The death and resurrection of Jesus extends far beyond our individual eternal fates. It brings the defeat of all the evil powers which plague the world. As we see the ever-presence of evil in our world, we should be reminded of the story of Scripture which sets evil in proper perspective.
New Testament scholars frequently speak of the “powers” in the writings of the apostle Paul. By the powers, we refer to those spiritual forces which are invisibly at work in the world, holding sway over those who do not share in the victory of the Messiah. Probably the most well-known examples of the powers in Paul are Sin and Death, which Paul personifies, particularly in Romans 5-8. Sin and Death are not just consequences or ideas, they are active forces waging war upon the cosmos. Through human disobedience (Adam in particular), Sin enters
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