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“The Lord Is Risen”
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resurrection were raised to everlasting life. They ascended with Him
as trophies of His victory over death and the grave. They went into
the city and appeared unto many, declaring, Christ has risen from
the dead, and we be risen with Him. Risen saints bore witness to the
truth of the words, “Thy dead men shall live, together with My dead
body shall they arise.”
Isaiah 26:19
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In our Saviour, the life that was lost through sin is restored. He
is invested with the right to give immortality. “I am come,” He
said, “that they might have life, and that they might have it more
abundantly.”
John 10:10
. “Whoso eateth My flesh, and drinketh My
blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day.”
John
6:54
. To the Christian, death is but a sleep, a moment of silence and
darkness. “When Christ, who is our life shall appear, then shall ye
also appear with Him in glory.”
Colossians 3:4
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The voice that cried from the cross, “It is finished,” will penetrate
the graves and unbar the tombs, and the dead in Christ shall arise.
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At the Saviour’s resurrection a few graves were opened, but at His
second coming all the precious dead shall hear His voice and come
forth to glorious immortal life. The same power that raised Christ
from the dead will raise His church above all powers, not only in
this world, but also in the world to come.
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