UNLOCKING

SPIRITUAL

AUTHORITY

by Jonas Clark

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UNLOCKING SPIRITUAL AUTHORITY

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UNLOCKING SPIRITUAL

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AUTHORITY

our kingship was God’s original

Yintention and He hasn’t changed His

mind. From the moment Adam lost his

kingship (spiritual authority) and was expelled

from the Garden of Eden God has been

working all things after the counsel of His will

—to restore this world and everything in it

back to Himself.

Luke records God's plan in Acts 3:19-21:

Repent ye therefore, and be

converted, that your sins may be blotted

out, when the times of refreshing shall

come from the presence of the Lord; And

he shall send Jesus Christ, which before

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was preached unto you: Who the heaven

must receive until the times of restitution

of all things, which God hath spoken by

the mouth of all his holy prophets since

the world began.

RESTORING WHAT WAS LOST

Restoration is the act of restoring to the

rightful owner something that has been taken

away, lost or stolen. The word “restitution” in

this Scripture comes from the Greek word

apokatastasis, meaning “to return this earth

back to its perfect state before the fall.” God

has been working to restore the earth to its

perfect state and to restore man’s kingship for

thousands of years.

In the beginning, we know that God

created Adam in His own image, in His

likeness and with His nature (Genesis 1:26).

The Word says that “God formed man from

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the dust of the ground and breathed life (not

air) into his nostrils and man became a living

soul” with purpose—to fellowship with God

and have dominion over this earth (Genesis

2:7; 1:26).

In the original creation Adam was perfect.

He lived out of his spirit. He communed with

God out of his spirit. He was connected to God

through his spirit. He named the animals from

his spirit. He tended the garden from his

spirit. He exercised his kingship, or dominion,

over the earth from his spirit.

We were designed from the

beginning to take dominion over

this earth that God has created. We

can never see our original intent

restored until we are first born

again and subsequently learn to live

out of our born-again spirits.

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Scripture tells us that God put Adam in

the Garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.

He also gave Adam a command:

Of every tree of the garden thou

mayest freely eat: But of the tree of the

knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not

eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest

thereof thou shalt surely die. (Genesis 2)

Of course, Adam did not immediately die

when he ate of the fruit. He lived to be 930

years old. God was talking about a spiritual

death.

Some time after this we read the

testimony of Eve’s deception by the serpent.

That old serpent told Eve that the reason God

didn’t want her to eat of the tree of the

knowledge of good and evil was because her

eyes would be opened and she would be like

God (Genesis 3:5). The reality was that Adam

and Eve were already like God. They were

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created with the very nature of God, in the

image of God, blessed by God, and given

dominion over the earth by God.

We all know the sad conclusion, Eve

partook and Adam did, too. Sin entered the

earth and Adam's spirit died because the

wages of sin is death (Romans 6:23). Adam’s

disobedience caused a communal disconnect

between his spirit and the Spirit of God. Adam

and Eve began to live out of their souls instead

of their spirits. (Your soul is your mind, will,

intellect, reasoning, imaginations and

emotions.) They were led by their five senses

—touch, hearing, sight, smell and taste—

instead of their spirits. Before the fall they

simply knew what they needed to know. They

could draw any knowledge they needed

directly from God’s Spirit. Their fall was the

genesis of soulish education.

When God came into the garden to

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fellowship with Adam, he heard the Lord's

voice and tried to hide among the trees. God

called out to Adam, asking "Where art thou?”

Adam replied,

I heard thy voice in the garden, and I

was afraid because I was naked; and I hid

myself. (Genesis 2:8-10)

Of course, God knew where Adam was all

along. God is all knowing. He didn't ask

because He didn’t know. God knew where

Adam was physically but He couldn’t find

Adam in His Spirit. For the first time Adam

was not connected to God through his spirit.

From that moment on, God determined to

restore mankind back to Himself. I can almost

hear God saying, "Adam, I’m coming to get

you! ” In order to work this out to the counsel

of His will, God had to send the Second Adam,

the Lord Jesus Christ, the Lamb of God that

taketh away the sin of the world.

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What we need to understand here is that

Adam didn’t fall from heaven. He fell from

grace and rulership. Our ultimate destination

as born-again believers is not heaven, but

earth. Even the rapture only takes us to

heaven for a short time. We will eventually

return to this earth to rule and reign with

Christ. We don’t need incorruptible

resurrected bodies to live in heaven. We need

them for life on earth.

MANIFESTING SONS

Adam did not understand his purpose. Not

understanding our purpose is the foundation

of all failure. God's original intent for man has

always been to fellowship with Him. We were

designed from the beginning to take dominion

over this earth that God has created. We can

never see our original intent restored until we

are first born again and subsequently learn to

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live out of our born-again spirits.

Scripture says that the Holy Spirit is our

Teacher who will lead us and guide us in all

truth. He is the One who is actively involved

in the restitution of all things. Friend, the

Spirit-led life is the answer to walking out

your kingship. The Apostle Peter said we are a

priesthood of kings (1 Peter 2:9). Jesus said it is

the Father’s good pleasure to give us the

Kingdom (Luke 12:32). Scripture declares,

For the earnest expectation of the

creature waiteth for the manifestation of

the sons of God. For the creature was

made subject to vanity, not willingly, but

by reason of him who hath subjected the

same in hope, Because the creature itself

also shall be delivered from the bondage of

corruption into the glorious liberty of the

children of God. (Romans 8:19-21)

How can we manifest as sons? By

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exercising our kingship authority as believers

and walking out the restored biblical truths of

our generation. Every “movement"

throughout history has resulted in some form

of truth being restored to the Body of Christ.

After the resurrection of Jesus, religious spirits

attacked the Church and we plunged into the

Dark Ages. Yet the seed of the Kingdom of

God had already been planted and was

destined to outgrow everything.

And he said, Whereunto shall we

liken the kingdom of God? or with what

comparison shall we compare it? It is like a

grain of mustard seed, which, when it is

sown in the earth, is less than all the seeds

that be in the earth: But when it is sown,

it groweth up, and becometh greater than

all herbs, and shooteth out great branches;

so that the fowls of the air may lodge

under the shadow of it. (Mark 4:30-32)

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We, the believers, are those kings,

Jesus has given us authority as

priests and kings. We have a solid

revelation of our priesthood, but we

have yet to fully comprehend what

it means to be a royal (kingly)

priesthood.

Consider this. It took over 2,000 years for

the Church to be prepared for the restoration

of this “kingship of every believer” truth.

What we do with this revelation of kingship,

as the original intent is up to us.

We need to lay hold God's government—

and our kingship—before we can see true

reform in the Church. Jesus is the King of

kings and the Lord of lords. He is the King of

Glory Who rules His Church. He is the King

of the Universe with servants, ambassadors,

armies, enemies, and, yes, a fully functional

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government.

The Prophet Isaiah declared that there

would be no end to the increase of His

government and peace. Jesus is predestined to

reign on David’s throne over His Kingdom,

establishing and upholding it with judgment

and justice forever (Isaiah 9:7).

Most of us are familiar with Isaiah's

prophetic decree, but does the Body of Christ

truly recognize that the seat of Jesus’ rule on

earth is in the local church? Or has religion

tainted our view of the local church by

portraying it as merely a gathering place for

believers to worship God and listen to a

Sunday morning motivational sermon? In

some sad cases the local church has been

reduced to nothing more that a social club

with a religious montage.

MANIFESTING THE KINGDOM OF GOD

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The restoration of apostles is shedding

new light on the local church as not only a

gathering place for believers to get equipped

to do the work of the ministry but also as a

governmental center in a spiritual jurisdiction

assigned by God. Local church leaders and

believers, then, must understand the

government of God in order to be most

effective in accomplishing its mandate to

manifest the Kingdom of God.

Looking at the structure and function of

natural governments can help us to better

understand spiritual governments. While

natural governments include senators,

ambassadors and presidents, for example,

spiritual governments include apostles,

prophets, evangelists, pastors, teachers, priests

and kings. Scripture declares,

And God hath set some in the church,

first apostles, secondarily prophets, thirdly

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teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of

healings, helps, governments, diversities of

tongues. (1 Corinthians 12:28)

In both realms, governing is ruling by

right of authority, administering policy,

exercising power, and regulating, influencing,

restraining and managing the affairs of men.

So if Jesus is the King of kings and Lord of

lords, and He is, then just who are these kings

that Jesus is King of? We, the believers, are

those kings. Jesus has given us authority as

priests and kings. We have a solid revelation

of our priesthood—we can sing, worship,

preach, pray and prophesy with the best of

them; we can cast out demons and lay hands

on the sick and watch them recover—but we

have yet to fully comprehend what it means

to be a royal (kingly) priesthood.

SPIRITUAL JURISDICTIONS

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God sets churches in territories as

governmental centers filled with believers

who are called to invade, occupy, influence

and manifest the dominion of the Kingdom of

God on earth just as it is in heaven. As kings

who have been planted and sent out from

local churches we have been assigned places of

spiritual jurisdictions (domains) in which to

rule and reign and to establish heaven’s rule

on earth.

How will we see His Kingdom come on

earth as it is in heaven? Demonstrating

kingship through evangelism is the key to

changing cities because when people are saved

and baptized in the Holy Ghost the devil will

lose his grip on the crime-riddled, drug

infested neighborhoods he set out to destroy.

As we reach out to the lost, we build the

Church of Jesus Christ and establish His

Kingdom in our territories.

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BUILDING GRACE

Jesus, our High Priest, King, Lord and

Chief Apostle, has assured us that He is

building His Church and the gates of hell will

not prevail against it (Matthew 16:18). Take

note that Jesus is not building His Church in

heaven and no demon power is opposing His

heavenly government. No, Jesus is building

His Church and establishing His Kingdom

here, and we—as priests and kings with an

apostolic building grace—are called to help

Him. You might say our Lord is the Lead

Architect and we are the construction workers

that follow His blueprint to build His Church.

The Author and Finisher of our faith is

also a Warrior and He is using us as a battleaxe

to overcome demonic enemies opposing His

rule on earth. The battle against Jesus’

governing rulership is directed against every

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believer and the local church in particular.

The gates of hell have shut down many a local

church and caused many other once-on-fire

believers to hang up their armor and head for

the hills. The apostolic grace imparted to

believers equips them to break through the

spiritual resistance to building the Church and

living a strong Christian life.

INVADING DARK KINGDOMS

The Apostle Paul equipped the believers at

Ephesus with spiritual weapons to victoriously

battle the forces raging against the

government of God on earth. The wise

masterbuilder said,

We wrestle not against flesh and

blood, but against principalities, against

powers, against the rulers of the darkness

of this world, against spiritual wickedness

in high places. (Ephesians 6:12)

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Jesus gave His Church the right to

exercise His majestic authority,

challenge anything that opposes His

Word, resist demon principalities

and powers, decree a thing,

announce, command, influence,

and, yes, govern.

The Greek word for “principalities” is

arche, meaning the habitation of demonic

government. He then proceeded to equip

them by imparting faith, truth, the Word of

God, revelations of their righteousness in

Christ, their salvation and the importance of

invading the kingdoms of darkness by

spreading the Gospel.

Paul’s strong words in his epistle to the

Ephesians capture the essence of the fight to

stop the local church from equipping believers

to rule and reign as priests and kings. It paints

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a vivid picture of the wiles of the enemy

designed to hinder believers from governing

spiritually and influencing naturally. The devil

knows that the local church connects the

spiritual realm with the natural realm. The

evil one understands that the local church is

more than the house of God; it is also the gate

of heaven. Remember Jacob’s ladder? The

Bible records Jacob’s powerful dream in which

he saw the Lord atop a ladder that stretched

from the earth below into the heavens above.

Jacob saw angelic beings ascending and

descending on that ladder delivering divine

assignments directly to the servants of God.

He called the footrest of that ladder the house

of God, the gate of heaven (Genesis 28:10-17).

As Christ’s ambassadors, we need to

understand that Jacob’s prophetic dream

portrays local churches today. The local

church is a house of prayer, where revelation,

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strategies, instruction, direction, warning and

the prophetic voice are released into the heart

of God’s victorious believers. It is where the

Holy Spirit governs through His Word, His

voice and His people. It is the place for the

perfecting of saints and the gathering of sent

ones and companies, all called to take the

Kingdom of God into the heart of their cities

(Acts 13).

Paul also told the Ephesians that it is now

God’s intent for His Church to make His

manifold wisdom known to the rulers and

authorities in those same high places

(Ephesians 3:10). Making His wisdom known

is accomplished through the act of exercising

and demonstrating His righteous rule on

earth.

AMBASSADORS OF CHRIST

Finally, Paul taught the Corinthians that

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Jesus must rule through His Church by

continuing to put down all opposing spiritual

government, authority, and power, thus

subduing all His enemies under His feet (1

Corinthians 15:24-28). Jesus gave His Church

the right to exercise His majestic authority,

challenge anything that opposes His Word,

resist demon principalities and powers, decree

a thing, announce, command, influence, and,

yes, govern.

Jesus has entrusted His government to His

Church. We must not lose sight of the truth

that local churches are set in territories and

have an awesome responsibility to invade and

occupy with the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

Believers are ambassadors of God’s

government—ambassadors are the highest-

ranking representatives of a government or

kingdom—and every believer is called to

actively represent and demonstrate the rule of

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God on earth (2 Corinthians 5:20).

When you understand the governmental

function of the local church, then you can

find your place in it as a believer. Remember,

You are a chosen generation, a royal

priesthood, a holy nation, a peculiar

people; that you should show forth the

praises of him who hath called you out of

darkness into his marvelous light. (1 Peter

2:9)

Keep in mind that Jesus said He is building His

church—not a ministry that is disconnected

from the local church. If you help build what

He is building—the local church—then the

“increase of His government” will come on

you, too.

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Document Outline

- Unlocking Spiritual Authority

- 1 Unlocking Spiritual Authority

- Restoring What Was Lost

- Manifesting Sons

- Manifesting the Kingdom of God

- Spiritual Jurisdictions

- Building Grace

- Invading Dark Kingdoms

- Ambassadors of Christ

Table of Contents

Unlocking Spiritual Authority

1 Unlocking Spiritual Authority

Restoring What Was Lost

Manifesting Sons

Manifesting the Kingdom of God

Spiritual Jurisdictions

Building Grace

Invading Dark Kingdoms

Ambassadors of Christ