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Wednesday, August 29, 2018

CROSS INVISIBLE WAR - NYOBS 85.16



Cross Invisible War
THE BLOOD gave us Forgiveness and THE CROSS gave us Deliverance
First Word

·         In the Invisible War, the Blood that Jesus shed was for the forgiveness of our sins, but the Cross that He was nailed to was for our deliverance.  Until you get the part where we are in an Invisible War, you will not get the significance of the Cross.
·         God set aside Abraham to cause a Holy Nation to be born unto Himself and through Moses, His Laws were established. – One of those laws was that anyone who is hung on a tree is CURSED; if you sin you die.  Jesus was born under the Law; therefore He was subject to the Law. -  When the sinless Jesus was nailed to the Cross, Satan believed he had defeated God and His Son; WINNING.  HOLD THAT THOUGHT.

Deuteronomy 21:22-23 – Cursed is anyone hung on a tree
22 If someone has committed a crime worthy of death and is EXECUTED AND HUNG ON A TREE,
23 the body must not remain hanging from the tree overnight. You must bury the body that same day, for
ANYONE WHO IS HUNG IS CURSED IN THE SIGHT OF GOD. In this way, you will prevent the defilement of the land the LORD your God is giving you as your special possession.
(NLT)
1 Corinthians 15:56 – The Law of Sin and Death
56 For SIN is the sting that RESULTS IN DEATH, and
THE LAW GIVES SIN ITS POWER. (NLT)
Galatians 4:4-5 – Jesus was born under the Law of sin and death
4 But when the fullness of the time came,
GOD SENT FORTH HIS SON, born of a woman,
BORN UNDER THE LAW,
5 so that He might redeem those who were under the Law, that we might receive the adoption as sons. (NASB)

The Great Pretender
·         Lucifer or Satan was the anointed cherub that was the original possessor of certain God given rights, he covered the Throne of God and had been given the responsibility of the government of the universe and setting forth the righteousness of God.  He was next to God in authority, he was His Chief of Staff. -  He was created immortal, powerful and with FREE WILL, his titles and offices were PROPHET, PRIEST and KING of the Universe, there was no angel higher than him including Michael the Arc Angel. 
·         As Prophet he would speak for God; As Priest he would take the worship of the creatures of the universe to God; As King, he would rule for God - When Satan rebelled, he lost the office of Prophet as God no longer spoke through him, but he pretended that He still did; he lost the office of Priest as he no longer took worship to God, but he pretended he did; he lost the office of King of the Universe, but retained the title PRINCE OF THIS WORLD which Jesus acknowledged and he retained the title; the Prince of the Power of the Air.  NYOBS 84.36 - WAR GAMES JOB & GOD  
·         Satan has become the GREAT PRETENDER pretending that he is industriously active on God’s behalf, patrolling the earth dispensing justice with the interests of bringing Glory to God.  He continues with his main deceptive theme of protecting God by ACCUSING Believers day and night of EVIL that’s in their hearts.
·         He is the Prince of this World, the God of this age, he is the puppet master of all the earth leaders which the Book calls “Princes”.  He is NOT all powerful nor all-knowing nor all present.  He only has the power permitted him by God and only knows what we speak with our mouths and can only be one place at a time, but he has millions of low down, scumbag minions who do his deceptive dirty work and report back to him.   
·         He cannot create anything, but he can make you sick and then well again.  - There are occasions when an event is important enough for Satan to be personally present; the Book reports that it certainly happened with Job and with Jesus the Christ.
·         Satan still has authority on earth, the Book says he took Jesus to the peak of a very high mountain and showed him the kingdoms of the world and all their glory and said, I will give it all to you if you will kneel down and worship me. – Satan has the KEYS to death and all the prisoners in hell, he rules the darkness of the underworld.  - HOLD THAT THOUGHT -
Jude 1:9 – Satan has higher authority than Michael
9 But even MICHAEL, one of the MIGHTIEST OF THE ANGELS, DID NOT DARE accuse the DEVIL of blasphemy, but simply said, “THE LORD REBUKE YOU!” (This took place when Michael was arguing with the devil about Moses’ body.)
(NLT)
John 12:31 – Satan; the prince of this world
31 Now is the time for judgment on this world; now
THE PRINCE OF THIS WORLD will be driven out.
(NIV2011)
Ephesians 2:1-2 – Satan Prince of the Power of the Air
1 And you were dead in the trespasses and sins
2  in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following THE PRINCE OF THE POWER OF THE AIR, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience—
(ESV)
Job 1:7 – Satan pretends his actions are for God
7 Where have you come from?” the LORD asked Satan. Satan answered the LORD, “I have been patrolling the earth, watching everything that’s going on.”
(NLT)
Matthew 4:8-9 – Satan has authority over the earth
8 Next the devil took him to the peak of a very high mountain and showed him THE KINGDOMS OF THE WORLD and all their glory.
9 I will give it all to you,” he said, “if you will kneel down and
worship me.” (NLT)
Revelation 12:10 – Satan accuses the Believer day and night
10 Then I heard a loud voice shouting across the heavens, “It has come at last— salvation and power and the Kingdom of our God, and the authority of his Christ. For THE ACCUSER of our brothers and sisters has been thrown down to earth— The one who
ACCUSES THEM BEFORE OUR GOD DAY AND NIGHT. (NLT)

Spoils of War
·         In every war, the Victor takes the SPOILS OF WAR, whatever the land will yield including its people; prisoners or what The Book calls CAPTIVES.
·         Nebuchadnezzar took the spoils of war from Jerusalem including the Gold, Silver and Bronze items from the Temple as well as CAPTIVES.
·         Abraham recovered the possessions of his nephew Lot and LIBERATED ALL HIS PEOPLE, Lot and his family and then took the spoils of the land.
·         Moses LIBERATED ALL THE PEOPLE of Israel and left with their flocks and herds as well as spoiled the Egyptians of their wealth of gold and silver.
·         David made raids on the Philistines and LIBERATED ALL HIS PEOPLE, His wives and children and took the spoils of the land; their livestock and goods.  HOLD THAT THOUGHT
2 Kings 25:15-19 - Nebuchadnezzar took Temple spoils of war
15  Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard, also took the incense BURNERS and BASINS, and all the OTHER ARTICLES made of pure gold or silver.
18 Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard, took with him as PRISONERS Seraiah the high priest, Zephaniah the priest of the second rank, and the three chief gatekeepers. (NLT)
Genesis 14:16-20 – Abraham recovered the Spoils of War
16 Abram RECOVERED ALL THE GOODS that had been taken, and he brought back his nephew Lot with HIS POSSESSIONS and all the women and other captives.
20 … Then Abram gave Melchizedek a tenth of all the GOODS he had recovered. (NLT)
Exodus 12:32-36 – Moses Liberated Israel; took Egypt’s spoils
32 Take your FLOCKS and HERDS, as you said, and be gone. …
35 And the people of Israel did as Moses had instructed; they asked the Egyptians for CLOTHING and articles of SILVER and GOLD.
36 The LORD caused the Egyptians to look favorably on the Israelites, and they gave the Israelites whatever they asked for. So THEY STRIPPED THE EGYPTIANS OF THEIR WEALTH! (NLT)
1 Samuel 30:3-20 - David liberated His family
3 When David and his men came to the city, behold, it was burned with fire, and THEIR WIVES AND THEIR SONS AND
THEIR DAUGHTERS HAD BEEN TAKEN CAPTIVE.
16 … they were spread over all the land, eating and drinking and dancing because of all the great spoil that they had taken from the land of the Philistines and from the land of Judah.
17 David slaughtered them from the twilight until the evening of the next day; and not a man of them escaped, except four hundred
18 So David recovered all that the Amalekites had taken, and RESCUED HIS TWO WIVES.
19  But nothing of theirs was missing, whether small or great, SONS or DAUGHTERS, spoil or anything that they had taken for themselves; DAVID BROUGHT IT ALL BACK.
20 So David had CAPTURED ALL THE SHEEP AND THE CATTLE which the people drove ahead of the other livestock, and they said, "This is David's spoil." (NASB)  

Here’s where we are
·         Jesus has been crucified on the Cross and according to the Book; CURSED is anyone who hangs upon a tree.  But Jesus was SINLESS, yet allowed his life to be taken by Satan who thought once Jesus was dead by hanging on a tree CURSED, he would have him in his domain of Death and Hell with the rest of mankind that was made in the image God.
·         Satan didn’t know Jesus’ Authority; Jesus said NO ONE CAN TAKE MY LIFE FROM ME, I sacrifice it voluntarily, for I have the authority to lay it down when I want to and also to take it up again; for this is what my Father has commanded.” - The Blood sacrifice of Jesus was ACCEPTED by God as Forgiveness for our sins, and now The Cross became our Deliverance from the sting of death.  
·         Satan, the Chief of Staff of God who was Prophet, Priest and King wanted the worship and adoration that was due God and rebelled against Him causing one-third of the angels to follow him and also caused man to sin and to become the object of God‘s wrath. – Satan is now NO LONGER the Chief of Staff, NO LONGER Prophet Priest or King, but he is the Prince of this World who temporarily had the keys of death and hell.
·         Satan as the “Property Manager” of Hell, ruled all the councils of hell and managed all the issues of the grave.  When the sinless Son of God died on the cross and descended into hell, not in defeat, but as a Victor, “IN MY MIND,” I can just feel the DARKNESS at the Cross that was so THICK you could feel it as the EARTH QUAKED and the Rocks split open.   
·         I CAN SEE the LIGHTNING flashes light up the GREAT GULF between Torment and Paradise as The Messiah invaded Satan’s principality.  I CAN JUST IMAGINE the SHEKINAH GLORY of God as it lit up ALL of Hell; I CAN SEE Satan the arrogant and prideful Property Manager as he stood trembling in HUMILIATION as the sinless Landlord Jesus TOOK the keys of Death and Hell away from Him. -  Jesus canceled the record of the charges against us and took it away by nailing it to the cross.  It was in this way, He DISARMED the spiritual rulers and authorities and SHAMED THEM publicly by His Victory over them on the cross.
·         Jesus the Victor and the Deliverer is now in possession of the Keys of Hades. – The possession of these KEYS have a double meaning; that of possessing both the RIGHTFUL as well as the ACTUAL dominion of POWER OVER DEATH AND HELL.  - In the time of Christ, Hades contained TWO COMPARTMENTS; one was a place of TORMENT where Satan’s minions carried the wicked at their death and the other; a temporary compartment known as Abraham’s Bosom or PARADISE where the angels carried the righteous at their death.
·         Paradise was the abode of those that had died in the friendship of God over the past 4,000 years. - These are those that had died from the first righteous man Abel down to the last Penitent thief on the cross.  They were all CAPTIVES, they were PRISONERS of the Invisible War. - This is where Jesus preached for three days the “Good News Message” to the captives.  They had never heard of The Way, The Truth and The Life; but they ALL accepted Jesus as the Messiah and THE TRUTH SET THEM FREE. 
·         The work of Christ on the Cross opened the Mercy’s gate of Paradise where The Book says Jesus took THE SPOILS OF WAR and led these “Captives Captive” PLUS took the whole compartment of PARADISE with Him to heaven where it is located now; in all of the souls that God gave to Him, He lost none of them. – NYOBS 07.02 - ESCHATOLOGY - LAST THINGS TO HAPPEN ON EARTH
·         I CAN JUST FEEL the despair of those on the DARK SIDE of the great gulf; now in even more torment after finally “SEEING THE LIGHT” and now UNDERSTANDING that EVERYONE is judged at death; there is nothing they could do nor say that would change it.  THERE IS NO SECOND CHANCE. – NYOBS 68.29 – THE THREE DAYS -- NYOBS 72.16 - SECOND CHANCE SALVATION
Exodus 10:21 – Darkness that was so thick you could feel it
21 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Lift your hand toward heaven, and the land of Egypt will be covered with a
DARKNESS SO THICK YOU CAN FEEL IT.”
(NLT)
Matthew 27:45-51- The Earth Quaked, rocks split open
45 From noon to three, THE WHOLE EARTH WAS DARK.
51 Then, behold, the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom; and the EARTH QUAKED, and the rocks were split, (NKJV) (MSG)
Ezekiel 1:28 – Shekinah Glory - Like a rainbow – Fell face down
28 Like the appearance of a rainbow in the clouds on a rainy day, so was the radiance around him. This was the appearance of the likeness of THE GLORY OF THE LORD. When I saw it, I fell facedown, and I heard the voice of one speaking.
(NIV2011)
Exodus 24:15 - Shekinah Glory Like a devouring Fire
17 Now the appearance of the GLORY OF THE LORD was
like a devouring FIRE on the top of the mountain
in the sight of the people of Israel. (ESV)
Luke 16:22 – Angels carry the righteous to Paradise
22 So it was that the beggar died, and was
CARRIED BY THE ANGELS TO ABRAHAM'S BOSOM (Paradise). The rich man also died and was buried. (NKJV)
2 Chronicles 29:8 – Unbelievers object of God’s Wrath
8 Therefore THE WRATH OF THE LORD came on Judah and Jerusalem, and he has made them an OBJECT OF HORROR, of astonishment, and of hissing, as you see with your own eyes.
(ESV)
John 10:17-18 – The authority to lay my life down and pick it up
17 The Father loves me because I SACRIFICE MY LIFE so I may take it back again.
18 No one can take my life from me. I sacrifice it voluntarily.
For I HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO LAY IT DOWN when I want to AND ALSO TO TAKE IT UP AGAIN. For this is what my Father has commanded.” (NLT)

The Take Away

·         Jesus said He would “descend” from heaven with SEVEN HUMILITIES; 1) He did not think of equality with God as something to cling to. 2) Instead, He gave up his divine privileges; 3) He took the humble position of a slave 4) and was born as a human being. When He appeared in human form, 5) He humbled himself 6) in obedience to God and 7) died a criminal’s death on a cross.  
·         Satan said he would “ascend” to heaven with his FIVE PRIDES; 1) I WILL ascend to heaven; 2) I WILL raise my throne above the stars of God; 3) I WILL sit enthroned on the mount of assembly, on the utmost heights of the sacred mountain.  4) I WILL ascend above the tops of the clouds; 5) I WILL make myself like the Most High."  
·         The omnipotent all powerful God could have destroyed Satan at his first rebellion, when pride was first found in him, when he sought to receive the worship and praise due God.   But God did not; the Book says God’s ways are higher than our ways.   God waited for “the time to come” for THE DELIVERANCE OF THE CROSS as ALL the WATCHERS of the universe took note. – NYOBS 84.36 - WAR GAMES, JOB & GOD; THE WATCHERS 
·         The Watchers now stare at Satan and ask, “Can this be the one who shook the earth and made the kingdoms of the world tremble”?  - “Is this the one who destroyed the world and made it into a wasteland”?  “Is this the king who demolished the world’s greatest cities and had no mercy on his prisoners”? – They shake their heads in total disbelief, Satan has been THROWN DOWN.
·         When Jesus ascended to God in heaven with the SPOILS OF WAR; He not only led the “Captive’s Captive” but took the whole compartment of PARADISE with Him to heaven where it is located now.  Just as an example, Jesus did this once before by zapping an ENTIRE BOAT loaded with HIS DISCIPLES to the other side of the Sea of Galilee.  NYOBS 01.15 – FOURTH DIMENSION - It’s in the Book
·         Paradise is a place better to be than on earth, but not as good as it’s going to get. Because of the deliverance of the Cross, NOW when the Believer dies, he becomes absent from his body and is immediately present with the Lord. – PRAISE GOD !
·         Christ now has the Keys and what He shuts, no man can open and what He opens no man can shut – His Blood gave us FORGIVENESS and His Cross has given us DELIVERANCE.
·         The Book confirms that for the Spirit or Souls who have died, there is just no other Realm, Condition or Form; besides the Lake of Fire and the Highest Heaven.   

- IT’S IN THE BOOK –

Revelation 12:4 – One third of the Angels went with Satan
4 His tail swept away ONE-THIRD OF THE STARS
(Angels) in the sky, and he threw them to the earth. He stood in front of the woman as she was about to give birth, ready to devour her baby as soon as it was born. (NLT)
Isaiah 14:12-14 – SATAN’S Fivefold “I Wills” of ascent to heaven
12 How you have fallen from heaven, 13 You (Satan) said in your heart,
1) I WILL ascend to heaven;
2) I WILL raise my throne above the stars of God;
3) I WILL sit enthroned on the mount of assembly, on the utmost heights of the sacred mountain.   14
4) I WILL ascend above the tops of the clouds;
5) I WILL make myself like the Most High."
NIV
Philippians 2:6-8 – JESUS Seven fold descent from heaven
6 Though He was God,
1) He did not think of equality with God as something to cling to. 7
2) Instead, He gave up his divine privileges; He
3) took the humble position of a slave and was
4) born as a human being. When He appeared in human form, He8
5) humbled himself in
6) obedience to God and
7) died a criminal’s death on a cross.
(NLT) 
Isaiah 55:9 – God’s ways and thoughts are higher than ours
9 For just as the heavens are higher than the earth, so
MY WAYS ARE HIGHER THAN YOUR WAYS and
MY THOUGHTS HIGHER THAN YOUR THOUGHTS. (NLT)
Psalm 16:10 – God will not abandon our soul to Hell
10 For YOU WILL NOT ABANDON MY SOUL TO SHEOL, or
let your holy one see corruption. (ESV)
Matthew 12:40 – Three days in Hell
40 For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of a huge fish, so THE SON OF MAN will be
THREE DAYS AND THREE NIGHTS in the heart of the earth. NIV
1 Peter 3:18-19 – He preached in Hell – In Abraham’s Bosom
18 For Christ died for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive by the Spirit,
19 through whom also he went and
PREACHED TO THE SPIRITS IN PRISON.
John 8:32 – The truth set the captives free
32 Then YOU WILL KNOW THE TRUTH,
and THE TRUTH WILL SET YOU FREE."
Revelation 1:18 – Jesus has the keys of hell and death
18 I am He who lives, and was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore. Amen. And
I HAVE THE KEYS OF HADES AND OF DEATH. (NKJV)
Isaiah 22:22 – Jesus has the Keys to open and close
22 I will place on his shoulder THE KEY to the house of David;
WHAT HE OPENS NO ONE CAN SHUT, AND
WHAT HE SHUTS NO ONE CAN OPEN.
(NIV2011)
Colossians 2:14-15 – Jesus shamed Satan publically.
14 He canceled the record of the charges against us and took it away by NAILING IT TO THE CROSS.
15 In this way, HE DISARMED THE SPIRITUAL RULERS AND AUTHORITIES. HE SHAMED THEM PUBLICLY BY HIS VICTORY OVER THEM ON THE CROSS. (NLT)
Ephesians 4:8 – Jesus took the prisoners captive to heaven
8 therefore He says:
"WHEN HE ASCENDED ON HIGH, HE LED CAPTIVITY CAPTIVE, and gave gifts to men." (NKJV)
Ephesians 4:8-10 – Jesus led the way for a host of captives
8 That is why the Scriptures say, “When he ascended to the heights, HE LED A CROWD OF CAPTIVES and gave gifts to his people.”
(NLT)
John 17:12 – Not one was lost, except Judas as prophesized
12 During my time here, I PROTECTED THEM by the power of the name you gave me. I GUARDED THEM so
that NOT ONE WAS LOST. (NLT)
John 6:39 – I will lose none the Father has given Me
39 And this is the will of him who sent me, that
I SHALL LOSE NONE OF ALL THOSE HE HAS GIVEN ME,
 but raise them up at the last day.
(NIV2011)
John 6:19-21 – Jesus & disciples & BOAT zip through dimension
19 When they had rowed (halfway) three or three and a half miles, they saw Jesus approaching the boat, walking on the water; they were terrified.
20 But he said to them, "It is I; don't be afraid."
21 Then they were willing to take him into the boat,
AND IMMEDIATELY THE BOAT REACHED THE SHORE
where they were heading.
NIV
Isaiah 14:15-17 – Everyone will stare and shake their heads
15 Instead, you will be brought down to the place of the dead, down to its lowest depths.
16 EVERYONE THERE WILL STARE AT YOU AND ASK,
‘CAN THIS BE THE ONE WHO SHOOK THE EARTH AND
MADE THE KINGDOMS OF THE WORLD TREMBLE?
17 Is this the one who destroyed the world and made it into a wasteland? Is this the king who demolished the world’s greatest cities and had no mercy on his prisoners?’
(NLT)
Revelation 12:9-10 – Satan thrown down in the tribulations
9  And the great dragon was thrown down, that ancient serpent, who is called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world—he was THROWN DOWN TO THE EARTH, and
his angels were thrown down with him.
10 And I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying, “
NOW THE SALVATION AND THE POWER AND
THE KINGDOM OF OUR GOD AND THE AUTHORITY
OF HIS CHRIST HAVE COME,
for THE ACCUSER OF OUR BROTHERS HAS BEEN THROWN DOWN, who ACCUSES them day and night before our God. (ESV)
Ezekiel 28:15 – You were blameless till Pride was found in you
15 You were blameless in all you did from the day you were created until the day EVIL WAS FOUND IN YOU. (NLT)
2 Corinthians 5:8 – Absent from the body – Present with God
8 We are confident, yes, well pleased rather to be ABSENT from the body is to be PRESENT with the Lord. NKJV
Daniel 12:2 - Everlasting life OR Everlasting contempt
2 And many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, Some to EVERLASTING LIFE, Some to shame
and EVERLASTING CONTEMPT. NIV
John 11:26 – The Believer will never die - Do you believe it?
26 and WHOEVER lives and BELIEVES in me WILL NEVER DIE.
DO YOU BELIEVE THIS? NIV



In the multitude of counselors,
there is wisdom.
Proverbs 11:14


I am grateful to those that went before me providing concepts, ideas, historical
information, and scripture verses.  Because of them I can stand on their shoulders
                         and see further that I otherwise ever could have.              
                                                                                                                                     
A Commentary; Critical, Experimental and Practical - Eerdmans
Antiquity of the Jews Flavius Josephus Matthias
Apocrypha – Goodspeed
Baker Commentary on the Bible – Elwell
Bible Almanac; The – Packer-Tenney-White
Bible Commentary – F.B. Meyer
Bible Dictionary – Harper and Row
Bible Dictionary – Nelson’s
Dake’s Annotated Bible Dake
English Standard Version Bible ESV
Expositor’s Bible Commentary – Frank E. Gaebelein
Forgotten Books of Eden; The – World
Gospels Interwoven; The – Karmit Zarley
Illustrated Bible Dictionary; The – Tyndale
Interlinear Greek-English New Testament – Baker
Invisible War; The – Donald Grey Barnhouse
King James Version Bible – KJV
Lost Books of the Bible; The - World
Lost Books of the Bible; The - Bell
Matthew Henry’s Commentary - Zondervan
Missing Books of the Bible; The – Halo Press
Mysteries of the Bible – Readers Digest
Nag Hammadi Library; The – James M. Robinson
Nave’s Topical Bible - Zondervan
New International Dictionary of the Bible; The – Douglas - Tenney
New International Version Bible (2011) NIV
Normal Christian Life; The – Watchman Nee
Now that’s a Good Question R.C. Sproul
NOTE: The “new” NIV has been corrupted & made GENDER NEUTRAL.  AVOID IT.
New Living Translation Bible - NLT
Secrets of the Dead Sea Scrolls – Hugh J. Schonfield
Thru the Bible J. Vernon McGee
Vincent’s Word Studies of the New Testament – Mac Donald
Who’s Who in the Bible – Paul D. Gardner
Wycliffe Bible Commentary; The – Pfeiffer & Harrison
Wikipedia –
Zondervan Pictorial Encyclopedia of the Bible; The – Tenney