ENFORCING AND TREADING UPON THE ENEMY: Prayer Note # 31

            “After Joshua and the army of Israel defeated the five Canaanite armies in defense of the Gibeonites, the kings of these armies fled to hide in a cave. [See Joshua 10:22-27]

           Upon discovering them, Joshua ordered the kings to be brought to him and made them lie down on the ground. He was about to enact a very familiar custom, which was to place his foot on their necks or heads to display his conquest…This is what Co. 2:15 is referring to when it says of Christ, "When He had disarmed the rulers and authorities, He made a public display of them, having triumphed over them through Him."

          Joshua, however, is about to do something very different and very prophetic. Rather than place his foot on the necks of these kings, as was the typical custom, Joshua summoned some of his soldiers and had them do it. No more literal picture of Christ and the Church, His army, could have been given to us. In fulfillment of this prophetic picture, when Jesus defeated Satan and his principalities and powers, the rulers of the darkness of this world, He, too, called His arm to Him and said, "You put your feet on the necks of these enemies."

          When Eph.2:6 says He "raised us up with Him," Christ is saying, ‘It is not only My victory, it’s yours.’ He is also saying, ‘What I have done, you must enforce. I have put them under My feet legally—under My authority—but you must exercise that authority in individual situations, causing the literal fulfillment of it.’‘

          That is why Ro. 16 says, "And the God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet" (v. 20, Italics is mine.) And Luke 10:19 tells us: “Behold, I have given you authority to tread upon serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall injure you" (italics is mine). This is what happened when we helped Mike: an enforcing and a treading.”  

 [See previous Prayer Note # 30 RELEASED THROUGH OTHERS COMING TO YOU  on 4/12]

Prayer Note # 27 - ENFORCING AND TREADING UPON THE ENEMY Taken from Dutch Sheets’ book, Intercessory Prayer (pgs 70, 71)

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GOD’S GIFTS IN DARK TIMES by Sharon Jaynes