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Yeshua the Name of All Authority

(Mt28:16-20)

God is the Head of all authority (Rm13:1).

All authorities comes from Him and

He reigns forever with His authority.

He also gives authority those who welcome His authority.

Faith is accepting Him and also possessing His authority.

The life of this faith is knowing His authority as the greatest authority and using it.

Authority is hard to let go once possessing it since

One can exercise the power that comes from it.

Especially for the one who has the nation's supreme, governing power has

Powers of appointment, executive clemency, command the armed forces, absolute immunity etc.

Although God placed Adam in the Garden of Eden and put him in charge of it (Ge2:15),

Deceived by the devil he sinned wanting to be like God and

Consequently was banished from it (Ge3:5-6, 24) and

Lost all rights to the devil (Jn14:20; 2Pe2:19).

God called Abram and gave him the name Abraham because

A multitude of nations and kings would come out of him (Ge17:5-6).

After three generations, however,

His descendants went to Egypt and became slaves there (Ge15:13, 37:28; Ex1:1, 12:40).

Jehovah, the self-existing God of Abraham (Ex3:4-6, 14), sent Moses to

Bring His people out of Egypt (Ex3:10) and

With his staff Moses exercised his power and led them out accordingly (Ex8:5-6, 14:16).

God instructed them to build the sanctuary and place in the Most Holy Place

The Testimony with Aaron's budded staff inside of it (Nu17:10)

To remind them that only Aaron's sons had the authority to speak with God.

Furthermore, while God also anointed with authority their kings

The Northern Kingdom Israel collapsed, followed by the Southern Kingdom Judah, and

Thus the people longed for the restoration of Israel (Ac1:6).

Finally, in the house of Abraham and David came Messiah (Mt1:1, 16),

His name Yeshua means He who will "save His people from their sins (Mt1:21), and

He said, "Destroy this temple and I will raise it again in three days (Jn2:19), because

Through the death and the resurrection of the temple of His body,

He would use the authority that He received from the Father in His name.

As such, He commanded demons and drove them out, and

Also commanded the waves and calm them (Mk1:22-27, 39, 4:39-41) for

As the Son of Man He received:

1) The authority to lay down His life and the authority to take it up again (Jn10:18);

2) The authority to judge sin, the devil (Jn5:27, 12:31), and the authority to forgive sins, men (Mt9:6).

With His authority He died and said, "It is finished (Jn19:30), declaring that He:

1) Gave glory to the Father the Head of all authority (Php2:11);

2) Condemned the devil the ruler of death (He2:14); and

3) Redeemed all men (Mt20:28).

The Father raised Him and

Yeshua ascended to the heavenly throne and He is the Head of all authority.

The Holy Spirit came and declared the forgiveness of sin in the name Yeshua.

He lets those who received His name know that

They possess the right of His children (Jn1:12).

Furthermore, His church cannot be prevailed by the gates of Hades (Mt16:18).

Therefore, the man of the Spirit with the authority of his tongue

Declares forgiveness (Jn20:21-23),

Prays (Jn14:13-14; Ac1:8), drives out demons (Mk16:17-18), and

Uses as authority whatever he faces, whether poverty, tribulation or even death.

O Lord,

The name Yeshua ” what an authority You gave us!

I do not envy the president of the US or even his wife.

Let us all use this great authority wherever we go! Amen.