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He Is Risen

Genesis 1:26 – Then God said,
During the
"Let Us make man in Our
Easter season,
image, according to Our
there is inevitably
likeness; let them have
an emphasis on
dominion over the fish of the
the last hours that
Pastor Rob Martin sea, over the birds of the air,
Jesus spent here
and over the cattle, over all the
on Earth. The period of time from
earth and over every creeping
Good Friday to Resurrection
thing that creeps on the earth."
Sunday has been spoken on,

written about, and preached more We are well versed in the fall

times than it would ever be of Adam and Eve, and it isn’t

possible to count. The Passion, as necessary to reexamine their story

this period is referred to, is a story at this time. Through sin, that

that shaped the very fabric of the dominion that man was blessed

world that we live in and has been with was taken away from him and

told of in every language that is fell into the hands of the

given utterance upon this creation. adversary. We know that the

The Crucifixion, death, burial, and blood of Jesus bought back what

glorious resurrection of Jesus had been forfeited and gave power

Christ is the single most important and dominion back to the children

event in the history of mankind. of God. There is a perfection in

Period. how that was done that is often

overlooked. Pay close attention to
It becomes even more

the description of mankind from
impactful if you take the time to
Genesis 1:26.
look at it from the beginning of the

story.

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