Nathan – 1st March 2016
This is a message I shared a few weeks ago at Church for Communion and felt that The Lord wanted me to share it again here. Communion is such a powerful tool we have as the body of Christ, not only to remember that Christ died for us, conquered the grave and rose again in victory, but also to remember that we can walk in complete freedom from the enemy in every area of our life. Communion is something we can do on a daily basis to claim victory in any circumstance we are going through by claiming, decreeing and declaring the freedom and victory that Christ Jesus has given us through what He went through.
Here is the 7 places that Jesus shed His Blood for us and its significance in the area we have victory over and complete freedom from enemy.
1) The Sweating of Blood (In the garden of Gethsemane)
Luke 22:40-44 NKJV- When He came to the place, He said to them, “Pray that you may not enter into temptation.” And He was withdrawn from them about a stone’s throw, and He knelt down and prayed, saying, “Father, if it is Your will, take this cup away from Me; nevertheless not My will, but Yours, be done.” Then an angel appeared to Him from heaven, strengthening Him. And being in agony, He prayed more earnestly. Then His sweat became like great drops of blood falling down to the ground. This signifies that Jesus Won Back Our Willpower to resist temptation because He overcame the greatest temptation that was so intense, it caused Him to sweat blood.
2) The stripes on Jesus back and shedding of blood at the whipping post.
John 19:1 So then Pilate took Jesus and scourged Him.
Isa 53:5 But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed. This signifies that Jesus has won back our Health. His body was broken so ours could be made whole.
3) He was bruised and suffered Internal bleeding from being beaten.
Isa 53:5 But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: This signifies that Jesus won back our right standing with God & delivered us from our iniquities (Wickedness/Sin)
4) The shedding of blood when receiving the Crown of Thorns upon his head.
John 19:2 And the soldiers twisted a crown of thorns and put it on His head, and they put on Him a purple robe. This signifies that Jesus has won back our Peace of mind and that we are free of torment. The enemy can no longer torment our minds.
5) The blood that was shed through Jesus’ Pierced Hands.
Matt 27:35 Then they crucified Him, and divided His garments, casting lots, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet: “They divided My garments among them, And for My clothing they cast lots.” (It was custom in those days to crucify people by nailing their hands & feet to the cross). This signifies that Jesus won back our prosperity so that everything we put our hands to, shall prosper.
6) The blood that was shed through Jesus’ Pierced Feet.
Matt 27:35 This signifies that Jesus won back our dominion & authority
Gen 1:26 says “Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”
Luke 10:19 says “Behold, I give to you authority to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the authority of the enemy. And nothing shall by any means hurt you.”
7) The blood that was shed through the spear in Jesus side.
John 19:34 “But one of the soldiers pierced His side with a spear, and immediately blood and water came out.” The fact that blood & water flowed from his side symbolises that Jesus died from a broken heart, the intensity and anguish of the weight and burden of all of our sins that He took on Himself and our continual betrayal against Him was to much to bear & ultimately caused His Heart to stop beating. This signifies that Jesus won back our Joy and healed us of our broken Hearts.
Imagine for a moment, the most traumatic emotional experience you have ever experienced. I know myself there has been at least a few times that I have experienced such emotional anguish that it felt like my heart heart was going to stop or I would literally implode. Now imagine the emotional guilt you feel when you sin, when you really blow it. Now multiply that emotional anguish, pain, suffering and guilt of sin by the entire population of the world, no human being is able to handle that much emotional stress and it is physiologically impossible for any human heart to endure without failing. That’s the magnitude of what Jesus Christ took on himself to purchase our freedom and salvation. It’s no wonder that His heart failed and He literally died of a broken heart.
Something that I find quite interesting is, that God never does anything by accident or as a random event, everything He does & everything that is in the Bible is deliberate and for a reason, even the significance of numbers used in the bible. There is so many hidden gems if we study out the Bible and understand that even in a scripture that we have read over & over, there might still be something that the Lord is trying to tell us, whether it be a specific number or a time & place, we need to allow ourselves to be directed by The Holy Spirit when reading the Bible to get the revelation that the Lord is wanting to share with us at that specific time for a specific purpose.
7 is the number of Completion and Perfection (Both in the Physical & Spiritual).
- Jesus needed to shed his blood 7 times in 7 different areas of His body so that we could receive a complete and perfect Salvation and Freedom from the Enemy.
Jesus paid the ultimate price for our Freedom by taking on our sin and purchasing the punishment of our sin which was ultimately death and eternity in Hell. Jesus took back the keys of Authority to the earth that Satan stole from us and through His resurrection, Jesus completed the transaction and the Enemy was defeated from our lives, in every area of our life. Through our Salvation in Christ, we were restored to our original Identity which is in Christ and given complete access and restoration to our freedom from the Enemy and our Authority over the Enemy.
My Prayer
Lord we give you thanks and we come before you to honor you and take these emblems in remembrance of what you have done for us, that this bread represents your broken body so that ours could be made whole. Lord that this wine represents your blood that was spilled, so that we could be cleansed & purified of all unrighteousness. We thank you Jesus that you restored our willpower to resist temptation when you sweated blood, that by your stripes and the blood you shed on the whipping post, we have been completely healed and set free of all sickness, pain and suffering. We thank you Jesus, that through the internal bleeding you suffered, you restored our right standing with the Father and delivered us from our wickedness and shame. We thank you Jesus that you received a Crown of Thorns, so that we could have peace and be set free of all torment in our Minds. Thank you Jesus that by the blood you shed by your pierced hands, that you won back our prosperity and set us free from lack, so that everything we put our hands to, shall prosper. That by the blood you shed with your pierced feet, you won back our Dominion and Authority. And we also thank you Jesus that the blood you shed by your pierced side, restored our Joy & healed our broken Hearts. We love you Lord and we honor you Father God for allowing your son Jesus to go through what He did because you love us unconditionally so that we could be in relationship with you for eternity. Amen
Nathan and Emilia A'Bell 