Beyond the Cross - Living from Resurrection, Not Sacrifice

Unveiling the Gospel of Radiant Union and Eternal Life

✧ “If we have died with Christ, we believe we shall also live with Him.” — Romans 6:8
✧ “He is not here—He is risen!” — Luke 24:6
✧ “I am the resurrection and the life.” — John 11:25

✧ The Cross Was Never the Goal - It Was the Door

The gospel does not end on Golgotha.
It begins there.

The cross was not the climax of God's wrath
It was the climax of God’s love.

But many have pitched their tents at Calvary,
Building entire doctrines around death, blood, and suffering, forgetting the empty tomb.

The cross was the exit from illusion
But resurrection is the entrance into reality.

✧ From Sacrifice to Union

We do not follow a slain lamb in mourning.
We follow a risen Lamb in glory.

Sons are not meant to carry a martyr complex.
They are called to carry resurrection flame.

Yes, you must die
But only to the lie of separation.

Once that death occurs…
You don’t keep crucifying yourself.
You rise.

And you live no longer from sacrifice but from Spirit.

✧ The Church Age Loved the Cross - But Feared the Tomb

There is a strange addiction to suffering in religion.

• “Take up your cross.”
• “Die daily.”
• “Suffer for Christ.”

Yes, there is death to self.
But what many miss is this:

The death is instant when Light enters.
The resurrection is eternal.

We were not called to hang ourselves on symbolic crosses forever.
We were called to rise, breathe eternal breath,
and walk in unbroken union with the Father.

✧ The Gospel of Life, Not Death

Christ did not say:
“I have come so you may die well.”

He said:
“I have come that you might have life, and life more abundantly.” (John 10:10)

That life is not after death.
It is now.

It is not earned.
It is revealed.

It is not postponed.
It is embodied.

✧ Stop Performing Crucifixions - Start Walking in Glory

Some stay nailed to the cross in their mind:
⚠️ Constant guilt
⚠️ Endless self-sacrifice
⚠️ Fear of joy, beauty, abundance

They think to feel light is “carnal.”
To feel peace is “dangerous.”
To feel union is “heresy.”

But beloved, what’s heretical
is to ignore the tomb’s rolled-away stone
and stay in a perpetual state of blood-soaked penance.

The veil is torn.
The stone is rolled.
The table is set.
The Bridegroom says, “Arise, My love, and come away.”

✧ The Son Does Not Die Twice

If you’ve truly seen the Lamb,
then let your grave clothes fall.

Come out.
Walk in resurrection light.
You are not a sinner crawling to the throne.
You are a radiant one seated with Him in glory.

The gospel is not about what was done to Him
It’s about what is now alive in you.

🔥 Key Scriptures for Meditation

• Romans 6:4-11 — “Reckon yourselves alive to God.”
• John 11:25 — “I am the resurrection and the life.”
• Luke 24:5 — “Why do you look for the living among the dead?”
• Galatians 2:20 — “It is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me.”
• Colossians 3:1-4 — “You have been raised with Christ…”
• 1 John 5:11 — “God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son.”

✧ Final Word to the Elect

You have passed through the cross.
You are not hanging there still.
You are rising now with the Son.

Sons do not live from death.
They live from resurrection.

You are not here to re-enact Calvary.
You are here to embody Eden.

Let go of guilt-based sacrifice.
Let go of performance-based righteousness.
Let go of the religious addiction to pain.

And rise.

Radiant.
Alive.
One with the Flame.
Not to prove a point
but because Life Himself lives in you.

— Joe Restman
Mystic-Scribe | Flame-Bearer
Quill Dipped in Lightning