http://www.hopeofchrist.net/2010/10/luke-1114-28/
Christ, seemingly powerless, submitted Himself to the power of death on a cross. He died the life of a scoundrel. He died the life of the accursed. He died the life of a failure in the eyes of the world.
His disciples walked away disappointed because, no matter how many times He testified that the Messiah had come to die on a Cross, they could not understand. The Romans were still in power. The Man they thought would deliver them with power they could see lie dead and broken and in a tomb. Jesus was not the Messiah. So much for salvation from the Romans.
Oh, but Beloved, there was unimaginable power on display!
As Christ writhed in agony on the Cross, it was not the physical pain that was most intense but it was Christ bearing in His flesh the sins of all of His people. Christ died and when He died, the sins of His people died with Him. Not only so but in a way we could never expect, the power of sin was put to death on the Cross. He did not merely pay for the sins of many but He defeated the power of sin on the Cross.
And then He was laid in a tomb. And on the third day He rose from the dead. Death tried to hold Him down. Death held with all its might but behold the Man! Do you ever just think about Christ taking that first step out of the Tomb? One small step for Man, one giant leap for all of mankind! Death was defeated by an indestructible life. Try as it may, Death fought with the Savior but the Stronger man overcame and plundered!
