Who do you say I am? Who do you see Me to be? Who do you trust me as?
Jesus might well ask these questions of us as He did of His disciples.
“For it is written: The first man, Adam, became a living soul. The last Adam became the life-giving Spirit. However, the spiritual didn’t come first. The natural precedes the spiritual. The first man was from the dust of the earth; the second Man is Yahweh, from the realm of heaven. The first one, made from dust, has a race of people just like him, who are also made from dust. The One sent from heaven has a race of heavenly people who are just like him. Once we carried the likeness of the man of dust, but now let us carry the likeness of the man of heaven.”
Jesus fully man and fully God.
He is the overcomer, the restorer, love, joy, wonder, peace. With complete authority to reign.
We carry Jesus and reflect Him. When He looks at us He sees Himself. We have authority to co-reign.
When Peter responded to Him “You are the Anointed One, the Son of the living God!” Jesus replied that he was favoured as this had been revealed to him by God..
We in answer to the original questions commencing above will respond relative to what has been revealed to us so far by God. In recognition and in relationship with Christ we are empowered then to know His heart and rule and to have His authority.
The truth of who He is forms the foundational bedrock upon which His body the church is built.
Jesus as King is then expressed in reality an expression in the restoration of all things as we are in His presence face to face. The place where fear and evil cannot touch us.
“The same one who descended is also the one who ascended above the heights of heaven, in order to begin the restoration and fulfillment of all things.”
The Holy Spirit is relaying and bringing us now into the whole truth and bringing forth the bride. We ascend too when we first descend with our minds into our hearts and there see Him face to face.
We are transitioned from dependant and vulnerable to co-reigning and powerful and an expression of His Majesty.
Darkness is evicted, it holds no power in His light. Fruitfulness comes from close intimacy. His divine strength is made complete through our weakness.
The lamb sacrificed for our redemption overcomes evil and becomes the crowned Lion who rules with His church, each of us, by His side.
The illustration shows Christ within the Lion and as the sacrificial lamb emanating the light that pushes back the darkness.
Five Scriptures that come to mind:
“For it is written: The first man, Adam, became a living soul. The last Adam became the life-giving Spirit. However, the spiritual didn’t come first. The natural precedes the spiritual. The first man was from the dust of the earth; the second Man is Yahweh, from the realm of heaven. The first one, made from dust, has a race of people just like him, who are also made from dust. The One sent from heaven has a race of heavenly people who are just like him. Once we carried the likeness of the man of dust, but now let us carry the likeness of the man of heaven.”1 Corinthians 15:45-49 TPT
“But you—who do you say that I am?” Jesus asked. Simon Peter spoke up and said, “You are the Anointed One, the Son of the living God!” Jesus replied, “You are favoured and privileged Simeon, son of Jonah! For you didn’t discover this on your own, but my Father in heaven has supernaturally revealed it to you. I give you the name Peter, a stone. And this rock will be the bedrock foundation on which I will build my church—my legislative assembly, and the power of death will not be able to overpower it! I will give you the keys of heaven’s kingdom realm to forbid on earth that which is forbidden in heaven, and to release on earth that which is released in heaven.””Matthew 16:15-19 TPT
“The same one who descended is also the one who ascended above the heights of heaven, in order to begin the restoration and fulfilment of all things.”Ephesians 4:10 TPT
“Then one of the [twenty-four] elders said to me, “Stop weeping! Look closely, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has overcome and conquered! He can open the scroll and [break] its seven seals.””Revelation 5:5 AMP
“And they were all singing this new song of praise to the Lamb: “Because you were slaughtered for us, you are worthy to take the scroll and open its seals. Your blood was the price paid to redeem us. You purchased us to bring us to God out of every tribe, language, people group, and nation.”Revelation 5:9 TPT
The song In The Name. Kim Walker Smith
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