400. Salvation with the Anointed
Habakkuk 3:13 Thou wentest forth for the salvation of thy people, even for salvation with thine anointed; thou woundedst the head out of the house of the wicked, by discovering the foundation unto the neck.
The Lord went forth for the salvation of His people. The Lord went forth to save us when Jesus was born into the world to be our Savior. And so He saved us from Sin, Death and the Devil. The Lord God Almighty saved us with His Anointed One, the Messiah, the Christ. The Father and the Son worked together in concert as One God to earn salvation and bring eternal salvation to us who believe by the power of the Holy Spirit. God, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit worked together for our salvation. This promise is fulfilled and we are saved.
Jesus, the son of the first woman, was finally born to fulfill the prophecy that a descendant of Eve would bruise (wound) the head of the serpent (Satan) [Genesis 3:15]. This prophecy was fulfilled with the innocent death of Jesus the Anointed One on the cross. This “wounding of the head” was a fatal blow. Satan‘S power was crushed, and he has no more right to rule our lives for evil unto eternal death. We take hold of this promise and live in it every time we remember our Baptism, receive the blood of Christ in Communion, and receive the Gospel in a good and honest heart. By faith in Christ we have won, by faith we win daily, and by faith we will win in the end.
This overcoming of all evil is finally, decisively and victoriously defeated at the cross, in our lives every day, and in our forever future. God promises final salvation, and that final salvation also applies to our present circumstance. Faith and prayer applies salvation to the present need. Deliver us from evil.