The Power of the Resurrection
Christ’s resurrection becomes our resurrection
By Abbot Tryphon, April 11, 2018
Orthodox do not accept the Doctrine of Original Sin as espoused in the West, but teach, as did the Early Church Fathers, that we inherit only the results of Adams sin, not his guilt. This is known as Ancestral Sin because the sin of our first parents, Adam and Eve, resulted in our having inherited death, sickness and an inclination towards evil. Christ’s death on the cross has its power, not as an atonement sacrifice, but in the conquering of the power of death. The permanency of death has been destroyed by Christ’s resurrection from the dead. It is by Christ’s resurrection that a way has been made for us to be transformed by contact with the Living God, and thus becoming his children by adoption. Since Christ’s resurrection destroyed the power and permanency of death, His resurrection becomes our resurrection.
With love in the Risen Lord Jesus Christ,
Abbot Tryphon
~Abbot Tryphon, The Morning Offering, https://blogs.ancientfaith.com/morningoffering/2018/04/the-power-of-the-resurrection/.
Jubilation
And the Resurrection of Jesus Christ
By Abbot Tryphon, April 20, 2020
The jubilation of the Church is also the jubilation of the Divine Persons of the Holy Trinity at the accomplishment of our salvation. The resurrection of Christ, which brought on the defeat of the power of death, is the cause of joyful praise, because He is the cause of the death of death, and the destruction of Hades.
Christ’s resurrection is the beginning of an eternal life. Because of Christ’s resurrection, death no longer separates us from God, and we are no longer destined for the darkness of Hades, but rather brought into heavenly mansions, to dwell there eternally in the fullness of everything good.
Christ is Risen!
Truly He is risen!
With love in Christ,
Abbot Tryphon
~Abbot Tryphon, The Morning Offering, https://blogs.ancientfaith.com/morningoffering/2020/04/jubilation-5/.
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