Exodus 6:14-7:25; Psalm 37; Acts 2:22-47
Whom God hath raised up, having loosed the pains of death: because it was not possible that he should be holden of it. Acts 2:24
Death had never before met a person it could not hold. But now, death was vanquished by One who was its conqueror. At last there was One on whom death had no claim! Death is a consequence of sin (Rom. 6:23). But the impeccable Christ “did no sin” (1 Peter 2:22); He ”knew no sin” (2 Cor. 5:21); ”in him is no sin” (1 John 3:5). It was
impossible that death’s chains could hold Him. And He is the ”firstfruits of them that slept” (1 Cor. 15:20). He is the prototype and in Him is the promise of resurrection (John 11:25). Our ultimate resurrection is a result of His triumph over the tomb! —L. Cain
Lo He comes in clouds descending, once for helpless sinners slain!
Thousand, thousand saints attending, swell the triumph of His train. —C. Wesley