Bible pictures; or, Life-sketches of life-truths . s a monumentof his own triumph, and of Heavens final defeat?Never was imagination so false, hope so , no. In that very culmination of infernal malice— in that seeming overthrow of Christ — the do-minion of Hell received a crushing and fatal blow,from which it can never recover. Then was wroughtout, amid the gloom of the shrouded skies, and thequaking of the astonished earth, that amazing Pro-pitiation, by which the power of Evil shall be ulti-mately banished from the universe. Here, too, theStrong Man was foiled. They met again at t
Bible pictures; or, Life-sketches of life-truths . s a monumentof his own triumph, and of Heavens final defeat?Never was imagination so false, hope so , no. In that very culmination of infernal malice— in that seeming overthrow of Christ — the do-minion of Hell received a crushing and fatal blow,from which it can never recover. Then was wroughtout, amid the gloom of the shrouded skies, and thequaking of the astonished earth, that amazing Pro-pitiation, by which the power of Evil shall be ulti-mately banished from the universe. Here, too, theStrong Man was foiled. They met again at the Sepulchre. If Satan couldhave prevented the resurrection of Jesus; if thestone, the seal, and the watch could have held thebody of the Crucified a prisoner in the cold embraceof the grave — the supremacy of the Destroyerwould have been assured. The Sacrifice of theSon, unaccredited by the witness of the Father,would have been shorn of all efficacy. It could m :::—:: _ — .-- - ; __ _ _ - !? — : £ -1 : ; - ~ -; I .: r;:5~. THE STIiOXG SPOILED BY THE STBOXGEE. 221 ye lifted up, ye everlasting doors : and the King ofGlory shall come in. And well might the seraphicchoirs, in responsive chorus, ask and reply, Who is this King of Glory? The Lord, strong andmighty : the Lord mighty in battle ; He is the Kingof Glory. He passed through the golden portals ;laid His trophies at His Fathers feet; sat down atthe right hand of Power; and became thenceforthHead over all things to His church. The Redeemer, having triumphed in these pre-paratory conflicts; having occupied the command-ing points, and removed the obstructions from Hisadvance — now marshals His forces for the grandend. the conquest of the palace itself. Thither theStrong Man has retreated: and there, as in thevery heart and citadel of his empire, he waits theattack, vigilant, resolute, confident. But vain arehis wiliest contrivances, vain his boasted munitions,vain his utmost efforts, to repel the Strong
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