{"id":6063,"date":"2022-04-26T07:35:23","date_gmt":"2022-04-26T07:35:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eotcmk.org\/e\/?p=6063"},"modified":"2022-04-26T07:56:11","modified_gmt":"2022-04-26T07:56:11","slug":"the-power-of-resurrection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eotcmk.org\/e\/the-power-of-resurrection\/","title":{"rendered":"The Power of Resurrection"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Power of Resurrection<\/strong><\/p>\n

April, 2022<\/strong><\/p>\n

The rising of Lord and Savior Jesus Christ from the dead is the mark of the salvation of human race. His resurrection means that we believe in His love, sacrifice and redemption to \u200ehumanity. He rose from the dead by Himself without \u200eanybody raising Him. But Christ Himself rose by Himself because He had \u200ethe power of resurrection in Him and it was not possible for death to capture Him because \u200eHe had the life in Him. (John 1:4)<\/p>\n

Lord Jesus Christ rose regardless of the tight guarding, the tomb securing, the stone \u200esealing and the large stone which was against the door of the tomb\u2026 The worldly power \u200emade all its efforts but He was stronger than all this. And His resurrection indicated that \u200eHe was stronger than all obstacles. His resurrection was a triumph over all His opposers \u200eand those fighting against Him, over death, Hades, the large stone, the seals and the \u200esticking strips of linen\u2026\u200e<\/p>\n

Therefore when Saint Paul the apostle knew Him, he said: \u201cthat I may know Him and \u200ethe power of His resurrection.\u201d (Philippians 3:10) He knew the power of His resurrection \u200ebecause He saw Him after this resurrection when a Great Light appeared to him on his \u200eway to Damascus (Acts 9). Therefore, this apostle trusted in Christ\u2019s resurrection power \u200ewhich made him go into the fellowship of His sufferings being conformed to His death. \u200eAnd this same power in resurrection was experienced by Saint John the beloved from Christ \u200ewhen He appeared to Him \u201cand His countenance was like the sun shining in its strength.\u201d \u200e\u200e(Revelation 1:16)<\/p>\n

Scenes of His power after resurrection: These are some of the sides of His power \u200eseen by people on Earth, besides His many appearances and the power of ascending to \u200eHeaven and sitting at the right hand of the Father the power of entering the place where \u200ethe disciples were assembled while the doors where shut and His power that converted \u200ethe disciples from weak frightened people to heroes preaching with all their strength and \u200ewithout objection\u2026\u200e And as was His resurrection powerful, there was another power that preceded His \u200eresurrection.<\/p>\n

The Lord Christ indicated with His resurrection that He was more powerful than \u200edeath and that His death was not a weakness of Him neither was His silence during \u200eHis trial a weakness of Him\u2026 If He would have talked He would have refuted the \u200elisteners and convinced them. But this was not His aim, His aim was to redeem us. \u200eTherefore, when they asked Him to descend from the cross He did not although He was \u200ecapable of doing it\u2026 But His aim was to die for us, to go through passions on our behalf, \u200eand to pay the price of sin as propitiation and redemption for us.<\/p>\n

Resurrection indicated that the silence of Christ was not a weakness.\u200e The power of resurrection was the strongest response to those who accused Christ of \u200ebeing weak and those who thought that the crucifix of Christ was an evidence of His \u200edisability!! Through resurrection, it was proved that the silence of Christ had its \u200enoble aims. He was silent because He wanted to sacrifice Himself for us\u2026 Had He \u200etalked, He would have refuted the listeners and convinced them. And if He defended \u200eHimself, He would have won the case undoubtedly. For how many times had He \u200eresponded to the chief priests, Jews elders and their priests and they did not find an \u200eanswer to respond back\u2026 But they saw the power of His word while He was a 12-year \u200eold youngster. And the people who heard Him confessed that He was talking with \u200eauthority.\u200e<\/p>\n

Lord Jesus Christ, defeated death with His own authority alone, rose by His will and came out of \u200ea sealed tomb with a large stone on the door and guarded by armed guards.\u200e His power of resurrection was devastating to Jews chief priests and to all \u200eSadducees. It was an evidence of their crime in putting Him to trial and delivering Him \u200eto be crucified. it was Also \u00a0an evidence of the lying of all their former allegation. And by \u200eresurrection they become convicted before the people. Therefore, when the disciples \u200estarted preaching the resurrection in every occasion the chief priests said to them, \u201cDid \u200ewe not strictly command you not to teach in this name? And look, you have filled \u200eJerusalem with your doctrine, and intend to bring this Man\u2019s blood on us!\u201d (Acts 5:28)<\/p>\n

The power of His resurrection also used to frighten the chiefs of Jews because it was \u200ean evidence of His righteousness because if He was convicted, He would have never \u200ebeen able to rise. And as was resurrection an evidence of His righteousness, it was at the \u200esame time an evidence of the injustice of these chiefs and that they framed Him; those \u200ewho rejoiced when they thought that they got rid of Him and killed Him.\u200e<\/p>\n

The talking about His appearances after they killed Him frightened them\u2026 And the \u200eapostles, the saints, never stopped rebuking them on this point specifically. And so saint \u200ePeter the apostle told them after the miracle of healing the lame man: \u201cthe God of our \u200efathers, glorified His Servant Jesus, whom you delivered up and denied in the presence of \u200ePilate, when he was determined to let Him go. But you denied the Holy One and the Just, \u200eand asked for a murderer to be granted to you, and killed the Prince of life, whom God \u200eraised from the dead, of which we are\u200e
\nwitnesses\u2026\u201d (Acts 3:13-15)<\/p>\n

As for the Sadducees, they do not believe in resurrection. Thus, Christ\u2019s \u200eresurrection was a dangerous practical proof on the path their doctrines and \u200eteachings were heading. Therefore, they fought resurrection with all their power and \u200efought against the disciples in preaching resurrection. And so the bible says: \u201cThen the \u200ehigh priest rose up, and all those who were with him (which is the sect of the Sadducees), \u200eand they were filled with indignation, and laid their hands on the apostles and put them \u200ein the common prison\u2026\u201d (Acts 5:17, 18) But the power of resurrection was stronger than \u200eall of them and their fighting.\u200e<\/p>\n

Truly, His resurrection from the dead was stronger than His descending from the \u200ecross. Also His resurrection was an evidence that He died willingly and not forcibly.\u200e Especially that He rose by Himself without anyone raising Him. And came out of the \u200etomb while it was sealed as He came out of Virgin Mary\u2019s womb with her virginity \u200esealed\u2026 Truly, as He said about Himself that He has power to lay it down, and He has \u200epower to take it again. (John 10:18)<\/p>\n

His resurrection was an evidence that He is stronger than death and consequently \u200eHe is also stronger than all the human power which kills and puts to death.\u200e He was more powerful than the injustice of the evil ones, and all their conspiracies and \u200eauthority. They did all they could until they condemned Him, nailed Him on the cross \u200eand challenged Him mockingly and thought that they won especially that Christ remained \u200eall the time of His trial with their challenges silent\u2026 \u201cas a lamb to the slaughter, And as \u200ea sheep before its shearers is silent.\u201d (Isaiah. 53:7)<\/p>\n

This is the power of Him who died in body, and His Godhead was alive and never \u200edying. It is the power of Him who said to Saint John in the Revelation \u201cI am the First and \u200ethe Last. I am He who lives, and was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore. Amen. \u200eAnd I have the keys of Hades and of Death.\u201d (Revelation 1:17, 18) This is the power of Him \u200ewho rose \u201chaving loosed the pains of death, because it was not possible that He should be \u200eheld by it.\u201d (Acts 2:24)<\/p>\n

The power of the resurrection of Christ which makes it special than every other \u200eraising is that it is a resurrection with no death after it, a continuous eternal \u200eresurrection\u2026 All those who were raised from the dead, died again and still until now \u200eunder the authority of death waiting for the common resurrection, but as for Christ, He \u200erose alive to forever and ever, and death has no authority over Him. And thus the Bible \u200ecalled Him \u201cthe first fruits of those who have fallen asleep.\u201d (1 Corinthians 15:20)<\/p>\n

The power of the resurrection of Christ is that it is a glorified \u200eresurrection\u2026\u200e
\nHe rose with a glorified body that: does not get tired, does not get sick, does not decay, \u200eand does not get thirsty or hungry\u2026 A body that was able to come out of the sealed tomb \u200eand come in with the doors shut and can ascend to Heaven. And we are waiting in the \u200ecommon resurrection to be raised in a body like this too. And as the apostle said: \u201cwe \u200ealso eagerly wait for the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, who will transform our lowly \u200ebody that it may be conformed to His glorious body\u2026\u201d (Philippians 3:20, 21)\u200e<\/p>\n

This was His power after His death \u200ewith which He was able to open the doors of Hell, and got out the spirits after He \u200epreached the salvation to them (1 Peter. 3:19). With this power He was able to descend to \u200ethe lower parts of the Earth, to lead captivity captive, to give people gifts of redemption \u200ethen to ascend also after resurrection far above all the heavens, that He might fill all \u200ethings. (Ephesians. 4:8-10)\u200e<\/p>\n

Source: \u201cEL Karaza Magazine,\u201d April 29, 2005 by Coptic Orthodox Church \u200e<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The rising of Lord and Savior Jesus Christ from the dead is the mark of the salvation of human race. His resurrection means that we believe in His love, sacrifice and redemption to \u200ehumanity. He rose from the dead by Himself without \u200eanybody raising Him. But Christ Himself rose by Himself because He had \u200ethe power of resurrection in Him and it was not possible for death to capture Him because \u200eHe had the life in Him. (John 1:4)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":6067,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,45],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6063","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-feasts","category-sermon"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eotcmk.org\/e\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6063"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eotcmk.org\/e\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eotcmk.org\/e\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eotcmk.org\/e\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eotcmk.org\/e\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6063"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eotcmk.org\/e\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6063\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6064,"href":"https:\/\/eotcmk.org\/e\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6063\/revisions\/6064"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eotcmk.org\/e\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6067"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eotcmk.org\/e\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6063"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eotcmk.org\/e\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6063"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eotcmk.org\/e\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6063"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}