Now notice, the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. The gates of hell shall not prevail against the church. Too many times we read this as the gates attacking us. When was the last time you heard of gates attacking someone? In fact, they would bombard the gates in Medieval times. Gates get attacked, and Jesus said the gates of hell shall not prevail against the onslaught of the church! Praise God! This gets even better.
Look at Psalm 107:16. “For He has broken the gates of bronze, and cut the bars of iron in two.” Isaiah 45:2, following this same thought, God tells us, “I will go before you, And make the crooked place straight; I will break in pieces the gates of bronze And cut the bars of iron.” God repeats for us almost the same exact phrase here. Stick with me now, I’m building something. Look at this, Isaiah 42:6-7, this prophecy here is concerning the Christ. Now to fully grasp this, you have to understand that Christ was not Jesus' last name. Christ is the Greek translation of the Hebrew word for Messiah. Now, The word Christ means, “The Anointed one and His Anointing.” Now, since Christ has delegated to us, the body, (Him being the head) the authority, for us to walk out the great commission and to do the same works that He did (John 14:12, “Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works that I do he will do also; and greater works than these he will do, because I go to My Father.”) this is also talking to us. You don’t talk to someone's head, and ignore their body, do you? Now then, Isaiah 42:6-7 says, I, the LORD, have called You as a covenant to the people, As a light to the Gentiles, 7 to open blind eyes, To bring out prisoners from the prison, Those who sit in darkness from the prison house.”
Do you understand what I'm saying? People are held in bondage by gates in a prison. Those are the gates that we are to be assaulting, through the anointing! They shall not prevail against us! So, people can be set free! We were talking about this Thursday night, April 9, 2009, and while we were discussing this, the Word of the LORD came to me, and I was led to write this.
“Gates hold prisoners captive. The gates of hell shall NOT prevail against the Church. Christ tore down the gates, and set the captives free. But, people often do not realize they are free, and are trapped, either by their own choosing or a lack of knowledge, by a powerless gate, built from a weak substance like straw or paper, easily destroyed. It is OUR job, as the Church of Christ (the Anointed One and His Anointing) to RISE UP, and set the captives free! The gates of hell cannot prevail against the church. We must step out in the authority given to us by Christ. So, you GO! Set the captives free! Let them know their bonds are broken in Jesus Name!”
Praise God, I get excited just reading that! Hallelujah! So then, we MUST GO. We must set the prisoners free. It is our responsibility, as the Body of Christ to let people know what He did for them on the cross, when He died and took our sins and sicknesses on His back, descended into the pit of hell, and three days later, He rose victorious, with the keys in His hand. He took the power of principalities, and the powers, and made a show of them openly, triumphing over them in it! Praise God! The match is fixed! Our enemy is already beaten! Amen!
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