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head. " (Gen. 3:15) The death of the Lord demonstrated Himas the world's Saviour.The Lord's most powerful moment was that of His death. Atthat hour He reigned over humanity and restored His Kingdomfrom the ruler of this world. "The Lord reigns; He has robedHimself with majesty; the Lord is clothed with strength; thusHe girded Himself" (Ps.93). He reigned on the cross.For this reason, the prayer of the ninth hour by which wecommemorate the Lord's death, is full of psalms of praise,glorifying and worship.We stand before the Powerful Lord in His death singing:“ THINE IS THE POWER ”He was Powerful After His Death:The first thing the Lord did when He yielded up His Spirit waslaying hold of the devil and binding him for a thousand years.The Lord also... "descended into the lower parts of the earth. "(Eph. 4:9) He announced the good news to the dead and ledthem, with the robber who was on His right, to Paradise.It was the Lord's death that opened the gate of Paradise afterbeing locked for thousands of years, since Adam and Eve's fall.The One they thought dead in the sealed tomb was able to openthe gate to Paradise and lead all who died on hope in Hisprocession of victory.32
One of the beautiful stories about the Lord after His death isthat Nicodemus said, "Holy God, Holy Mighty, HolyImmortal..." from which the well known Trisagion is taken.We stand by the side of the holy tomb, saying to the Lord in Hisdeath...“ THINE IS THE POWER ”✥ The Lord was powerful in His Resurrection: powerful whenHe left the sealed tomb and conquered death.The Lord Hid His Power From the Devil:One of the main reasons that make people think that the LordChrist was weak is that He used to hide His power.It was an act of humility that confused the devil and madehim wonder, 'Is that really Jesus Christ!' 'He or not He!'.It was for the best not to let the devil know the truth about theLord Jesus Christ, as he could have done his utmost to cripplethe mission of redemption for the devil never wanted the worldto be saved.The following examples illustrate the devil's confusion becauseof the Lord hiding His power:✥ The devil knew that the Lord Christ would be born from avirgin as Isaiah the Prophet said clearly..." "Behold the virginshall conceive and bear a Son, and shall call His nameEmmanuel" (Is. 7:14) He also described the qualities of this33
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