There is nothing worse
than waking up to death; to the death of Jesus, or anyone else that you love. But I guess that is what happens when the human heart goes against God. Let me explain. In the beginning, when humans were made, their only job was to care for the earth, and each other; and to be fruitful and multiple. Instead they fell into the footsteps of Satan, the angelic son who rebelled against God, and took a third of the angels with him. Revelation 12:3-4,9 In the garden, is where the demise of humans began. The day Adam and Eve ate from the tree that was forbidden by God - this was the day that separation from the Lord happened. This is when the curse was spoken, by God. And what God says goes! His Word stands mighty and firm! His Word is firmly rooted, and it never returns void. At the same time that God spoke the curse into existence, God made a vow to defeat Satan, and all the offspring that come from him. The Lord our God said to the serpent, “Because you have done this, “Cursed are you above all livestock and all wild animals! You will crawl on your belly and you will eat dust all the days of your life. And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers; he will crush your head, and you will strike his heel.” Genesis 3:14-15 Ask yourself - what “woman” is God talking about? Is He referring to Eve, the woman who came from the rib of Adam? The woman who wanted to be like God? The woman who fell into deception by following the words of the serpent? Is the "woman" the Virgin Mary? The mother of Jesus, who was chosen by God, to bear the seed of His Holy Spirit? Or is the "woman" the Bride of Christ - the body of believers who operate according to the gene of faith? The vessels who contain God’s spiritual DNA? And if it’s the later, as I seem to think - we can hold onto the Truth, and have a confident hope that God’s SEED resides within us. Listen to this, this is what I woke up to this a.m. “From noon until three, in the afternoon, darkness came over all the land. About three in the afternoon, Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?” (which means “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”). Can you imagine what Jesus must have been going through? It's the first time on earth, or in Heaven, that He was about to be separated from God! When some of those standing there heard this, they said, “He’s calling Elijah.” Immediately one of them ran and got a sponge. He filled it with wine vinegar, put it on a staff, and offered it to Jesus to drink. The rest said, “Now leave him alone. Let’s see if Elijah comes to save him.” And when Jesus had cried out again in a loud voice, he gave up his spirit. At that moment the curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. The earth shook, the rocks split and the tombs broke open. The bodies of many holy people who had died were raised to life. They came out of the tombs after Jesus’ resurrection and went into the holy city and appeared to many people. When the centurion and those with him who were guarding Jesus saw the earthquake and all that had happened, they were terrified, and exclaimed, “Surely he was the Son of God!” Many women were there, watching from a distance. They had followed Jesus from Galilee to care for his needs. Among them were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James and Joseph, and the mother of Zebedee’s sons.” Matthew 27:45-56 Let me ask you, what did you notice? Did you notice what I did? Did you notice the earthquake? Did you feel the earth shake? Did you see the tombs open and dead bodies being raised to life? Let me show it again, just in case you missed it. “The earth shook, the rocks split and the tombs broke open. The bodies of many holy people who had died were raised to life. They came out of the tombs after Jesus’ resurrection and went into the holy city and appeared to many people.” Matthew 27:51-54 Could this be the great earthquake that occurred when The Lamb of God broke the sixth seal? “I looked when He broke the sixth seal, and there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth made of hair, and the whole moon became like blood; Revelation 6:12 Is it possible before the birth and death of Jesus, that the Lamb of God already existed? Was Jesus's mission predetermined? Could He have already opened the five other seals before coming to earth from Heaven? Is it possible the four horses had already been released before the birth of the Son of Man? The white, the red, the black and the pale? Could they have already come? Could the four horses already be in motion? Could the “altar the souls” of those who had been martyred, for the word of God and the testimony they had maintained - be shouting out in a loud voice, “How long, Sovereign Lord, holy and true, until you judge the inhabitants of the earth and avenge our blood?” Revelation 6:9-10 Could each of the souls be wearing a white robe, while being told to wait a little longer, until the full number of their fellow servants, their brothers and sisters, were killed just as they had been.” Revelation 6:9-11 What do you think? Has God’s curse been reversed, for those who love and follow Christ? Has the blood of the Lamb defeated sin and death? Has the Lamb of God been raised from the dead? Had the time of the Lion already begun? Tomorrow we will see what happens. Let us see if Jesus has been raised from the tomb. Let us listen for our King's mighty ROAR!
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