THE LOWEST VALLEY
Matthew 27:57-66
Jesus’ burial was the climax of his death, as the death was the climax of his life. Joseph’s tomb, carefully sealed with imperial Rome’s mark, tied the knot on the end of the thread of his death. There could now be no doubt that he had really died. His death touched the very bottom. He went to the very lowest, putting death to death for us, and making the new life as real as the death was. Because of the sting in his death, there need be none in ours.