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The Greatest Inheritance
(2Ti3:12-17)
God is the heavenly Father (Mt6:32).
He gives birth to children in the most precious blood (1Pe1:19, 23), and
He inherits the best to His children (Mt7:11).
Faith is longing to receive His inheritance and
The life of this faith is living according to His will (last words) and fighting to gain His inheritance.
A nation leaves behind culture and cultural artifacts to its descendants and
A man desires to leave behind his name and excellent children, because of which
They invest in early childhood education and even emigrate to other countries for education.
While such effort might make the children intelligent
It is increasingly becoming difficult to make them real "humans."
The Bible is the testament or will of God towards man:
The first testament is the Old Testament and the latter testament is the New Testament.
Adam, the ancestor of all mankind, broke the word of God (Ge2:17. 3:4-6), because of which
His son killed the other son (Ge4:8) and thereafter
The tragedy of children causing pain for their parents has continued without ceasing.
God called Abraham and promised him an inheritance:
A kingdom and the land of Canaan (Ge17:5-6, 8).
His descendants, Israel, became slaves in Egypt (Ge15:13-15) and
After 4 generations, 430 years, God brought them back to the land for their inheritance.
The book of Deuteronomy contains the last words of Moses that
He spoke from east of the Jordan (Dt1:1-3) about
How they ought to keep the commandment when they entered the land and
All would go well for them (Dt15:4, 26:1).
The ark of the covenant inside the sanctuary
Contained the law, the testament, that Moses delivered them
Through the angels, the spirit to make slaves, to fear (Ac7:53; Rm8:15) and
Thus reminded them to teach their children to keep them (Dt31:9-13).
Yeshua said, "Destroy this temple and I will raise it again in three days" (Jn2:19), and
Shocked the Jews who were obsessed with the last words of Moses but
Yeshua would, through the death and the resurrection of the temple of His body,
Inherit not the earthly land but a new heaven and a new earth (Rev21:1),
Not a kingdom that is shaken but the kingdom of God (He12:28) for
He would tear down the inheritance for servants and give the one for the Son (Mt23:39; Gal4:30).
As His flesh tore and He died, He said, "It is finished" (Jn19:30), declaring that He:
1) Died according to the Father's command and fought to gain the promised inheritance of the
greatest name, the Father's name (Jn17:11; Php2:9; He1:4);
2) Judged the devil who challenged the throne of God (Is14:12-15; 1Jn3:8); and
3) With His blood gave birth to children and opened the way to the Father's house (Jn14:1-6; 1Pe1:19).
He resurrected and ascended to the throne in heaven.
The Holy Spirit came to those who received the name Yeshua and became His children (Jn1:12) and
Lets them think only of the last words of the heavenly Father:
That is, going to the Father's house when He returns (Jn14:1-6) and
The inheritance, the kingdom of God (Jn18:36).
The man of the Spirit fights to gain the greatest inheritance
By praying in the name of Yeshua and
Testifying His name to gain and grow souls.
To pass down this inheritance to his children, both the physical and the spiritual,
He speaks only one way, the last words of Yeshua, the word of the Bible for
It is God-breathed and useful for
Teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness (2Ti3:12-17).
Therefore, even if the children are still immature now
The Holy Spirit will help them grow to finally fulfill the last words of the heavenly Father.
O Lord,
All my children, all the souls given to me!
Even if they do not listen now
Help them to change what they need to change and give up what they need to give up
So that they may inherit in that day
The greatest gift, the kingdom of God. Amen.