Jesus Christ our Lord “was declared to be the Son of God in power according to the Spirit of holiness by his resurrection from the dead…” (Romans 1:4)
Jesus is Lord. But did you know that his reign began at the resurrection? Handel’s Messiah got it right, placing “The Hallelujah Chorus” in the section concerning Jesus’ resurrection.
Yes, Jesus always reigned in one sense. But the story of redemption climaxes with the resurrection and ascension because this is when Jesus takes the helm: from this point, the church is built as the Holy Spirit is poured out like never before.
You might say: I see a lot of unbelief and horror in the world – how can Jesus be ruling? The answer is that, through the gospel, Jesus advances his kingdom slowly but surely. And look how far it’s already come! It’s easy for us who live on this side of the resurrection to forget that there was a time when the God of Israel was not worshiped in Europe, Africa, Asia, or the Americas!
This is what was prophesied by the prophet Daniel:
I saw in the night visions, and behold, with the clouds of heaven there came one like a son of man, and he came to the Ancient of Days and was presented before him.
And to him was given dominion and glory and a kingdom, that all peoples, nations, and languages should serve him; his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom one that shall not be destroyed. Daniel 7:13-14
The resurrection was the ultimate regime change.
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