Matthew Poole and continuators on Romans 8:34

34. Who is he that condemneth ? It is Christ that dyed , yea rather that is risen again , who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us .

As none can Accuse the Elect of God, so much less can any Condemn them, vid. ver. 1.

And 'tis He that is the Judge, and must condemn them, if they be condemned. His Death frees them from Condemnation; thereby he hath made a sufficient Attonement and Satisfaction for all their Sins: And that which hath long ago satisfied in Heaven, for the Sins of all the Elect, may very well serve to satisfy the Heart and Conscience of a Believing sinner here on Earth. Such a One may throw down the Gauntlet, as the Apostle doth, and Challenge all the World. Let Conscience, carnal Reason, Law, Sin, Hell, and Divels bring forth all they can, it wont be sufficient to Condemnation; and that because of Christ's Death and Satisfaction.

The Resurrection of Christ hath a special Influence upon our Iustification; and therefore the Apostle puts a rather upon it, and that Comparatively to the Death of Christ, vid. Chap. 4.25. and the Notes there.

Faith finds matter of Triumph, not only▪ from Christ's Death and Resurrection, but from his Session at the Right Hand of God, and Intercession for us.

Marginal references: Job 34.29.; Mark 16.19. Heb. 12.2.; Heb. 7.25. & 9.24.