When the even was come, there came a rich man of Arimathaea, named Joseph, who also himself was Jesus' disciple: He went to Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded the body to be delivered. And when Joseph had taken the body, he wrapped it in a clean linen cloth, And laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock: and he rolled a great stone to the door of the sepulchre, and departed.When they sealed that tomb, it was just the opening God needed to SEAL Satan's doom!
(Matt. 27:57-60 KJV)
Satan's seal of dismissal from power and authority over our lives came when the seal of Easter—Jesus—went down from the tomb into hell. Once there, He removed from Satan's clutches the keys that once sealed our fate. And instead of the seal of fate, we now live with the seal of faith!
The seal, Easter's Seal, was the authentic certificate, a signed document of proof, that Satan no longer had possession of the keys to rule with death over our life. Jesus made "Good Friday" a Great Friday for us, and a terrible Friday for the devil.
When Jesus' tomb was sealed, so was Satan's! Yes it's true; Satan's doom was sealed when Jesus' tomb was revealed.
The emptiness of the tomb only meant one thing: our redemption. A quick trip to hell meant re-establishment of Jesus' authority over death and the power of the devil.
Easter's Seal! Wear it around your heart. Let the cross be the joy, let the tomb be the territory, and let the seal be the standard.
I belong to Jesus: Blood-bought, cross-cleansed, rapture-ready, radically redeemed, and Holy Ghost-hot! Let the SEAL seal your destiny with the promise, plan and provision of a resurrected Savior.
We have been set free by a seal Satan could not erase nor duplicate. It was Easter's Seal! So have a great week, all the way through Resurrection Sunday!
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