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Greetings,
Part of our salvation is victory over our enemies. Part of our salvation is to see the kingdom of God affect heaven and earth. Spiritual powers of darkness will be subdued by the power of the life of God working in and through our lives. Our perfection is Christ is the dominion of Christ over the destructive powers of every enemy.
Hebrews 10:12 But this Man, after He had offered one sacrifice for sins forever, sat down at the right hand of God, 13 from that time waiting till His enemies are made His footstool. 14 For by one offering He has perfected forever those who are being sanctified.
The first coming of Jesus put an end to sin. He was the once for all judgment for the sins of us all. His death upon our cross freed us from the life of the flesh and justified us to find our lives empowered by His life-giving Holy Spirit. We are being sanctified in this world by our connection to Jesus our eternal Adam as the bride of Christ, His co-reigning partner in heaven and on earth. This is our victory over every enemy. Leaders lead others in being a part of the body of Christ – the bride of Christ with an increasing internal change in our character, nature, way, power, and authority.
Hebrews 10:15 But the Holy Spirit also witnesses to us; for after He had said before, 16 “This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, says the LORD: I will put My laws into their hearts, and in their minds I will write them,” 17 then He adds, “Their sins and their lawless deeds I will remember no more.” 18 Now where there is remission of these, there is no longer an offering for sin. 19 Therefore, brethren, having boldness to enter the Holiest by the blood of Jesus, 20 by a new and living way which He consecrated for us, through the veil, that is, His flesh, 21 and having a High Priest over the house of God, 22 let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water. 23 Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful. 24 And let us consider one another in order to stir up love and good works, 25 not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as is the manner of some, but exhorting one another, and so much the more as you see the Day approaching.
The holy of holies is not some private connection with God. It is being joined as members of Christ’s life-giving body in this world. The veil of His flesh was torn so that we could enter into the place of being a dwelling place of God by His Spirit. Leaders lead others in coming together as the body of Christ to be THE BODY of Christ in all things. This is not just a place of physical attendance. It is the place of God’s manifest presence in bodily form.
The longer we live the more we should pursue living for the sake of others. We are to draw near with a true heart. We are to hold fast to our confession. We are to consider one another in order to stir up love and good works in one another. This is not considering one another to see what we can get from them or how they can meet our needs in some way. It is considering one another to give life to them in some way. The life that we seek to give is the resurrection life of Christ. It is not merely the life of human affection. It is the supernatural love of God. We are not to forsake coming together, especially as the Day approaches. Our coming together is not to get what another has, but to give what we have for the sake of who we are together. Our commitment in these things should increase and not decrease even to the Day of the Lord.
What is the Day? Some define it as the second coming of Jesus. I find very little evidence of that being the main point of my relationship with God in Scripture. Chances are, I am going to see the fullness of the Day of the Lord for me before He comes back, if that is what we are talking about. We are not the smart people that He has been waiting for. That is how a segment of every generation has thought. There was a fullness of His presence in the first century church as He came in the fulfillment of Old Covenant Passover on the cross, the fulfillment of Old Covenant Pentecost at the outpouring of the Holy Spirit on Day of Pentecost, and the fulfillment of Old Covenant Tabernacles in the harvest of the Old Covenant and the end of the Torah/Temple system in A.D. 70. The first fruit presence of the Lord in the first century church demanded the full harvest of the Old Covenant Torah/Temple system that was only the shadow of the good thing that has finally come (Heb. 10:1).
Surely there was a Day of the Lord for those at the writing of the book of Hebrews. There is a constant returning of His presence in every generation and every person’s lifetime. Our attitude should be that the closer we get to the Day the more we pursue being one together experiencing His indwelling presence. The closer the fullness of His coming is in our Day, the more we should purse the holy of holies. The holy of holies is being part of His body, the place that was formerly behind the veil. It is the place of God’s manifest presence in bodily form. The longer we live the more we should pursue living for the sake of others. We are to draw near with a true heart. We are to hold fast to our confession. We are to consider one another in order to stir up love and good works in one another. Leaders lead believers in being the body of Christ. This is where we find our victory over every enemy of God’s life.
Food For Thought,
Ted J. Hanson
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