08/08/2026
🔥 **THE ACTIVITY OF JESUS ON THE CROSS**
**STILL ON THE SEED OF A WOMAN**
Everything that happened on the cross was important. The crucifixion of Jesus Christ was not an accident, and His death was not a defeat. It was part of God's plan for the redemption of humanity.
📖 **Hebrews 2:14** tells us that Jesus shared in flesh and blood so that, through death, He could destroy the one who had the power of death—that is, the devil. Jesus went through death in order to break the power of the enemy over mankind.
That is why, when Jesus declared on the cross, **“It is finished”** (John 19:30), He was declaring that the work He came to accomplish had been completed. The authority of Satan had been confronted through the finished work of Christ.
📖 **1 John 3:8** says that the Son of God was manifested **“that he might destroy the works of the devil.”** Jesus did not come merely to make people's lives comfortable; He came to deal with the root of humanity's separation from God and to destroy the works of the devil.
🐑 **JESUS, THE LAMB OF GOD**
From the beginning, God revealed that salvation would require a sacrifice. John the Baptist identified Jesus clearly:
📖 **John 1:29** — *“Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.”*
Jesus became the sacrifice for the sins of humanity. Whether rich or poor, educated or uneducated, powerful or unknown, nobody can purchase salvation with money or status. The same sacrifice is offered to everyone.
📖 **Hebrews 4:3** reminds us that God's work of salvation is entered through faith and obedience—not through human wealth or position.
The value of salvation is not determined by how much a person possesses. **The blood of Jesus is the price God provided for all who come to Him in faith.**
🩸 **NO OTHER BLOOD SACRIFICE**
After the sacrifice of Jesus Christ, there is no other blood sacrifice that can replace or surpass His sacrifice.
The suffering of Christ had already been foretold:
📖 **Psalm 22:15** describes the suffering of the Messiah: *“My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws.”*
These words point us toward the physical suffering Jesus endured on the cross. His suffering was real, His death was real, and His sacrifice was sufficient.
The cross therefore points us away from every other sacrifice and back to **Jesus Christ—the Lamb of God.**
⚔️ **THE DEVIL'S DECEPTION**
One of the greatest deceptions is the idea that the Son of God could not truly die on the cross. But Scripture teaches that Jesus truly became flesh and truly experienced death.
The mystery is not that God ceased to be God. Rather, **the Son of God took on human flesh and willingly gave His life for our redemption.**
📖 **Hebrews 2:14** makes this clear: because humanity shared in flesh and blood, Jesus also partook of the same, so that through death He could destroy the power of the devil.
Jesus' death was therefore not evidence of Satan's victory. **It was the pathway through which Christ defeated the power of death.**
🔥 **THE FINAL DEFEAT OF DEATH**
The cross dealt with sin and opened the way for victory over death, but Scripture also points forward to the final judgment when death itself will be completely defeated.
📖 **Revelation 5:6–7** presents Christ as the Lamb who was slain, yet standing in victory. He is worthy to take the scroll because He has accomplished God's redemptive purpose.
And the story does not end at the cross.
📖 **Revelation 20:12** speaks of the dead standing before God for judgment, and **Revelation 20:15** declares that anyone whose name is not found written in the Book of Life is cast into the lake of fire.
This shows us that God's plan goes beyond Calvary. **Sin is dealt with through Christ, Satan's works are destroyed, and ultimately death and evil will face God's final judgment.**
✝️ **THE MESSAGE OF THE CROSS**
Jesus did not die because He was defeated.
He died because He willingly gave Himself.
He did not lose His life because Satan was stronger.
He gave His life to accomplish the Father's plan.
When He said, **“IT IS FINISHED,”** the work He came to accomplish was complete.
The Lamb had been offered.
The price had been paid.
The way to salvation had been opened.
🔥 **THE CROSS IS NOT THE END OF THE STORY—IT IS THE BEGINNING OF VICTORY.**
**Jesus Christ is the Lamb of God, the Savior of the world, and the One who will ultimately destroy every enemy, including death.**