The ultimate vindication is the resurrection. Even dead, one rises to live again. All wrongs will be righted on that day. There is no Christianity without resurrection. The apostles preached that Christ rose from the dead, barely two months after the crucifixion. Christ took upon himself the sufferings of the world, all the injuctice was borne by Him. He bore the cross with joy knowing that it would only be temporary, on third day he rose again, defeating death forever and bringing the hope of eternal life for all who believe.
The ultimate victory is the resurrection. Whoever is resurrected lives forever more and no longer subject to death. He has crossed to the other side, where there is no longer death. The apostles preached with a fervour that no threat of death could derail. They knew the Resurrected One, that if they die, they will live again with Him. It makes them gives up their lives with a message of salvation so powerful that from Jerusalem to Judea, Samaria and then to the ends of the earth in less than 50 years. By the time Paul the apostle perished in Rome during Nero’s reign, the gospel is believed upon from East to the West (Spain). Halleluyah!
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