His is the life conquering. Thus, immediately
His is the life conquering. Thus, immediately after His death, the environment was changed from black to white. After the Lord accomplished His redemptive and life-imparting death, His situation of suffering immediately changed into an honorable one. Before His death, every thing was evil and deadly; after His death, ev erything became pleasant and agreeable. Joseph of Arimathea, "a rich man" (John 19:38; Matt. 27:57), and Nicodemus, "a ruler of the Jews" (John 3:1), came with linen and very expensive spices, myrrh and aloes (John 19:39-40), to prepare His body for burial. It was not the poor but the noble who cared for His body, burying Him in a new tomb "with the rich" (v. 41; Isa. 53:9). By this we see that the whole situation was changed into a rich condition, a noble state, a new sphere. The Lord was now dear to people, and they valued Him very highly. Hence, the Lord rested in human honor. Although He was put to death in shame, He was buried in honor. The problem had been with death, but after the Lord died, this problem was solved. When He died, the trouble and the evil things were over. Now, according to God's sovereignty, in human honor of a high stan dard, the Lord rested on the Sabbath day (John 19:42; Luke 23:55-56), waiting for the time to