Wed.’s Devo - Jesus Enters His Ministry

Read: Exodus 39:1-40:38; Mark 1:1-28; Psalm 35:1-16; Proverbs 9:11-12
Today we see in detail about the high priest’s garments. Jesus is our high priest. He carries us next to his heart and carry us on his shoulder. We are all a member of one of the tribes of Israel. Everything in the law is spiritual according to Romans 7:14.
The tabernacle was set up the first day of the year which was Roshashana. One day, Jesus will come back on that day and the true bride will begin tabernacling with the Lord. The rest of the chosen will come in on the Feast of Tabernacles. Spiritually, we can tabernacle with the Lord right now. All it means is dwelling in His kingdom. Once the tabernacle was in place, the glory cloud of the Lord came down and filled the tabernacle. It was their guide, protection, light and constant reminder that God was watching over them.
In Mark, John the Baptist announced Jesus and who he was. The Holy Spirit came upon Jesus and remained and immediately drove him into the wilderness with the dangerous animals (demons) to be tempted of Satan.
Soon after John had completed his destiny of preparing the way for Jesus and announcing his arrival, he was put in prison. Jesus continued John’s message of repentance. The first disciples Jesus called out were Simon and Andrew. Simon’s name means “hearkening” and Andrew’s name means “manly”. Then Jesus
called James whose name means “grace”. These three were all fishermen. We who hear the message and realize our humanity and our sin will be saved by God’s grace that comes through what Jesus did for us on the cross.
Jesus went into the synagogue on the Sabbath and began to teach. His teaching had so much authority it caused the demons to act out. Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit in the man and it came out. The people had never seen anything like this and word spread all throughout Galilee.
When we start walking in this authority, demons will be stirred up, but we will know what to do. This will help us to spread the gospel. We are to do the works of Jesus and greater.
Lord, help us to learn how to gain authority to speak the truth and see the power of God demonstrated on the earth.