In Roman history, intercession was a word used to describe when a tribunal or magistrate would veto legislation.  A tribunal was essentially describing a person or body that upholds or defends the rights of the people. 

These tribunals or magistrates would use intercession to stop motions or orders that would have adversely affected the rights of the people that they represented.  

Once an intercession was given by a tribunal, the only way that the other magistrates/tribunals could nullify the intercession would be to threaten the tribunal/magistrate who issued the intercession. 

We know that the enemy wants to steal, kill, and destroy us and keep the nations of the world in darkness.  If we look at prayers of intercession in the context of Roman history, you and I are issuing legal decrees that stop the motions or orders of the enemy. 

You and I have been commissioned to go and make disciples of the nations.  If we ask, God said that He would give us the nations of the world as our inheritance.  As followers of Christ, we represent the rights of the inhabitants of cities, regions, countries, and nations that, spiritually speaking, can’t defend themselves.  God has commissioned you and I as His ambassadors on the earth with the legal authority to intercede on behalf of individuals, nations, situations, etc. 

If the enemy issues a motion or order that our city will be held by depression, you and I as intercessors have the authority and the responsiblity to veto that order and release God’s intentions in that city.  

If the enemy issues a motion or order that a particular body will be overwhelmed with pain or sickness, you and I as intercessors have the authority and responsibility to veto that order and release God’s reality into that body.

There is nothing that the enemy can legally do to us to cancel the effects of our intercession.  The enemy may try to make us feel afraid and threaten us, but there is nothing he can legally do to stop us when we have interceded for something or someone.  He can discourage us to try to get us to “drop” or “withdraw” our intercession, but his hands are tied.

When we intercede, we are acting as God’s legal representatives on earth to uphold and defend the rights of people and cities in need of God.  

Intercession is a powerful tool that the Lord has given us to see His Kingdom brought to the earth.  We get the awesome privilege to be conduits that God can flow through to veto the power of the enemy and protect the rights of people who need to accept Jesus Christ.

What are examples that you know of that prove the power of intercession?  Has this article helped you realize the power that you have in Christ as an intercessor?