Resurrection (2) - God's Solution

Jesus was God’s solution to the mess that humans created on earth. He was born as a man, so he was entitled to exercise authority on earth. Because he did not sin, he was not under the influence of evil. That is why the devil worked so hard to tempt him into sin. If Jesus had succumbed to sin, he would have come under the authority of the devil and would been unable to fulfil his commission.

When the devil managed to get Jesus crucified, he thought he had won a great victory. He believed that he had destroyed the only person who could destroy his power. With Jesus dead, the last threat to the devil’s power was gone. God only had one son, and if he was destroyed, God’s last option for victory was gone.

We think of Jesus dying on the cross to pay the penalty for our sins. That is true. We were redeemed by his blood she during his crucifixion. However, the cross only dealt with part of the mess on earth. It deal with sin, but if Jesus stayed dead, the devil was free to continue exercising authority on earth. No good man was left to establish the Kingdom of God on earth. There was not perfect man to enter heaven with authority to release the Holy Spirit to go all out on earth. The cross on its own was a partial victory. It dealt with sin, but could not restore the earth from the harm that sin had done.