CONTEMPORARY BIBLE VERSION

                    THE RESURRECTION

The third day...  (in heaven)
The Holy one had been kept in the bounds of hell for two days and the third was approaching.
The scene was set... The heavens were busy and bustling with the news of the Holy one's return.

Songs,  food, glory, honor, praise, dominion...it all had to be perfect.
I had to run last rounds...everything Must be perfect for the return of the Holy one.

I moved through all the ranks, the seraph had their songs ready—we had to compose a special song for his coming. "Worthy is the lamb that was slain" was the mainframe of the song.

I quickly asked Micheal "how is the war against darkness seeing the Holy one's time is fulfilled? "

"we have overcome them by the Holy one's blood. Through his death he destroyed one who had the power of death—the devil! "

Oh,  what joy filled my heart...

"Gabriel" one of the seraphs called, "the altar...the altar to offer his blood... "

Oh, my, I almost forgot...the Holy one had to pour his blood upon the altar...

We went and cleaned the altar. Frankly speaking, the altar had never been used before—no one was there to offer blood. The high priest in charge of the altar is the Holy one and like we know, he is in hell as we speak.

The Father demanded that everything be ready for the return of his sons.  I even hear the Lord is not returning alone, he is coming with brethren, new brothers.

(in hell)

"enough of this...death you are defeated, for I created you!"
...having loosed from the pains of death, for it were not possible to be held by it.

"...My time has come, Satan you are defeated—under my feet"

That was our cue, we slashed into hell, tore open it's gates busted out the prisoners held in it, bundled death and hell and sin and we overthrew them, with the lord leading us we dashed hell into pieces.

He came out victorious!!

(on earth)

On our way back, the lord had a quick stop... He stopped to send a message to his brothers that he had risen.

Creature rejoiced.

(in heaven)

As we got to the gate, I announced with a loud voice

"lift up your head oh ye gates and be lifted up doors that last forever so that the king of glory will come in"

The gates had never been opened after Adam left. No one had access to the heavens.

The gate keeper hadn't seen the lord like this before, so he responded

"who is the king of glory?"

"See gate keeper the earth belongs to God and the fullness thereof the world and they that dwell in it. These one that are with us are a generation of them that sought the God of jacob. The one who leads them is the lord strong and mighty, he was the mighty one who won the battle.
so lift up your heads and look at him oh ye gates, and be ye lifted up ye forever doors so he can come in"

"We aren't convinced yet, who is the king of glory?"

" he is the Lord of host, our leader is the king of glory—now let him in"

Selah!