For the first time Christ was about to give life to the dead. As the Prince of life and the shining ones approached the grave, Satan was alarmed for his supremacy. With his evil angels he stood to dispute an invasion of the territory that he claimed as his own. He boasted that the servant of God had become his prisoner. He declared that even Moses was not able to keep the law of God; that he had taken to himself the glory due to Jehovah--the very sin which had caused Satan's banishment from heaven--and by transgression had come under the dominion of Satan. The archtraitor reiterated the original charges that he had made against the divine government, and repeated his complaints of God's injustice toward him.


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Moses' død

Nu skulle Kristus skænke de døde livet for første gang. Da Livets fyrste og de skinnende væsener nærmede sig graven, frygtede Satan for, at hans herredømme var i fare. Sammen med sine onde engle bestred han de himmelske sendebuds ret til at trænge ind på det område, han betragtede som sit. Han sagde pralende, at Guds tjener var hans fange, og at end ikke Moses havde kunnet holde Guds lov, men havde taget den ære, der tilkom Gud netop den synd, der var skyld i Satans udstødelse fra Himmelen og at Moses på grund af sin overtrædelse var kommet under Satans herredømme. Ærkeforræderen gentog de anklager, han i begyndelsen havde rettet mod Guds regering, og beklagede sig atter over Guds uretfærdighed imod ham.

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