This is our only consolation. If we are deprived of this we shall have to sink into despair, or comfort ourselves with the vain pleasures of this world. For even the Psalmist confesses that he was confounded when he kept on wondering about the present prosperity of the wicked. And he could not regain his composure until he entered into the sanctuary and marked the latter end of the righteous

and the unrighteous. To conclude in a few words: The cross of Christ triumphs only in the hearts of believers over the devil and the flesh, over sin and wickedness, when they lift their eyes to behold the power of the resurrection. (Rom. 8:36; 1 Cor. 15:19; Isa.25:8; Rev 7:17; 2 Thess 1:6-7;; Ps. 73:2ff) —John Calvi