Isaiah 52:1(AMPC), “Awake, awake, put on your strength, O Zion; put on your beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city; for henceforth there shall no more come into you the uncircumcised and the unclean.”
When Jesus rose from the dead, He arose victoriously! He conquered death, hell and the grave for us! He didn’t just conquer and retain victory, He gave us that same authority and power over all things. In 1Peter 2:9, God calls us His royal priesthood. The word priesthood here has two meanings: Firstly, it refers to the power and authority of God. Secondly, in mortality, priesthood is the power and authority that God gives to man to act in all things necessary for the salvation of God’s children. God called us to this assignment, long before we had the sense to respond to Him, and He has given us everything we need to fulfil the purpose He has called us to. We are to influence this world with His kingdom ways, and push back the kingdom of darkness, enforcing the devil’s defeat. The call has gone out and whenever God commands us to do something, He authorises and empowers us to do it. He literally transfers His power in and on us to accomplish what He says we are to do. Choose this day to put on your glory clothes! Put on your royal robes of strength, as you walk in the power and authority He has given you to call those things that are permissible in heaven to be here on the earth; and to forbid on earth what is forbidden in heaven! This is your purpose.