fulfilled that is written about

me in the Law of Moses, the Prophets and the Psalms.” 45Then he opened their minds so they could understand the Scriptures. 46He told them, “This is what is written: The Christ will suffer and rise from the dead on the third

day, 47and repentance and forgiveness of sins will be preached in his name to all nations, beginning at

Jerusalem. 48You are witnesses of these things. 49I am going to send you what my Father has promised; but stay in the city until you have been clothed with power from

on high.”

Mark 16:14, 1514Later Jesus appeared to the Eleven as they were eating; he rebuked them for their lack of faith and their stubborn refusal to believe those who had seen him after he had

risen. 15He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the good news to all creation.




Mark 16:14, 1514Later Jesus appeared to the Eleven as they were eating; he rebuked them for their lack of faith and their stubborn refusal to believe those who had seen him after he had

risen. 15He said to them, “Go into all the world andpreach the good news to all creation.






John 3:16-1816“For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish

but have eternal life. 17For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world

through him. 18Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands

condemned already because he has not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son.”






John 6:28, 2928Then they asked him, “What must we do to do the works

God requires?” 29Jesus answered, “The work of God is this: to believe in the one he has sent.”






John 6:5757Just as the living Father sent me and I live because of

the Father, so the one who feeds on me will live because of me.






John 17:33Now this is eternal life: that they may know you, the only

true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.






John 17:17-2317Sanctify them by the truth; your word is truth. 18As you sent me

into the world, I have sent them into the world. 19For them I sanctify myself, that they too may be truly sanctified. 20“My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message, 21that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me. 22I have given them the glory that you gave me, that they may be one as we are one: 23I in them and you in me.

May they be brought to complete unity to let the world know that you sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me.



The Power and Message of the Revolution

John 20:22-2322And with that he breathed on them and said, “Receive the Holy Spirit. 23If you forgive anyone his sins, they are

forgiven; if you do not forgive them, they are not forgiven.”



Are you ready to start a

Revolution?

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