Isaiah 53:8 (NLT)
"No one cared that he died without descendents, that his life was cut short in midstream."
Jesus died without any descendents because he gave his life as a substitute for ours providing us a royal inheritance. Our Father is the King of all creation. Personally, I believe that this not only provides for salvation and protection over our loved ones but also authority for the believer to come against curses and wiles of the devil. Our fight is not against flesh and blood, but against demonic strongholds. In the same chapter v. 10,”Yet when his life is made an offering for sin, he will have many descendents.” (NLT) We are those descendents. Jesus who knew no sin became sin for us so that we can be called the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus.
We are heirs to his kingdom. Jesus is the Lord of Heaven’s Armies and has won the highest honor possible. V. 12, “I will give him the honors of a victorious soldier, because he exposed himself to death. He was counted among the rebels, he bore the sins of many and interceded for rebels” (NLT) this honor far exceeds any purple heart given by the military.
We can request the Lord of Heaven’s Armies to allow us to hear his heartbeat. The blood of Jesus flows through the body of Christ, and in order for blood to flow through the body it must be pumped by the heart. As we learn to listen to his heartbeat we can rise to our feet as a mighty army that cannot be defeated. Joel 2:11, “The Lord is at the head of the column. He leads them with a shout. This is his mighty army, and they follow his orders. The day of the Lord is an awesome terrible thing. Who can possibly survive?” (NLT)
Is it awesome to think that this Lord of Heaven’s Armies dwells inside of us? We are winners. The same Holy Spirit that raised Jesus from the dead lives in us. It is because God chose to have it that way.
Psalm 84:1-2 (KJV)
“How amiable are thy tabernacles, O Lord of hosts. My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the Lord: my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God.”
Think about the above Psalm after you read the verses. What is God saying is amiable? He says his tabernacles are lovely. In Revelation 21:3, he says the dwelling place or tabernacle of God is with men. This Psalmist is actually talking about how lovely we are. He says his soul longs and faints to be with God’s people in the courts of the Lord.
You are beautiful my friends. As awesome as an army with banners.
Comments