Jesus is, of course, the center of the universe in God’s Kingdom, and the most valuable resource of Jesus is His Blood, “for the life of every living thing is in the blood” (Leviticus 17:11 NET). The Blood of Jesus is not a lucky charm or religious mantra, but it represents the life, power, and vitality of God, “and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses [Greek, katharizō, purges, purifies] us from all sin” (1John 1:7 NKJV). Such annihilation of sin by Christ’s sacrifice is, by faith, the elimination of anything opposed to Almighty God, and is better than all of man’s best sacrifices, even back to the beginning. “To Jesus the Mediator of the new covenant, and blood of sprinkling that speaks better things than that of Abel” (Hebrews 12:24). Not enough good can be said about the power and efficacy of the Blood of Jesus cleansing sin, overcoming temptation, and defeating the devil. “Inasmuch then as the children have partaken of flesh and blood, He Himself likewise shared in the same, that through death He [Jesus] might destroy him who had the power of death, that is, the devil” (Hebrews 2:14). This is victory.
Christianity, far from being a bloody religion, is based upon the divine understanding, “without shedding of blood there is no remission” (Hebrews 9:22). This expresses a legal sense of pardoning, where Divine Rule requires a covenant faithfulness, that no one is above the law, especially the King, and clemency to lawbreakers must not destroy the foundation for the law. For this reason, “we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all” (10:10). Without sin, there would have been no need for sacrifice, much less the ultimate sacrifice of the suffering, pain, and death of Christ, our Perfect Substitute.
The Blood of Jesus Christ changes from the required vocabulary of creeds and becomes the prayerful argument of the Redeemed in the Courts of Heaven to overturn the enemies’ complaints against us, especially sanctioned by our ancestors from the third and fourth generations before us. “For I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me, but showing mercy to thousands, to those who love Me and keep My commandments” (Exodus 20:5-6). Notice, spiritual cursing may be found in a physical depravity of inherited DNA weaknesses, diseases, and shortened lifespans; as well as, a material poverty of income, education, wealth, social and political circumstances. Curses have limits, while blessings do not.
The Courts of Heaven are not overturned by the New Covenant, as can be seen by the active operation of the Adversary in the NT. “Then I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of His Christ have come, for the accuser of our brethren, who accused them before our God day and night, has been cast down” (Revelation 12:10).
We must prayerfully come before the Courts of Heaven and use Christ’s death and the Blood of Jesus as our strongest argument for the “Judge of All the Earth” (Genesis 18:25) to grant our petition concerning all things pertaining to “life and godliness” (2Peter 1:3 KJV) for ourselves and the Body of Christ. We must not attempt any kind of Plea Bargain with the Devil, who is the “accuser of our brethren” (Revelation 12:10) to gain anything. His case against us is invalidated by the Blood of Jesus. “In Him [Jesus] we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace” (Ephesians 1:7). Understanding the vastness of the ability of the Blood of Jesus to make us clean, empowers us to succeed against the devil’s continual prosecution (persecution) of us in the Courts of Heaven. “6 Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also came among them. 9 So Satan answered the LORD and said, Does Job fear God for nothing?” (Job 1:6, 9).
Comprehending we have forgiveness, because He “washed us from our sins in His own blood” (Revelation 1:5), we are “whiter than snow” (Psalm 51:7). No verdict can be rendered against us in the Courts of Heaven. The Ancient of Days will not hold against us the guilt of our sins because He chooses to remember them no more against us. “For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their lawless deeds I will remember no more” (Hebrews 8:12).
We do not see this Unseen Realm of the Courts of Heaven, but the Scriptures assure us they are there. “1 God stands in the congregation of the mighty; He judges among the gods. 2 How long will you judge unjustly, And show partiality to the wicked? Selah 3 Defend the poor and fatherless; Do justice to the afflicted and needy. 4 Deliver the poor and needy; Free them from the hand of the wicked. 5 They do not know, nor do they understand; They walk about in darkness; All the foundations of the earth are unstable. 6 I said, You are gods, And all of you are children of the Most High. 7 But you shall die like men, And fall like one of the princes. 8 Arise, O God, judge the earth; For You shall inherit all nations” (Psalm 82:1-8).
It is difficult to comprehend how an Unseen Adversary can delay and prevent victory, but Daniel attests to the delay. “12 Then he said to me, Do not fear, Daniel, for from the first day that you set your heart to understand, and to humble yourself before your God, your words were heard; and I have come because of your words. 13 But the prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood me twenty-one days; and behold, Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me, for I had been left alone there with the kings of Persia” (Daniel 10:12-13). God sovereignly controls the timing of our interaction with the Courts of Heaven.
The delay in the Courts of Heaven can be broken with understanding guiding our praying. “So He said to them, This kind can come out by nothing but prayer and fasting” (Mark 9:29). In this instance, the disciple’s incapacity to cast out a demon and heal was not so much a Procedural Error of not having fasted and prayed, but a Preparation Error of not comprehending what they were doing and not having the Court of Heaven heart preparedness to accomplish the task. “17 Then the seventy returned with joy, saying, Lord, even the demons are subject to us in Your name. 18 And He said to them, I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven. 19 Behold, I give you the authority to trample on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall by any means hurt you. 20 Nevertheless do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rather rejoice because your names are written in heaven” (Luke 10:17-20).
Father, You have warned us, “Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit” (Zechariah 4:6). Help us to trust not in simply the incantation of the phrase, “The Blood of Jesus” (Hebrews 10:19; 1Peter 1:2; 1John 1:7), but grant us an understanding heart to grasp the power and majesty of Your Victory over the wicked one and the power of the enemy. Help us to trust not in the device of catch phrases concerning our time in the Unseen Realm before the Courts of Heaven, but grant us the victory of “casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ” (2Corinthians 10:5) that You might be praised before the enemy. Lord Jesus, return quickly. In Your sin destroying, all powerful name, we pray. Amen and amen.
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