The Blood Speaks

     This is a word of preparation given at a recent Chronos Ministry weekly gathering. The last book in our Bible, the Revelation of Jesus Christ, was specifically given by God to show us the things that must take place in the last Days. The first seven chapters give us an overview of this age and Jesus’ second coming at the rapture from a unique perspective. We are shown several scenes of God’s throne room wherein we are told who is present at that time in the overview. This is significant because it enables us to identify the timing of each scene in the unfolding revelation of the last Days in God’s prophetic great week of the plan of redemption. 
      John sees God the Father sitting on the throne with a scroll in His right hand. An angel cries out, “Who is worthy to open the scroll and to loose its seals?” (v.3). John is moved to tears because no one in heaven or on the earth or under the earth was able to open the scroll, or to look at it. One of the Old Testament elders consoles him. “Do not weep. Behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has prevailed to open the scroll and to loose its seven seals” (v. 5).
       Sure enough, John looks and sees a Lamb as though it had been slain standing before the throne. The Lamb of God, our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, then takes the scroll out of the right hand of God. What we are seeing is the resurrected Lord at His ascension, presenting Himself to the Father as the ultimate sacrifice for all mankind. In effect, He is presenting His blood on the altar in the heavenly Holy of Holies. No wonder the four living creatures (angels) and Old Testament elders fall down in worship and sing a new song!
      Why the new song? Because Jesus has overcome death to receive the scroll of inheritance over the whole earth that is summarized in Psalm 2. For He was slain in order to redeem us to God by His blood. The redeemed would come from every tribe, tongue, people, and nation. All those who accept this sacrifice on their behalf by faith during these last Days are called His Church, His Bride, and His Body.
      Remarkably, Rom. 8:17 tells us that every person who has accepted Jesus as their Savior are joint-heirs with Him. At the appointed time, the Last Day in God’s prophetic great week, we shall be likewise resurrected and seated at the right hand of the Father with our Lord as the heavenly court ruling over the earth for the last 1,000-year Day. This, too, is shown to us in the Revelation overview in chapter 7.
    Hebrews 12:22-24 describes the glorious result of our faith confession in Christ. “But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, to an innumerable company of angels, to the general assembly and church of the firstborn who are registered in heaven, to God the Judge of all, to the spirits of just men made perfect, to Jesus the Mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling that speaks better things than that of Abel.”
      In case you’re wondering, as His Body, we are the general assembly and church of the firstborn who are registered in Heaven. Notice, too, that Jesus’ blood sacrifice under the New Covenant speaks better things than that of Abel (the Old Covenant). The blood speaks better things because it brought us salvation, forgiveness of our sins, justification, reconciliation with God, redemption from the curse of this fallen world, and right-standing with God through grace, having Jesus’ righteousness accounted to us!
            End-Time Lesson: Admittedly, it’s not always easy dealing with the lawlessness, rampant deceptions, and frustrations of this world that are part of this age allotted to man. This is why we need to remember that the Blood of Jesus speaks better things! Our salvation includes the presence of the Holy Spirit within us, bringing us revelation knowledge and wisdom for any situation we face. This is why being baptized with the Spirit and speaking in tongues is so important. Our salvation also includes healing, deliverance, and angelic protection so beautifully described in Psalm 91.
            Here’s the key. The blood speaks, but are we speaking the same thing over ourselves? In His model prayer recorded in Mt. 6, Jesus taught us to pray God’s kingdom come on earth as it is in heaven. How does that happen? As God’s delegated authorities on earth, we speak it on the earth as it is written in God’s Word. By faith, we believe and receive all of God’s precious promises. What are you speaking?