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Darkness Precedes the Dawn
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In Gethsemane and on the cross, our Savior went personally to
battle with the prince of darkness. When Christ hung in agony on
the cross, then indeed Satan bruised His heel. But that very act was
crushing the serpent’s head. Through death Jesus destroyed “him
who had the power of death, that is, the devil.”
Hebrews 2:14
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act made the plan of salvation secure forever. In death, in rising
again, Jesus opened the gates of the grave for all His followers.
Our Redeemer has opened the way so that the most sinful, the most
needy, the most oppressed and despised, may find access to the
Father.
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