Thus the cycle goes on—life out of death, gain out of loss. This is what the Crucified Life is all about. The Cross is a sign of loss—shameful, humiliating, abject, total loss. Yet it was Jesus’ loss that meant heavenly gain for the whole world. Although secured in a tomb with a heavy stone, a seal, and posted guards, He could not be held down by death. He came out of the grave as the Death of Death and Hell’s Destruction.
