We've been learning about the importance of spending one-on-One time with the Lord and how we receive Revelation about our covenant when we're doing so. We've heard much about our covenant with God, which have caused division in the Church for centuries. When we're born again and have received Jesus as our Lord and Savior, we have a covenant with Him which we know little about, other than we're going to Heaven when we die. This covenant isn't only the guarantee that we'll spend eternity in God's Presence when we die, but we'll live in His Presence while we're here on earth.
We sing songs about "The Power of the Blood," without understanding what that means. Moses instructs the people in Exodus 12:23-24(Amp) saying, "For the Lord will pass through to slay the Egyptians; and when He sees the blood upon the lintel and the two side posts, the Lord will pass over the door and will not allow the destroyer to come into your house to slay you. You shall observe this rite for an ordinance for you to your sons forever."
Psalm 105:36-37(Amp) says, "He smote also the firstborn in their land (Egyptians), the beginning and chief substance of all their strength. He brought Israel forth also with silver and gold, and there was not one feeble among their tribes (Israelites)." There was a miracle service that night when those under the blood were healed and made whole. The Israelites had been slaves in captivity and bondage for over 400 years. Some were old, lame, sick and worn out, but there "was not one feeble among them."
We find the explanation for this in Leviticus 17:11(Amp) which says, "For the Life (the animal, soul) in the Blood, and I have given it to you upon the altar to make atonement for your souls; for it is the Blood that makes atonement by reason of the Life which it represents." In Deut.4:10(Amp) God says to Moses and the people, "Therefore you shall keep His statutes and His Commandments, which I command your this day, that it may go well with you and your children after you, and that you may prolong your days in the Land, which the Lord your God gives you forever."
The Israelites observed the rite for an ordinance, but forgot what it was for and that the Life of the flesh is in the blood. The life of the flesh is in the blood, even in this natural realm. Whether it's blood cancer or lung cancer, it is carried by the blood. If one of our main arteries is cut and can't stop the bleeding, then we will bleed out and die. If one of our main arteries is blocked, then the blood can't flow and we could have a heart attack or die. Our natural life is in our blood.
Heb.9:12-14(Amp) says, "He (Jesus) went once for all into the Holy of Holies (in Heaven), not by virtue of the blood of goats and calves (by which to make reconciliation between God and man), but by His Own Blood, having found and secured a complete redemption (or everlasting release) for us. For if (the mere sprinkling of unholy and defiled person with the blood of goats and bulls and with the ashes of a burnt heifer is sufficient, for the purification of the body, How much more surely shall the Blood of Christ, Who by virtue of His Eternal Spirit (His Own pre-existent Divine Personality) has offered Himself as an unblemished sacrifice to God, purify your consciences from dead works, and lifeless observances to serve the Living God."
The Blood of Jesus wasn't shed for our spiritual life only, but for our healing because the life of the flesh is in the blood. 1John 1:7(Amp) says, "But if we really are living and walking in the Light, as Life Himself is in the Light, we have true unbroken fellowship with Another, and the Blood of Jesus Christ, His Son cleanses (removes) us from all sin and guilt (keeps us cleansed from sin and guilt) in all its forms and its manifestation."
If we're truly born-again, then our spirits are already new creations, been made Alive in Christ Jesus and have been made the Righteousness of God in Jesus. Out spirits aren't subject to the things of this world, but our natural bodies. The Curse is still here and satan is quick to put it on our natural man/woman, if we don't understand that the life of the flesh is in the blood. We already have eternal life in our spirits, but the flesh is where satan attacks.
When the Israelites applied the blood of a lamb to their homes, it protected their natural lives from the destroyer, but it didn't protect their spirit. When Jesus gave up His Life on the Cross, He not only paid for our spirit, but for our natural lives here on earth. Jesus died twice on the Cross. He died (was separated) from God Our with our sins and He died and shed His Blood as our Passover Lamb, that the destroyer (satan) has to pass over us when he sees that Blood. The preservation of our natural bodies are protected from satan by the Blood of our Passover Lamb, Jesus.
The Spirit raised us up into the heavenlies, but our natural man/woman is still here in the enemy's realm. The Blood of Jesus and our faith in His Blood, not only can but will keep us whole and well, if we understand it. Psalm 91:9-10(Amp) says, "If you have made the Lord your Refuge, and the Most High your Dwelling Place, There shall no evil befall you, nor any plague or calamity come near your dwelling place (tent, home)." The Blood stops the sickness, disease, and plagues that the enemy tries to bring upon God's people. We must keep the Blood and the Promise of our Lamb on our life as a pass over to the destroyer.
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