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Jesus established His victory in the resurrection from the dead
The good Shepherd, who died in the fight with the leading Wolf, was not just a man or a normal Shepherd; at the same time he was both the Son of God and the Son of Man. That's why He lives forever. He remained, throughout His vicarious suffering, without sin of His own. Death had no right and no power over Him. Therefore, there was nothing to hinder Jesus from rising from the dead, as He had predicted:
JOHN 10:17-18
17 … I will again lay down My life. 18 No one will take it from Me, but I lay it down of Myself. I have power to lay it down and have power to take it again. I have received this commandment from My Father.
The resurrection of Christ reveals the way of eternal life to us. Jesus silently passed through the rocks. No man or circumstance could prevent His victorious resurrection or do away with it. He first attended His troubled disciples and again united His scattered flock. Even after the resurrection, He did not live for himself. He encouraged and taught His shocked followers until they could understand the necessity of His suffering and death. He fed His sheep with a power-formula food that would prepare them for the most crucial hour of their lives. He embodied His eternal life visibly before them, so that they would understand the theme of the new age still to come. Jesus' victory over Satan and death was great, but His ascension to the Father initiated an even greater glory. In His ascension He did not leave His sheep orphaned, but fulfilled His promise to them by the outpouring of the Holy Spirit: "Behold, I am with you always, even unto the end of the age."