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For to this end Christ died and rose and lived again, that He might be Lord of both the dead and the living.<\/strong><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n Jesus Christ is Lord of all!<\/p>\n The Greek word translated \u201crose<\/span>\u201d is anhist\u0113mi<\/em><\/span>, which is made up of ana<\/em><\/span>, meaning \u201cagain\u201d and hist\u0113mi<\/em><\/span>, meaning \u201cto stand.\u201d Hence, anhist\u0113mi<\/em> <\/span>means \u201cto stand-up again\u201d or \u201cto rise again.\u201d This word, however, is missing in many manuscripts and is rejected by many Biblical scholars. Fortunately, this does not materially alter the meaning or intent of this verse because it is the fact that Christ both died and lives again that makes Him the Christ and our Savior.<\/p>\n \u201cLived again<\/span>\u201d is from the verb anadza\u014d<\/em><\/span>, made up of ana<\/em><\/span>, meaning \u201cagain\u201d and dza\u014d<\/em><\/span>, meaning \u201cto live.\u201d<\/p>\n The verb translated \u201cmight be Lord<\/span>\u201d is from the Greek word, kurieu\u014d<\/em><\/span>, which is based on the noun kurios<\/em><\/span>, meaning \u201clord.\u201d Kurieu\u014d<\/em> <\/span>means \u201cto have or exercise rule or authority over.\u201d This word carries the idea of His being \u201cproprietor\u201d or \u201cowner\u201d as well as \u201cruler.\u201d It means that He exercises entire dominion over us, as our sovereign Lord and Master.<\/p>\n In the previous verse we talked about the fact that we don\u2019t have control of the time of our death. That is strictly up to our Lord. He is our owner and our master if we have truly submitted to Him and accepted Christ\u2019s death on the cross as payment for our sins. That\u2019s Paul\u2019s point in this verse. It is that Lordship of Christ over us for which He died and lives again. He shed His blood and came back from the dead so that He might be our Lord whether we are alive or dead.<\/p>\n Since both \u201clife\u201d and \u201cdeath\u201d are used throughout the New Testament in reference to both the physical and spiritual realms, it is unclear whether Paul\u2019s statement is regarding all living creatures, all of mankind, or only those whom God has declared righteous. The context up to this point in Paul\u2019s letter would seem to indicate that he is referring to the righteous ones. In verse eleven, however, it becomes clear that Paul is including every intelligent creature (both physical and spirit).<\/p>\n Jesus Christ, the second person of the godhead, has always been Lord over all created beings; however, it is a result of belief in His resurrection from the dead, the fact that He is alive, that descendants of Adam are declared righteous. Thus, it appears that Paul\u2019s reference here is to both saved and unsaved (spiritually alive and spiritually dead), whether they are physically alive or dead. It is not unlike Paul at all to use such a \u201cplay on words\u201d to drive home the truths of his teaching. Jesus Christ is Lord of all\u2014those who are alive physically as well as those who are dead physically, and He is Lord of those who are alive spiritually as well as those who are dead spiritually. He is Lord of all!<\/p>\n Application<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n After death, those who have rejected Christ will learn, to their horror, that they have rejected God Himself. Their eternal fate will have been sealed with no chance to change their mind. For those of us who have believed in His death and resurrection, we know Him as Savior right now. We also have a choice to believe and live like Jesus Christ is our Lord. After death we will completely know His lordship over us. Are you living now as if He is your Lord, or is He just your Savior?<\/p>\n In God\u2019s service, for His glory,<\/strong><\/p>\nTruth to Learn<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
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