In Jesus’ resurrection, the identity of the God of promise became clear. The news of Jesus’ death and resurrection is a claim on behalf of a God unequivocally identified as a God of unconditional promise: of life precisely in spite of, indeed using and transforming, death; of fulfillment in spite of, indeed including alienation. “God is whoever raised Jesus from the dead” is both past tense and future tense; for it can also be stated this way: “Jesus’ life, as defined by his death, will triumph – and that triumph will be the reality of God.”
Robert W. Jenson, Story and Promise: A Brief Theology of the Gospel about Jesus (Ramsey, NJ: Sigler Press, 1989), 60.
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