11/07/2022 - THE DAY OF PUNISHMENT

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In that day the LORD with His severe sword, great and strong, will punish Leviathan the fleeing serpent, Leviathan that twisted serpent; and He will slay the reptile that is in the sea. Isaiah 27:1

The day referred to refers to the period beginning with Christ’s death, when He descended into Hell, and will end with the Lord’s second coming. One of Jesus’ first works in His sacrifice was to confront Hell to strip Satan and the demons of the authority stolen from Adam, freeing us from those filthy clutches. Before He died, the Savior cried out at the top of His lungs, declaring our deliverance: It is finished (John 19:30).

The Scriptures say that the sword of the Lord is hard and impenetrable. Even if a person is captured by the filth of sin, God will deliver them from all uncleanness, cleansing them completely, without contaminating Himself with anything. To heal the leper, Jesus touched him, saying: “I am willing; be cleansed.” Immediately his leprosy was cleansed. (Matthew 8:3b). The Master is the Example!

The Sword of the Spirit is everywhere, no matter how far away the person who is to be blessed is. An unclean spirit will never hide or escape the action of the Most High. God is all over the universe at the same time with His immeasurable power (Psalm 139:7-12). Believe what He speaks through His Word and face the forces of evil, for the sword is hard, great and strong!

When you are acting on the declaration of the Word, be fearless and assert your rights in it. Even though it seems there isn’t the slightest chance of you winning, the devil will be defeated. Whoever acts in the Name of Jesus according to His Word enters the battle with a full chance of triumphing. In God we are always more than conquerors (Romans 8:37). Do not negotiate your position in Christ; that would be your defeat.

Satan was humiliated by Jesus before his subjects and in his own house (Colossians 2:15; Ephesians. 4:8-10), when the Master walked up to him and defeated him. The demons thought that this would never happen, because, before the fall, they were angels. But because they believed in Lucifer, the ancient light-bearer, to whom they submitted by free choice, their minds were corrupted and they stopped thinking straight. What they saw was unbelievable: they had lost their power to oppress us.

One of the punishments given to the head of the dark empire was that he was stripped of the authority usurped from Adam. Today, whoever accepts Jesus as Savior and is born again – is given the authority to bind the enemy, entering his house to take away everything he had under his dominion: Or how can one enter a strong man’s house and plunder his goods, unless he first binds the strong man? (Matthew 12.29). Believe!

Both the devil, with his various names, and the other agents of the kingdom of wickedness, must be bound when we are casting them out of any person. The Name of Jesus gives us complete victory!

In Christ, with love,

R. R. Soares