On that Lord’s Day morning, the angel said to the women who had come to finish the embalming of Jesus:
Matthew 28: 5 But the angel answered and said to the women, “Do not be afraid, for I know that you seek Jesus who was crucified. 6 He is not here; for He is risen, as He said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay. 7 And go quickly and tell His disciples that He is risen from the dead, and indeed He is going before you into Galilee; there you will see Him. Behold, I have told you.” 8 So they went out quickly from the tomb with fear and great joy and ran to bring His disciple’s word.
He died a Lamb. He arose the Lord High Priest of the new creation.
You remember that Mary Magdalene saw Jesus. When she discovered who He was, she fell at His feet.
John 20: 17 Jesus said to her, “Do not cling to Me, for I have not yet ascended to My Father; but go to My brethren and say to them, ‘I am ascending to My Father and your Father, and to My God and your God.’ ”
What did He mean?
He meant what we read in the letter to the Hebrews.
Hebrews 9: 11 But Christ came as High Priest of the good things to come, with the greater and more perfect tabernacle not made with hands, that is, not of this creation. 12 Not with the blood of goats and calves, but with His own blood He entered the Most Holy Place once for all, having obtained eternal redemption.
As the High Priest, He took His own blood and carried it up to the heavenly holy of holies and there presented it to God. It was accepted, and that red seal is upon the document of our redemption.
The blood of Jesus Christ, God’s Son, is the eternal witness of His finished work for us, of our legal right to eternal life, and sonship with all its privileges.
Based on that blood, we are more than conquerors. Satan has no dominion over us. His dominion is utterly broken.
The proofs of that victory are continually before the Father.
Hebrews 7: 22 by so much more Jesus has become a surety of a better covenant.
If you seem to be under attack from the enemy, remember your rights that are guaranteed based on that blood.
Revelation 12: 11 And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, and they did not love their lives to the death.
You have a legal right to the name of Jesus, which casts out demons and breaks Satan’s power.
John 16: 23 “I say to you, whatever you ask the Father in My name He will give you.
All things are possible to you because you are in God’s family. You have the perfect protection that the blood guarantees.