Romans 6:4
4 Therefore [oun] we are buried
with [sunthapto] him [autos] by [dia] baptism [baptisma] into [eis] death [thanatos]: that [hina] like as [hosper] Christ [Christos] was raised up [egeiro] from [ek] the dead [nekros] by [dia] the glory [doxa] of the Father [pater], even so [houto] we [hemeis] also [kai] should walk [peripateo] in [en] newness [kainotes] of life [zoe]. KJV-Interlinear
4 We were buried therefore
with him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from
the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life. ESV
Jesus Christ died two deaths while on the cross. The
first death, was His spiritual death, wherein all sins of humanity were poured
out on Him, and judged. Jesus was very much physically alive during this
judgment process.
When the judgment of sin had been completed, He let us
know with the statement, finished.
After this judgment was completed, He died His second
death, which was His physical death. In this second physical death, Jesus did
not bleed to death, He merely pushed His head forward and exhaled His final
breath.
In the baptism ritual, we participate in Christ’s
death, through the symbolism portrayed in the baptism. In a full submersion
water baptism, we are submerged and then raised up again out of the water.
After the cross, Christ’s body went into the grave,
and His soul and spirit went to paradise and heaven respectively. Three days
later all three components were reunited and He walked out of the tomb.
In identifying with Christ, and in all of His work on
the cross, and in the grave, and in the resurrection, we participate in the
entire process symbolically, because that too will occur for us.
When we first believed in Christ, that faith gained us
eternal life, yet we are still here in this physical world. However, one day we
will all come face to face with our departure from this world, and thereafter
we will be face to face with Christ in heaven.
But that is not the end of our journey. There is still
going to be a resurrection. And for us in this dispensation, that will occur at
the rapture. When that will occur, we do not know.
But the certainty of the life of Jesus and His
sacrifice on the cross, and His death, burial, and resurrection, so too our
resurrection and eternal life is guaranteed.
The phrase, newness of life, gives us two new types of
life.
Just as Christ died twice, and life was restored, so
too, when we believed in Christ, we received a newness of life, with respect to
our spiritual life. But also we have the certainty of the second newness, which
is our resurrection.
The spiritual life and the resurrection into eternal
life, are both permanent.
Our spiritual life begins with our salvation, when we
believed in Christ. Our eternal life will begin with our resurrection whenever
that occurs.
Jesus Christ, paid the ultimate price to secure our
freedom from both sin and death. And even though we are still shackled while in
this world, with both of these obstacles, one day those chains will be cast off
permanently and forever.
These studies, are a part of the massive
daily study web site at DailyBibeStudy.Org, that is easily accessible, and are
written, so that you can come to Christ if you have not done so already, and
therefore not be lost forever.
And
if you have already believed in Christ, then these studies are written so you
can learn and understand and grow in your spiritual life, so that you can come
to the full knowledge of Christ, so that you can fulfill your meaning and
purpose in life as God intended for you, and so you can qualify for a
phenomenal eternal reward which you will have forever.
To
ignore this opportunity to pursue a daily study means you will be incomplete,
unfulfilled and you will lose out, big time.
The
Daily Bible Study is online, making it possible as never before in all of human
history, to advance in ones relationship with God, through Christ, and to
complete yourself beyond your imagination.
But
you have to decide to make that commitment.
No one else can study for you.
You have to do that yourself.
