 Messiah's Fulfillment of The Feast of Unleavened Bread
Summary
Messiah was buried after being crucified, but something miraculous was going on during the three days His body lay in the tomb. Ephesians 4:7-11 discusses how He descended (into hell), then ascended to lead “captivity captive.”
His spirit, therefore, descended into hell where he battled with the devil, and led the forces of darkness which had held mankind into captivity into their own captivity. In addition, as Revelation 1:18 records, He took the keys of hell and death—Satan’s authority, away from him; therefore absolving him from his authority over mankind. As Scripture says, “He wiped away the bill of charges against us. Because of the regulations, it stood as a testimony against us; but he removed it by nailing it to the execution-stake. 15 Stripping the rulers and authorities of their power, he made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them by means of the stake.”
(Colossians 2:14-15 JNT)
Satan had won a position of spiritual authority over mankind when Adam and Eve believed the lie of the serpent (the devil personified) and disobeyed God’s command to not eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. Messiah won back that authority. Believers in Messiah, therefore, benefit from His authority over the power of sin and death.
Those who have not put their faith in Messiah have not appropriated His authority over the devil, leaving them under the jurisdiction of the powers of darkness.
Life Application Questions
Do you understand how Messiah defeated the devil, and made a way of escape from the bondage of hell for you? Have you fully received Messiah’s redemption in faith and His power over sin and death?
Scripture References
Colossians 2:8-23; Romans 8:2
Book References
Faith and Fables: p. 18-21
Sons and Servants: p. 9-10; 27-29; 46-47; 65-66
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