OUR LORD THE VICTOR

Our Lord Jesus lived a life of absolute purity. For His entire life, He did not contravene any of the laws even once. Further to that, He not have any guilt of sinful thoughts or intentions. He did not commit any sin of presumption nor did He commit any sin of omission. His entire life was carefully centered around the perfect exemplification of the law of God.

He then willfully gave Himself over the Roman authorities who subjected Him to a trial. They could not find any wrongdoing by Him but the political expediency of the time worked to ensure that Jesus was abandoned to face death on a cross.

This perfect sinless man whose life of teaching others and healing the sick, was condemned to the death normally metted out to the most evil criminals.

Once He died, He descended into darkness and was subjected to a trial.

The sinless man who had maintained moral  perfection throughout the brutality of His execution, was now in the confines of the stronghold of the powers of darkness.

If the princes of darkness had known what was in store for them, they would not have killed the Son of God.

The infinite injustice of Jesus' subjection to hell reached its apex and the blinding perfection of His glory exploded like a neutron bomb scattering the princes of darkness in a naked panicked frenzy of terror.

Jesus made a universal spectacle of them all humiliating them before all of existence. Arrayed in blistering illumination, Jesus strode into the holding cells and those who sat in darkness saw a great light. He proclaimed the gospel to them and the first fruits of His mighty kingdom were emancipated from their prison and led out into the kingdom of light.

The great and staggeringly perfect Son of God was victorious for all eternity.

Honor the King.

Amen.