[B]0925 AJ Week 1 {Commitment} found here:[/B] [URL]
https://oscraps.com/community/threads/september-art-journaling-challenge-week-1-commitment.42764/[/URL]
1965 represents the year I trusted Jesus Christ as my personal Savior which broke the chains of sin and death. For Christians, the phrase "no more chains of death" signifies freedom from the ultimate sting of death and fear of eternal separation from God in hell fire through faith in Jesus Christ's death and resurrection. It refers to the future hope of an eternal, heavenly existence with God, where death, suffering, and pain will no longer exist, as promised in the Bible. The resurrection of Jesus Christ is seen as the act that broke the power of death and sin, offering this freedom to believers.
[B]The Christian Perspective on Death:[/B]
Jesus Christ, through his death and resurrection, conquered death and the power of sin. He broke the power of sin & death. His death on the cross didn’t just pay for my sins granting me a pardon, it purchased my freedom. The chains are gone. Sin holds no power in my life and those who have repented and accepted Christ personally as their Savior.
Because Christ defeated death, I no longer need to fear its ultimate power. Hebrews 2:14, 15 in the Bible says, “Inasmuch then as the children have partaken of flesh and blood, He Himself likewise shared in the same (He became a man), that through death He might destroy him who had the power of death, that is, the devil, and release those who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage.” For those who have faith in Jesus, death is seen not as an end but as a transition, a doorway into the presence of Christ!
The resurrection of Jesus guarantees that those who belong to him will also be resurrected, escaping the grip of death forever. The ultimate hope for Christians is a future with God where there will be "no more death, neither mourning, nor crying, nor pain," as stated in Revelation 21:4, “And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes;.....
