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Hallelujah! Christ Arose!
31 March 2010 / 11:23 AM
Up from the grave He arose,
With a mighty triumph o’er His foes,
He arose a Victor from the dark domain,
And He lives forever, with His saints to reign.
He arose! He arose!
Hallelujah! Christ arose!
These words, written by Robert Lowry in 1874, are just as vibrant today as when he first penned them. This is the heart of the gospel message, that Jesus Christ, the Son of God, who was crucified, died, and was buried, rose up from the grave, victorious over sin and death. “Up from the grave He arose.” Upon His death ont he cross, His body had been taken down, wrapped for burial, laid in a stone cold tomb, closed with a large stone and sealed with the stamp of the governor. Yet, on the third day He arose, He came out of the grave, leaving behind an empty tomb.
His resurrection was “a mighty triumph o’er His foes.” Those who had Him crucified thought His death meant the end of His life, and of their troubhles caused by His life and ministry. They thought they had won the battle, that they were the victors. But Jesus arose, and in doing so was triumphant over His foes.
And “He arose a Victor from the dark domain.” Jesus had died. He had experienced the depths of death, yet He arose from death and the grave victoriously. He arose from the domain of darkness, to conquer sin and death once and for all. Death would not have the last word.
ON that first day of the week, when the women went to the tomb with spices to anoint the body of Jesus, an angel said to them, “Don’t be alarmed. You are looking for Jesus the Nazarene, who was crucified. He has risen! He is not here. See the place where they laid Him.” (Mark 16:6). The grave could not contain Him and He arose the Victor.
“And He lives forever, with His saints to reign.” Lazarus came back to life from the grave and others were raised from the dead. But they would all die again. However, Jesus arose never to die again. He came back to life and He continues to live, now and forever. And the glorious message of Easter is not only that He lives, but that because He lives, we shall live also. Jesus said to Martha, “I am the resurrection and the life. Those who believe in me, even though they die like everyone else, will live again. They are given eternal life for believing in me and will never perish.” (John 11:25-26 NLT)
Death is all around us and we “walk through the valley of the shadow of death” again and again. But Easter comes to remind us that death doesn’t have the final word, for Jesus Christ arose from the grave to give us everlasting life.
He arose! He arose!
Hallelujah! Christ arose!
With a mighty triumph o’er His foes,
He arose a Victor from the dark domain,
And He lives forever, with His saints to reign.
He arose! He arose!
Hallelujah! Christ arose!
These words, written by Robert Lowry in 1874, are just as vibrant today as when he first penned them. This is the heart of the gospel message, that Jesus Christ, the Son of God, who was crucified, died, and was buried, rose up from the grave, victorious over sin and death. “Up from the grave He arose.” Upon His death ont he cross, His body had been taken down, wrapped for burial, laid in a stone cold tomb, closed with a large stone and sealed with the stamp of the governor. Yet, on the third day He arose, He came out of the grave, leaving behind an empty tomb.
His resurrection was “a mighty triumph o’er His foes.” Those who had Him crucified thought His death meant the end of His life, and of their troubhles caused by His life and ministry. They thought they had won the battle, that they were the victors. But Jesus arose, and in doing so was triumphant over His foes.
And “He arose a Victor from the dark domain.” Jesus had died. He had experienced the depths of death, yet He arose from death and the grave victoriously. He arose from the domain of darkness, to conquer sin and death once and for all. Death would not have the last word.
ON that first day of the week, when the women went to the tomb with spices to anoint the body of Jesus, an angel said to them, “Don’t be alarmed. You are looking for Jesus the Nazarene, who was crucified. He has risen! He is not here. See the place where they laid Him.” (Mark 16:6). The grave could not contain Him and He arose the Victor.
“And He lives forever, with His saints to reign.” Lazarus came back to life from the grave and others were raised from the dead. But they would all die again. However, Jesus arose never to die again. He came back to life and He continues to live, now and forever. And the glorious message of Easter is not only that He lives, but that because He lives, we shall live also. Jesus said to Martha, “I am the resurrection and the life. Those who believe in me, even though they die like everyone else, will live again. They are given eternal life for believing in me and will never perish.” (John 11:25-26 NLT)
Death is all around us and we “walk through the valley of the shadow of death” again and again. But Easter comes to remind us that death doesn’t have the final word, for Jesus Christ arose from the grave to give us everlasting life.
He arose! He arose!
Hallelujah! Christ arose!