: Henry R. Darko
: Standing in the Gap An initiative of God
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: 9781667881638
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: Philosophie, Religion
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Are you saddened by the chaos and suffering in the world for disobedience to God's word? Then you share in God's desire to pray for someone to receive his mercy for restoration. The rebellion in the Garden of Eden led to the fall of man and separation from God. It marked the beginning of misery for humanity. But God knew this, so He foreordained Jesus, the eternal High Priest, to pray for our restoration. However, before Jesus, God consecrated godly men and priests to minister to Him and pray for His people on altars in designated places. Over time, however, some of them flouted God's covenants. They also defrauded the people they were to intercede for in the Old Testament. Later, Jesus manifested as the divine sacrificial Lamb, who died on the cross to atone for sin and intercede for our redemption and restoration. He also directed all His believers, not just a select few, to plead for His mercy for others' restoration. God empowers every believer with the Holy Spirit for His service in the Kingdom. This book, Standing in the Gap, details the genesis of intercession and draws attention to the relevance of intercessory prayers for God's mercy and restoration today. Readers of this book will learn the following about intercession: Why God initiated intercessory prayers for sinful man. All believers in Christ are intercessors, not just a select few, as in the Old Testament. Godly traits such as holiness and loving obedience boost effective intercession. The contrasts between the Old Testament seasonal animal sacrifice for intercession and the New Testament model espoused by Jesus. How intercessors can avoid and overcome prayer hindrances such as disobedience that affect communion with God. Joyous revival is the main benefit of intercession.

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Intercessors

Are you saddened by the chaos and suffering in the world because of sin and the resultant separation from God? Then you share in God’s desire and call for intercession in every aspect of our lives.

Intercessorsare God’sconsecrated peoplewho pray for His mercy on others’ behalf for restoration.

Sin and death entered the world after Adam sinned. But God foreordained Jesus as our ultimate intercessor to redeem us. Before Jesus came, God sought and consecrated godly people, patriarchs, priests, and prophets, judges, and deliverers, as intercessors who prayed for His people in the Old Testament. Some of these intercessors were faithful to their mandate, while others failed because of disobedience. But God had promised a new covenant with the perfect High Priest. Isaiah, like many other prophets, prophesied about the Messiah when he said:

“The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me; because the Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound; To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn;” —Isa. 61:1-2

Therefore, God anointed Jesus Christ the Great High Priest and the perfect intercessor who paid the ultimate sacrificial price to redeem humanity. Jesus hasmade Christians a royal priesthood to God to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable through Him. He has mandated believers as intercessors to preach the Word and intercede for others in the Holy Spirit’s ability for God’s glory.

Let a man so account of us, as of the ministers of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God.2Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful.3But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged of you, or of man’s judgment: yea, I judge not mine own self. —1 Corinthians 4:1-3

Apostle Peter also confirmed to the early believers scattered abroad that:

  • Jesus had made them royal priests of God after obtaining mercy, though they were not originally part of His chosen people, Israel.
  • Also Peter described the new priestly generation who will proclaim God’s sacrifice in the form of praise among the nations.

“9But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvelous light: 10Which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.” —1 Peter 2:9-10

Notable Intercessors in the Old Testament

Abraham

God told Abram to depart from his father’s house for a land He would show him(Genesis 12:1).He promised to bless Abram with offspring and make him a great nation. Abram took his wife, Sarai, his nephew Lot, andleft his father’s house for Canaan. God had a covenant of circumcision with Abram and his descendants and changed his name to Abraham and renamed Sarai Sarah. Abraham had remarkable faith in God, and He blessed him abundantly with wealth, flocks, and camels (Genesis 17).

God eventually blessed Abraham with the covenant son, Isaac, at an old age. However, Abraham promptly obeyed God and prepared to sacrifice Isaac when God tested and commanded him to sacrifice him. He believed God could raise him. But God provided him with a sacrificial lamb in Isaac’s stead. Thus,God counted this act of faith as righteousness and reaffir