Luke 4:6 New
King James Version (NKJV)
6 And the devil said to Him (Jesus),
“All this authority I will give
You, and their glory;
for this has
been delivered to me,
and I give it to whomever I wish.
Who gave the
dominion of the earth to Satan?
It was Adam and Eve because God
had given it to them.
Genesis 1:28 New King
James Version (NKJV)
28 Then God blessed them,
and God said to them, “
Be
fruitful and multiply;
fill the earth and subdue it;
have dominion over
the fish of the sea,
over the birds of the air,
and over every living thing
that moves on the earth.”
Adam and Eve
gave it over to Satan when they sinned.
After Jesus's resurrection, He got our dominion back!
Matthew 28:18 New King
James Version (NKJV)
18 And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying,
“All
authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth.
We don't have to
wait for Jesus to get his authority over the earth back.
He got it
back after His resurrection.
Before the cross, Jesus told his followers.
John 14:1-2 New King
James Version (NKJV)
14 “Let not your
heart be troubled;
you believe in God,
believe also in Me.
2 In My Father’s house
are many mansions (dwelling
places) ;
if it were not so,I would have told you. I go to
prepare a place for you.
I want you to
look at the context of these words.
In a moment, he's about to be
delivered up for trial, then die on a cross, then be resurrected, and then ascend into heaven.
Is He saying
that you can't have a relationship with the Father yet?
He is saying that I have go and
take care of something.
He's about to
talk about two subjects which are the Holy Spirit and peace.
John 14:25-26 New King
James Version (NKJV)
25 “These things I have spoken to you while
being present with you.
26 But the Helper, the Holy Spirit,
whom the Father will send in My
name,
He will
teach you all things,
and bring to your remembrance
all things that I said to you.
Jesus begins
to talk about His death, burial, and resurrection.
Then, He says.
27 Peace
I leave with you,
My peace I give to you;
not as the world gives do I give to you.
Let not your heart be troubled,
neither let it be afraid.
28 You have heard Me say
to you,
‘I am going away and coming back to
you.’
If you loved Me, you would rejoice because I said,
‘I
am going to the Father,’
for My
Father is greater than I.
29 “And now I have
told you before it comes,
that when it does come to pass, you may believe.
Since Jesus
mentioned that it will come to pass, we know that Jesus was talking about
seeing him after his resurrection.
He was not
talking about His second coming.
No one will have
a problem believing after the second coming.
Not even the
atheist.
Philippians
2:10 New
King James Version (NKJV)
10 that at the name of
Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of
those under the earth,
John 16:16 New
King James Version (NKJV)
16 “A little
while,
and you will not see Me; and
again a little while,
and you will see Me,
because I
go to the Father.”
Jesus is not
talking about thousands of years from when He said this.
The little while is right after His resurrection.
John 16:17-20 New King
James Version (NKJV)
17 Then some of
His disciples said among themselves,
“What is this that He says to us,
‘A little while, and you will not see Me; and again a little
while, and you will see Me’;
and, ‘because I go to the Father’?”
18 They said therefore,
“What is this that He says,
‘A little while’?
We do not know what He is saying.”
19 Now Jesus knew that they desired to ask Him, and He said to
them,
“Are you inquiring among yourselves about what I said,
‘A
little while, and you will not see Me;
and again a little while, and you will
see Me’?
20 Most
assuredly,
I say to you that you will weep and lament,
but the world will rejoice;
and you will be sorrowful, but your sorrow will be
turned into joy.
The disciples
didn't weep and lament after Jesus ascended into heaven, but they did weep after He
was crucified.
The world rejoiced when He was crucified.
Not
when he ascended.
John 16:21-22 New King
James Version (NKJV)
21 A
woman, when she is in labor, has sorrow because her hour has come;
but as soon
as she has given birth to the child,
she no longer remembers the anguish, for
joy that a human being has been born into the world.
22 Therefore you now have sorrow; but I will see you
again (the resurrection)
and your
heart will rejoice, and your joy no one will take from you.
Now let's turn to this event that happened after the resurrection.
John 20:1 New King
James Version (NKJV)
20 Now the first day of the week Mary Magdalene went to
the tomb early (morning),
while it was still dark,
and saw that the stone had been taken away
from the tomb.
John 20:11-12 New King
James Version (NKJV)
11 But Mary stood outside by the tomb weeping,
and as she wept she stooped down and looked into the tomb.
12 And she saw two angels in white sitting,
one at the head and the other at the feet,
where the body of Jesus had lain.'
This is a
picture of the Ark of the Covenant in the Old Testament with two angels and God in the middle.
John 20:13-14 New King
James Version (NKJV)
13 Then they said to her,
“Woman, why
are you weeping?”
She said to them,
“Because they have taken away my Lord, and I do not
know where they have laid Him.”
14 Now when she had said
this,
she turned around and saw Jesus standing there,
and did not know that it
was Jesus.
Mary did not recognize Jesus.
That was strange
because Mary had traveled with Jesus for two years during His ministry.
(Luke 8:2)
She helped take Jesus's body off the cross, so she would have
recognized His badly beaten body. (Luke 23:55)
John 20:15 New King
James Version (NKJV)
15 Jesus said to her,
“Woman, why
are you weeping? Whom are you seeking?”
She, supposing
Him to be the gardener, said to Him,
“Sir, if You have carried Him
away, tell me where You have laid Him,
and I will take Him away.”
This is even
more strange.
She didn't
recognize Jesus's voice either.
She supposed Him
to be the gardener.
Gardeners are
covered in dirt from working in their gardens.
They are
filthy.
Remember that
Jesus became sin for us that we might become the righteousness of God (2
Corinthians 5:21)
Did this process make Him filthy in appearance?
John 20:16 New King
James Version (NKJV)
16 Jesus said to her,
“Mary!”
She turned
and said to Him,
“Rabboni!”
(which is to say, Teacher).
Jesus must have opened her eyes or something.
17 Jesus said
to her,
“Do
not cling to Me, for I have not yet
ascended to My Father;
but go to My
brethren and say to them,
‘I am ascending to My Father and your
Father,
and to My God and your God.’ ”
Jesus is not talking
about ascending 40 days later.
When Jesus said I am ascending, He's taking present
tense.
He was ascending right then!
John 20:19 New King
James Version (NKJV)
19 Then, the same day at evening,
being
the first day of the week,
when
the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled,
for fear of
the Jews,
Jesus came and stood in the midst, and said to them, “Peace be with you.”
Jesus appeared
to His disciples on that same day at evening.
Where's He been?
He had just told Mary.
He ascended to our Father that day.
John 20:20 New King
James Version (NKJV)
20 When He had said this,
He showed them His hands and His side.
Then the
disciples were glad when they saw the Lord.
On the morning
of the resurrection, Jesus told Mary not to touch him.
He spent the day with His Father.
On the evening
after that same day, He invited His disciples the
opportunity of touching Him.
John 20:21-22 New King
James Version (NKJV)
21 So
Jesus said to them again, “Peace to you!
As
the Father has sent Me,
I also send you.”
22 And when He had said this, He breathed on them, and said to them,
“Receive the Holy Spirit.
Jesus had been
with the Father all day.
When He saw Mary previously, Jesus asked not to
be clung to yet because He was going to the Father.
There He presented
Himself to God the Father as Mankind's sin offering.
Then, His disciples
could touch Him.
Hebrews 9:12 New King
James Version (NKJV)
12 Not with the blood of goats and calves,
but with
His own blood He entered the Most Holy Place once for all,
having
obtained eternal redemption.
Ephesians
4:9-10 New
King James Version (NKJV)
9 (Now this, “He
ascended”—what does it mean
but
that He also first descended into the lower parts of the earth?
10 He
who descended is also the One who ascended far above all the heavens,
that
He might fill all things.)
During the three
days that Jesus was in the grave,
He descended into Hades,
and took back
mankind's dominion that was taken from Adam and Even
when Satan deceived them.
Ephesians 4:8 New King
James Version (NKJV)
8 Therefore He says:
“When He
ascended on high,
He led
captivity captive,
And gave
gifts to men.”
There Jesus lead
the Old Testament saints to heaven who were held in Hades by Satan. (Luke
16:19-13)
They were in a place of waiting.
On His way to Heaven
from Hades, He stopped by to speak to Mary.
While Jesus was
talking to Mary, the Old Testament Saints walked around Jerusalem for a while.
Matthew
27:52-53 New
King James Version (NKJV)
52 and the graves were opened;
and many bodies of the saints who
had fallen asleep were raised;
53 and
coming out of the graves after His resurrection,
they went into the holy city
and appeared to many.
Jesus isn't
getting dominion back one day.
He already got it back.
Jesus had previous
said...
John 12:31 New King
James Version (NKJV)
31 Now is the judgment of this world;
now the
ruler of this world will be cast out.
Not in 2,000
years. Now!
Daniel 7:9-11 New King
James Version (NKJV)
“I watched
till thrones were put in place,
And the
Ancient of Days (God our Father) was seated;
His garment was white as snow,
And
the hair of His head was like
pure wool.
His
throne was a fiery flame,
Its wheels a burning
fire;
10 A fiery stream issued
And
came forth from before Him.
A thousand thousands
ministered to Him;
Ten
thousand times ten thousand stood before Him.
The court was
seated,
And
the books were opened.
In Daniel, there were four beast (Daniel 7).
On the day of the resurrection, sin was slain.
Romans 6:14 New King
James Version (NKJV)
14 For sin shall not have dominion over you,
for you are not under law but under grace.
Daniel 7:12 New King
James Version (NKJV)
12 As for the rest of the beasts, they had their
dominion taken away,
yet their
lives were prolonged for a season and a time.
Satan has no more dominion over you.
He's been lying to
you.
His power has been taken away.
Daniel 7:13 New King
James Version (NKJV)
13 “I
was watching in the night visions,
And
behold,
One like
the Son of Man,
(Jesus)
Coming with the clouds of heaven (The Old Testament Saints)!
He
came to the Ancient of Days (God our Father) ,
And
they brought Him near before Him.
In Hebrews 12:1, the Bible refers to the Old Testament saints
as a cloud of witnesses.
Hebrews 12:1 New King
James Version (NKJV)
12 Therefore
we also,
since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses,
let
us lay aside every weight,
and the sin which so easily ensnares us,
and let us run with
endurance the race that is set before us.
Daniel 7:14 New King
James Version (NKJV)
14 Then to Him (Jesus) was given dominion and
glory and a kingdom,
That
all peoples, nations, and languages should serve Him.
His dominion is an everlasting dominion,
Which
shall not pass away,
And
His kingdom the one
Which
shall not be destroyed.
That happened 2,000 years ago.
When Jesus told Mary,
don't touch me.
Jesus hadn't gone into the most holy place yet, and offered
myself.
Daniel 7:21-22 New King
James Version (NKJV)
21 “I
was watching;
and the same horn was making war against the saints,
and prevailing against them,
22 until
the Ancient of Days (God our Father) came,
and a judgment was made in favor of the saints of the Most
High,
and the time came for the saints to possess the kingdom.
2000 years ago the Ancient of Days walked in.
The
judge.
He looked at Satan on one side, and the saints on the other side.
Then, He looked at the bloody, beaten, bruised, body of His Son.
He
said Satan you lose.
Saints you win.
That's what happened on
Easter.
I'm telling you Satan doesn't have anymore dominion over you.
The way Jesus gets dominion is when someone gives it to
Him.
Satan tries to deceive you into thinking you're not good
enough.
Satan tries to get us to believe a lie, and when we do.
We
give him our dominion.
I'm asking you to stand in Jesus name, and take back
Satan's dominion over you.
You want to give your life to God?
You
can have victory.
Your sin has been paid in full.
Do you need to give
your life back to God?
Tell Jesus, I give my life back to you to be my Lord and Savior.
You're
the only one who can save me.
You're the only one who can.
Robert Morris, Gateway Church.
http://gatewaypeople.com/ministries/life/events/gateway-easter-services/session/2018/03/30/dominion
