[Songs in the Night - November 29]
I am He that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive forevermore. Revelation 1:18
THERE is no more important lesson in connection
with the Gospel than that of the resurrection of our
Lord Jesus.
The death of Jesus indeed exhibits to us
his love, and the love of the Father on our behalf.
But
in the divine plan, in order for the proper benefit to
come to man from the death of Jesus, he must rise
from the dead; he must become the Captain of our
Salvation, as well as our Redeemer.
A dead Christ
could not be our Savior; as it is declared, "Because I
live, ye shall live also." (John 14:19)...It is in full
accord with the scriptural presentation that joy thrills
our hearts as we come to the resurrection morning of
the millennial day and the promise that therein and
thereby the Lord shall wipe away all tears from off all
faces. Z'08-154, 156 R4147:2; 4175:2 (Hymn 111)