Hello welcome to another edition of this special Easter broadcast. The design is that these broadcast will be concluded after the celebration is over. Yesterday, I started pointing out the significance of the places Jesus shed His blood. I have spoken about His head, hands, leg, face and back.
Today, I am going to conclude that and move to something else.
F. THE BLOOD THAT FLOWED FROM HIS BODY TO THE GROUND
One of the greatest prayer I do pray in recent times is LIGHT. That the God who commanded light to shine out of darkness(Gen. 1:3, 2Cor. 4:6) which shine in my heart. The more I see things in God's Word, the more I discover there are many things I don't know. My brothers and sisters, there are many things you don't know yet. There are deep things about God no man on earth has attained the stature sufficient to know right now. Back to track.
Significance of the shed blood on the ground
In Genesis 3:17, God cursed the ground for the sake of man that it will begin to produce thorns and thistles for man. This curse was removed when the blood of Jesus was shed on the ground. Toiling is over. The ground is now empowered to give MAXIMUM YIELD TO MAN'S LABOUR ON IT. Hallelujah!
G. HIS SIDE.
John 19:34 But one of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side, and forthwith came there out blood and water.
19:35 And he that saw it bare record, and his record is true: and he knoweth that he saith true, that ye might believe.
19:36 For these things were done, that the scripture should be fulfilled, A bone of him shall not be broken.
19:37 And again another scripture saith, They shall look on him whom they pierced.
THE SIGNIFICANCE
These verses have many significance apart from fulfilling prophecies in the Old Testament. I believe the GREATEST OF THE SIGNIFICANCE IS THIS:
Adam's wife came from his side. Gen. 2:21-22. Science has revealed that the bone that God removed from Adam to make Eve came from his side. It means a woman shouldn't be in front or behind her husband. May God gives you understanding!
Adam was a type of Jesus because he was made in the image of Jesus (Gen. 1:27, Heb. 1:3, Col. 1:15). If Adam's wife came from his side, so must Jesus' wife. When the soldier pierced His side, the way was opened for THE NEW CREATURE to be born. The way was made for THE WIFE/BRIDE OF CHRIST to come into existence. When that soldier pierced His side, the way was made for you and I to come out brothers and sisters. Hallelujah!
A REVIEW OF GENESIS 3 CURSES
Let me round off today by dealing with every thing that went wrong and how Jesus dealt with it.
1. Man died spiritually by eating of the fruit of the tree, man was made spiritually alive through the Cross/tree that was nailed to.
2. A woman need not labour greatly in pain again at child birth. Isaiah 53:4-5 says he bore our griefs(sicknesses and diseases) and carried our sorrows. Every pain had been carried away and nailed to the Cross. I don't know if you can handle:
the pains Jesus took away include MENSTRUAL PAINS FOR LADIES and THE PAIN THAT COMES FROM HANDLING HOT OBJECTS.
3. In the latter part of Gen. 3:19, God called the man He had made in His image 'dust' and He also said man will return to dust. This pronouncement made all the generations of Adam to be bound to adamah-Hebrew word translated as dust, dark earth. The implications are grievous.
A. God has said to the serpent in verse 14 to begin to eat dust. Now, He said to man, YOU ARE DUST. It means that as long as the physical serpent eat physical dust, the spiritual serpent (the Devil) had authority over man. In Christ Jesus, the authority that the spiritual serpent had over man had been taken away from him. Hallelujah! No Devil has authority over us any longer. We have been delivered from the power/authority/dominion of darkness and translated into the Kingdom of His dear Son. Col. 1:13.
B. This pronouncement that bound Adam and his descendants to the earth I believe is responsible for the fact that no man except Enoch and Elijah has gone to Heaven before Jesus came. Though, Moses was resurrected before Jesus came.Jude gave us the account. Jude 1:9. That's why Moses could show up on the Mount of Transfiguration. I believe it waa syillq3Everybody beginning with Abel (the first man to die) went to a region underneath Earth called PARADISE or Abraham's bosom. Luke 16:22. Listen, Prophet Samuel came up from there to address Saul the king. 1 Sam. 28:11-20. All the Old Testament Saints were held captive in Abraham's bosom.
Though, this place was not a place of torment unlike Hell Fire, still, none of then could get out until Jesus came. That's why Jesus told the thief on the Cross, today, you will be with me in Paradise. Luke 29:43. Do you think Jesus was referring to the Paradise up there? No. Jesus couldn't have said that since He would only go to Heaven after 3 days. Jesus was referring to Abraham's bosom. One of the things Jesus did as He rose up was to open Paradise up so that all of the Old Testament Saints could go free.
That's why after Jesus resurrected, the graves were opened and they saw the body of MANY SAINTS INJERUSALEM. Mt. 27:52-53. Apostle Paul says He led captivity captives (Eph. 4:8). He led the Old Testament Saints to Heaven like an earthly conqueror. Hallelujah! The curse has been broken. Every righteous person now go straight to Heaven now.
I will stop here tonight and continue tomorrow.
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