He Hath Poured Out His Soul

January 29, 2014 – He Hath Poured Out His Soul – Manna by Dorothy Callies

Isaiah 53:12a “There will I divide him a portion with the great, and He shall divide the spoil with the strong; because He hath poured out His soul unto death …” (KJV). “I will give him the honors of one who is mighty and great, because He exposed Himself to death” (NLT). 

What does it means when “He hath poured out His soul unto death? God promised to reward Christ for His atoning death, and Christ in turn promises to share His reward with all the “strong” that follow Him in doing battle against sin and Satan through the power of the Spirit. Let’s notice two words, “the spoil.” It means stolen goods. Christ won the battle against Satan and had taken back “the spoil,” “the authority” that Satan; the Serpent had stolen from Adam. Now Christ, the second Adam has given back the “authority” to the born-again believers to use His name and power against Satan.

Colossians 2:15 mentioned about Christ “… having spoiled principalities and powers, He made a show of them openly, triumphing over them in it” (KJV). “… God disarmed the evil rulers and authorities. He shamed them publicly by His victory over them on the cross of Christ” (NLT).

Note from The Full Life Study Bible: “Christ triumphed over all the demonic forces and satanic powers of the world through His death on the cross. He stripped them of their power to hold men and women captive to the dominion of evil against their will. The child of God shares in this triumph. We not only gain victory over the world and temptation, but also possess the power to wage war against the spiritual forces of evil.”

Ephesians 6:12 “For 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” (KJV). “For we are not fighting against people made of flesh and blood, but against the evil rulers and authorities of the unseen world, against those mighty powers of darkness who rule this world, and against wicked spirits in the heavenly realms” (NLT).

The point of this Manna was that Jesus, the Messiah went to the cross … and poured out His soul … and gave His very last breath when He said, “It is finished” … Our Messiah won … Just to think that my Messiah loved me … Oh, the wonder of it all … The wonder of it all … Just to think that God loved me …

Song: May I Never Lose the Wonder

1. Oh, the wonder when Christ found me,

    And He won me by His grace.

    Things of time to me could never

    Dim the beauty of His face.

Chorus:

    May I never lose the wonder,

    Ever precious, ever new.

    Then my heart will never wander,

    From Thy love so kind and true.

       (Margot Zilch, Sing His Praise)