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How could He just storm the gates like that? Do we have a plan? Is the\nwar over? Hundreds of questions attacked from all sides as we stared at\nthe broken gate. This was a fortressno one should have been able to break\nthrough. Today we were supposed to revel in our victory! Didn\u2019t we all\nhear the Savior cry out for the last time? Didn\u2019t we see Him take His last\nbreath? He was dead. So, how could He have broken through the gate and\nstolen the key? Not only that, but He stared us in the face and declared\nvictoryover death itself!\n.\nENOUGH! Not another word, the Great Darkness ordered. Then the voice\ndropped dangerously quiet. The Great Darkness was not in the mood for\nquestions. Today, the Chosen One from above thinks He has won, but we will\nwreak havoc on all His land until the end. If we cannot defeat Him\npersonally, we will attack that which is most precious to Him His\npeople.\n.\nAs we prepare for war, we can\u2019t help but shudder. The gates were breached,\nand the so-called Savior took the keys. The Great Darkness declared there\nare more battles to fight. Yet today, there is another who is more worthy\nof our fear. This Chosen One who defeated death and darkness certainly\nisn\u2019t afraid of us.\n.\nYes, there may be more battles to fight, but the war is over. The Savior\nhas stolen the victory. Nothing we do now could ever change that. And the\nGreat Darkness knows it. Kayla Miller\n.\n Today\u2019s story is an allegory, showing Jesus\u2019s victory over sin, death,\nand all the forces of evil and darkness. Once we\u2019ve put our trust in Jesus,\nwe get to celebrate that our Savior holds the keys of death and\nHades (Revelation 1:18). Now, even though we will experience suffering as\nthe forces of darkness wage war on God\u2019s people, we can know that nothing\nwill ever be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ\nJesus our Lord (Romans 8:39). How could pondering these truths help us\nrest in Jesus\u2019s undefeatable love for us?\n.\n As Christians, we don\u2019t need to be afraid of death or evil. Instead, God\ncalls us to come to Him with all our worries, and He empowers us to resist\nthe enemy and stand firm in His true grace, which He has given us in Jesus\n(1 Peter 5:6-12). When you\u2019re facing hard things, who are trusted\nChristians in your life who can pray with you and help you follow our Lord?\nHow can you be this kind of friend to others? \n.\nI [Jesus] am the Living One; I was dead, and now look, I am alive for ever\nand ever! And I hold the keys of death and Hades. Revelation 1:18 (NIV)\n\xa0\nRead Verses:\nDeuteronomy 3:22; Revelation 1:4-Revelation 1:18