Isaiah 53:9 “And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death; because he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth.”
Our Beloved Lord Jesus Christ came into this present world to die a sacrificial “death”, and He did. The work of His Sacrifice continued even into His Burial and Resurrection. In order to be an acceptable Sacrifice, it was required of Him to be perfect in every way, and He was. His absolute perfection is emphasized in the phrases “he had done no violence” and “neither was any deceit in his mouth”. He had the power to bring great “violence” upon his persecutors to prevent them from Crucifying Him, but He did not. Neither did He compromise Himself by using deceitful legal arguments; He never denied that He is the Son of God, the ultimate King, the High Priest, the Savior of His People, and that His Kingdom is not of this world. When He gave His life, they treated His Body just like they did the bodies of the criminals’ who were crucified with Him. But, by Divine Providence, “Joseph of Arimathaea”, a wealthy man, obtained permission from Pilate to honorably bury our Lord’s Body in his own tomb (Matthew 27:59-66; Mark 15:43-47; John 19:38-42). Joseph’s tomb was nearby, and it was positioned and designed to be strong, so that it could be secured and that no one could steal away His Body and claim that He was Resurrected. But, even the strongest tomb and the most mighty guards could not prevent our Blessed Lord’s Resurrection! Therefore, because our Lord was raised from the dead; by our God-given “faith” (Hebrews 12:2), we “have hope toward God, … that there shall be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and unjust” (Acts 24:15). Peter put it this way, “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,” (I Peter 1:3). Thus, as He was raised “from the dead”, so shall He raise our bodies “from the dead”! In this life He is our “good shepherd”, at “death” He takes our “spirit” to be with Him (Ecclesiastes 12:7) in His “paradise” (Luke 23:43; Revelation 2:7), and then one Grand Holy Day He will raise our bodies “from the dead” to Eternally live with Him! Let us daily cry aloud, “But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.” (I Corinthians 15:57)!