Another scripture of being Slain in the Spirit.
Revelation 1:17 - And when I saw him,
I fell at his feet as dead.
1. Please note that John was already "in the Spirit" on the Lord's Day at the time that he heard the voice of Christ. And when John fell at the feet of Christ he FELL FORWARDS at His feet, not backwards. He turned after hearing the voice, saw Christ is all His glory and majesty, and prostrated himself. All those who fell to the ground to worship God or Christ
prostrated themselves by falling on their faces and facing forward. But they did not remain lying on their backs on the ground for an extended period.
2. The next thing to note is that that was a vision to an apostle-prophet. The prophet Daniel had similar visions and he too fell forward:
Now as he was speaking with me [Daniel], I was in a deep sleep on my face toward the ground: but he touched me, and set me upright. (Dan 8:18).
3. Those who venture to be *slain by the Spirit* are prepared to have a preacher strike them on the forehead and receive some kind of electrical shock (like the use of a taser). Perhaps some are there for being healed. But they all fall backwards.
4. Before Christ was taken captive, those who were His enemies approached Him as if He was just another evildoer. Instead when Jesus said that He is "I AM" they fell BACKWARDS in shock, awe, and fear, not forwards to receive a vision or a blessing.
JOHN 18
4 Jesus therefore, knowing all things that should come upon Him, went forth, and said unto them, Whom seek ye?
5 They answered Him, Jesus of Nazareth. Jesus saith unto them, I AM [he.] And Judas also, which betrayed him, stood with them.
6 As soon then as He had said unto them, I AM [he], they went backward, and fell to the ground. [Note: "he" should not have been inserted by the translators, and I AM should have been capitalized]
JOHN GILL'S COMMENTARY
As soon then as he had said unto them I am he,.... Immediately upon his speaking these words, which were delivered with so much majesty and authority, and were attended with such a divine power: they went backward, and fell to the ground; they were confounded, surprised, and intimidated, and seemed as if they would have chose rather to have fled from him, than to have apprehended him; and as they retired and went backward, they fainted away, as it were, either at the majesty of his looks, or at the power of his words, or both, so that they became like dead men, falling to the ground....
Which means that that is the experience of Christ's enemies in the Bible, not His friends, or His disciples. Had God planned to rescue Christ those men would have been dead right there.