A Revival Of The Cross — Randy Jones

Thank you very much felt that prayer. I appreciate it. We're glad to be here. What a great ministry here gospel for Asia. Our church leases a building at another great missions or organization Wycliffe Bible translators and Way on the other side of Dallas.

So what a privilege to be here I want to thank Greg for asking me again, and I appreciate Greg very very much has a great ministry and I do have something to tell you though Greg. If you're not born Texan you need to be born again, so.

That's kind of a joke. But we're glad you're here, and it's just beautiful welcome to the New Jerusalem, Dallas, Texas and We're just excited. Last time in Bard stall Greg had told me what time I think is not in the morning.

And I was. I think it was a Wednesday or Thursday morning. And I was going to get up early Thursday morning and drive up to Oklahoma, which is two or three hours. And I decided I'd look it up on the map.

It was as far north and as in Oklahoma as you can go. And it was like a five and a half or six hour drive. So I took off late Thursday night and got Up there two or three in the morning and Greg said they had saved me a room in the gym.

To sleep, but at that time I didn't want to wake anybody up 3 a .m. So I went to the gym and opened every door woke everybody up. There were like dozens of people in different rooms sleeping. I would open the door wake everybody up went through the whole building start at the top down to the bottom by the door.

I Found a room with some clothes in it that had a bed in it. I slept there that night, and I don't know if that was mine or not, but I slept good for about two hours. So it's exciting to be here, and if you would let's stand and pray.

I Appreciate all of you that come maybe from other countries or other states or other parts of Texas, and I just pray that through this conference and The message of revival that God will speak to your heart send you a personal revival.

Revival Centers on Jesus and the Cross

The most important person to be revived is you. You get revived and you'll revive other people. I taught revivalism five summers at Christ for the nations. I've been a pastor. I was a evangelism director there, and I found that I think the other brother said this towards the end of his message with earlier Jesus is the only message that brings revival the cross.

God rules and reigns from a cross. He still rules and reigns from an old rugged cross. The lamb was slain before the foundation of the world and it's that message I believe with all my heart the last move of God is a Christ Jesus movement.

Getting the church back to Jesus getting our eyes on Jesus getting focused on Jesus. Jesus is why we're here. It's not about us it's about him, and he is the one that produces life and joy and peace and Today I want to talk about the Lamb of God.

John the Baptist said behold the Lamb of God. I want to talk about that precious lamb. We're not following Someone who wanted to be waited on hand and foot. We're following a lamb who laid down his life on Calvary's cross.

Willingly, and I just pray you pray for me the Lord to help me just a little get a little glimpse of that. Let's pray father. I just thank you Lord for all the people here Lord. I just pray you would set aside our agendas our emails our texting our Internet thoughts anything distraction books tapes CDs problems money problems, whatever it is.

We set it all aside right now and Lord open up our eyes that we may behold wonders things out of your law Father I humbled myself before you without you were totally helpless. We cannot Jesus you said without you we can do nothing and that's so true.

I pray you would just guide us through the word today. Give everyone ears to hear anoint my lips Lord. I pray the word would find good and honest hearts good ground and take root downward and bear fruit upward and Change our lives in Jesus name before you sit down.

Turn to someone shake their hand and tell them I've never seen anybody look like you in my whole life. Then you can sit down praise the Lord. I move down here because it's cooler and it's closer and Also, I'm trying to cross that great gulf Between the podium and the pew that no man can cross.

I'm trying to do that right now. When I evangelize and traveled I was a full-time evangelist for many years. I used to tell him I came to inspect the front row. Because for some reason the Saints or anyone never sat on the front row.

They must be really dirty. Or something wrong with them and I would go through every church and expect the front row inspect the front row. We have the same problem here. Something is wrong with the front row.

We need to ask the bus drivers how they get everybody sit up front. I'm just kidding. Maybe okay. I want you to turn in the Word of God to John chapter 1. John chapter 1. The reason I use a handheld and I move around a little bit.

I learned early Preaching that preaching is the top of the art. Preaching is the art of talking in other people's sleep. So I'm gonna try to wake up four or five here today, and if you're not awake I'll come out there right where you are and talk right to you.

So you'll have to wake up one time I had a guy sleeping on the front row and I threw the hymnal hit him hit the pew right next to his head. He woke up. He thought the rapture had taken place. So you never know what's gonna happen.

John the Baptist Proclaims the Lamb of God

John 1 verse 29. The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said Behold the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world. Turn to verse 36 and he looked at Jesus as he walked and he said behold the Lamb of God.

There's a lot of themes messages doctrines words that people argue about talk about fuss about get mad about Fight over and The only thing that's really important is the Lamb of God. One preacher said preaching that leaves out the cross is the laughingstock of hell.

That's a great quote and when you talk about the modern gospel in the modern Message of churches many churches not all churches. Thank God It's about us Getting favor with God getting a good parking spot at the mall how to get a lot of money how to be Successful how to be happy, but there's only one person see where this is not a religion.

This is not an organization. This is not a denomination. It's about a person and We have a relationship with a person not a religion and the Bible says the preaching of the cross is The power of God and the salvation.

There's a lot of movements today where all they preach is the law. We preach at Union Gospel Mission here in Dallas. We go to The street corners on Saturdays. I led outreaches to Deep Ellum and Cedar Springs all over Dallas for many years went to Mardi Gras five times took hundreds of students to witness and There's a movement now where they go out on the street corners and and blast people with the law and high-five each other.

Say hey, we gave the devil a black eye you sinners repent and There's no fruit. There's no salvations. There's even a movement to not even pray with them to get saved which is the dumbest thing I've ever seen.

Excuse me. The Greeks had a word for that baloney. Jesus pressed everyone for a decision. He had 34 personal encounters and Zacchaeus got saved either in the tree or in the air before he hit the ground because when he hit the ground Jesus said salvation has come to your house today.

He didn't put it off. Don't tell people to go home. I'm sorry if I'm getting on your favorite thing. I just don't know. It's ignorance. Forgive me, but it's true. Don't tell people to go home and meditate on it and think about it pray with them right there.

Lead them to the cross. The devil will talk him them out of it as soon as they walk off and it's the cross. And I believe in using the law. Don't get me wrong if they're hard-hearted and they say they're okay.

And they're obviously drunkards are falling down drunk or half-naked or whatever lay the law on them. They say they're okay. They're not convicted. One preacher said law to the proud grace to the humble.

But the gospel is the message the law brings a conviction of sin. It softens hard hearts. But then you just leave them all messed up. The preaching of the cross is the power of God unto salvation. Does your Bible say that mine does?

I've got the one. Paul used the New King James Bible. That's a joke and here we are in the modern day. It's if there's any price to pay any sacrifice. No one wants to be a Christian if we tell them they have to.

I preached in certain cultures. Where they would tell me don't ask him to come to a prayer meeting. They'll all get mad. How what have we come to when we're following a man who died in agony on an old rugged cross gave Everything he had for us and we barely make it to church on Sunday morning.

Tithing is a sacrifice. Because we don't know who Jesus really is. If you knew who Jesus was right now daily would be at his feet like Mary pouring out our love on him and we've gotten away from the cross and The cross is what changes people's lives.

John the Baptist’s Ministry and Message

John the Baptist if He worked a miracle the Bible doesn't record it and I love miracles. I believe in miracles. God healed both of my sons on a deathbed in the hospital. When God said the doctor came and said they weren't going to live and God said they were and they did.

God still heals the sick. I know some people don't like that. But till you get sick, you don't believe that. You get sick. You really believe it. But John the Baptist if he worked a miracle doesn't say he did.

But Jesus said there's never been a prophet born among men women greater than John the Baptist. He wasn't like Elijah and Elisha that worked all these miracles and Moses whose face glowed in the dark.

After seeing God's glory God's back, but John the Baptist came wearing a leather girdle eating bugs. I know there's some theologians trying to prove that's a leaf of a tree. It's a bug. People still eat them.

You get hungry enough you would do and He was eating wild honey. And he just came out of the wilderness and he turned Israel upside down and called the people to repentance. He was preparing the way for Jesus Christ.

He was not the way he said he wasn't he wasn't worthy to bend down and unlatch Jesus sandals, but he was preparing the way for the Son of God and his message was behold. He got everybody ready. Jesus comes to be baptized.

He turns around many of us today would go. I don't want to pass this on to Jesus. I'm doing good. Look at everybody coming to be baptized. God's really blessed my ministry. Look even the Pharisees are coming.

They probably pay some good tithes. John the Baptist looked at him. He had never read how to win friends and influence people. John the Baptist looked at him and said you generation of snakes. We would go.

Here's the seat on the front row for the Pharisee who warned you to flee from the wrath to come. You know what? That means in the Greek your mama was a snake your daddy was a snake. Your grandpa was a snake your kids are snakes your wife's a snake and you're a snake progeny of serpents because it was the truth and When the time was ready and he had prepared the way preaching repentance and Baptizing unto repentance one day his cousin walked up and When the Holy Spirit came down on and remained John the Baptist proclaimed to the whole world behold the Lamb of God Who takes away the sins of the world not just for the Methodist or the assemblies of God?

For the whole world. That's the Word of God. Hello, it's probably the president. Have no idea what that meant and then the next day he turned around again. He said behold the Lamb of God listen to me close.

We get to do the same thing. We have the same honor the same privilege the same ministry that John the Baptist had. We get to turn to the whole world and say look. It's the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world.

That's what witnessing is about. That's what preaching is about. That's what church is about church. Is it so that we can be decompossessed and have some meetings and fuss and fight. Church is about behold the Lamb of God.

That's a preacher's job. That's a Christian's job to show the whole world there. He is right there Jesus the Son of the Living God. What a privilege John the Baptist had and his message later was I must decrease and he must increase.

He died about 30. Two years old. As he was beheaded had a six-month ministry. He turned the nation upside down. He was on fire for God. But he got to say there he is The Lamb of God. And John the Baptist said I've heard the bridegroom's voice.

This my joy is now complete and as great as that was his greater ministry we're gonna skip ahead of Jesus wonderful life. I've heard people say don't study the Gospels man. I hope you don't listen to that devil we got four wonderful keys of the revelation of Jesus Christ Matthew Mark and Luke and John and When you go to the ox the eagle the man and the four faces the lion.

That's the four faces of Jesus Christ the suffering servant of Jehovah the glorious King. All those are pictures of Jesus. You should get the life of Christ in stereo. Which is all four Gospels put together and live in that book because you will be learning the Lord Jesus Christ.

When the Holy Spirit makes that real to you quickens it to you and reveals it to you. Just reading the Bible will make you could be a devil and do that. But the Holy Spirit makes it alive and That book leaps up out of the pages and comes in your heart and you get the revealed quick and revelation of Jesus Christ by the Holy Spirit, that's what the Word of God is.

And when All the wonderful works that Jesus did all the revelations that John said I suppose that the world couldn't contain the books. If everything was written down that Jesus did in every realm. But let's go to his last night.

Christ’s Agony in Gethsemane

He was in the upper room with his disciples and he said You will all forsake me and flee. Peter bless his heart. He said not me Lord I will never forsake you. And a few hours later. He cursed and swore that he didn't know Jesus.

Jesus began to be troubled in his spirit. Began to be very heavy and the Bible says as his custom was. Jesus had a habit it was going to pray. People if you don't Saints if you don't think you need to pray you need to look at Jesus he was a man of prayer.

The book of Luke is going from one prayer meeting to the next prayer meeting and he told his disciples come apart with me and Pray. They went to the Garden of Gethsemane. And when he was in Gethsemane when he was entering Gethsemane he turned to his disciples.

And he said my soul is exceedingly sorrowful even unto death. Jesus realized I know this is going to go against the little doctrine, but listen to me, and I think you'll agree with me. Jesus was not trying to get out of the going to the cross in Gethsemane.

He didn't have second thoughts. He wasn't trying to go another way. When he said father not my will but thine be done it's because he knew he was dying and As far as he knew he knew the will of his father.

Was that he died on a no rugged cross for the sins of the universe sins of mankind? He knew that was the will of God and yet he realized he was not going to make it. The Bible says he turned his disciples and said my soul is exceedingly sorrowful even unto death.

He realized that he was dying right there as the weight of sin. You know one little new demon that just got started in his demonizing could he knocked most of us out. One little demon. Just nobody loves you.

Did we just quit? Can you imagine the Son of God as he entered? Gethsemane every demon and devil in hell. Satan himself the dragon the serpent. They all began to come against the mind of the Son of God and the weight of sin began to bear down on him.

When he died on the cross, they thrust the spear in blood and water came out. Medical Doctor says that's a condition where the sack around your heart ruptures. Dallas home wrote a song. He died of a broken heart and I want you to know that he was in such agony.

That his heart began to be overloaded. His body was overloaded. Overloaded and he told his disciples I'm dying. Please pray with me. He realized he was not going to make it to Calvary's cross and he went down.

He called Peter James and John apart and he fell on his face and he began to pray being in an agony the Bible says. And he cried out. Oh my father. If it be possible. Let this cup pass for me not the cup tomorrow.

Not the cross the cup of death that he was drinking right then let this cup pass from me. Nevertheless Not my will but thine be done. And he went back and he was. The Bible says in Mark as he prayed. He began to hemorrhage through his sweat glands.

Blood began to come through his sweat glands and he began to bleed through the skin. That's a condition that doctors say you cannot live through being in such distress and agony. Mark says as he knelt there great clots of blood fell to the ground.

Jesus was dying and folks. What a beautiful picture. He wasn't having second thoughts. He wasn't trying to get out of it. He was battling with everything. The Bible says in Hebrews 5 7 and 8 who in the days of his flesh Offered up prayers with strong crying and but him and vehement at tears and was heard by who in him.

He whom he feared and was delivered from death. He didn't get delivered from death on the cross he got delivered from death in Gethsemane. Now he learned obedience to the things that he suffered. This is a much more accurate biblical beautiful picture that Jesus was not having second thoughts not pulling back.

He was fighting with everything He had he'd out there and he was battling with every fiber his being to get to the cross for you and I. Because if it wasn't for the old girl get cross right now. We'd all be in the lake of fire would all be in hell.

There would be no hope for us you would be a given account for your sins. Your sins would accuse you you would be in hell right now. But Jesus fought and battled that as he knelt there he asked it went again to his disciples that please help me.

Please pray. And he went back being even greater agony and angels came and strengthened him. What a beautiful picture. Man usually gets things wrong. How wonderful that he battled and fought? And but he said the Lord our Father.

I think I know your will but if you've changed your mind I Surrender to that not my will. But thine be done. And if we think something's the will of God and doesn't happen we we pout for six months. But he said nevertheless not my will but thine be done.

The Scourging and Crucifixion of Jesus

Then they came and arrested him and they took him and took him before Pilate and then they took him out and scourged him. That seems simple. I like the word of promise the new King James Version the word of promise because when they scourged Jesus you can hear it.

Since the modern church Wouldn't preach the cross anymore. God had to get an actor in Hollywood a Catholic to make a movie that for the first time in history. I've studied the cross for many decades. Doctor looks at Calvary medical books all this doctor nailed a corpse to a cross to get to show exactly what it was like.

But we've never really preached it like it really was. I Preached on the cross one time in Warner Robins, Georgia. The lady came up to me after church has said that was gross. You shouldn't be preaching.

That that was too gross and too bloody. But most people have said thank you we haven't heard about the cross in many years and The church got away from the cross and started preaching money and success and numbers and fancy buildings.

They're so busy borrowing money to build another building they're not winning the lost anymore and in that movie there were so many details. That were accurate. I was amazed. I know he's probably not a Christian, but I was amazed.

I'd studied for decades. And all the details. How did he get that? How did he know that? There's a guy in Houston, Texas Who went to the police station after watching that movie and confessed to a murder they'd had gotten away with.

Folks that's how you know someone has presented the crawls. We went to far north Dallas to a huge church before it was even released and the actor who played Jesus was there. And they just showed a raw cut of it and when he got done.

Not one person said a word not one person moved and all of a sudden in the back some young man yelled out. We did that to you. Jesus in hundreds flooded the altar weeping and crying. If you want see you want to see revival in your church.

You want to see the Holy Spirit moving in your church preach Jesus on the cross again and preach him bloody and everybody will. John Wesley said if you'll preach the real Jesus Sinners will climb over the pews and the hypocrites to get to him and in the movie.

I mean what what an awesome Display of the agony of Jesus Christ as those professional Roman soldiers beat him with cat and nine tails. And history said when the Romans did that you could see their lungs through their back look like raw hamburger meat and They scourged him.

Jesus physical suffering was awful and then they took him out and crucified him. They nailed his hands and his feet to a cross and in the movie They dig a hole and they take that cross and drop it and when it hits the bottom the body would lunge against the nails tear rip.

Put on a crown of thorns and he was covered with blood from head to toe and please listen to me. We've gotten away from the power of the blood of Jesus Christ. Because modern man's thinking says that's gross.

That's bloody. It's a bloody religion. The Bible says without the shedding of blood. There is no remission of sin. Jesus blood is precious. Yes to the carnal mind. It's gross. It's stupid. They don't understand it.

They don't understand that we all deserve death and hell. Well, our blood should be shed that's the life of the flesh is in the blood without the shedding of blood. There's no remission of sin, but the Bible says by his stripes.

We are healed by his stripes. We were healed. It's the blood of Jesus Christ that conquered every phase of this universe. Spiritually physically I want you to know the blood of Jesus Christ is the most powerful force in this universe.

The Power of Jesus’ Blood

That little red spot outside of Jerusalem one time. I was talking talking to a man and he looked at me. There's a guy I Don't remember where his church is that I'm going to mention him but he has a huge following and He's his mentor and him teach that the blood of Jesus isn't literal not to be believed in literal it's a symbol.

The Bible says when we get to heaven, we're gonna get to see we're gonna go to the blood of sprinkling. That's on the mercy seat in heaven. We're gonna get to see it. It's still there right now, but wasn't there we'd be in trouble.

Jesus went in there and sprinkled in himself in the Holy of Holies in heaven and The blood of Jesus Christ his son cleanses us from all sin. It's time we started preaching the blood again because the blood the power of the blood when I was a kid We used to sing there's power power.

Wonder-working power in the blood of the Lamb and I want you to know that's still true. Sure. The devil doesn't want that. That's the one thing He fears is the blood of Jesus Christ because the blood of Jesus Christ cleanses us from all sin.

It protected the children of Israel in Egypt. The destroyer and destruction had to go away. You know what the Greek word for Passover or peace on means it's an old word. That means to interpose one's own person.

God said when I see the blood when I grew up singing that Oh him when I see the blood I thought it meant when God saw the blood he would skip over that home and wouldn't kill them. God wasn't killing them.

The angel of death came through the angel of destruction. Came through death came through the land and he told him to get that little blood put it up on the lintel when God was Saying when I see the blood of that little lamb on your home I Almighty Yahweh God will stand in front of your little home.

I'll turn them away and say you can't come in because the blood of the Lamb is on this home. How much more do you think the power of the literal real blood of Jesus is on the mercy seat in heaven? Folks there was enough power in one drop To cleanse the whole universe of all sin, but the one thief saw something that changed his life.

Saved his soul. He looked at Jesus and he saw who he really was the Lamb of God. And he looked at him. He said Lord Kyrgios master. Remember me. When you come into your kingdom Jesus looked at him and said I God the Son of God The seal of truth.

There's a great series the study ate the amens and amens of Christ. This is one of them truly Truly I say unto you Today, you'll be with me in paradise. That kind of knocks out the teaching of God to be baptized in water to be saved.

I believe in water baptism on my heart that thief got saved on the cross and died on the cross and Jesus. I want you to know saints as sure as the Sun came up this morning a few hours later that old thief was with Jesus in paradise.

God can. Jesus can save the worst sinners in the world. That's how powerful the cross is even before he was done. He saved someone. And while he was a nagging on the cross Many of the Old Testament saints got up out of their graves and started to put the cross is so powerful.

We don't have any idea. He dealt with mankind first his family and then a single individual but now comes the real suffering as Awful as the physical suffering of Jesus was it was the least of his suffering.

Christ Bears Sin and the Wrath of God

He began to suffer in his soul. The Bible says in Isaiah 53 it pleased the Lord to bruise him. And he saw the travail of his soul and was satisfied and as he was hanging on the cross The fire of hell began to burn against him.

Every demon and devil in hell began to attack. Jesus said there's a fire that cannot be quenched and there's a worm that won't die. Don't you fear? Anyone who can just kill your body you fear the one that's able to destroy both body and soul in hell and all of hell rose up at Calvary's cross and That fire that cannot be quenched began to burn against the Son of God.

That worm that cannot die that can't be killed. Began to attack the Son of God and for three hours from 12 noon to 3 in the afternoon. The most awful unmitigated suffering in the history of the world began to take place.

The most awful horrible agony that a human being has ever gone through and will ever go through took place in the soul and the bosom of Jesus Christ on Calvary's cross and from 12 noon to 3 in the afternoon.

He doesn't say another word first. It was mankind that his family than an individual, but now it's just him and God. Him and his father and you're gonna get in that place someday. There are times when you're going to go through something.

It's just you and God. And now it's just him and his father. Everyone else is out of the picture and he begins to suffer not only that fire. The Bible doesn't say he paid the penalty for sin. It doesn't say that he paid the price for sin.

The Bible says he became sin. None of us will our own sins not kill us. All the sins of mankind every sin that had ever been committed every murder every rape every lie every evil thing a Fallen evil mankind had ever done was doing at that moment of whatever do was gathered up some way by God himself.

And God put that in the bosom in the soul of his son and he became sin. Our sins your sins my sins he became sins. He became sin and you know, what else it changed the way he physically looked when that happened.

Isaiah 52 says his face Was more marred than any man in the Hebrew. That means he didn't look like a human being anymore. As he became sin his suffering was so great That he turned into some dark and twisted creature.

Isaiah clearly says he didn't look like a human being anymore. We had to turn away our faces as He became a curse for us as he became sin for us. He did not look like a man hanging there he was some thing some mute creature hanging there in agony and then The wrath of God the Bible said he endured the wrath of God for us.

The wrath of God was poured through his soul in the book of Revelation. There are seven vials the perfect just complete wrath of a holy God are stored up gonna be poured out During the seven years of the tribulation period.

I'm sorry if that was against the doctrine. But anyway during the tribulation period the wrath of God's going to be poured out that is clear in the Word of God and you know something as Jesus was hanging on the cross all seven vials of a Perfect.

Holy wrath of God those vials were poured into the soul into the bosom of the Son of God. All that wrath the Bible says it's going to be so horrible during the tribulation period. That this whole planet is gonna rock and reel like a drunken man as the wrath of God has poured out on the whole earth.

The whole earth is gonna move and shake and rock and reel and all that wrath was poured into the bosom of the Son of God. I'll tell you something. If there's nothing else you should be excited about. You'll never have to experience one drop of God's wrath.

Because Jesus absorbed it for you. Jesus took it for you. He took in all the wrath of God the Bible says we've been delivered from the wrath to come. Because God's Son took your place and endured it for you, then he's getting ready to say something.

Earlier he had refused to drink the dead in the pain. But the Bible says in Psalms his tongue was cleaving to the roof of his mouth. And on the cross you had to push yourself up on your feet to breathe because it was such a pressure on your chest.

But now he wants to say something. He said I thirst and they gave him a drink and he pushes himself up to speak and the Bible said. And believe me when I took Bible college, I failed the dignified module because Jesus Didn't know anything about trying to look dignified and pontificating.

He cried with a loud voice. He cried with a loud voice. You know what he said it was the Roman cry of victory tear to last time. It's over. It's finished. It's settled. It's done. And you know what the Greek means the last period had been put the last T had been crossed the last I had been dotted.

Knowing that all things had been accomplished. He's now ready to say something. He's done his great atoning work. It's done his awful suffering is done. I can't imagine how that felt. I'm so glad he didn't stop halfway.

I'm so glad he went to that point when he said all things have been accomplished and he cried With a loud voice Ted to last time. It's over. It's settled. It's done. And you know what he was saying? I want hell to know.

I want mankind to know. I want Satan to know. I want the fallen angels to know. I want the angels of God to know but most of all father I want you to know it's over. It's settled. It's finished. It's done and Saints 2 ,000 plus years later.

It's still over. It's still settled. It's still done. He's not coming back and getting on the cross again. He was completely victorious. He totally finished the work. Somebody needs to say man Yes, amen.

Thank you, brother. If you help me out, it won't kill me if you help me what a work. I mean If the church really knew this we'd never stop witnessing it would bring revival like you never saw in your life.

I've seen I've seen revival and then he bowed his head first. He said father into your hands. I deposit my spirit. The Romans didn't kill Jesus. The Jews didn't kill Jesus. He laid his life down willingly.

He bowed his head and died and they put him in a grave and I hate to tell you this. It wasn't on Friday. It was on a Wednesday. Because he was in the grave three days and three nights not a day and a half and his cold lifeless body Was laid in the grave, but it never decayed it never rotted three days later.