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The Death of Jesus
(Jn11:25-26; He2:14-15)
God is the Author of life (Nu16:22, 27:16; Ac3:15).
In Him is life (Jn1:4) and
He gives life to the full to those who long for it (Jn10:10).
Faith is knowing that one has received this life, and
The life of this faith is being filled with the desire to live and giving away the life even to the point of
losing one's life (Jn12:25).
Death is the most shocking word for everyone since it is relevant for all as
All will die in the end and fade away after.
While the cause of death can be natural, disease, accident, homicide,
Death in combat, execution, suicide etc,
The most brutal and the object of greatest criticism is "double suicide as
It is the result of mistakenly thinking another's life belongs to him.
The Owner of the life of all flesh and spirit is God.
While Adam, the living being (Ge2:7), was supposed to be filled with
The desire to live in the flesh and the spirit,
He was deceived by the devil and broke the word of the life of God, and sinned (Ge2:17. 3:4-6).
Consequently, all men became slaves under the ruler of death, the devil (He2:15),
Being ruled by him and led to think, "Should I die? or "should I kill?
Such was manifested in the incident of Cain killing his brother (Ge4:8).
When he feared for his life and pleaded to God, however, God saved him (Ge4:14-15) for
The sin of killing someone who wants to live is greater than the sin of murder itself.
After the great flood, men began to eat meat but
God forbid them from eating any with its lifeblood still in it (Ge9:2-6) for
There is life in blood (Lev17:11).
God's work of saving from death took place during the exodus:
On the night of the Passover though there was not a house without someone dead
Death passed over those who followed the word and
Killed a lamb and put its blood on their doorframe (Ex12:12-30).
The sanctuary was where the law and the regulations were executed (Ge26:5; Ex25:8, 21):
The law - the commandments - death if broken ”> the testimony (Lev16:2);
The regulations - the sacrifice - animal died and its blood was sprinkled on the atonement cover ”>
By returning the life of the sinner he lived ”> the ark of covenant (He9:6-7).
Jesus said, "Destroy this temple and I will raise it again in three days (Jn2:19), because
Through the death and the resurrection of the temple of His body,
He would reveal that He is the resurrection and the life (Jn11:25),
With His authority to die He would die but with His authority to live He would live again (Jn10:18).
As He died, Jesus said, "It is finished (Jn19:30), declaring that He:
1) Died according to the command and gave glory to the Father who would give Him life (Php2:6-11);
2) With His death condemned the ruler of death, the devil, and seized his weapon of death (He2:14-15); and
3) Died with Adam's sin and returned the life of the sinner, and with His blood purchased all men (1Pe1:18-19).
The Father raised Him back to life and Jesus became the Author of life (Ac3:15)
To Him belongs only the authority to live, to raise to life, and thus
Those who believe will live even though they died and
Those who live by believing Him will never die (Jn11:25-26).
The Holy Spirit came in the name Yeshua to those who received His blood and
Testifies that they are now irrelevant to sin and death and that
They can now exercise the right to live.
Therefore, the man of the Spirit is he who could
Never die no matter how difficult,
Never kill no matter how much hateful.
Rather, he is filled only with the desire to live and
With the only right to live
He runs into the swamp of death to save those who are dying.
O Lord,
Though there is only the right to live and the right to raise to life for mankind,
Those suicide terrorists, those born to die, gave that up.
Before falling into the bottomless pit of death forever
Let us all in haste press on with this desire to live for the spirit!
Let us give this life away and raise others to life! Amen