by Emily Wooten
Matthew 27:50, 59-60 Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost. And when Joseph had taken the body, he wrapped it in a clean linen cloth, And laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock: and he rolled a great stone to the door of the sepulchre, and departed.
In Colossians 2:15 Paul said that Jesus spoiled principalities and powers, he made a shew of them openly, triumphing over them in it.
When Jesus body was laid in the tomb, that wasn’t the end of his ministry. In Revelation 1:18 Jesus told John, “I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.”
Jesus not only suffered in our place, taking our sins on him, he took away any right the devil had to torment us.
John 20:1 The first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early, when it was yet dark, unto the sepulchre, and seeth the stone taken away from the sepulchre.
John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
Matthew 28:18-20 And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. Amen.
In the past weeks, we have celebrated the birth of our savior and enjoyed the miraculous story of his deliverance from Herod and every enemy who tried to kill him before he could teach salvation. Jesus walked this earth teaching humans they can be saved from sin, addiction, sickness, mental torture, and all the works of the enemy. We can start the new year in faith, remembering what he has given us. Isaiah 53:4-5 Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. 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.