In Scripture, Jesus of Nazareth always located the kingdom of heaven within each person, among us and in our midst [Luke 17:20-21]. In today's Gospel reading Luke 10:1-11, Jesus selected and sent 72 disciples to go before him into the places he intended to visit at a future time. He commissioned them to, subdue and cast out the forces of evil by curing the sick and proclaiming the presence and activity of the kingdom of God, in their midst.
In Luke 10:16-20, the 72 disciples returned to Jesus filled with great joy, because of their success in fulfilling their mission. They declared that even demons submitted to them when they healed and proclaimed the truth of the Gospel of Christ and the kingdom of God in Jesus' name. The disciples actually observed the fall of Satan from the kingdom of heaven, within themselves and within those they cured and healed in Jesus' name.
The bible has always revealed and declared that the Satanic world system is the chief foe of God's eternal plan of true Christ-centered spirituality and kingdom living within all humankind. In today's Gospel Luke 10:18, Jesus of Nazareth as the Son of Man, said to these 72 disciples, as they returned and were surprised by the power and control they also had over evil and Satan, "I saw Satan falling like a lightning [flash] from heaven. In Luke 10:23-24, Jesus also declared to these disciples, "Blessed are the eyes that see what you see!
As a disciple of the living Christ, are you seeing the fall of Satan from heaven, within yourself and in those with whom you share the truth of the Gospel of Christ? Are you seeing demons and error states of mind are subject to and cast out by the word of truth you proclaim and the kingdom living you demonstrate? Are you using the authority and divine commission given you by Abba Father, the living Christ and the Holy Spirit to further facilitate and demonstrate the fall of Satan within yourself, within all who you meet and in our midst?
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