“Assuredly, I say to you, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.” Matthew 18:18.
Jesus made this statement. And I think we always misunderstand him here. What did he mean?
The lives we live in the natural realm always reflect our lives in the spiritual realm. What we see is a result of what we don’t see.
If I own a house in the natural, it is because I first owned it in the unseen realm. No, this is not a law of manifestation. This is a spiritual law, and Jesus said it. If I am married in the natural realm, it is because I first got married in the spiritual realm.
Everything happening to us in the natural (on earth), is a reflection of what first happened to us in the spirit (in heaven).
The physical realm is an after effect of the spiritual realm. This is the simplest way to put it.
How can you use this information? If we are not successful in the things we are doing, we are operating in the wrong realm. The real realm is the spiritual.
This calls for awareness. This spiritual realm is something we all need to study…if we are ignorant, even the devil can manipulate us.
Remember the story of Peter.
One moment, he got a revelation about Jesus being the Son of the Living God. And a few minutes or hours later, Jesus talks about how he will have to suffer and die.
And the record is clear:
“But he turned and said to Peter, ‘Get behind me, Satan! You are an offence to me, for you are not mindful of the things of God, but the things of men.’” Matthew 16:23.
What do you think Peter thought? Observe. Jesus doesn’t address Peter. He addresses the spirit operating behind the whispers of Peter.
Elisha and the blinded Syrians
You have heard this story before, I assume. It is a well known tale what prophet Elisha did, but again misunderstood.
These soldiers came to arrest Elisha for disclosing the secrets of the Syrian king to the king of Israel. They found him and surrounded him.
Elisha’s servants saw them early in the morning. He feared, but Elisha told him not to fear.
“For those who are with us are more than those who are with them,” he said.
But the servant couldn’t see the reality of Elisha. Then Elisha remembered he was operating in a spiritual reality while the servant was operating in the physical reality. And so he prayed for him:
“LORD, I pray, open his eyes that he may see.” 2 Kings 6:17.
You see, his eyes were open. He had just seen the Syrian army surrounding them. So which eyes did Elisha pray to be opened? The spiritual eyes.
“Then the Lord opened the eyes of the young man, and he saw. And behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha.” 2 Kings 6:17.
His physical eyes were open as well as his spiritual eyes. That was Elisha’s first prayer in that open. To open the eyes. His second prayer was for his enemies, and very opposite from the first prayer.
“Strike this people, I pray, with blindness.” 2 Kings 6:18.
This was after they had approached him. In that very verse. Note that. And then that prayer followed.
“And he struck them with blindness according to the word of Elisha.” 2 Kings 6:18.
This is where most of us have it wrong. We think this was physical blindness. I doubt. This was spiritual blindness. Just as the servant of Elisha was blind, so they became totally blind.
Elisha manipulated things in the spiritual realm which affected things in the natural realm. Whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven. I don’t know why it doesn’t read, “Whatever you bind in heaven will be bound on earth.” Maybe one day I will find out.
But you can see what he did. The physical world reacted to the spiritual reality. Their understanding was manipulated.
“Now Elisha said to them, ‘This is not the way, nor is this the city. Follow me, and I will bring you to the man whom you seek.’” 2 Kings 6:19.
What? Contrary to popular belief, their eyes were wide open when this conversation was taking place. They were not physically blind. Only spiritually blind. You are doubting? Read this passage again from verse 17.
So he leads them to Samaria with their eyes wide open…..and then….
“So it was, when they had come to Samaria, that Elisha said, ‘Lord, open the eyes of these men, that they may see.’ And the Lord opened their eyes, and they saw; and there they were, inside Samaria!” 2 Kings 6:20.
Haven’t people conned you before with your eyes wide open? You were just spiritually blind. It is because your spiritual realm had been manipulated.
See, this is the reason we do business with the wrong people, we marry the wrong people, and we even take wrong career choices.
Why?
We are spiritually blind.
Humble yourself before the Lord, and pray He opens your spiritual eyes, so that you see.
Amen.