Under Our Feet: We Are Seated With Christ Jesus in Heavenly Places
“And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church, Which is his body, the fullness of him that filleth all in all” (Eph 6:22,23).
I am more convinced today than yesterday, and now than ever before, that unless we exercise the authority given to us by our Lord Jesus over the enemy in these last days, we are in for surprises. But if we know what the Word of God says, and we know how to take advantage of our authority in Christ Jesus, then we’ll surely live as overcomers in this life.
Let’s summarize what what the Spirit of God has revealed to us in the holy Scriptures.
God created all things. He made the earth, the fullness thereof, and gave it to man. Adam was god over the earth, including the cosmos and the hundreds of billions of galaxies that God made. God put him in charge and gave man the mandate to keep it, watch over it, hedge around it, exercise dominion over it, and subdue anything that might act contrary to God in or around it.
Then it happened! Man disobeyed God, was derelict in his duty, and allowed the serpent to enter in and deceive Eve. Adam then committed high treason, fell, and died spiritually. Man became a slave of the devil and took the whole creation with him, bringing all under the dominion of the evil one.
But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His infinite love for humanity, sent His Son to deliver man from the dominion of Satan and to translate man into His kingdom. And so God became flesh and dwelt among men. “We beheld His glory, the glory of the only begotten, full of grace and truth.” The Son of God came and became sin for us, and in the process broke the power of sin. He partook of death with us and in the process destroyed him that had the power of death, even the devil.
“He spoilt principalities and powers, he made a show of them openly, triumphing over them in it” (Col 2:15).
After He had completely paid the price of our redemption, God raised Him up from the dead and gave Him the Name which is above every name. God “raised Him from 
the dead and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places, Far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come: And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church” (Eph 1:20-22).
The Holy Spirit continued this message in the second chapter of the Epistle to the Ephesians, that when God raised Christ from the dead, He raised us up at the same time with Him. The message continues by saying:
“And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins. Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;) And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus” (Eph 2:1,5,6)
God raised Christ from the dead and set Him at his own right hand in heavenly places and put all things under His feet. And when we were dead in trespasses and sins, He raised us up together with Christ and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus.
Where is Christ seated?
Answer: At the right hand of God above all principalities and powers, with all things under his feet.
Where are we seated?
Answer:Â We are seated where Christ is seated. We are seated in Him far above all principalities and powers, and all things are under our feet.
The devil specifically, and all his demonic forces, are under our feet. We are to tread over them and rule over them the way they have trampled over humanity for these several thousand years. We are to reign as kings in life. We are to reign over sickness and disease, reign over contrary spirits and over circumstances, reign over poverty and lack, and reign over every negative thing that used to hold us in captivity.
“Behold I give unto you authority to tread upon serpents and scorpions and over all the power of the enemy and nothing shall by any means hurt you” (Luke 10:19).
The serpents and scorpions here are symbolic of satanic power. They are other forms of the power of the enemy, as the statement indicates. The Lord says He has given us authority to trample over and tread upon all forms of the power of the enemy, including serpents, which are one form of his powers, and scorpions, which are another.
To tread upon is to walk all over and to dominate completely and permanently. To tread upon is not occasional victory, but victory all the time. It is to permanently subjugate the enemy and exercise authority over him.
In the book of Genesis, the first time we came across the evil one was when we found him in the form of the serpent, contradicting God Almighty.
“Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?” (Gen 3:1). This verse tells us quite a bit about the character of the old serpent which is called the devil and Satan.
The Lord Jesus also specified another type of satanic manifestation: He stated that he has given us authority to tread upon scorpions. The power of scorpions is in their stings, and the sting of a scorpion can be devastating. The Lord says He has given us authority to overcome this also without any harm coming to us. God gave Ezekiel similar promises when He sent him to the house of Israel:
“And thou, son of man, be not afraid of them, neither be afraid of their words, though briers and thorns be with thee, and thou dost dwell among scorpions: be not afraid of their words, nor be dismayed at their looks, though they be a rebellious house” (Eze 2:6).
The words of backbiters, slanderers, attackers, and wrong accusers may sting like scorpions, but the Lord has put all these under our feet also. We are to tread over them.
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