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I Am An Heir of God
(Rm8:16-25; He1:2)
God is the Father.
For the Son He made all things (Col1:16) and
To the Son He inherits all things (He1:2).
Faith is knowing that one has become an heir of God and
The life of this faith is suffering with Christ in order to become a co-heir with Christ (Rm8:17).
A billionaire wants to inherit his possession, a business owner his business, and a king his throne
To their children even if it is impossible or unlawful.
God wants the Son to proudly become an Heir of all things "”
Thrones, authorities, things visible and invisible, all of which He made for the Son (Col1:16).
When the archangel Lucifer attempted to ascend the throne in the spiritual heaven (Is14:12-15),
He was cast down to Hades, the universe, and contained until the great day of judgment (2Pe2:4).
He further deceived Adam to sin (Ge2:17, 3:4-6) for which
All men became bound for hell with the devil (Mt25:41).
God called childless Abram, "Abraham" (Ge17:4-6) for
He would become a father of many nations and many kings would come from him.
His heir would be not a servant or come from a servant (Ge15:2-4)
But rather from Sarah and himself, that is, Isaac (Ge17:17-19).
Subsequently began the endless tension between
The descendants of Israel and of Ishmael (Ge28:9), as well as
The feud over the birthright between the twins Esau and Jacob (Ge25:21-24, 27:35-46) "”
Both of which had great influence on the history of Israel.
As such, continuing the line of the firstborn was a matter serious enough for them to
At times break their ethics (Mt22:24) for
Anyone neglecting such was even put to death (Ge38:1-26).
For God had commanded, "Let my firstborn son Israel go" (Ex4:22-23)
The pharaoh and all those who disobeyed the Lord's command
Lost their firstborns overnight (Ex12:29).
For the sanctuary reminded them that, "Jehovah = the God of Israel," "Canaan = their inheritance,"
"Israel = the firstborn = the most exalted of the kings of the earth" (Ps89:27),
The Jews became furious when Yeshua said, "Destroy this temple."
However, when He said, "Destroy this temple and I will raise it again in three days" (Jn2:19-20),
He meant that, through the death and the resurrection of the temple of His body,
He would make not the flesh and blood of Israel or that of Ishmael
But the souls of all men heirs of God (Eph3:6) for
A heavenly city, not Jerusalem (He12:22, 13:14), in the Father's name Yeshua (Jn5:43).
He prophesied His own death, resurrection and
Return in His kingdom (Mt16:21, 28).
As He died, Yeshua said, "It is finished" (Jn19:30), declaring that He:
1) Gave His life according to the Father's command and became His Heir (Jn10:18; Php2:6-11);
2) Judged the devil the prince of the world (Is14:12-15; Jn12:31); and
3) In His redeeming blood gave birth to children (Eph1:7; 1Pe1:23).
He resurrected and ascended to heaven as
The firstborn from the dead (He1:6; Rev1:5).
The Holy Spirit whom He sent comes in the name Yeshua
To those who have become His children in His blood (Rm8:16-17) and
Lets them mature to become co-heirs with Christ and share in His sufferings (Rm8:17-25).
The Christian looks to the Lamb on the throne Yeshua (Rev4:1-2, 8, 5:6) who
For the joy set before Him endured the cross (He12:2) so that
When Yeshua returns with all authorities as the King
He would become the first of all men to be in the resurrected body (1Co15:22-23)
To go before Christ and faintly share in His glory (Lk22:28-30).
O Lord,
For thousands of years the descendants of Israel and Ishmael
Continue their bloody fight over the birthright.
The bloodied Jerusalem!
As all creation have awaited we have finally become children of God so
Let us joyfully receive whatever the suffering, persecution, trials and
When Christ returns let us come out to the resurrection to life, the first resurrected bodies and
Go before You as Your firstborns. Amen.