(7) Now we KNOW what we are UP AGAINST:
Power and Authority in Messiah Yahshua - (Ref. 91117)
Now that we KNOW what we are up against and we KNOW that we have to be FOUNDED in our SAVIOR - MESSIAH YAHSHUA - with a SOUND KNOWLEDGE of HIS WORD IN OUR MINDS AND HEARTS (SOUL AND SPIRIT) - RESTING in MESSIAH - KEEPING AND FOLLOWING HIS COMMANDS/COMMANDMENTS AND TEACHINGS - we can STAND FIRMLY AGAINST ANY ONSLAUGHT.
In Luke 10:18 - MESSIAH said to His apostles (disciples - special messengers) that HE SAW SATAN FELL FROM HEAVEN like a lightning flash. In Rev. 12:7-12 the whole story is described. There was WAR IN HEAVEN - a WAR between the KINGDOM of YHWH and the KINGDOM of the EVIL ONE. The Devil and his followers (the one-third of the heavenly hosts) WERE DEFEATED and HURLED out of HEAVEN onto the EARTH. THEN SALVATION COULD COME in MESSIAH YAHSHUA.
Rev. 12:7-12 "Then WAR BROKE OUT IN HEAVEN; Michael and his ANGELS went forth to BATTLE with the DRAGON, and the DRAGON and his ANGELS FOUGHT.
:8 But THEY WERE DEFEATED, and THERE WAS NO ROOM FOUND FOR THEM IN HEAVEN ANY LONGER.
:9 And the HUGE DRAGON was CAST DOWN AND OUT - that AGE OLD SERPENT, WHO is CALLED the DEVIL AND SATAN, he who is the SEDUCER (DECEIVER) OF ALL HUMANITY the WORLD OVER; HE WAS FORCED OUT AND DOWN to the EARTH, and the ANGELS WERE FLUNG OUT ALONG WITH him. [Gen. 3:1; 14, 15 - Zech. 3:1 "Then [the guiding angel] SHOWED me Joshua the high priest STANDING BEFORE the Angel of YHWH, and SATAN STANDING at Joshua's right hand to be HIS ADVERSARY and to ACCUSE him."].
:10 Then I heard a STRONG (LOUD) VOICE in HEAVEN, saying, NOW IT HAS COME - the SALVATION and the POWER and the KINGDOM (the REIGN) of OUR ELOHIM YAHWEH, and the POWER (the SOVEREIGNTY, the AUTHORITY) OF HIS SAVIOR (the MESSIAH); for the ACCUSER of our brethren, he who KEEPS BRINGING ACCUSATIONS before our ELOHIM YHWH CHARGES AGAINST THEM DAY AND NIGHT, HAS BEEN CAST OUT! (Job 1:9-11)"
The POWER AND AUTHORITY IS IN MESSIAH YAHSHUA:
In Luke 10:19 Yahshua said "Behold! I HAVE GIVEN YOU AUTHORITY AND POWER to TRAMPLE UPON SERPENTS (devils - the one third that were hurled out of heaven with Satan (Lucifer) PLUS the 200 that sinned as in Enoch 6-9 creating their own Nephilim-race of ANGELIC-HUMAN beings minus those that were BOUND) and SCORPIONS (the Nephilim-animal - Nephilim-beast - Nephilim-bird - Nephilim-REPTILE - Nephilim-fish beings that are the demons), AND [PHYSICAL AND MENTAL STRENGTH AND ABILITY] OVER ALL the POWER that the ENEMY POSSESSES; and NOTHING SHALL IN ANY WAY HARM YOU.
:20 Nevertheless, DO NOT REJOICE AT THIS, that the SPIRITS ARE SUBJECT TO YOU, but REJOICE that YOUR NAMES ARE ENROLLED IN HEAVEN."[Exod. 32:32; Ps. 69:28; Dan 12:11]
YHWH DECIDES to whom HE WILL REVEAL THINGS
In verse 21 Yahshua prayed to His Father - thanking Him that He had CONCEALED these things to those who thought they were wise (the Theologians of the time - the Pharisees and Sadducees - the Scribes etc.) but has now DISCLOSED it to those He WILLED and CHOOSE. (Luke 10:21 "In that same hour Yahshua REJOICED AND GLORIED in the HOLY SPIRIT and said, I THANK YOU FATHER ELOHIM YAHWEH of HEAVEN AND EARTH, that YOU HAVE CONCEALED THESE THINGS from the wise and understanding and learned and revealed them to babes (the unskilled and untaught). Yes, FATHER, for SUCH WAS YOUR GRACIOUS WILL and CHOICE and GOOD PLEASURE".)
ALL THINGS HAVE BEEN GIVEN OVER to MESSIAH - The POWER is IN HIS NAME and IN HIS BLOOD:
Luke 10:22 "ALL THINGS HAVE BEEN GIVEN OVER INTO MY POWER by MY FATHER; AN NO ONE KNOW WHO the SON IS EXCEPT the FATHER, or WHO THE FATHER IS EXCEPT the SON and ANYONE TO WHOM the SON MAY CHOOSE TO REVEAL AND MAKE HIM KNOWN.
:23 Then TURNING to His disciples (apostles, His special messengers), He said PRIVATELY, BLESSED (happy, to be ENVIED) ARE THOSE WHOSE EYES SEE WHAT YOU SEE!
:24 For I tell you that many prophets and kings LONGED to SEE WHAT YOU SEE and THEY DID NOT SEE IT, and to HEAR WHAT YOU HEAR and THEY DID NOT HEAR IT."
ALL AUTHORITY and ALL POWER OF RULE IN HEAVEN AND ON EARTH HAS BEEN GIVEN TO MESSIAH YAHSHUA:
Matt. 28:17 "And when THEY SAW HIM, they FELL DOWN AND WORSHIPED HIM; but some doubted.
:18 Yahshua approached them and, BREAKING the SILENCE, said to them, ALL AUTHORITY (ALL POWER OF RULE) IN HEAVEN AND ON EARTH HAS BEEN GIVEN TO ME.
GO - make DISCIPLES - BAPTIZING them in the NAME OF THE FATHER AND SON AND HOLY SPIRIT:
:19 GO THEN and MAKE DISCIPLES of ALL the nations, BAPTIZING THEM INTO THE NAME OF THE FATHER AND OF THE SON AND OF THE HOLY SPIRIT.
:20 TEACHING THEM TO OBESERVE EVERYTHING THAT I HAVE COMMANDED YOU, and behold, I AM WITH YOU ALL THE DAYS [perpetually, uniformly, and ON EVERY OCCASION) TO THE [VERY] CLOSE AND CONSUMMATION OF THE AGE. Amen (so LET IT BE)."
Beloved, are you FOLLOWING the TEACHINGS of MESSIAH FULLY or are you STILL CAUGHT UP in things like TRADITION AND RELIGION AND CULTURE? Are you BAPTIZED (IMMERSION) in the BAPTISM of YAHSHUA (CLOTHED with Him) - the REPENTANCE BAPTISM - the ONLY BAPTISM PRESCRIBED in SCRIPTURE - or are you still DECEIVED into thinking that you have been baptized (BAPTISM of TRADITION and RELIGION and CULTURE) as an infant and now (the enemy tells you) it is not necessary to be baptized again?
If you are NOT BAPTIZED INTO MESSIAH you can NEVER BE ABSOLUTE ONE WITH HIM - NEVER LIVE IN HIS COMPLETE FULLNESS - NEVER EXPERIENCE the FULL SEVEN FOLD WORKING POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT IN YOU - AND NEVER FIGHT WITH THE FULL AUTHORITY AND POWER that HE HAS GIVEN HIS disciples/apostles.
In the times we are living in right now, we NEED the AUTHORITY and POWER IN MESSIAH YAHSHUA - LIKE NEVER BEFORE.
Thank You Abba for Your Son. Thank You that You give us ALL we need to be able to stand in faith. Help us to be OBEDIENT - to do what is right and in right standing with You. Give us wisdom Father and understanding and insight to UNDERSTAND SCRIPTURE and FOLLOW YOUR SON - to IMITATE Your Son - to walk the RIGHTEOUS PATH and STAND in the AUTHORITY and the POWER that are AVAILABLE to us in MESSIAH YAHSHUA'S NAME. Amen.