‘ For to this end Christ died and lived (again), that he might be Lord of both the dead and the living.'

Indeed, this was one of the reasons why Christ died and lived again. It was in order thereby to become the LORD of death, which He conquered (‘I have the keys of Hades and of death' - Revelation 1:18), and the LORD of Life, which He gives (‘he who has the Son has life' - 1 John 5:12). In other words He died and lived again in order that He might exercise Lordship over both the dead and the living, as the LORD of death and the LORD of life. Notice the interesting expression ‘lived again'. Paul put it in this way in order to turn attention on Him, not so much as the resurrected LORD, but as the LORD of life.

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