When Christ went to the cross, He did not go as a victim. He went as a substitute. He became everything the fallen Adam had become—sin, weakness, curse, separation—so that we would never have to carry it again.
In that one act, He secured an eternal salvation. Not a temporary one. Not a progressive one. Not one that improves with time. It is finished, complete, and final. There is nothing you can add to it and nothing missing from it.
He did everything that was required for you and me to experience exactly what God intended from the beginning—life, freedom, righteousness, and dominion.
And when He rose from the dead, He did not rise back to who He was before the cross. He rose into the form we were always meant to become—conquered, justified, glorified, and victorious. The resurrection was not recovery; it was triumph.
