I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.
The risen Christ: I was dead, and see, I am alive for ever, and I hold the keys of death.
KJV15And his feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace; and his voice as the sound of many waters. 16And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth went a sharp twoedged sword: and his countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength. 17And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; I am the first and the last: 18I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death. 19Write the things which thou hast seen, and the things which are, and the things which shall be hereafter; 20The mystery of the seven stars which thou sawest in my right hand, and the seven golden candlesticks. The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches: and the seven candlesticks which thou sawest are the seven churches.
John’s vision of Christ’s final victory and of a new heaven and a new earth.
But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.
Isaiah’s suffering servant, fulfilled in Jesus: His wounds bring peace with God and healing at the root, first from sin (1 Peter 2:24), and in the end from every wound.
But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
God did not wait for us to be lovable: Christ died for us while we were still sinners.
And the multitudes that went before, and that followed, cried, saying, Hosanna to the Son of David: Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest.
Palm Sunday: the crowds welcome Jesus into Jerusalem with hosannas, blessing the One who comes in the Lord’s name.
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
Because Jesus rose from the dead, God gives a living hope, a new birth into a hope that is alive.