Jesus Christ Utterly Demoralized Our Adversaries – (v.15) ‘…He made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them in it.’ – The cross of our Lord Jesus was not just an emblem of suffering and shame, it was a place of overwhelming victory and triumph for God’s people! The apostle Paul uses the imagery of a conquering general and his army marching through the streets of Rome showing off their SPOILS OF WAR… dragging the captured enemy soldiers in chains and parading them through the streets—celebrating their victory! C.H. Spurgeon – ‘At last, there is heard the sound of a trumpet, and the angels hurry to the gates—the vanguard of the redeemed is approaching the city… Abel comes in alone, clothed in crimson garb, the herald of a glorious army of martyrs…This is the first of Christ’s warriors…Close at his heels follow others…See Enoch still walking with his God, and singing sweetly—“Behold the Lord comes with ten thousands of His saints.” There too is Noah, who sailed the ark with the Lord as his pilot. Then follow Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, Moses and Joshua and Samuel and David, all the mighty men of valor.