Introduction
In His death, and resurrection, the Messiah would once for all conquer sin and death.
Old Testament Prophecy
he will swallow up death forever. The Sovereign LORD will wipe away the tears from all faces; he will remove the disgrace of his people from all the earth. The LORD has spoken. [Isaiah 25:8 NIV]
"Seventy ‘sevens’ are decreed for your people and your holy city to finish transgression, to put an end to sin, to atone for wickedness, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and prophecy and to anoint the most holy. [Daniel 9:24 NIV]
"I will ransom them from the power of the grave; I will redeem them from death. Where, O death, are your plagues? Where, O grave, is your destruction? "I will have no compassion, [Hosea 13:14 NIV]
New Testament Fulfillment
The angel said to the women, Do not be afraid, for I know that you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified. He is not here; he has risen, just as he said. Come and see the place where he lay. [Matthew 28:5-6 NIV]
The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world! [John 1:29 NIV]
For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. [John 3:16 NIV]
Jesus replied, “I tell you the truth, everyone who sins is a slave to sin. [John 8:34 NIV]
“I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. [John 10:11 NIV]
But God raised him from the dead, freeing him from the agony of death, because it was impossible for death to keep its hold on him. [Acts 2:24 NIV]
For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, [1 Corinthians 15:3 NIV]
“Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting?” The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. 57 But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. [1 Corinthians 15:55-57 NIV]
….who gave himself for our sins to rescue us from the present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father, [Galatians 1:4 NIV]
It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery. [Galatians 5:1 NIV]
Since the children have flesh and blood, he too shared in their humanity so that by his death he might destroy him who holds the power of death–that is, the devil– [Hebrews 2:14 NIV]
I am the Living One; I was dead, and behold I am alive for ever and ever! And I hold the keys of death and Hades. [Revelation 1:18 NIV]
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