'Death has no bitterness
Death has no bitterness for the Christian
"Our Savior Christ Jesus, who abolished death and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel" 2 Timothy 1:10
It is profitable for us to contrast the death of Christ , with that of His disciples in all ages since. He shrank from the "cup" — they are eager to drink it.
He seemed forsaken of God — they look with ecstasy and unclouded vision into the Father's face.
Death has no bitterness for the Christian — because it was so bitter to the Redeemer. He drew the curse from it — and now it has in it only the sweetness of blessing!
Indeed, there is no longer any death for the Christian. Jesus abolished death.
What we now call death is death no longer, since He passed through it.
It is now only the shadow of death, and even the shadow is lighted up with the beams of Divine glory bursting from Heaven. Let us never forget that death is now our chief blessing, because Jesus drained our cup of wrath!
"For the perishable must clothe itself with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality.
When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written will come true: 'Death has been swallowed up in victory!' Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting?
The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ!" 1 Corinthians 15:53-57