The Defeat of Satan in HELL and the AUTHORITY IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST IN THE UNIVERSE
What happened when Jesus descended into the heart of the earth? How did He obtain the Name above every name?
And what does Jesus' victory over Satan mean for the believer today? In this powerful teaching, we examine this understanding of the conquest of Jesus, His victory over the powers of darkness, and the authority invested in the Name of Jesus Christ. Drawing particularly from The Wonderful Name of Jesus, The Bible in the Light of Our Redemption, and New Creation Realities, this teaching explores three dimensions through which Jesus Christ obtained His Name: 1. BY INHERITANCE
Jesus Christ possesses the divine nature of the Father. Hebrews 1:4 speaks of His having obtained a more excellent Name by inheritance. 2. BY BESTOWAL Philippians 2:9–11 declares that God highly exalted Him and gave Him the Name above every name because of His obedience unto death. 3. BY CONQUEST We examine this teaching about Christ's descent into the lower regions, His triumph over Satan, and the defeat of the powers of darkness. WHAT YOU WILL DISCOVER • Why I describes Adam's disobedience as high treason. • How Satan became a usurper of the authority entrusted to humanity. • Why I believed the penalty of man's sin required a Redeemer. • Why Jesus had to become man's substitute. • What the phrase "the heart of the earth" means in the teaching. • The account of Christ's conflict with the hosts of darkness. • How Colossians 2:15 describes Christ's triumph over principalities and powers. • What it means that Jesus Christ holds the keys of death and hell. • Why I describe the Name of Jesu Christs as the trophy of His conquest. • How the believer receives the legal right to use the Name of Jesus Christ. • What it means to exercise authority in the Name rather than use it as a religious formula. THE THREEFOLD GREATNESS OF THE NAME INHERITED — The Name belongs to Jesus by virtue of His divine nature. BESTOWED — The Father gave Him the Name above every name. CONQUERED — The Name as the trophy of Christ's victory over Satan and the powers of darkness. THE BELIEVER'S RIGHT TO USE THE NAME The teaching then moves from Christ's conquest to its implications for the believer. Explore this power-of-attorney illustration, the relationship between the believer and the Name, and the importance of using the Name with faith and an understanding of one's position in Christ. YOUR SEVEN-DAY PRACTICE Day 1: Declare, "I have the legal right to the Name of Jesus Christ." Day 2: Speak the Name over a fear. Day 3: Speak the Name over your body.
Now, the lamb on the cross.
Chapter 6: The battle in the dark regions Matthew 27:46. My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? He (Jesus) was bearing what we were supposed to bear.
Isaiah 53:10, when thou (Father) shalt make his soul (Jesus' soul) an offering for sin. And verse 9, and he made his grave with the wicked.
And then the scripture that many of us skim past, Matthew 12:40, for as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly, so shall the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. The heart of the earth. And what did Jonah call the place where he was? Jonah 2:2. Out of the belly of hell cried I, and thou heardest my voice. Jesus chose that sign on purpose.
Jonah 2:2 records the prophet Jonah praying to the LORD from inside the great fish, stating: “In my distress I called to the LORD, and he answered me. From deep in the realm of the dead I called for help, and you listened to my cry.”
The verse highlights a pivotal shift from Jonah’s rebellion to repentance, using the phrase “belly of Sheol” (or “realm of the dead”) to describe his desperate, near-death situation. Across translations, the core message remains consistent: God hears and answers prayers even from the deepest depths of affliction.
Key variations in translation include:
NIV: “From deep in the realm of the dead I called for help...”
ESV: “...out of the belly of Sheol I cried...”
KJV: “...out of the belly of hell cried I...”
NLT: “I called to you from the land of the dead...”
This prayer serves as a foundational text for the theological concept that divine mercy and responsiveness extend to those in the most dire circumstances, regardless of their prior disobedience.
You must understand it with a sobriety that stays with you in new creation realities. Jesus was held down there. "And only God knows what he suffered until he had satisfied the claims of justice. Only God knows." That is how deep it went.
And Acts 2:24, whom God hath raised up, having loosed the pains of death, because it was not possible that he should beholden of it.
Not possible. The grave could not hold him, hell could not hold him because the moment justice was satisfied, the legal ground under the enemy collapsed. And that is where the battle begins because the one who went down as a prisoner did not stay a prisoner. Something was waiting for him in those dark regions, and it was about to find out who had just walked in.
Ephesians 4: 8-10. Wherefore he saith, when he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men. Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth? He that descended is the same also that ascended up far above all heavens, that he might fill all things. Jesus descended first into the lower parts of the earth. The one who now sits above all heavens, first went below all depths.
And Psalm 68:18, "Thou hast ascended on high. Thou hast led captivity captive." Led captivity captive. A conqueror does not lead captives out of a place he never entered, which means a battle took place there.
Psalm 139:8. If I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there. Now I want you to hear how it is described in the Bible. In the light of our redemption, something that tells you exactly where the name of Jesus comes from. Jesus achieved the authority of his name. "By conquests. By conquests, not by decree alone." The picture given to us here, is of Christ in awful combat with the hosts of darkness. In all honesty, I say, "We do not know the exact nature of that combat. We know only what scripture tells us. And what scripture tells us is enough." So what do we know?
Matthew 12:40. Three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. In hell. And I picture what the enemy saw. The whole demon host, when they saw Jesus within their power, simply intended to swamp him, to overwhelm him, and they held him in fearful bondage. Fearful bondage. Think about what the enemy believed. The devil had the son of God, the man who had cast out his demons and stilled his storms and raised his dead, was now in his territory, in his prison, under his authority. Jesus went there as our representative. He went into the strongholds of the adversary, as our substitute.
Chapter 7: Stripping the enemy of authority
Jesus went where we were supposed to go so that we could go where he is. And Satan thought he had won.
First Corinthians 2:8, which none of the princes of this world knew. For had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory. Had they known it, the rulers of darkness did not understand the trap. They thought they were destroying him. They were walking into the one legal collision they could not survive because listen to what Jesus had said before the cross.
John 14:30. The prince of this world cometh and hath nothing in me. Hath nothing in me.
Satan had a legal claim on every sinner. He had no claim on a sinless man. Jesus went down carrying our sin, but he was not Satan's property. And the moment the debt was paid, the enemy had no legal right to hold him.
The demon host held Jesus until the cry came forth from the throne of God, that Jesus had met the demands of justice, that the sin problem was settled, and man's redemption was a fact. The cry came forth from the throne. And the Bible tells us what that verdict was.
1Timothy 3:16, God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the spirit, seen of angels, justified, declared righteous,
and Romans 4:25, who was delivered for our offenses, and was raised again for our justification.
Justice had spoken. The sentence was served. The penalty was paid in full. And in that moment, every chain on the Son of God lost its legal power.
Now picture the dark regions, the demons gathered, the principalities certain of their victory. Satan himself on his own ground before his own cohorts. And then a cry reaches that place from the throne of the Almighty. Redemption is a fact. Man is legally free. And the One they thought they were holding stands up.
Acts 2:24. Because it was not possible that he should be holden of it. And what happened next is something shook the entire spirit world.
Chapter 8: The resurrection and triumph
The enemy was about to meet the man who had just satisfied justice and he was not coming as a prisoner.
Hebrews 2:14 that through death he (Christ Jesus) might destroy him that had the power of death that is the devil. Rotherham translates it that he might paralyze the one who held the dominion of death. Paralyze.
Let me tell you how. When the cry reached the dark regions, "Jesus arose and hurled back the hosts of demons and met Satan in awful combat. Jesus arose and hurled back the hosts. They had held him in fearful bondage, and in one moment, the one they held broke their hold. after Jesus had put off from himself the demon forces and the awful burden of guilt, sin, and sickness that he carried with him down there, he grappled with Satan, conquered him, and left him paralyzed, whipped and defeated. Whipped and defeated.
Do you see why apostle Paul uses the word he does in Colossians 2:15? And having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a show of them openly, triumphing over them in it. The margin reads, "Having put off from himself the principalities and the powers, spoiled, stripped, and what did he strip them of?"
Luke 11:21 and 22. When a strong man armed keepeth his palace, his goods are in peace. But when a stronger than he shall come upon him and overcome him, he taketh from him all his armor, wherein he trusted and divideth his spoils, his armor. And that when Christ arose from the dead, he not only had the keys of death and of hell, he had the very armor in which Satan trusted. The very armor, the authority Satan had stolen from man in the garden, was stripped from him. Jesus conquered Satan before his own cohorts, his own servants, in the dark regions of the damned, before his own cohorts. The humiliation was public in his own kingdom, in front of the demons who had followed him and in new creation realities.
He stripped that foul spirit of his authority. He left him defeated before his own cohorts. There was a spiritual earthquake in the region of the damned. A spiritual earthquake and then the keys.
Revelation 1:18. I am he that liveth and was dead. And behold, I am alive forever more. Amen. And have the keys of hell and of death.
The keys. A key is authority, the right to open and to shut.
Matthew 16:18. And the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. The gates of hell did not prevail against the One who walked through them. And what did he do with what he took?
Chapter 9: The trophy of conquest
Isaiah 49:24 and 25. Shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the lawful captive delivered. But thus saith the Lord, even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be delivered. He walked into the treasury of the enemy and took back everything that had been stolen from the human race. Dominion, authority, life. And now here is the part that belongs to you and all true believers . "Christ did not conquer Satan for himself. Christ conquered satan for man. Christ did not need that victory. He fought it as our representative."
1 Corinthians 15:45. The last Adam was made a quickening spirit. The first Adam signed away the dominion. The last Adam took it back.
And 1 Corinthians 15:55-57. Oh death, where is thy sting? Oh grave, where is thy victory? But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ, giveth us the victory. We did not fight, we receive. And then he arose. He arose from the dead and shouted, "All hail!" For redemption mourn had come. Matthew 28:9. And as they went to tell his disciples, "Behold, Jesus met them, saying, "All hail," the risen Lord greets them with a word of victory.
Matthew 28:9 records a post-resurrection encounter where Jesus meets the women (traditionally identified as Mary Magdalene and the other Mary) as they are running to tell the other disciples about the empty tomb. In this verse, Jesus greets them with the words "Greetings" (or "All hail," "Rejoice," depending on the translation), and the women respond by clasping his feet and worshipping him.
This moment is significant for several reasons:
Unique Initiative: This is the only verse in the New Testament where Jesus takes the initiative to meet someone; in all other passages, it is always someone else seeking him out.
Confirmation of Reality: The women holding onto Jesus' feet served to confirm his physical, bodily resurrection, distinguishing him from a ghost or vision and solidifying the reality that he is the Son of God.
Immediate Worship: The women's immediate response of worship demonstrates that seeing the risen Jesus concrete their faith, leading to humble adoration as the proper response to his divinity.
Textual Variations: While most translations use "Greetings," some versions like the New King James Version and New American Standard Bible use "Rejoice," and others like the Good News Translation use "Peace be with you," reflecting different interpretations of the Greek word chairete
Romans 6:9, "Death hath no more dominion over him."
And Jesus Christ stood before the three worlds, heaven, earth, and hell, as the undisputed victor over man's ancient destroyer. Three worlds, And every one of them now knew who held the keys.
Is it any wonder, I ask, that fresh from such victories Jesus should say, all authority has been given unto me in heaven and earth. Now we understand the word we stumbled over earlier.
Wherefore the name was given because of the conquest and that name is the trophy and the trophy is yours to use.
Chapter 10: Your legal right to the name
Let me show you how it became yours.
So here is what the name of Jesus is.
It is a battle name. It is the trophy of the greatest conflict ever fought. And when you speak it, you are not simply saying a word. You are announcing a victory. You are reminding the adversary of the day he was legally spoiled and publicly shamed.
The name of Jesus Christ has the same authority today that it had when Jesus rose from the dead.
It has not lost an ounce of its power in 2,000 years.
It does not get weaker because of the culture.
It does not get weaker because of your feelings. It is an eternal trophy of an eternal victory. But why was it given to us?
Romans 8:17. And if children, then heir of God and joint heir with Christ. Joint heir. We did not fight the battle, but we get to wear the medal. We did not win the war, but we can use the authority of the victor. And let's be very plain about it. In new creation realities, Jesus has given us the legal use of his name. In that name is invested all the authority the Father gave him after his resurrection. That name is ours and we have a legal right to use it. A legal right. And speaking of John 15:16 that Jesus gives us a legal right to the use of his name and that it is the same as giving the power of attorney to one.
John 15:16. Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, He may give it you. And John 16:23 and 24. Verily, verily, I say unto you, whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, He will give it you. Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name, ask, and ye shall receive that your joy may be full.
Put it in one sentence. Jesus has given his disciples the power of attorney to use his name.
And in Jesus the healer, he says that each one has a right to the use of the name of Jesus. Each one, the Father has no favorites.
And in the blood covenant, he describes where we are living now.
Chapter 11: Exercising authority in prayer and living
We are entering into an era of dominion, he says, with a legal right to use his name in every crisis of our lives. In every crisis.
John 14:13 and 14. And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the father may be glorified in the Son, and of that promise.
John 14:13–14 is a passage in the Gospel of John where Jesus promises the disciples that He will answer their prayers to glorify the Father. The verses state: "And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. You may ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it" (NIV). The phrase "in my name" is interpreted not as a magic formula, but as a requirement that requests align with Jesus’ character, will, and mission. Commentaries note that this promise follows the assurance that believers would perform "greater works" (John 14:12), implying the prayers are for the advancement of Christ’s work rather than personal desires. Consequently, the fulfillment of these verses is viewed as contingent on the petitioner acting as Jesus’ representative and seeking the glory of the Father.
This is not prayer. It is what apostle Peter used at the Beautiful gate. Acts 3:6, "Silver and gold have I none, but such as I have, give I thee. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, rise up and walk." Rise up and walk. With authority. Not, "Lord, please." Peter used the name .
And Acts 3:16, "And his name, through faith in his name hath made this man strong." Think about what a power of attorney means.
If a billionaire gave you a signed document giving you authority over his estate, you would not stand at the teller's window crying. You would sign the check. You would present your authority and expect the bank to honor it. The bank does not look at you. It looks at the signature. The name is the signature. It is the check signed by the blood.
Luke 10:17. And the 70 disciples returned again with joy, saying, Lord, even the devils are subject unto us through thy name. Through thy name. And the Holy Spirit is the one who enforces it.
When you command a symptom to leave in the name of Jesus, he is the one who registers it in the physical world.
Romans 8:2. For the law of the spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.
But here is the warning. Acts 19:13-16. Seven sons of a man named Sceva tried to use the name as a formula without a relationship with Christ. And the evil spirit answered, "Jesus I know and Paul I know, but who are ye? Who are ye?" The enemy checks standing. The name is a family name. YAH. It works in the mouth of an heir, not in the mouth of a spectator.
Acts 19:13-16 recounts an incident where itinerant Jewish exorcists, specifically the seven sons of Sceva (a Jewish chief priest), attempted to cast out evil spirits by invoking the name of Jesus. They used the formula, “I adjure you by the Jesus whom Paul proclaims,” relying on apostolic authority without having a personal relationship with Christ. The evil spirit rejected them, declaring, “Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are you?” The possessed man then leaped on the exorcists, overpowered them, and fled naked and wounded. This event demonstrated the insufficiency of using Jesus' name as a mere incantation and highlighted the unique authority given to Paul and the early apostles.
And if you beg God to heal you as though the victory has not yet been won, you are acting like a beggar instead of a joint heir. But if you use the name that was won by conquest, you are enforcing a fact. You are not asking for a favor. You are standing in your legal right.
So how do you move from knowing about the name to using it?
Chapter 12: Activating spirit consciousness
There is a secret to it and it lies in what I call spirit consciousness.
Now we move from the legal facts of the name Jesus Christ to the activation of its power. How do you make the name of Jesus work? The secret lies in your spirit consciousness.
You must move from knowing about the name to knowing the name in your spirit. You must become aware that the name is not outside of you. The authority is within you. Greater is He that is in you than he that is in the world. Let's says it with a certainty that settles the question. Satan knows he is defeated. And when we use the name, he must leave.
He must leave. Not might, must. Because the name is not a request. It is the trophy of a conquest.
And look at how the believer who lives in it. When you live in that name and walk in that name, the devil cannot tell you from Jesus. You are clothed in his righteousness. You are filled with his life. You have his name stamped upon you. Stamped upon you. And "Through human lips, the Holy Spirit wields that word and conquers the vast armies of hell." Through human lips 🫦, that means yours.
Here is the difference between mental ascent and revelation. Mental ascent says I know the name is powerful but it never takes the name into the courtroom of daily life. Revelation faith uses it.
If you say I am trying to use the name , you have already failed. You are in sense-knowledge. You are looking at yourself. But if you say, in the name of Jesus I command this body to be whole. In the name of Jesus, fear you must go. In the name of Jesus, I refuse this symptom. You are standing in the law of the new creation. You are not asking for a favor. You are enforcing a fact.
Mark 16:17 and 18. And these signs shall follow them that believe. In my name shall they cast out devils. They shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.
We say, "No disease nor infirmity can stand against the name."
And think of the centurion again. Matthew 8:9, "For I am a man under authority, having soldiers under me. And I say to this man, go and he goeth." He understood that the power was in the rank, not in the person. You have been given the rank of a son. A child of the Father God. You do not have to shout to be heard. The authority is not in your volume. It is in the name, and the name carries its own volume in the spirit realm.
Why has the name been given? 1 John 3:8. For this purpose, the son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil. And now God does it through you. Every time you use the name to set a captive free, you honor the conquest of Christ.
Remember what we read earlier in this teaching , Philippians 2:10 that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow of things in heaven and things in earth and things under the earth.
Now you know why the things under the earth bow to that name, because they remember the day Jesus Christ walked through their kingdom.
Here is a 7-day start.
Chapter 13: A call to action:
Day one, declare it aloud. I have the legal right to the name of Jesus.
Day two, speak the name over a fear.
Day three, speak it over your body.
Day four, speak it over your finances.
Day five, speak it over your home.
Day six, use it to pray for someone else.
Day seven, thank him for the conquest.
Let us pray.
Father, thank you for Jesus who went into the dark regions in my place. Thank you that he paid every penalty, defeated every enemy, and took the keys. Thank you for the name that he won. I receive my legal right to use it. I will not beg for what he has already won. I stand in the victory in the name of Jesus. Amen.
If you are ready to take your place, right now, go and write this declaration: I have the legal right to the name.
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The victory is won and the Name of Jesus Christ is the proof.
The efficacy of the Blood of Jesus Christ.
The efficacy of the Name of Jesus Christ.
The efficacy of the Word of God.
The efficacy of the Love of God.
The efficacy of the Name of Jesus is rooted in the divine authority and saving work of Jesus Christ, rather than the name itself being a magical incantation. According to Christian theology, the name represents the totality of His person, His finished work on the cross, and His position at the right hand of the Father. Key aspects of its efficacy include: Salvation: It is the exclusive means of forgiveness and eternal life, with Acts 4:12 stating that there is no other name under heaven by which people must be saved. Prayer: Praying in the name of Jesus grants believers direct access to the Father, aligning their requests with God’s will and ensuring they are heard (John 14:13-14). Spiritual Authority: The name carries power over demons and spiritual darkness, enabling believers to cast out evil forces and resist temptation (Mark 16:17). Healing and Miracles: Invoking the name in faith is associated with physical and emotional healing, as demonstrated by the apostles in the New Testament (Acts 3:6). Protection: The name serves as a spiritual fortress, providing safety and deliverance from evil attacks (Proverbs 18:10).
Ultimately, the power is not in the syllables but in Jesus Christ, the risen Savior, whose authority is supreme over all creation (Philippians 2:9-11).
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