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The Power of the Blood Overcomes Satan and Engraves Your Name in Heavenly Places

The importance of our blood covenant with God begins in the Old Testament and ends in Revelation, the conclusion to the New Testament. As we read a few days ago, Revelation 12:11 declares that believers overcome the wicked one by “…the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony…”; from Abel’s sacrifice to the saints’ victory over Satan, the blood works powerfully on man’s behalf.

Notice how the blood and the Word go together. The blood reconciles people to God based upon His Word in Leviticus 17:11. It also binds God to His people by His oath (Hebrews 6:17-18). When God gave His Word to Moses, He told him to sprinkle it with blood (Hebrews 9:19). The blood and the Word are the two components of our covenant with God: We must have both to overcome Satan!

The Jewish people originally carried scriptures in little books, called phylacteries, which were tied about the men’s heads and wrists. The phylacteries signified the Jews’ covenant with God through the blood and the Word.

Ancient Jews believed that God also wore a phylactery. God says in Isaiah 49:16, “See, I have inscribed you on the palms of My hands…”

Your covenant with God includes a phylactery—your name is forever engraved upon the palm of His hand. Because of Jesus’ blood, you have God’s Word, and He has your name.

When Jesus saw Mary after the resurrection, He commanded her, “Touch me not…” (John 20:17 KJV). Why couldn’t Mary touch Jesus? Because He hadn’t yet bodily ascended to the Father, thereby sealing our blood covenant with God. After Jesus ascended into heaven, He presented Himself to the Father through His shed blood for one reason—to establish the fact that every person who believes on Him has entered a blood covenant with God.

In 1 John 5:8, we are told that three things bear witness to the blood covenant in the Earth: the Holy Spirit, the water of God’s Word, and the blood of Jesus. These three all “…agree as one.” They cannot be separated, and together they bring us close to God.