DEATH The Enemy !The Greatest Victory
What do you think was the greatest event that has taken place on earth since creation? Was it the birth of Christ? Was it the crucifixion? Was it the resurrection of Christ?
Still others would say that the resurrection was the most important for without the resurrection we would have no hope beyond the grave! This is a little like asking: “Which is the most important: your head or your heart?” Both are vital! However…
The
resurrection of Christ was the key event in His life that
proved He was whom He claimed to be, The Son of God, the
Messiah. And that His sacrifice had been accepted by His Father in our
behalf. It was his resurrection that proved that He had gained the victory
over death.
In
the Book of Revelation He said: “I am he that liveth, and was dead;
and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and
have the keys of hell and of death.” Revelation 1:18.
When
asked by the religious leaders of his day for a sign that He was
what He claimed to be, He said that the only sign that He would
give them was His resurrection. “Then answered the Jews and said unto
him, What sign shewest thou unto us, seeing that thou doest these
things? Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in
three days I will raise it up.” John 2: 18,19.
He
spoke of this sign repeatedly. He said that He would be killed and
that He would rise from the dead on the third day. The religious
leaders took note of what He predicted
When
He was slain, they went to the Roman rulers and said to them:
“Sir,
we remember that that deceiver said, while he was yet alive, After
three days I will rise again. Command therefore
that the sepulcher be
made sure until the third day, lest his disciples come by night, and steal
him away, and say unto the people, He is risen from the dead: so the
last error shall be worse than the first..” Matthew 27: 63,64.
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