His Comeback - Our Victory

Remember the "Rocky" movies from the 70's and 80's? They all finished with Rocky fighting in some championship fight. In each of those fights it appeared that there was no way Rocky could win. With each round he looked more bloody and bruised. He was getting beaten to a pulp. But as they entered the fifteenth and final round, Rocky would somehow find the energy to punch the opponent into oblivion. In each of those fights he would come back to win. The "comeback kid". We all like those kinds of movies. We like to see someone come back from defeat. But of all the "Rocky's" of this life we have read about or observed, there is one who excelled far beyond all the rest. That was our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Sin lay at our doorstep. The situation was dire. Without a savior we would be beaten to a pulp. Then from out of nowhere a man appears. He pushes himself between the sin and us and faces off with it. It lunges for him and the fight begins. The struggle is terrific. In fact, there has never been another like it before or since. In the end, sin has its way and knocks him down. He lays in the grave beaten and defeated. Where is our Savior, we cry? How could such a battle be fought and evil triumph over good? But wait - there is movement there. It may be the fifteenth and final round, but there is still hope. He arises now stronger than ever and grabs sin by the throat and throttles it all while delivering the perfect physical and verbal blows to the foe. Jesus Christ, our hero has won the day. It looked bad for the moment, but could there ever have been any doubt? His Father had prepared Him for this day and there would be no denying it. Even the terrible burden of a world of sin was no match for the Son of Righteousness, the eternal "comeback kid". His comeback, our victory!