Up From The Grave He Arose!

"For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit, in which he went and proclaimed to the spirits in prison, because they formerly did not obey, when God's patience waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was being prepared, in which a few, that is, eight persons, were brought safely through water. Baptism, which corresponds to this, now saves you, not as a removal of dirt from the body but as an appeal to God for a good conscience, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ, who has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God, with angels, authorities, and powers having been subjected to him." - 1 Peter 3:18-22

This is a really good and often confused paragraph: But, one of the major significance for Christ's suffering on the cross and dying and rising again three days later is what it entails: Victory. The Atonement is not an event which shows the demonic power winning over God. No. The Atonement is rather the main purpose for all of Creation itself. It ultimately displays the Soveriegnty of God over all powers. Ultimately the atonement was the victory over evil!

Baptism is a response to what the Spirit has done in one (Titus 3); i.e. New Birth, creating faith in one.

But the gospel does not just stop at the resurrection. It is also connected with the fact that Jesus Christ also ascended into the heavens and sits at the right hand of God the Father above all other things. All things are subjected to Him. In Him are the keys to Life, no one can be justified apart from Him and apart from being counted as righteous with his righteousness alone. Further, Christ also knows who is His and who is not His and so He sits at the right hand of God the Father interceding on behalf of the saints.