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Victory Over Death, December 11
Christ Redeems Me Unto Eternal Life
And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall
be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there
be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.
Revelation 21:4
We have a living, risen Saviour. He burst the fetters of the tomb after
He had lain there three days, and in triumph He proclaimed over the
rent sepulcher of Joseph, “I am the resurrection, and the life.” And He is
coming. Are we getting ready for Him? Are we ready so that if we shall
fall asleep, we can do so with hope in Jesus Christ? ...
The Life-giver is soon to come ... to break the fetters of the tomb. He
is to bring forth the captives.... The last thoughts they had were of the
grave and the tomb, but now they proclaim, “O death, where is thy sting?
O grave, where is thy victory?” The pangs of death were the last things
they felt.... When they awake the pain is all gone. “O grave, where is
thy victory?” Here they stand, and the finishing touch of immortality is
put upon them, and they go up to meet their Lord in the air. The gates
of the city of God swing back upon their hinges, ... and the ransomed
of God walk in through the cherubims and seraphims. Christ bids them
welcome and puts upon them His benediction. “Well done, thou good
and faithful servant: ... enter thou into the joy of thy Lord.” What is that
joy? He sees of the travail of his soul, and is satisfied.... Here is one
who in the night season we pleaded with God on his behalf. There is
one that we talked with on his dying bed, and he hung his helpless soul
upon Jesus. Here is one who was a poor drunkard. We tried to get his
eyes fixed upon Him who is mighty to save, and we told him that Christ
could give him the victory. There are the crowns of immortal glory upon
their heads.
There, there is no disappointment, no sorrow, no sin, no one who
shall say, “I am sick.” There, there is no burial train, no mourning, no
death, no parting, no broken hearts; and Jesus is there, peace is there....
In His presence is fullness of joy, at His right hand there are pleasures
forevermore!
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