Our Last Breath

Luke 23:44-46 ESV 

It was now about the sixth hour, and there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour, while the sun's light failed. And the curtain of the temple was torn in two. Then Jesus, calling out with a loud voice, said, “Father, into your hands I commit my spirit!” And having said this he breathed his last.

Through the crucified flesh of the body of Jesus, a New Covenant is made for mankind. In the Old Testament Covenant with Abraham, the light of God passes through the halves of animal carcasses to seal the covenant. God made a promise to Abraham for faith he placed in the Lord. 

In the New Covenant, the light of the world passes through the body of His Son. The light of the sun falters with the dimming of that great light. 

In anguish, Jesus calls out to His Father and commits His spirit into His keeping. This is the human spirit He received as a man. When He did this, He overcame the world. When we commit our lives to the Father, we overcome the world. 

When we commit our spirits to the Lord, He commits His Spirit to us. He has given His life to make this possible. We are baptized in the waters of the Holy Spirit as we break through the surface of the waters of mankind and into the living waters above. We follow Jesus across that great expanse that separates the waters below from the waters above. 

We breathe our last breath as a living creature on earth and begin to breathe with the Spirit of the Living God Almighty. We now walk in the kingdom of heaven. When we accept His covenant, we are sealed with His Spirit and breathe as one.