Pastor Kent Christmas | Resurrection Power | October 29, 2025
The resurrection of Jesus Christ is the single truth that separates Christianity from all other faiths and spiritual systems. This powerful truth gives believers confidence that even when a dream, ministry, or area of life appears dead, if they are in the will of God, it possesses the power to be resurrected.
While humans are generally not equipped to deal with death, viewing it as permanent, the Gospel assures us that God specializes in resurrecting things that seem gone forever. The Bible refers to death as the “last enemy,” underscoring that without this enemy, there would be no need for resurrection.
The Prophetic Command: Declaring Resurrection Over the Grave
Many individuals reach a point where they feel a dream or calling has died and been buried. In response to this permanence, God issues a prophetic command to believers, illustrated in the Book of Ezekiel:
“Therefore prophesy and say unto them…”.
Prophecy involves declaring something that is not right now, often asserting the opposite of what the natural environment or current indicators suggest. God directs us to shift into prophecy because we must declare something that seems impossible, yet God confirms, “I’m saying that it is”.
God speaks to those who appear not only dead but buried in their graves. When a situation results in death and burial—the perceived end—it enters a different spiritual realm than simply being sick or struggling.
The Promise of the Open Grave
God promises, “behold my people i will open your graves and I will cause you to come up out of your graves”. The purpose of resurrection is not just revival, but the fulfillment of divine purpose.
When God opens the grave, it leads the resurrected into their divine assignment: “I am going to bring you into the land of Israel”. This outcome ensures that they “know I am the Lord”.
Death is Not the End: Planting Versus Burying
The enemy’s aim is to establish permanence and finality through death, but for those in God’s will, death is merely a transformative phase.
The Difference Between Planting and Burying
The devil “thinks he can bury you,” but if you are a Christian in the will of God, “all he can do is plant you”.
- Burying implies permanence; it is the end.
- Planting looks like the same process, but it declares a future outcome—that the thing is coming back out of the ground.
Whatever is resurrected by God is not what went into the grave. God resurrects and changes the DNA of the thing because He is bringing it into a different realm of purpose.
Romans 6:5 confirms this truth: “If we have been planted in the likeness of his death… we shall also be resurrected in the likeness of his resurrection”.
Resurrection for Greater Purpose
Seasons of spiritual “death” or difficulty often occur because the previous purpose has been fulfilled, and God is preparing the believer for something new.
- The greater the purpose in your life, the greater the enemy will come after you.
- When a ministry or calling dies, it is often because God is planting it as a seed so that something different, or greater, can emerge upon resurrection.
- The author experienced this personally, noting that after his ministry died and was resurrected, it was different.
This transformation is why Jesus both died and rose: “that he might be both Lord… of the living but it also says that he will be Lord of the dead”.
Biblical Proof of Resurrection Power
The resurrection power of Jesus guarantees that once God resurrects something, it is often given an eternal DNA.
The Example of Abraham
Abraham is considered the “DNA of faith”. God made him a promise when he was 75 years old, but the promise seemingly died as Abraham considered his own body “as good as dead” for 24 years, from age 75 to 99.
- At age 99, a resurrection anointing hit Abraham’s loins, and he fathered Isaac.
- The promise was given an eternal DNA, as evidenced by Abraham fathering six more children after Sarah died and he married again. The resurrection power God put in him “couldn’t die”.