Cosmic Chess Match….

As I mentioned in yesterdays BLOG, we are in a supernatural war with forces that for the most part remain hidden from the human eye. So it was almost 2000 years ago in this ongoing cosmic chess match, that a very critical move took place. I use the term “cosmic chess match,” because there are two main players that engaged in this war in the heavens, God and Satan. (This is the theme and perhaps the working title for the new book that I am working on.) We know from the Guidebook to the supernatural i.e. the Bible that the spirit of Satan himself entered into Judas and then Judas betrayed Jesus when he “sold” him for 30 pieces of silver. Jesus was then arrested and tried before the Sanhedrin. At this point He could have easily exonerated himself, but instead He chose to say the very words that were deemed blasphemous by the council who sat in judgement of Him. He stated that He was the son of God. He was either a lunatic or, as I believe, truly was who he claimed He be. Then he was taken to Pilate and the Herod and then back to Pilate. In both cases He remained silent and choose not to say anything that could have easily spared His life. He is then brought  before the people who cry, crucify Him! At this point, Satan believes he has won the match, because he believes that if he kills Jesus he will have ended his mission on earth. Of course he isn’t aware that he is playing precisely into what God has destined since the foundation of the world. Jesus is crucified. There is darkness that covers the land for three hours. The huge curtain hanging in the Temple, that separates the Holy of holies from the rest of the temple is torn from top to bottom, by an unseen hand. People who have been dead for years are seen alive and walking in the streets of Jerusalem. There is a violent earthquake that shakes the city. Then Jesus utters His last words, “it is finished,” and he gives up His spirit. What  happens next is not recorded in the Gospel accounts, but we are told elswhere that Jesus descends into the lower parts of the earth where he does two things, the first is he sets the souls free that have been captive there since the days of Adam. The second, is He proclaims victory to the fallen angels that have been imprisoned since the flood. He is proclaiming that the price for sin has been paid, the title-deed to the earth reclaimed,  that man is no longer trapped by sin and death! It is a victory shout! Satan believed that by crucifying Jesus he would have won the cosmic chess match, instead it spelled his doom, literally. It is exactly what Jesus knew would bring the victory and set the human captives free. This cosmic chess match continues and it is for the souls of men and women on this planet. It is very real and this unseen war is raging all around us. The Blood of Jesus has power in the mouth of one who has put his life in the hands of Jesus, because the enemy, Satan, knows that the blood is what spelled his defeat. It turned the tide of the heavenly war. There is power in the blood and it can be our most powerful weapon against the enemy of our souls. We live in a time where men call evil good and good evil. We were told this would happen in the last days, before the return of the King. For many people Good Friday is a day of observance followed by Resurrection Sunday, but most forget that the one who conquered death, promised to return. His kingdom will come and I believe it is soon. Even so, come Lord Jesus, come! Maranantha!