Old Lutheran Quote of the Day

[The Lord Jesus speaking to Adam and Eve]:  "I shall offer myself up to death that I might take your death away; yet I will not remain in the tomb, but will survive, subdue and subjugate all our enemies.  And finally on the last day I will come and crush the serpent's head, cast all our foes into hell's abyss, and restore you to a perfect estate, and honor you more highly than you were ever honored before the fall."  -- Valerius Herberger, The Great Works of God, p. 195.