Trusting God in Unknown Territory
But now Christ is risen from the dead, and has become the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.
But now Christ is risen from the dead, and has become the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.
The resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead is a non-negotiable and foundational tenet of Christianity.
And who will declare His generation? For He was cut off from the land of the living for the transgressions of My people He was stricken. And they made His grave with the wicked, but with the rich at His death, because He had done no violence, nor was any deceit in His mouth.
The portrayal of Messiah’s sufferings in the 53rd chapter of Isaiah draws us to a profound assessment. No one is exempt; our condition is innate: “All we like sheep have gone astray.”
The Lord Jesus on the same night in which He was betrayed took bread; and when He had given thanks, He broke it and said, ‘Take, eat; this is My body which is broken for you; do this in remembrance of Me.’