Sunday, July 8, 2012

"Indestructible"

"For Thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt Thou suffer Thine Holy One to see corruption." (Psalms 16:10) I remember at one time when I was young I thought that I was indestructible, and I tried to prove it more times than I care to remember. If you are into the Marvel movies, especially the most recent one called the Avengers, then you would know that there is one character who is portrayed to be indestructible, which is the Hulk; who takes on the energy that is meant to destroy, such as a bomb, and absorbs it into his molecular structure, thus using that energy to become stronger. What an incredible concept; to take on the power of death in order to defeat death itself. However, this is in essence what Jesus had done; and not only the power of death, but also that of sin; for He took on to Himself the sins of this world, and defeated the power of sin, as well as the power of death. This He could do because of who He was, is, and always will be, The Holy One: He is God; who not only had the power to lay down His life and to take it back up again, but He had the power to absorb unto Himself the sins of the world. For as Paul writes in 1 Corinthians 15, that if Christ had not risen, then our faith would be in vain; and as by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead; for as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive. As for the meaning of the word "corruption", it is that which is destroyed by death; meaning that the body would have taken on the properties of deterioration and would have began to putrefy. In Leviticus 7:15,18, under the law it was strictly ordered that those parts of the sacrifices which were not used, should in no means be kept until the third day, least they should putrefy. This could have pointed to Jesus rising from the dead on the third day, and that His body would not see corruption; neither were there any bones of His body broken, yet that does not mean be was not bruised: as is says in Isaiah 53:5, "But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon Him; and with His stripes we are healed". As for His indestructibility; after Jesus had chased out the money changers from the temple, the Jews asked Him, "What sign shewest thou unto us, seeing that thou doest these things?; and Jesus answered them, "Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up". The world might be looking for a Superhero, or someone who can defeat all the powers of darkness, and who can rid the world of all evil; yet we have someone to point them to, and His name is Jesus Christ..."Then cometh the end, when He shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father; when He shall have put down rule, and all authority and power. For He must reign, till He hath put all enemies under His feet. The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death." (1 Corinthians 15:24-26)

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