How is death a triumph for Christians?
English: Jesus Christ - detail from Deesis mosaic, Hagia Sophia, Istanbul (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. But thanks be to God ! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ ( 1 Corinthians 15:56–57). Death is the curse visited upon the human race for the sin of Adam , but in Christ , death is swallowed up in victory (1 Corinthians 15:54–55). Death is the appropriate punishment for sin because death destroys sin. In a sense, then, death is welcome because we agree that sin must be destroyed. The question is, Will we ourselves die when death comes, because we are in sin, or will we in our death triumph over death, participating in the judgment upon sin that death brings? To unpack that question, let us consider the calling of Jesus Christ. He was called to come into the world, called to suffer, and called to die for our sins. In union with Him, we are also sent into the world, we are called to suffer from time to tim