FORWARD "THE RESURRECTION"
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RESURRECTION EQUALS HIS INDWELLING
It is estimated that less than 1% of humanity has NOT heard of the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Knowing of His resurrection does little for the power contained within His sacrifice on the Roman Cross.
Jesus’s resurrection is the central event in indwelling Christian theology—the cornerstone of new life—is the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. These profound life-changing moments, recorded in the New Testament, hold immense significance for believers worldwide. However, few understand the authentic “why” and the results of Jesus’s resurrection in daily living.
Satan has made this memorial celebration about Easter Bunnies, eggs, roasted stuck pigs, fancy dresses, and a host of other meaningless idol imagery. God’s enemy has worked relentlessly for generations to delude the authentic message of His resurrection - to provide indwelling LIFE for all who receive the Holy Spirit of promise.
I despise Easter more than words can express. The Paganism that Satan has weaved into this day is beyond abominable to the Lord. I liken it to dressing Jesus in an Easter bunny costume on His most Holy day of remembrance. It sickens me. I find nothing cute about the sacrifice our Husband, Savior, and Son of God made and paid to provide indwelling salvation to all those in want.
The Death of Jesus Christ
Here are the Triune elements of the context of the “why.”
Jesus, the Son of God, was mandated by His Father to come to Earth as the promised Messiah, live a perfect life, be hated, tortured, and die for the sins of humanity.
His teachings were despised and renounced by the religious norms - past, present, and future. While His death was predicted in the Old Testament, even His own people betrayed and killed Him by placing Him on the Cross - all but one of His disciples betrayed Him in the end.
However, during the three and a half years of His ministry, opposition grew, and Jewish and Gentile religious leaders conspired against Him. Being threatened by His words and life, refusing to be fronted with their sins, Jesus was executed in the most deplorable method known in His day - crucifixion.
The Seven Deplorable Elements of Crucifixion
Arrested and Tortured: On the day before the Jew’s Sabbath, their day of rest, Jesus was arrested, tortured, tried, and sentenced to death. Jesus was subjected to a flogging with a nine-tailed whip, each strap tipped with metal and bone fragments. The executioner lashed the whip into Jesus’ back, buttocks, and legs, causing excruciating pain - even after the victim passed out.
He Was Stripped of Dignity: He was crucified on a hill called Golgotha (Calvary) alongside two criminals. Upon reaching the destination of Calvary, Jesus was stripped of His garments - made naked before the world. Roman crucifixion aimed for maximum humiliation and degradation. The condemned were left naked, devoid of any dignity or modesty.
The Nailing to the Cross: Contrary to artistic depictions, Jesus was not given a loin cloth. Roman crucifixion was intentionally gruesome and humiliating. Nails were driven through His hands and feet, securing Him to the wooden cross. The pain would have been unimaginable as nerves and bones were pierced, while blood would slowly drain from His body.
Suffocation and Agony: Hanging on the cross, Jesus struggled to breathe. The weight of His body pulled down on the nails, causing immense pressure on His chest. To inhale, He had to push up against the nails, scraping His raw back against the rough wood, while nerve pain would increase. Every breath was a torment, every movement an ordeal of slow death.
The Sky Darkened: At the ninth hour, Jesus cried out, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” (Matthew 27:46). Since Jesus was required to become sin, His Father forsook Him, leaving Him isolated and alone until the moment of resurrection.
The Mockery and Abuse: Soldiers and observers mocked Jesus, placing a crown of thorns on His head and pounding it into his skull. They spat upon Him, struck Him repeatedly, and taunted Him. The pain from the thorns and the blows intensified His suffering. The Jewish and Gentile crowd jeered, oblivious to the Divine and Holy sacrifice the God of the universe and beyond is making on behalf of their sins.
The Agonizing Hours: Jesus hung on the cross for hours. His body weakened, blood loss severe, and dehydration unbearable. The sun beat down mercilessly, exacerbating His torment. Yet, in His agony, He uttered words that would shake the earth below Him - “Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do,” a love that would soon resonate through the ages.
Jesus’ death fulfilled the Old Testament prophecies that Isaiah and others referenced (Isaiah 53:5). His sacrifice provided redemption and reconciliation - opening a doorway to full restoration with God to those in want. The horrid day of the Cross would remain active for generations to come. As the Jewish law required a sacrificial flawless lamb, Jesus, Yesuah, became that LAMB and paid that price.
The curtain in the temple tore from top to bottom, symbolizing direct access to God from the day of Yesuah’s death forward (Matthew 27:51).
The Burial of Jesus Christ became one of the most infamous stories of world history. Joseph of Arimathea, a secret disciple, requested Jesus’ body for burial. Nicodemus, another Pharisee, assisted in the process.
They wrapped Jesus’ body in linen and placed it in a new tomb hewed from a rock cliff. A large stone sealed the entrance, guarded by Roman soldiers. However, this did not stop the greatest miracle of the ages - the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Jesus’ burial fulfilled the Scriptures (Isaiah 53:9). His resting place became a symbol of redemptive power—a seed of life birthing from the domain of darkness into the Kingdom of Light.
The Resurrection of Jesus Christ shocked the world. On the third day, the day after the Jewish day of rest, the first day of the week for Jews to return to their labors, the women went to the tomb to anoint Jesus’ body to camouflage the stench of death. To their astonishment, they found the stone rolled away and the tomb empty. Yesuah was nowhere to be found.
As the women stood in disbelief, angels appeared, proclaiming, “He is not here; He has risen!” (Matthew 28:6).
Jesus had conquered death, emerging from the grave. The resurrection validated Jesus’ claims of Divinity, new Life, and redemption forevermore. Yesuah defeated sin, death, and Satan. He now can offer indwelling eternal life to all who believe (John 11:25).
The death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus Christ are core doctrines of authentic indwelling Christianity. They represent God’s love, grace, and victory over darkness. BUT KNOW THIS: it is the Resurrection of Jesus that provides the pathway to indwelling salvation by the means of accepting the Holy Spirit, the Life of Christ, into the believer’s mortal being.
As uninformed and ignorant believers continue to celebrate Easter as an exaggerated pagan Christian holiday—the Holy facts remain in play, the glorious triumph of life over death—knowing that through Christ, we too can experience resurrection and eternal fellowship with our Creator and Husband by receiving His Spirit within our mortal souls. This is why our ministry calls it Indwelling Salvation.
At this point, you should understand why I abhor the Easter Bunny? In regards to the paganism that accompanies “Easter,” I say, Satan, get yet behind me!
Resurrection 2024