At the time of the Battle of Waterloo there was a man at a signalling post in Winchester Cathedral anxiously
awaiting the signal as to whether or not we had won the war. As the lighted signal began to shine, a fog came down. The watchman read the signal which said, “England defeated”. He signalled this news to other watchmen. This message spread along the countryside, and Britain began to despair of this news. Then the fog lifted, and the
watchman discovered the true signal said, “England defeated the enemy”. The despair, like the fog, lifted because England had won!
On Good Friday it seemed the message was "Christ defeated". But three days later the fog lifts and we discover that the message had not been received in full. The resurrection reverses what we initially thought and declares "Christ defeated the enemy”.
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