Since Death’s sudden appearance at the sin of Adam…since Death’s first victory with the bloody hands of Cain…Death has reigned undefeated. The genealogies of the Old Testament read like the results of battle after battle, or boxing match after boxing match. Another name is called, another man stands in the ring with death, but the verdict is always the same: “and then he died.” The referee raises the cold boxing glove of death in victory again and again. But a challenger arises. A challenger who systematically climbs through the ranks, defeating opponent after opponent. He defeats disease, blindness, deafness, disability, and chronic pain. He proves himself more powerful than death—he raises children, raises Lazarus. But he doesn’t stop there, he goes around death and fights the source—sin! He defeats the devil himself. He reigns as the ultimate champion. And now death stands in the ring fighting us. Fighting the undercard. It looks like death is still racking up victories, but death is shaking in his boots because even death knows one truth: “The last enemy to be destroyed is death.” And when Christ comes again, Death will be forced to vacate all his victories and Jesus will lay his boxing gloves at the feet of the Father to show that the victory is won, and God is “all in all.”