Why did Christ's resurrection require so much power?
Because more power was exercised out of the Godhead at Christ's resurrection than in anything else God ever did. Through it He totally defeated all the powers of Satan and settled the sin debt for every human being. It took all the power God had at His disposal to raise Christ from the dead.
Les teaches that more power was exercised from the Godhead at Christ’s resurrection than in anything else God ever did. The reason is that by His resurrection from the dead, Christ totally defeated all the powers of Satan and completely settled the sin debt for every human being who has ever lived. Every person’s sins have already been atoned for, so when people go to an eternal hell, it will not be God’s fault—they simply did not capitalize on or appropriate that atonement. That is what makes hell so awful: they will realize they are there because they chose to be, not because an unfair God sent them. Les emphasizes that it took all the power God had at His disposal to raise Christ from the dead, and that is why the resurrection is the very benchmark of our salvation experience.