Stay Down! Ok, Get Up. REPOST

Keys of Death and Hades

Love’s redeeming work is done, Alleluia!
 Fought the fight, the battle won, Alleluia!
Death in vain forbids His rise, Alleluia!
 Christ hath opened paradise, Alleluia!

Christ the Lord is Risen Today
By: Charles Wesley, 1707-1778

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On Tuesday we considered how Christ finished the work the Father had given Him to do thus opening paradise.  He did this by defeating death.  Today we are going to think about a couple ways that defeat is described in lines 2 and 3 of this stanza.

What Battle?

Descended into…

The hymn alludes to a battle, so you may wonder what battle is it talking about?  Some have likened this to the idea that Christ descended into hell, which is expressed in some versions of the Apostles Creed with the words “he descended into hell.”  There are a few different Scriptures that can be interpreted to support this, but none of them explicitly state this, so it is a bit of a stretch.

One other way of making sense of the line in the creed is to acknowledge there were different versions, some not including this line.  Some newer versions substitute dead for hell, which is probably a more accurate acknowledgement of the fact that in the ancient world Hades was often equated with the grave, rather than hell.

For all this controversy, there is no debate among Christians as to whether Jesus descended into the grave.  It is clearly described in a number of the gospel accounts, and helps to clear up the possible confusion.  Either way, it is widely accepted that Jesus defeated death based on a number of different verses, not the least of which are Jesus’ own words.

[The Son of Man] laid his right hand on me, saying, “Fear not, I am the first and the last, and the living one. I died, and behold I am alive forevermore, and I have the keys of Death and Hades.”  Revelation 1:17b-18 ESV

Arm Wrestling

In these verses, John has a vision of Jesus as the Son of Man.  Jesus declares He died, but is alive forever, and that overcoming death has earned Him the keys of Death and Hades.  

I think of it like arm wrestling.  Jesus fought Death for the right to have final authority over Death.  Jesus won the match or battle, so He gets to keep the keys, saying effectively who comes and goes.  You can not take someone’s keys unless you have authority over them.  

Thank Jesus for winning that battle.

Stay Down!  Ok, Get Up.

Jesus demonstrates His victory over death through His resurrection.  Can you imagine what that must have been like?  For a couple days Death thought it had won.  Then on the third day, there was an earthquake and everything changed.  It is as if Death tried to tell him, “Stay down!”, until it realized it had no dominion over Him, so it conceded with “Ok, get up.”

He did die, but now He lives.  I like how these verses say it with the double doubles of “he died he died” and “he lives he lives.”

We know that Christ, being raised from the dead, will never die again; death no longer has dominion over him.  For the death he died he died to sin, once for all, but the life he lives he lives to God. Romans 6:9-10 ESV

We are invited into a similar transaction, dying to sin and living to God.  As we enter into that activity by faith, we ensure that Death will have no dominion over us either.  Like Christ, we may very well descend into a grave, but also like Him we will leave it behind one day.

Thank Jesus for making that possible.

Alleluia!

Jesus, thank You for fighting the fight and winning the battle with death.  Thank You for demonstrating your victory by rising to life, and giving me the hope I will as well, even if I die.  Until then, may Your resurrection power be at work in me helping me to live for Your glory.  In Jesus name.   Amen.

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Podcast 40.3 (5.3 Replayed)

Welcome to Thursday Thoughts at Resonant 7, where we reflect on the reality of God and resolve to let it resound in our lives, repeatedly. Let’s think about this.

Love’s redeeming work is done, Alleluia!

After this, Jesus, knowing that all was now finished, said (to fulfill the Scripture), “I thirst.”… When Jesus had received the sour wine, he said, “It is finished,” and he bowed his head and gave up his spirit. John 19:28, 30 ESV

Jesus went to the cross out of love and obedience to the Father.  He went there to redeem us by offering His life as a perfect sacrifice.  He finished His work.  Give Him praise!  

  Fought the fight, the battle won, Alleluia!

[The Son of Man] laid his right hand on me, saying, “Fear not, I am the first and the last, and the living one. I died, and behold I am alive forevermore, and I have the keys of Death and Hades. Revelation 1:17b-18 ESV

John has a vision of Jesus as the Son of Man.  Jesus declares He died, but is alive forever, and that overcoming death has earned Him the keys of Death and Hades.  You can not take someone’s keys unless you have authority over them.  Thank Jesus for winning that battle. 

Death in vain forbids His rise, Alleluia!

We know that Christ, being raised from the dead, will never die again; death no longer has dominion over him.  For the death he died he died to sin, once for all, but the life he lives he lives to God. Romans 6:9-10 ESV

Death no longer has dominion over Him.  His life was not taken from Him, instead He willingly laid it down, then took it up again.  He rose to life and invites us into that life.  Ask the Holy Spirit to help you live your life to God, like Jesus, our Risen Lord.

  Christ hath opened paradise, Alleluia!

And he said, “Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom.”  And he said to him, “Truly, I say to you, today you will be with me in paradise.” Luke 23:42-43 ESV

One thief on the cross beside Jesus chose to acknowledge Him for who He was by rebuking the other thief, and followed it with a simple request, remember me.  Christ has opened paradise to all who will acknowledge Him for who He is.  How can you acknowledge Him today? Not sure? Ask Him to show you.

Take a few moments to talk to Jesus about what has come to your mind, or just listen to what He is saying to you, then I will read our text once more.

Love’s redeeming work is done, Alleluia!
  Fought the fight, the battle won, Alleluia!
Death in vain forbids His rise, Alleluia!
  Christ hath opened paradise, Alleluia!

Take the mindfulness of God’s presence cultivated in these last few minutes into the next ones and beyond.  Until next time,
Be Resonant.

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Tomb Borrower Defeats Grave REPOST

Empty Tomb

Lives again our glorious King, Alleluia!
 Where, O death, is now thy sting? Alleluia!
Once He died our souls to save, Alleluia!
 Where thy victory, O grave? Alleluia!

Christ the Lord is Risen Today
By: Charles Wesley, 1707-1778

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Let’s think about this.  He is alive because He has the authority to take His life up again after He laid it down.  He had to lay it down because our sin had a consequence.  The consequence was death.

Borrowed Tomb

There is a powerful line in a song we sang on Easter Sunday called Resurrecting, from Elevation Worship.

The tomb where soldiers watched in vain,
  was borrowed for three days.
His body there would not remain.
  Our God has robbed the grave.

Where Thy Victory, O Grave?

Who borrows a tomb?  Only someone who knows they will be able to return it, having only needed it for a short time.  Jesus had a grave, but the Father robbed it.

Though when we sing this powerful stanza we are asking the rhetorical question, “Where thy victory, O grave?”, it could just as well be Jesus making the inquiry.   In fact, He had already asked those questions through the prophet Hosea hundreds of years before.

I will set these people free from the power of the grave.
    I will save them from death.
Death, where are your plagues?
    Grave, where is your power to destroy?  Hosea 13:14 NIrV

The grave thought it had defeated Christ, but it was only a fleeting illusion.  He conquered the grave when He left it empty.  Alleluia!  Take a moment and thank Jesus for leaving that tomb empty, and in so doing, giving you hope you will one day do the same.

Dying Once

Some versions of this stanza say “Dying once” instead of “Once He died”.  That is the one I am more familiar with so I like how it rolls off the tongue, possibly more from familiarity, but I have to admit the one here is actually more clear.  He was not dying once, he died once.  And He did so, because He had to.

Consider these two Scriptures.

for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,  Romans 3:23

For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.  Romans 6:23

We have all sinned.  The wages of sin, what you get for doing it, is death.  Ergo, we all have earned the right to die.  Jesus traded us what He deserved, life eternal, for what we deserved, death.  His death dealt with sin, once for all.

So Christ, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time, not to deal with sin but to save those who are eagerly waiting for him.    Hebrews 9:28

Sacrificial Lamb

When Jesus died once for all He was satisfying the wrath of God in a way the sacrificial system of the Old Testament could never do.  The Tabernacle/Temple sacrifices had to be repeated  over and over because they could not really deal with sin by perfecting the conscience of the worshipper.  Hebrews 9 explains this beautifully, but these two verses capture it well.

Nor was it to offer himself repeatedly, as the high priest enters the holy places every year with blood not his own, for then he would have had to suffer repeatedly since the foundation of the world. But as it is, he has appeared once for all at the end of the ages to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.  Hebrews 9:25-26

Once for All

Only Jesus was able to offer the perfect sacrifice.  Thanks be to God, He did!  Take a moment and thank Jesus for dying once, and in so doing, saving you for the wages of sin and offering you the gift of God, eternal life.

Alleluia!

Jesus, thank You thank You for offering the perfect sacrifice, once for all, to save me from my sin.  Thank You for demonstrating victory of the grave by leaving that tomb empty.  I will ever sing praises to Your matchless name.  Alleluia!   In Jesus name.   Amen.

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Podcast 40.2 (5.2 Replayed)

Welcome to Thursday Thoughts at Resonant 7, where we reflect on the reality of God and resolve to let it resound in our lives, repeatedly. Let’s think about this.

Lives again our glorious King, Alleluia!

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 1 Peter 1:3 ESV

Jesus Christ is alive again.  Because He lives, we have a living hope into which we have been born again.  Our Father’s great mercy has accomplished this.  Bless Him for raising Jesus and in so doing, giving us life and hope and peace.

Where, O death, is now thy sting? Alleluia!

When the perishable puts on the imperishable, and the mortal puts on immortality, then shall come to pass the saying that is written:  “Death is swallowed up in victory.”“O death, where is your victory? O death, where is your sting?” 1 Corinthians 15:54-55 ESV

What an incredible rhetorical question!  What a remarkable statement of faith!  Jesus’ body having perished, put on the imperishable, and in so doing, swallowed up death in victory. Even though we may die, we will live.  Alleluia! 

Once He died our souls to save, Alleluia!

 

So Christ, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time, not to deal with sin but to save those who are eagerly waiting for him. Hebrews 9:28 ESV

He accomplished His Father’s will, and will come a second time, having dealt with sin, to save us.  And who are we?  Those who are eagerly waiting for Him.  You may be waiting, but are you eager?  Ask Him to make you eager.

Where thy victory, O grave? Alleluia!

But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. 1 Corinthians 15:57 ESV 

You have victory over sin, death and the grave.  You could never have accomplished this, but Jesus already did.  Thank Him.

Take a few moments to talk to Jesus about what has come to your mind, or just listen to what He is saying to you, then I will read our text once more.

Lives again our glorious King, Alleluia!
  Where, O death, is now thy sting? Alleluia!
Once He died our souls to save, Alleluia!
  Where thy victory, O grave? Alleluia!

Take the mindfulness of God’s presence cultivated in these last few minutes into the next ones and beyond.  Until next time, be Resonant.

Alleluias: Innermost and Outermost REPOST

Raise your joys and triumphs high!

Christ the Lord is ris’n today, Alleluia!
 Sons of men and angels say, Alleluia!
Raise your joys and triumphs high, Alleluia!
 Sing, ye heav’ns, and earth, reply, Alleluia!

Christ the Lord is Risen Today
By: Charles Wesley, 1707-1778

Listen as you read.  This is a short but beautiful cello version.

 

He is risen!  It is just as true today as it was on Sunday, and Tuesday for that matter, so we continue our celebration as we think about the last two lines here.  There is an interesting juxtaposition of extremes I had not noticed until a little deeper reflection.

Innermost Alleluia

So here in the context of lifting our Alleluia’s to the risen Christ, we are implored to “Raise (our) joys and triumphs high”.  Though the instruction is to lift these things, consider the fact that they begin as in inner response to external circumstances.  We can not raise from within what we have not perceived.

Consider it from this perspective.

Though you have not seen him, you love him. Though you do not now see him, you believe in him and rejoice with joy that is inexpressible and filled with glory, obtaining the outcome of your faith, the salvation of your souls.  1 Peter 1:8-9 ESV

Expressing our heart

Through His resurrection, Christ has accomplished the salvation of our souls.  When we believe this, we obtain the outcome of our faith.  This brings us to a point of rejoicing, albeit with an ineffable joy.  Even though we may not be able to fully or completely express this “inexpressible” and glory-filled joy, we can not help but try.  

This may be the epitome of the expression, “the heart sings”.  There is effectively a remarkable inner alleluia that we feel and attempt to utter.  This third line encourages that activity, an outward expression of an inward reality which begins at the very core of our being, intimate and personal, quiet and tender, our heart.

Outermost Alleluia

Glorious pink cross in sunset

On the heels of this very micro expression of praise comes the instruction to a very macro one.   From the heart to the heavens.

Sing, ye heav’ns, and earth, reply, Alleluia!

This instruction is very scripturally sound.

Isaiah 49:13 ESV

Sing for joy, O heavens, and exult, O earth; break forth, O mountains, into singing! For the Lord has comforted his people and will have compassion on his afflicted.

Remarkable cross

Why are the heavens and the earth commanded to sing and exult (present tense)?  Because the Lord has comforted his people (past tense) and will have compassion on his afflicted (future tense).  

All the tenses make sense, but it is curious that the heavens and earth are to praise because God has had and will have compassion on his people.  The implication here is that his compassion will overflow and have an impact of not only God’s people but the whole of His creation.

Whether the subtle pink cross above or the overt one here, these images give expression to the fact that creation is indeed doing what Scripture has commanded it to do.  So the macro scale of our Alleluia seems to be on track.

What about the micro?  Are you as faithful to lift your “Alleluia” as the other works of His hands?  If you are like me, you want to be, even without the command to raise your joys and triumphs high.  So let’s cultivate such a mind for just a moment.

Think about your joys and triumphs.  What comes to mind?  Now take a few moments and give Jesus praise for them.  Ask the Holy Spirit to make you keenly aware of them throughout your day.  And then do it all over again every time He does.

Alleluia!

Jesus, thank You for giving me something to sing about, even though it truly is inexpressible.  Just the same, give me words and others ways to express it today, even as I respond to Your work in my life revealed through every joy and triumph.   In Jesus name.   Amen.

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Podcast 40.1 Transcript (5.1 Replayed)

Welcome to Thursday Thoughts at Resonant 7, where we reflect on the reality of God and resolve to let it resound in our lives, repeatedly. Let’s think about this.

Christ the Lord is ris’n today, Alleluia!

…the angel said to the women, “Do not be afraid, for I know that you seek Jesus who was crucified. He is not here, for he has risen, as he said. Come, see the place where he lay. Matthew 28:5-6 ESV

The empty tomb declared it.  The angels explained it. Those first disciples witnessed it and died still declaring it.  May our lips and our lives echo it, “He is risen indeed!”

 Sons of men and angels say, Alleluia!

After this I heard what seemed to be the loud voice of a great multitude in heaven, crying out, “Hallelujah! Salvation and glory and power belong to our God, Revelation 19:1 ESV

Though this is a scene from the end of the story of Scripture, it is made possible through the resurrection.  Do not wait until you are around the throne to join the great “Alleluia”! Praise Him right now!

Raise your joys and triumphs high, Alleluia!

Though you have not seen him, you love him. Though you do not now see him, you believe in him and rejoice with joy that is inexpressible and filled with glory, obtaining the outcome of your faith, the salvation of your souls. 1 Peter 1:8-9 ESV

Because of what Jesus has accomplished through His resurrection, the salvation of our souls, we should rejoice with a joy that is inexpressible.  I love how we are instructed to rejoice, even though our joy is inexpressible. We may not be able to completely or perfectly express it, but we will not let that stop us from trying, with our songs and our lives.

 Sing, ye heav’ns, and earth, reply, Alleluia!

Sing for joy, O heavens, and exult, O earth; break forth, O mountains, into singing! For the Lord has comforted his people and will have compassion on his afflicted. Isaiah 49:13 ESV

He could not have showed us more compassion or comforted us better than He has in redeeming our souls through His resurrection.  Sing heaven, and earth reply or echo that exultation, for Jesus has not only redeemed our souls but has begun the process of making all the wrong things right.

Take a few moments to talk to Jesus about what has come to your mind, or listen to what He is saying to you, then I will read our text once more.

Christ the Lord is ris’n today, Alleluia!
 Sons of men and angels say, Alleluia!
Raise your joys and triumphs high, Alleluia!
 Sing, ye heav’ns, and earth, reply, Alleluia!

Take the mindfulness of God’s presence cultivated in these last few minutes into the next ones and beyond.  Until next time, Be Resonant.

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Led to Calvary, Through Gethsemane

Even Thy cup of grief to share

May I be willing Lord to bear
Daily my cross for Thee
Even Thy cup of grief to share
Thou hast borne all for me

Lead Me to Calvary 1921
By: Jennie Evelyn Hussey (1834 – 1925)

Listen to this simple version of this hymn as you prepare to ponder the lyrics. Please make certain to enjoy the podcast below.

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As we conclude our journey through this hymn of commitment and our approach to Easter make time to ponder this text and all it communicates. Let’s think about this.

Gethsemane

In the garden, Jesus agony was intense. He felt the crushing weight of the sin of the world bearing down on Him. It was so overwhelming He asked His father to let the cup pass from Him. Yet when it could not Jesus surrendered to the Father’s will.

We may be willing to bear our cross for Jesus. Taking it up every day as we learn to denial our selves and surrender to God’s will. But sharing in the cup of grief that Jesus had to drink? Maybe that is a different story.

We do not carry His cross but our own. When it comes to His cup of grief, we do not have our own but instead share His cup, and His cup was more than we can comprehend. Even still we are challenged by the words of the hymn to be willing to share it.

Even Thy cup of grief to share

Jesus said to them, “You do not know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I drink…? And they said to him, “We are able.” And Jesus said to them, “The cup that I drink you will drink…” Mark 10:38a-39a ESV

They wanted to share His glory, to sit at His right hand and His left, but did not know the path to it was grief. They wanted to share the cup that would be given to those who rule, but did not know the only way to get it was to serve through suffering and even death.

Not only will we deny ourselves and take up our cross but willingly share in the grief of His sufferings. Hebrews 5:8 teaches that Jesus learned obedience through suffering. If it was good enough for Jesus, it is good enough for us. Drink the cup of suffering and learn obedience.

Jesus, teach me obedience through my suffering.

RESONATE!
Take a few moments and think about your perspective on suffering. God does not ask us to seek out suffering, but are we willing to embrace it when He sends it our way. Do we realize their may be something to be gained through suffering? Pray the simple prayer, “Jesus, teach me obedience through my suffering.

Calvary

Thou hast borne all for me

In drinking His cup of suffering Jesus took on the weight of the sin of the world. Because He did that, we do not have to. Good thing for us because we never could have anyway.

Let’s be clear. Jesus did not want to bear everything for us. He actually asked for that cup to be removed, but ultimately surrendered to the will of His Father. Really that makes His obedience even that much more remarkable.

Thou hast borne all for me

Saying, “Father, if you are willing, remove this cup from me. Nevertheless, not my will, but yours, be done.” Luke 22:42 ESV

Jesus asked for that cup to be removed, so great was the anguish of it. Yet He also yielded His will to the Father. He endured agony to show His obedience to His Father and His love for us. We are invited into similar expressions of obedience and love every day. Remember.

Our self-denial is a simple and appropriate response to all that Jesus bore for us. He bore the weight of our sin and shame. He asks us to take up our cross, that emblem of self-denial, so we can find the freedom of surrender. Let Jesus lead you to Calvary again today.

RESONATE!
Jesus was willing to do His Father’s will, even though it required Him to do something He did not want to do. Our obedience will likely require us to do things we would prefer to not do as well. Pray this simple prayer, but only when you are ready for it to be answered. “Jesus, lead me to Calvary.

Jesus, thank You for being obedient. If you had not been there would simply be no hope for me to ever follow You. Because you were obedient my becoming obedient becomes possible. Thank You Lord. In Jesus’ name.  Amen.

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Podcast 39.4 Transcript

Welcome to Thursday Thoughts at Resonant 7, where we reflect on the reality of God and resolve to let it resound in our lives, repeatedly. Let’s think about this.

May I be willing Lord to bear

Whoever does not bear his own cross and come after me cannot be my disciple. Luke 14:27 ESV

Bearing your cross is a prerequisite for being a disciple, plain and simple. If you want to be one who follows Jesus bearing your cross is not optional. We must be willing to bear it, even though we do not get to choose it. God fashions our cross and we must be willing to bear it.

Daily my cross for Thee

And he said to all, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me.” Luke 9:23 ESV

Just in case you thought you would only have to bear it once, Jesus makes clear it is a daily practice. It gives you the vehicle to deny yourself and choose to follow Jesus instead. Are you willing to take up your cross daily? You must choose, because some days you will not want to. 

Even Thy cup of grief to share

Jesus said to them, “You do not know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I drink…? And they said to him, “We are able.” And Jesus said to them, “The cup that I drink you will drink…” Mark 10:38a-39a ESV

They wanted to share His glory, to sit at His right hand and His left, but did not know the path to it was grief. They wanted to share the cup that would be given to those who rule, but did not know the only way to get it was to serve through suffering and even death.

Thou hast borne all for me

Saying, “Father, if you are willing, remove this cup from me. Nevertheless, not my will, but yours, be done.” Luke 22:42 ESV

Jesus asked for that cup to be removed, so great was the anguish of it. Yet He also yielded His will to the Father. He endured agony to show His obedience to His Father and His love for us. We are invited into similar expressions of obedience and love every day. Remember.

Take a few moments to talk to Jesus about what has come to your mind, or listen to what He is saying to you, then I will read our text once more, with the refrain.

May I be willing Lord to bear
Daily my cross for Thee
Even Thy cup of grief to share
Thou hast borne all for me

Lest I forget Gethsemane
Lest I forget Thine agony
Lest I forget Thy love for me
Lead me to Calvary

Take the mindfulness of God’s presence cultivated in these last few minutes into the next ones and beyond.  Until next time, Be Resonant.

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