As I was thinking this morning about the death that Christ died for us, I could not help but feel a great deal of satisfaction in the victory that His death brings to us. The more I thought about the victory aspect of his death, I began to think about the battle that was fought to bring about Christ's victory over death.
Now, as a United States Marine, I am always up for a good fight, especially for God, Country, and Corps. So the vision of Christ descending to Hell and completely destroying death brought me a great deal of joy. I began to imagine Christ showing up at Hell's threshold, the demons looking up in complete astonishment and fear, and then Christ absolutely going to town tearing down every stronghold the Devil ever attempted to claim.
There is such joy in knowing that the victory is already won, all that we have to do is claim the victory, walk in it, and continue to fight the small battles that the devil attempts to thwart us with.
Marines train to fight in order to destroy the enemies will to fight. We do this through a constant forward tempo assisted by fire and maneuver that finally pushes the enemy farther and farther back into his defenses ultimately allowing him to be overrun and thus destroyed. A Marine never has any doubt as to the outcome of the battle, he always knows that the victory is his to claim. We as Christians should walk in the same manner. Our victory is assured, all we are called to do is be as the Marines and close with and destroy the enemy.
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