THE ACTS December 2013 English | Page 22

Saul sought to kill David everyday. Take note that the Devil is trying hard everyday to kill David. The devil wants to fight the deliverer everyday and not common people. The devil wants to fight and destroy the generation of deliverers. The devil fought David and later Jesus, the Son of Abraham and the Son of David.The devil was aware of the time and place of the birth of Jesus. Let us see what he did. Matthew 2 : 16 says, Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently inquired of the wise men. A second recorded genocide in the Bible. A generation was destroyed at the time of the birth of Jesus. Why? Because through Jesus, all the nations would be blessed. The nations would win over the curse and come out of it. The thought of death under our feet is a very serious issue. The devil caused a second genocide in the town of Rama. The devil goes to the extremes to keep us in bondage. The Israelites were in a great darkness and sickness at that time. For the people 20 The Acts December 2013 of Nephthali and Zebulon, who were in great darkness, a great light appeared to them. All the sick were healed and all the poor became rich because of Jesus. The devil killed the deliverer inorder to put the Israelites again in bondage of sickness, lack, poverty and fear of death. The devil attacks seriously because he knows that a deliverer will come and free us. During the time of Jesus, there was not a single sick person. Everybody in Israel was healed because Jesus bound the strongman who was over Israel. For this reason, all the evil spirits were shouting, “do not harm us.” After binding the strongman, Jesus told his disciples to go and heal all the sick in Israel. So Israel once again became free. But some Jews, who could not comprehend Jesus and his ways, killed him. The Devil was happy because, Jesus who escaped as a boy was now dead. But Jesus said, “I have gone but only to send the Holy Spirit the comforter.” Even before the foundations of the world were laid, God gave us this promise. Genesis 3 : 15 says, And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel. The seed of the woman shall bruise the head of satan and kill. We shall not die of any poisonous drinks or any other harm- ful things. We have been given power and authority over all the power of the devil. Through Abraham, David, Jesus, the Holy Spirit, the Church and the seed of the woman – the believers, will crush the devil under their feet. It means that the 6000 years plan will be fulfilled when we crush the devil under our feet. The devil has troubled the church for 2000 years with severe sicknesses, diseases and debts. Inspite of being blessed, the Israelites were in bondage. Inspite of being blessed, a generation was killed and wiped out. In spite of being blessed, they went into bondage and another generation was killed and wiped out. Everytime we go into bondage, we have to pay a hefty price. Jesus died on the cross and paid a heavy price to give us his image. So now, after crushing the devil under our feet we will not go into bondage till the 2nd coming of Christ. The devil under the feet of the church is an ancient plan. It was a 6000 years plan and which could be possible only by the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit will lead us into all truth. And the truth shall set us free. So let us all pray unceasingly for the vision of, “Death under the feet of the church” to be realized soon. Amen!