D-Day... Mark it down!

Today marks the 75th anniversary of what has become known as "D-Day." On June 6, 1944 the Allied Forces stormed the beaches of Normandy, France in what was known as Operation Overlord. The specific operation of storming the beaches was called Operation Neptune. Listen carefully to this next statement... After securing the five beachheads in Normandy the war known as "WWII" was over. "Wait a minute!!!!," you protest. "The war in the European Theater didn't come to an end until the Spring of 1945." To that I say, "Yes, it is true the Axis forces surrendered in the late spring of 1945." But... The "war" ended on June 6, 1944. Once the Allied forces were able to secure a stronghold on the Western Front the "war" was over. Yes, battles continued for almost a year before "Victory" was declared. Mark it down...June 6, 1944 - War over. Laugh Often and Fear Not Has anyone ever asked you, "When were you saved?" It's been a long time since someone has asked me that question but here is my standard answer and it can be yours as well. "Yes, I do know exactly when I was saved. It happened on a cloudy Friday afternoon around 3:00 pm...about 2,000 years ago..." I love the looks I get when I say this. This the reality though... When Jesus died on the cross... When He rose from the dead... The war was over. Sin had been defeated. Death no longer had the stronghold. Resurrection had and continues to have the ultimate Victory. Yes, the battles continue... We fight them every day. But mark it down... On Good Friday - The War was over!! Victory declared! Laugh often and Fear not! David! "Behold! I tell you a mystery. We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, ⁵² in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we shall be changed. ⁵³ For this perishable body must put on the imperishable, and this mortal body must put on immortality. ⁵⁴ When the perishable puts on the imperishable, and the mortal puts on immortality, then shall come to pass the saying that is written: “Death is swallowed up in victory.” ⁵⁵ “O death, where is your victory? O death, where is your sting?”  ⁵⁶ The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. ⁵⁷But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ."(1 Corinthians 15. 51-57)