PJP2 PROLOG 160326 PROLOG Focus - Ephesians 4:7-10

Psalm 18:2-3 (ESV/emphasis added/jaj)...."The Lord Is my ROCK And my Fortress And my Deliverer, my God, my ROCK, In Whom I Take Refuge, my Shield, And The Horn Of my Salvation, my Stronghold.  I Call Upon The Lord, Who Is Worthy To Be Praised, And I am SAVED from my enemies."....

PJP2 PROLOG POST 160326 - Ephesians 4:7-10 (ESV/emphasis added/jaj)...."BUT Grace Was Given To each one of us According To The Measure of Christ's Gift.  Therefore It (His Word) Says, 'When He Ascended On High He Led A Host of captives, And He Gave Gifts to men.'  In Saying, 'He Ascended,' What Does It Mean BUT That He Had Also Descended Into the lower regions, the earth?  He Who Descended IS The ONE Who Also Ascended Far Above ALL the heavens, That He Might Fill ALL Things."....

Good Friday has passed.  Our Lord Jesus, due to the Faithfulness of Joseph of Arimathea and Nicodemus, was taken down from The Tree/The Cross and laid in a new tomb in a garden near Golgotha.  The apostles/disciples of our Lord Jesus have reassembled in Jerusalem, BUT they are cowering in fear, awaiting for their own arrest and subsequent demise.

So, here is The Question I hear The Holy Spirit posing to me this morning - What's happening with our Lord Jesus during this interim post Crucifixion and His Easter Morning Resurrection?

Now, Team, do NOT think I have had some Brilliant Revelation that is preparing to uncover some untold Secret of our Lord.

Nope.

BUT (Behold the Underlying Truth), I will Share The Holy Spirit's Inspired Word to Paul, which perhaps does provide us a glimpse into what our Lord Jesus was Doing from the Moment He Gave Up His Spirit, to the Moment He Rose from The Tomb.....

Ephesians 4:7-10 (ESV/emphasis added/jaj)...."BUT Grace Was Given To each one of us According To The Measure of Christ's Gift.  Therefore It (His Word) Says, 'When He Ascended On High He Led A Host of captives, And He Gave Gifts to men.'  In Saying, 'He Ascended,' What Does It Mean BUT That He Had Also Descended Into the lower regions, the earth?  He Who Descended IS The ONE Who Also Ascended Far Above ALL the heavens, That He Might Fill ALL Things."....

I am Thinking that our Lord Jesus, Who has Just Once and For All Kicked death (and the evil one) to the Eternal Curb, Takes Up God's Full Armor and He Assaults the very gates of hell, breaking them down, never to be able to hold captives again (unless they choose to reject and ignore His Saving Grace).  The 'Final Chapter' in our Lord Jesus' Ascension/Descending/Ascension we find in Revelation 19-22 - In the Last Three Chapters of His Story, He puts the Final Crowning on His Victory over sin and death.

Thus puts New Life into our Lord Jesus Proclaiming on His Cross, "It Is Finished!"  Not an statement of defeat, BUT, I Believe a Statement of Total Victory!

My Prayer for us Today - O Lord Jesus, Holy Spirit, Father God, Thank You for Your Loving Grace.  Lord Jesus, Help us to Better Understand, as we Celebrate and Contemplate Your Passion, Death and Glorious Resurrection, that You Chose to Live, Die, and Rise Again Once and For All.  Holy Spirit, Encourage and Empower us to Be Your Soldiers of Your Light and Love.  Father God, Thank You and May we Ever Be Reflections of Your Power as we See in Your Son's Resurrection.  We Lift Up our Prayers and Praise to You, O Lord Jesus.  In Your Name we Ask These Prayers....Amen/Amen....jaj