Thematic Bible: Conqueror over death
Thematic Bible
Conqueror over death » Three times he entered the realms of death, and rescued victims
Then he came up and touched the bier, and those who carried it stood still. He said, "Young man, I say to you, get up!" So the dead man sat up and began to speak, and Jesus gave him back to his mother.
When he had said this, he shouted in a loud voice, "Lazarus, come out!" The one who had died came out, his feet and hands tied up with strips of cloth, and a cloth wrapped around his face. Jesus said to them, "Unwrap him and let him go."
Conqueror over death » Will completely destroy death at last
For he must reign until he has put all his enemies under his feet. The last enemy to be eliminated is death.
Conqueror over death » Foretold by the prophets
he will swallow up death permanently. The sovereign Lord will wipe away the tears from every face, and remove his people's disgrace from all the earth. Indeed, the Lord has announced it!
because you will not leave my soul in Hades, nor permit your Holy One to experience decay.
Conqueror over death » Submitted to the stroke of death for our sins
and that he was buried, and that he was raised on the third day according to the scriptures,
Conqueror over death » Carries the keys of the grave in his girdle
and the one who lives! I was dead, but look, now I am alive -- forever and ever -- and I hold the keys of death and of Hades!
Conqueror over death » Defied death to hold him
This is why the Father loves me -- because I lay down my life, so that I may take it back again. No one takes it away from me, but I lay it down of my own free will. I have the authority to lay it down, and I have the authority to take it back again. This commandment I received from my Father."
Conqueror over death » Will call all men from death's domain
"Do not be amazed at this, because a time is coming when all who are in the tombs will hear his voice and will come out -- the ones who have done what is good to the resurrection resulting in life, and the ones who have done what is evil to the resurrection resulting in condemnation.
Conqueror over death » Demonstrated his victory by his own resurrection
who was appointed the Son-of-God-in-power according to the Holy Spirit by the resurrection from the dead, Jesus Christ our Lord.