The Authority of the Believer - 22
In the last Pearls of Wisdom we began to talk about Jesus’ death and what His death did for us. We were talking about the physical death He died. This physical death was a result of the spiritual death He took on for us in His whole being. Isaiah 53:4,5,10,11 is a description of both the physical and spiritual death Jesus died.
When Jesus died, there was darkness for 3 hours over the earth, meaning that Jesus The Light of God, had taken on the darkness of man’s sin and sickness that satan, the prince of darkness, had given man. We must remember that Adam chose to believe satan and in doing so, chose to take on darkness, even though Adam had no idea what that meant. He definitely found out as soon as it happened. Now, today, we have a choice of accepting the darkness of satan or the Light of God. That is our choice. Then once we make the choice for Jesus, we take authority over all that satan would try to put on us to separate us from God, which is what death is. The word death means separation from. Physical death is separation from the physical body. Spiritual death is separation from God.
In Matthew 27:45,46 we read of the darkness over the earth. At this point Jesus became sin for us, because the Father forsook Him; Jesus felt the separation. Luke 23:46 Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit. Jesus had to voluntarily give up the spirit of life in Him to take on the spirit of death which had no authority over Him until He gave death permission. His spirit took on sin and death and descended to hell 3 days and 3 nights. The darkness of 3 hours was while all that causes physical death was laid on Him. There was the total absence of Light Himself during this time. Then came the darkness of 3 days and 3 nights while He accepted all that causes spiritual death. Jesus accepted the nature of death after He gave over His nature of life into the Father’s hands for safekeeping until the Father would give it back again to Jesus when He called Him forth out of hell. Life could not go to hell or it would have wiped out hell. Life consumes all in its path. Our God is a consuming fire. God is light, life and love. Jesus had to accept the opposite and voluntarily give up all He had.
In Matthew 12:40 Jesus answered those who were looking for a sign that He was from God. For as Jonas was 3 days and 3 nights in the whale’s body, so shall the Son of Man (as man’s representative) be 3 days and 3 nights in the heart (center) of earth. What was the sign of the prophet Jonas (Jonah)? He was 3 days and 3 nights in the belly of the whale and lived. Jesus was 3 days and 3 nights in hell and lived
Jesus could only be God to be able to go to hell, the region of the damned and dead, and live and come out with the deliverance in His hand, the answer, just as Jonah came out of the whale with the answer in His hand---repent. But Jesus came forth with the goods which would result from repentance---a new creation, a born-again man. Jesus was the first-born from spiritual death. Psalm 2:7; Acts 13:33; Hebrews 5:5 Thou art my son; this day have I begotten thee.
God did create His man over again, only not this time from the dust of the earth but from the blood of His own Son. Hebrews 13:20 Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant…....From His own Spirit God breathed life in again as He had breathed life into the man He had formed of the dust of the earth. The power of God raised Jesus from the dead (Ephesians 1:19,20). Man became a living soul in the first instance but a quickening spirit in the second instance (1 Corinthians 15:45).
The very authority of death over us had been loosed.
Jesus has the keys to hell and death now. We discuss with Him when it’s time for us to go home. The sting and fear of death has been removed from us. (Revelation 1:18).
Hallelujah! We are free from the pangs of death. Death has no dominion over us. We are no longer under the fear of death. Jesus has rendered powerless him who had the power of death, satan. He has delivered us. Praise God! Hallelujah! Jesus and you determine when you leave this earth and not satan. You have been given the authority over your physical body by Jesus Himself. He gave it to you because of what He did for you. Take it; it’s yours. You walk with God. You stay close to Him. You take your instructions from Him. He will tell you when your work is done, and it is not when you are 20 or 40 or even 60. The Word of God tells us that our days on earth are 120 years. We don’t have time to teach on that now, but look at it in Genesis 6:3.
When Jesus died, there was darkness for 3 hours over the earth, meaning that Jesus The Light of God, had taken on the darkness of man’s sin and sickness that satan, the prince of darkness, had given man. We must remember that Adam chose to believe satan and in doing so, chose to take on darkness, even though Adam had no idea what that meant. He definitely found out as soon as it happened. Now, today, we have a choice of accepting the darkness of satan or the Light of God. That is our choice. Then once we make the choice for Jesus, we take authority over all that satan would try to put on us to separate us from God, which is what death is. The word death means separation from. Physical death is separation from the physical body. Spiritual death is separation from God.
In Matthew 27:45,46 we read of the darkness over the earth. At this point Jesus became sin for us, because the Father forsook Him; Jesus felt the separation. Luke 23:46 Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit. Jesus had to voluntarily give up the spirit of life in Him to take on the spirit of death which had no authority over Him until He gave death permission. His spirit took on sin and death and descended to hell 3 days and 3 nights. The darkness of 3 hours was while all that causes physical death was laid on Him. There was the total absence of Light Himself during this time. Then came the darkness of 3 days and 3 nights while He accepted all that causes spiritual death. Jesus accepted the nature of death after He gave over His nature of life into the Father’s hands for safekeeping until the Father would give it back again to Jesus when He called Him forth out of hell. Life could not go to hell or it would have wiped out hell. Life consumes all in its path. Our God is a consuming fire. God is light, life and love. Jesus had to accept the opposite and voluntarily give up all He had.
In Matthew 12:40 Jesus answered those who were looking for a sign that He was from God. For as Jonas was 3 days and 3 nights in the whale’s body, so shall the Son of Man (as man’s representative) be 3 days and 3 nights in the heart (center) of earth. What was the sign of the prophet Jonas (Jonah)? He was 3 days and 3 nights in the belly of the whale and lived. Jesus was 3 days and 3 nights in hell and lived
Jesus could only be God to be able to go to hell, the region of the damned and dead, and live and come out with the deliverance in His hand, the answer, just as Jonah came out of the whale with the answer in His hand---repent. But Jesus came forth with the goods which would result from repentance---a new creation, a born-again man. Jesus was the first-born from spiritual death. Psalm 2:7; Acts 13:33; Hebrews 5:5 Thou art my son; this day have I begotten thee.
God did create His man over again, only not this time from the dust of the earth but from the blood of His own Son. Hebrews 13:20 Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant…....From His own Spirit God breathed life in again as He had breathed life into the man He had formed of the dust of the earth. The power of God raised Jesus from the dead (Ephesians 1:19,20). Man became a living soul in the first instance but a quickening spirit in the second instance (1 Corinthians 15:45).
The very authority of death over us had been loosed.
Jesus has the keys to hell and death now. We discuss with Him when it’s time for us to go home. The sting and fear of death has been removed from us. (Revelation 1:18).
Hallelujah! We are free from the pangs of death. Death has no dominion over us. We are no longer under the fear of death. Jesus has rendered powerless him who had the power of death, satan. He has delivered us. Praise God! Hallelujah! Jesus and you determine when you leave this earth and not satan. You have been given the authority over your physical body by Jesus Himself. He gave it to you because of what He did for you. Take it; it’s yours. You walk with God. You stay close to Him. You take your instructions from Him. He will tell you when your work is done, and it is not when you are 20 or 40 or even 60. The Word of God tells us that our days on earth are 120 years. We don’t have time to teach on that now, but look at it in Genesis 6:3.
posted by Rev. Kialeen Potterton @ 7:37 AM
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