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A story I read in a devotional booklet, "Our Daily Bread," about an incident from the Korean War illustrates what happened, in a cosmic sense, on Calvary.
As enemy forces advance, Baker Company was cut off from the rest of the regiment. For several hours no word was heard, even though headquarters repeatedly tried to communicate with the missing unit. Finally a faint signal was received. Straining to hear each word, a corpsman asked intently, "Baker Company, do you read me?" "This is Baker Company," came the reply. The corpsman asked, "What is your situation?" "The enemy is to the east of us, the enemy is to the west of us, the enemy is to the north and south of us, too." Then, after a brief pause, the sergeant from Baker Company exclaimed with determination, "The enemy is not going to get away from us now!"
As Jesus hung on the cross of Calvary, the cosmic forces of evil were all around him. The Satanic Enemy was certain of his moment of victory. But on the cross, Satan was trapped and defeated! The enemy could not get away!
As enemy forces advance, Baker Company was cut off from the rest of the regiment. For several hours no word was heard, even though headquarters repeatedly tried to communicate with the missing unit. Finally a faint signal was received. Straining to hear each word, a corpsman asked intently, "Baker Company, do you read me?" "This is Baker Company," came the reply. The corpsman asked, "What is your situation?" "The enemy is to the east of us, the enemy is to the west of us, the enemy is to the north and south of us, too." Then, after a brief pause, the sergeant from Baker Company exclaimed with determination, "The enemy is not going to get away from us now!"
As Jesus hung on the cross of Calvary, the cosmic forces of evil were all around him. The Satanic Enemy was certain of his moment of victory. But on the cross, Satan was trapped and defeated! The enemy could not get away!
