THE PRESENT-DAY MINISTRY

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OF JESUS CHRIST

Hebrews, chapter 7, refers to

Melchisedec and likens him to Jesus,

because the Scripture does not give any

beginning or end of the lineage of

Melchisedec.

For it is evident that our Lord

sprang out of Juda; of which tribe

Moses spake nothing concerning

priesthood. And it is yet far more

evident: for that after the similitude

of Melchisedec there ariseth

another priest, Who is made, not

after the law of a carnal

commandment, but after the power

of an endless life. For he testifieth,

Thou art a priest forever after the

order of Melchisedec. (Hebrews

7:14-17)

Today Jesus is alive in heaven and

makes intercession for us, but it helps if

we know how He makes intercession.

By so much was Jesus made a

surety of a better testament. And

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they truly were many priests,

because they were not suffered to

continue by reason of death: But

this man, because he continueth

ever, hath an unchangeable

priesthood. Wherefore he is able

also to save them to the uttermost

that come unto God by him, seeing

he ever liveth to make intercession

for them. (Hebrews 7:22-25)

It is illegal for God to destroy the

works of the devil with His divine

Godhead powers before the lease

expires on this planet (Genesis 1:26-28;

I John 3:8b). But Jesus, by being born

on this planet, had legal authority here.

He healed the sick, raised the dead, and

cast out demons. He destroyed the

works of the devil legally until the day

He died, for He was a man anointed

with the Holy Ghost.

RESTORED TO GLORY

But when Jesus arose from the dead,

a change had taken place. He lost His

authority to operate on earth as a man.

He was restored to the glory He once

had before the world was in existence.

He received His glorified body. He

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could eat with His disciples, then get up

and walk through the wall. But He was

no longer operating as a man. He was

restored to His divine Power and Glory,

and His ministry had changed (John

17:5).

IT BEGAN WITH THE WORD

Understanding the present-day ministry

of Jesus and how He works in the earth

today is vital in putting Satan underfoot.

Jesus is expecting His enemies to be made

His footstool. John tells us:

In the beginning was the

Word, and the Word was with God,

and the Word was God. All things

were made by him; and without

him was not any thing made that

was made. And the Word was made

flesh, and dwelt among us.... (John

1:1, 3, 14)

Jesus came in the flesh. We could

say the Word took upon Itself flesh and

dwelt among us. He was given a

physical body—a flesh, blood, and bone

body. He was born of a virgin, and God

was His Father. There was no sin in

Him. He had the body of a man, and He

could exercise authority on earth, for

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God had given man dominion over the

earth.

And God said, Let us make

man in our image, after our

likeness: and let them have

dominion over the fish of the sea,

and over the fowl of the air, and

over the cattle, and over all the

earth, and over every creeping

thing that creepeth upon the earth.

(Genesis 1:26)

God gave Adam a lease on this

planet, and He gave mankind dominion

over it. But when Adam sinned, he

turned the earth lease over to Satan.

Then God had a problem on His hands.

What was He going to do? He had given

man a lease on the earth, but Adam had

broken God’s Word and sold out to the

devil. The devil became, in essence, the

god of this world (II Corinthians 4:4).

But God had a plan to get His Word

back into this earth. He first made a

covenant with Adam. Then He made

covenants with Noah and with Moses.

But the covenant He made with

Abraham was the covenant of all

covenants. It actually meant that

Abraham was given access to what God

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had, and all Abraham had belonged to

God—even his life, if God required it.

Abraham knew what that covenant

meant. God’s plan was to gain back

some control in the earth. To do so He

had to get His Son born into this earth

with a physical flesh, blood, and bone

body. Then Jesus would have legal

authority here. Jesus had to be in all

points tempted like we are, yet

without sin (Hebrews 4:15).

When you realize what the first

chapter of Genesis says, you will

understand why God doesn’t come back

to earth and destroy the devil and all

evil. To do that at the present time, God

would have to violate His Word.

God is not limited in power, but He

has limited Himself by His Word! There

is a time and a place for everything. He

has the ability to destroy the devil and

all evil, but if He were to do it now,

before the lease expires, He would

violate His Word. The true Church,

which is the Body of Christ on earth

today, has the authority to enforce

Satan’s defeat until we are raptured.

God has done all that He will do

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about it until the lease runs out on this

planet. But when that lease expires,

Satan will be put in his place

(Revelations 20:1-10).

THE INTERCESSORY MINISTRY OF

JESUS

God is patiently waiting for the Body of

Christ to exercise our authority and

dominion in putting Satan underfoot! When

we understand the present-day ministry of

Jesus and how He channels it through us,

the Body here on earth, then we will be

better equipped to enforce Satan's defeat.

Follow closely as we look at the

reasons why the effectiveness of the

intercessory ministry of Jesus depends

so much on the faithfulness of

individual members of the Body of

Christ.

Without your cooperation and that

of other members of the Body of Christ,

Jesus is somewhat limited in His

intercessory ministry. This is a simple

truth and easy to understand as we

follow the Scriptures. It had been

prophesied by Isaiah: “Behold, a virgin

shall conceive, and bear a son, and

shall call his name Immanuel” (Isaiah

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7:14). Jesus came into this planet legally

born of a woman. He had no earthly

father; God was His Father. He had a

physical body just like any other man.

He walked like a man, talked like a man,

got tired like a man, because He was a

man (Philippians 2:8; Hebrews 2:16).

Jesus was, first of all, a man; but He

was also the Son of God. Yet, He called

Himself the Son of Man. He had to be a

man in order to have legal authority on

the earth to destroy the works of the

devil. Jesus gives us insight into this in

John 10:1-2: “Verily, verily, I say unto

you, He that entereth not by the door

into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some

other way, the same is a thief and a

robber. But he that entereth in by the

door is the shepherd of the sheep.”

Specifically, verse 1 is referring to

Satan and verse 2 is referring to Jesus.

Yet each verse includes more than that.

He that entereth not by the door into

the sheepfold, but climbeth up some

other way, the same is a thief and a

robber.

Then verse 10 shows the contrast,

their reason for coming to earth:

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The thief cometh not, but for to

steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I

am come that they might have life,

and that they might have it more

abundantly. (John 10:10)

Jesus has come to give us a more

abundant life. Satan came for three

reasons: to steal, to kill, and to destroy

God’s creation.

He that entereth not by the door

into the sheepfold. Satan is the one

who entered illegally into the sheepfold.

Here the sheepfold represents the earth,

for Jesus said: “That which is born of

the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of

the Spirit is spirit” (John 3:6).

The legal entry into the earth is

being born of the flesh. The right of

entry into the Kingdom of God is being

born of the Spirit. The fact that you

have been born on this planet is

important. Your birth certificate reveals

the state, county, city, and date of your

birth. That birth certificate is a legal

document, proving you are a legal

resident here on earth.

It is a legal document that proves

you have authority over the devil,

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demons, and evil spirits. Jesus said, He

that entereth in by the door is the

shepherd of the sheep. Jesus is the

Shepherd; He was born on earth.

The door simply represents legal

entry into this earth. The only legal

entry into this planet is to be born here.

Since you were born here, you have a

legal right to exercise dominion. Your

physical body gives you authority here

on earth.

Satan was not born here. He does

not have a physical body. He is an

illegal alien and has no legal authority

on this planet. He gained a limited

access to the earth through deception

and Adam’s failure to exercise

dominion over him.

Satan is called “... the prince of the

power of the air, the spirit that now

worketh in the children of

disobedience” (Ephesians 2:2). He is a

spirit being, but he does not have a

physical flesh, blood, and bone body.

He has no authority to exercise

dominion on earth for he was not born

here. There is very little he can do

unless he can get in a body.

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Your birth certificate is a legal

document that will stand up in the

Supreme Court of this land, proving you

are a legal resident of the earth.

Spiritually, it confirms that you have

legal authority here on earth. In I

Corinthians 12:27 the apostle Paul said:

“... now ye are the Body of Christ”, and

that gives you legal authority to

destroy the works of the devil.

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Document Outline

- The Present-Day Ministry of Jesus Christ - Part 1

- 1 The Present-Day Ministry of Jesus Christ

- Restored to Glory

- It Began with the Word

- The Intercessory Ministry of Jesus

Table of Contents

The Present-Day Ministry of Jesus Christ - Part 1

1 The Present-Day Ministry of Jesus Christ

Restored to Glory

It Began with the Word

The Intercessory Ministry of Jesus