The Resurrection of Jesus: the Ground for Victory in Spiritual Warfare
April 20, 2019      |     By: Sam McVay, Jr.      |      Category: Sermons      |      Location: Wichita
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Sam shares: there are many dimensions and dynamics involved in spiritual warfare, but the resurrection of Jesus Christ is where we begin as we advance in kingdom warfare.

Genesis 3:15 (NIV)
15 And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers; he will crush your head, and you will strike his heel.”

Genesis 3:15 is commonly called the “Protevangelium” — a term that essentially signifies the idea of “first gospel proclamation.”

The crucifixion was the bruising of Christ’s heal.
The resurrection was the crushing of Satan’s head.

The Resurrected Christ, who has moved in powerful authority during His earthly ministry, could now say:
Matthew 28:18 (NIV)
18 Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.

Hebrews 2:14-15 (NIV)
14 Since the children have flesh and blood, he too shared in their humanity so that by his death he might break the power of him who holds the power of death—that is, the devil—
15 and free those who all their lives were held in slavery by their fear of death.

1 Corinthians 15:54-57 (NIV)
54 When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written will come true: “Death has been swallowed up in victory.”
55 “Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting?”
56 The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law.
57 But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

The resurrection of Jesus is the glorious victory of Jesus over the last enemy:
1 Corinthians 15:26 (NIV)
26 The last enemy to be destroyed is death.

A common analogy of this tension is the distinction between D-day and V-day in World War II. Historians generally agree that, for all intents and purposes, World War II was decided in the Battle of Normandy (referred to as “D-day”) that began on June 6th, 1944. At this time the Allied forces dealt a fatal blow to Germany that rendered its defeat inevitable. But it took another year for Germany to surrender (referred to as V-Day). Between D-Day and V-Day, the victory the allied forces had already in principle won was not yet manifested as an actual fact.

There are many dimensions and dynamics involved in spiritual warfare, but the resurrection of Jesus Christ is where we begin as we advance in kingdom warfare.