Scripture (referenced): Romans 5:12; Hebrews 2:14–15; Acts 2:24; 1 Corinthians 15:26; Revelation 1:18; 2 Corinthians 5:19

Scripture (inferred): Genesis 3; Colossians 2:14–15; Romans 8:3; 1 John 3:8; John 3:16–21; 1 Peter 3:18–20; 1 Peter 4:6; Ephesians 4:8; Luke 16:19–31; Hebrews 9–10; Isaiah 53

Themes: cross as cosmic victory; defeat of death and its dominion; liberation from fear and slavery; reconciliation and restored union; sin as power not just behavior; justification as setting things right; judgment as light and exposure; forgiveness as absorbing the cost not appeasement; resurrection as the centre of the gospel; new creation reality

Keywords: what the cross accomplished, Jesus defeated death, finished work of Christ, resurrection victory, reconciliation not appeasement, union with the Father, sin and death defeated, justification and forgiveness, freedom from fear, gospel of the Kingdom