Christ’s Supremacy on Easter Sunday
APRIL 4, 2021
Article by Scott Hubbard
Editor, desiringGod.org
In the still moments before dawn on the first Easter Sunday, the heart of the once-crucified Christ began to beat. No heartbeat ever resounded so loudly or meant so much. No heartbeat ever brought such joy to heaven — or such dread to hell. For in the beating of his heart, we hear the words,
He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in everything he might be preeminent. (Colossians 1:18.)
The moment is coming, as surely as the day follows the dawn, when every knee will bow before the Firstborn from the dead (Philippians 2:9–11). In all things, he must get the glory. He must have the first place. He must be preeminent.
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