Genesis 1:26-28 (Amplified) tells us, "God said, Let Us (Father, Son, and Holy Spirit) make mankind in Our Image (after Our Likeness), and let them have complete authority over the fish of the sea, the birds of the air, the (tame) beasts of the field, and over all the earth, and over everything that creeps upon the earth. And God Blessed them and said to them, Be fruitful, multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it, using all its vast resources in the service of God and man; and have dominion over the fish of the sea, the birds of the air, and over every living creature that moves upon the earth."
Jesus is God and Man, and as a Man He took back the complete authority, dominion, and Blessing that the Father pronounced on His family, in the beginning. Hebrews 1:2 (Amplified) says, "But in the Last of these days He has spoken unto us in the Person of a Son, Whom He appointed Heir and lawful Owner of all things, also by and through Whom He created the worlds and the reaches of space and the ages of time. He made (produced, built, operated) and arranged them in order."
Romans 8:16-17,18 (Amplified) says, "The Spirit Himself thus testifies together with our own spirit, assuring us that we are children of God. And if we are His children, then we are His heirs also; heirs of God and fellow heirs (joint heirs) with Christ, sharing His inheritance with Him, only we must share His suffering if we are to share His Glory."
The suffering Jesus bore on Calvary's cross was ours and not His. Jesus bore this suffering, so that we would no longer owe the penalty for sin and death. The suffering we share with Him, is the rejection and misunderstanding by the world and the things of the world. Paul goes onto to explain this suffering in Verse 18, saying, "But what of that? For I consider that the suffering of this present time (this present life), are not worth being compared with the Glory that is about to be revealed to us and in us and for us and conferred on us."
Paul wasn't speaking only about after we leave this earth, but said that it's to be revealed to us, and in us, and for us and conferred on us, while we're still here on earth. We have inherited the Glory, with Jesus. Jesus took back everything Adam lost and He conferred it upon us, while we're still here on earth. Through Jesus, we have the ability to bring many sons and daughters unto Glory for God. Hebrews 2:10 (Amplified) says, "For it was an act worthy of God, and fitting to the Divine nature that He, for Whose sake and by Whom all things have their existence, in bringing many sons into Glory, should make the pioneer of the salvation perfect, should bring to maturity the human experience necessary to be perfectly equipped for His Office as High Priest through suffering."
Jesus suffered as a Man, so we might be made into what the Father intended for us to be and bring many sons and daughters into Glory. Through Jesus, we're now new creations, who are still in the flesh and born of the the Spirit like He was. We have the call on our lives that Adam had to "multiply, be fruitful and fill the earth with God's family." We're to have "complete authority over all the earth, to subdue it," by the Spirit.
This is still God's Original Intent for mankind and it's the fulfillment of the Father's heart. We have a Great High Priest, Who has suffered everything that could be placed on mankind, in order to deliver us back into the Heavenly Father's family. Jesus was tempted in every way, like we are, according to Hebrews 2:13-14,18 (Amplified), where Paul writes, "My trust and assured reliance and confident hope shall be fixed on Him, and yet again, Here I am, I and the children whom God has given me. Since therefore, these His children share in flesh and blood (in the physical nature of human beings), He Himself, in a similar manner partook of the same nature, that by going through death He might bring to naught and make of no effect him who had the power of death, that is the devil."
We read about Christ's suffering in Verse 18, which says, "For because He Himself, in His humanity, has suffered in being tempted, tested and tried, He is able immediately to run to the cry of (assist, relieve), those who are being tempted and tested and tried, and who are therefore being exposed to suffering." The suffering we're to endure, is the same suffering that Jesus endured when satan tried, tempted, and tested His humanity. This is while we're still in these natural bodies. By God's Spirit and His ability, we too can overcome and live in Him by faith, because "He is faithful to deliver us from all the work of the evil one."
God never intended His family to be subject to anyone except Him and that is on the basis of a love relationship and not fear or Law. We're citizens of God's Heavenly Kingdom again, as His sons and daughters and through Jesus. Through Him, we've inherited this earth and are to return it the Father's Plan again. We've been faithful to bring sons and daughters into Glory, by the preaching of God's Word of salvation. We've been slack though, in teaching these new babies in Christ about who they have become in Christ or about the mandate of authority and dominion that God has given them as their inheritance.
We've been given the Name of Jesus, to use as our badge of authority and we must understand that Name. Philippians 2:9-10 (Amplified) says, "Therefore, because He stooped so low, God has highly exalted Him and has freely bestowed on Him the Name that is above every name. That in (at) the Name of Jesus, every knee should (must) bow, in Heaven and on earth and under the earth." God had many Names in the old covenant and each Name had a purpose. His Name was Provider, Healer, Deliverer, and our Peace. All these Names are now wrapped up in One Name that is above every name and that is the Name of Jesus. He is now all these things in One. Jesus is our Peace, our Healer, our Provider, our Redeemer, our Deliverer and our Lord. He is the Firstborn from the dead and He's our Door back to our Father. The Father has placed all things and provided all things to us, by the Power of His Name. We're only required to believe in His Name. All of God's Promises are already paid for and done, by faith in the Name of Jesus Christ.
We don't end our prayers with "In the Name of Jesus, Amen," as a P.S. We do so, because it's the very essence of who we are and Who He is to the world, to the heavens and to the enemy. Matthew 28:18 (Amplified) tells us, "Jesus approached and, breaking the silence, said to them, ALL AUTHORITY, ALL POWER OF RULE, in Heaven and on earth has been given to Me." We are in that Name. We have His Power of Attorney to use His Name, for whatever is out of place on this planet. All of Heaven is behind us and all the angels in God's Army of Heavenly Hosts, when we use that Name.
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