Declared To Be

"And declared to be the Son of God with power according to the spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead."  Romans 1:4.  Jesus said that He was the Son of God.  Jesus was believed to be the Son of God.  Jesus was confessed as the Son of God.  God spoke from heaven and owned Jesus as His son.  The many miracles which were performed by Jesus gave testimony that He was God's Son.  The very word that was spoken by Jesus was an evidence that He was the Son of God.  But, the resurrection of Jesus from the dead proved beyond any doubt that He was God's Son.  His birth and life announced the Christ as God in the flesh.  But, the resurrection removed all argument of the divine nature of Jesus.  Jesus knew that He would die, but also, He knew that He would live.  Jesus Christ came forth from the grave bringing the "keys of hell and death."  His resurrection insures our resurrection.  Death has been conquered.  The grave has been overcome.  The empty tomb of Jesus is assurance forever that the dead will live again.  The power necessary to break the bonds of death is beyond human comprehension.  The power that created all things is the power that left death in defeat.  The dead corpse of the one who claimed to be divine was laid to rest in the grave.  The power of God breathed life into that lifeless body and declared for all time:  Jesus Christ is the Son of God.