Easter is a vital step on the road to Jesus' exaltation as The Christ: the eternal Messiah savior king. The resurrection certifies that what was planned on the cross, a substitution of Christ in our rightful place on the cross, actually happened. But Easter is just the beginning, because Jesus does not simply rise, he returns to the Father to reign.

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