Death, be not proud

I found that religious implications were very prevalent in John Donne's Death, be not proud.  This was by far my favorite poem from this unit.  I loved how it was so condescending towards death, almost belittling it.  The speaker makes death seem like a pompous fool, not something worth fearing.  He insists that death is a cheater, not a victor.
"One short sleep passed, we wake eternally, and death shall be no more; death, thou shalt die" (Donne, 972).  Death thinks it has won because it steals our earthly life.  But it is just the opposite.  Death allows us to live forever, because of Christ's sacrifice.  Our Savior has already beaten death; the battle is already won.  Death has no reason to be "proud" of itself.  Death can not take our lives, because death unwillingly allows us to have eternal life.