Our Inheritance As The Seed Of Abraham

Dear reader, if you are born again and in Christ, glory to God, you are the SEED OF ABRAHAM!!

I have always heard reference to this right from my childhood when we sang songs like,

“Abraham’s blessings are mine”, “father Abraham had many sons, many sons had father Abraham, I am one of them and so are you, so let us praise the Lord”.

Wonderful songs growing up, but now I am beginning to understand what we were saying!!

Brother, Sister, this is about COVENANT! We have a HERITAGE! We have an INHERITANCE!

I have been meditating on the word concerning my heritage and I am just in awe as I see the truth of who I TRULY AM in CHRIST and what belongs to me.

It might appear to be a long read, but please just follow through with me and don’t skip any bits, because if you get this clearly then, you’ll be blown away just as I am….

GOD’S COVENANT WITH ABRAHAM AND HIS SEED

In Genesis 17 God established his covenant with Abraham.

Verse 2:  And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will MULTIPLY THEE EXCEEDINGLY.

Verse 4: As for me, behold, MY COVENANT is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations.

Verse 5 – Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham: for a FATHER OF MANY NATIONS have I made thee.

Verse 6 – And I will make thee EXCEEDING FRUTIFUL, and I will make NATIONS OF THEE, and KINGS SHALL COME OUT OF THEE.

Verse 7 – And I will establish my covenant BETWEEN ME AND THEE AND THY SEED after thee in their generation for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee.

THE CIRCUMCISION AS THE TOKEN OF THE COVENANT

Going on in Genesis 17, God then initiated the token for the covenant being the circumcision.

Verse 10: This is my covenant, which ye shall keep, between me and you and thy seed after thee; Every man child among you shall be circumcised.

Verse 11: And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a token of the covenant betwixt me and you.

THE EFFECT OF THE COVENANT ON ABRAHAM

Dear reader the effect of the covenant soon became evident in Abraham’s life.

Firstly Abraham and his wife Sarah, HAD A SON IN THEIR OLD AGE.

Gen 21:2. For Sarah conceived, and bare Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him.

Then Abraham had become exceedingly WEALTHY and GREAT.

Gen 24:1. And Abraham was old, and well stricken in age: and the Lord had BLESSED Abraham IN ALL THINGS.

Gen 24:35 And the Lord hath BLESSED my master GREATLY; and he is become great: and he hath given him flocks, and herds, and silver, and gold, and men-servants, and maidservants, and camels, and asses.

THE EFFECT OF THE COVENANT ON THE DESCENDANTS OF ABRAHAM

The blessing is seen to be manifest in Abraham’s son ISAAC :

Genesis 26:12-13. Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year an HUNDREDFOLD: and the Lord BLESSED him. And the man WAXED GREAT, and went FORWARD, and grew until he became VERY GREAT.

And we see the lineage of Abraham continuing in the blessing.

We see JACOB in Genesis 30:43:

And the man INCREASED EXCEEDINGLY, and HAD MUCH cattle, and maidservants, and menservants, and camels, and asses.

We see Jacob’s son JOSEPH prospered in the most unlikely circumstance because the blessing was on him.

Genesis 39:2-3. And the Lord was with Joseph, and he was a PROSPEROUS MAN: and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian. And his master saw that the Lord was with him, and that the Lord made all that he did to prosper in his hand.

We see The descendants of the patriarchs, the CHILDREN OF ISRAEL in Exodus 1:7:

And the children of Israel were FRUITFUL, and INCREASED ABUNDANTLY, and MULTIPLIED, and WAXED EXCEEDING MIGHTY; and the land was filled with them.

Wow!!!, look at how the blessing was steadfastly manifested in their lives. God is faithful to his word.

Going on, the Lord God, our dear loving father, would reiterate to the children of Israel that in order to continue to walk in the effect of the blessings they had to LOVE AND OBEY Him.

God said in Deuteronomy 7:9 –

Know therefore that the Lord thy God, he is God, the faithful God, which KEEPETH COVENANT and MERCY with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations.

God said in Deutronomy 7 verses 12-15 and I will document here so you can see:

Wherefore it shall come to pass, if ye hearken to these judgments, and keep and do them, that the Lord thy God shall KEEP UNTO THEE THE COVENANT and the mercy which he sware unto thy fathers: And he will LOVE thee, and BLESS thee, and MULTIPLY thee: he will also bless the fruit of thy womb, the fruit of the land, thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep, in the land which he sware unto thy fathers to give thee. Thou shalt be blessed above all people: there SHALL NOT be male or female BARREN among you or among your cattle. And the Lord will take away from thee all SICKNESS, and will put none of evil diseases of Egypt, which thou knowest, upon thee; but will lay upon all them that hate thee.

The above shows WEALTH, HEALTH, PEACE was expected in the life of the blessed seed of Abraham.

The Covenant blessings stood true for every descendant of Abraham who loved and obeyed God, for example King David.

In Deuteronomy 28 there is so much more about what God described as being blessed. Please do have a look, it is pretty long so I won’t write all here. The first 14 verses are packed with promises of increase, promotion, fruitfulness, peace, victory, good health.

Now the rest of chapter 28 speaks of CURSES including lack, poverty, sickness, barrenness, debt, not enjoying your children…ugh, its terrible, I’ll stop here.

The reason why I have mentioned the curses is very important, this is so you can recognise the curse when it rears up its ugly head.

This brings me to JESUS. PRAISE GOD!

JESUS THE SEED OF ABRAHAM

Luke 3:23 tells us in detail the genealogy of Jesus. Reading through his family tree just makes me sing in worship to the Father. Look at how right from Adam, he already had Jesus planned out and with consistency through generation to generation watched over his word to fulfill it and then came THE MESSIAH. WOW WOW WOW!

Adam gave birth to Seth, Seth then Enos, Enos then Cainan, Cainan then Maleleel, Maleleel then Jared, Jared then Enoch, Enoch then Mathusala, Mathusala then Lamech, Lamech then Noah…………….lots of people……..then Thara, then Abraham, then Isaac, then Jacob, then Juda, then more people, then Boaz, then Obed, then Jesse, then David, then more people, then Nathan, then lots of more people, then Levi, then Matthat, then Heli, then JOSEPH THEN JESUS. Whew, we got there eventually.

Hebrews 2:16 states concerning Jesus,

For verily he took not on him the nature of angels; but he took on him the SEED OF ABRAHAM.

BECOMING THE SEED OF ABRAHAM

Everything you have just read through preceded the coming of the MESSIAH.

The blessing upon Abraham declared that through his seed all the nations of the earth will be blessed. This was speaking about JESUS! Through Jesus all the world would have access to the BLESSING.

Christ Jesus came to die for us and instituted the new covenant by his blood to as many as believe in Him!

This new covenant in Christ Jesus the messiah came with the blessings of the old covenant but even MUCH MORE!, the curse was done away with! See these verses in Galatians.

Galatians 3:13-14

Christ hath REDEEMED us from the CURSE of the LAW, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree;

THAT THE BLESSING OF ABRAHAM MIGHT COME ON THE GENTILES THROUGH JESUS CHRIST’ THAT WE MIGHT RECEIVE THE PROMISE OF THE SPIRIT THROUGH FAITH.

HALLELUYAH!!!! THIS IS A SHOUTING MOMENT!!! WOOHOOO!!!

Wait for the next line:

Galatians 3:29

AND IF YE BE CHRIST’S, THEN ARE YE ABRAHAM’S SEED, AND HEIRS ACCORDING TO THE PROMISE!!!

WE HAVE BECOME THE SEED OF ABRAHAM THROUGH FAITH IN CHRIST JESUS.

Romans 4: 3 for what saith scripture? Abraham believed God , and It was counted  unto him for righteousness.

Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace; to the end the promise might be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the FAITH OF ABRAHAM; who is the father of us all.

Do you remember the circumcision? The token of the old covenant, well, see Colossian 2:11:

In whom also yea are circumcised (speaking of Christ) with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ.

We are the seed of Abraham by faith in Christ and we are circumcised in Christ.

THE BLESSINGS OF THE NEW COVENANT

The promise of the SPIRIT, is the blessing of the new covenant!

Now we have access to all Abraham had without fear of the CURSE. Sin has been done away with! Gal 3:13

The Spirit of God is resident in us. It is CHRIST IN US THE HOPE OF GLORY. COL 1:27

In Christ we have been made the righteousness of God. We no longer live, but Christ lives in us. Gal 2:20

We have been given the power to become sons of God. John1:12

We have been reconciled to the father, we can all call God Father without any fear. We have sweet fellowship with Baba God.

Romans 8:15 For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.

We have been made heirs of God. Rom 8:17 And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may also be glorified together.

In this new covenant all men are given the free gift to join the family of God.

Gal 3:28 There is no Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.

So we all have rights in Christ.

Remember all sinned and came short of the glory of God Rom 3:23, but see the NEXT VERSE Rom 3:24 Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.

IN THE NEW COVENANT WE HAVE THE BLESSINGS OF THE OLD COVENANT WITHOUT THE CURSE, PLUS WE ARE NOW BACK IN GLORY, WALKING AS SONS AND DAUGHTERS OF GOD, HEIRS OF GOD AND JOINT HEIRS WITH CHRIST.

THIS MEANS WE HAVE THE RIGHTS TO THE FOLLOWING:

1. FELLOWSHIP -Free access to enjoy the father, to come to Him unblameable, accepted, approved, loved.

Hebrews 4:16 Let us come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in our time of need.

Ephesians 1:6 To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved

2. POWER – We have available to us the same power that raised Jesus from the dead.

Ephesians 1:19  That ye may know the exceeding greatness of his power to us who believe, according to the working of his mighty power.

We have authority in the name of Jesus to heal the sick, raise , the dead, cast out devils. Matthew 10:8, Mark 16:17

3. HEALING AND DIVINE HEALTH – We have the rights to be healed and live in divine health. See what Jesus says about the lady in Luke 13 who had an infirmity that made her bowed over.

Luke 13:16 And OUGHT NOT this woman, BEING A DAUGHTER OF ABRAHAM, whom Satan hath bound, lo these 18 years, be loosed from this bond on the Sabbath day?

Consider the words ‘OUGHT NOT’. This means it was her RIGHT! WHOA!

TO THE SEED OF ABRAHAM, SICKNESS HAS NO RIGHT TO STAY. In the old and new covenant this is clear.

See Jesus again in Luke 19:9:

And Jesus said unto him, This day is salvation come to this house, FORSOMUCH AS HE ALSO IS A SON OF ABRAHAM.

AArgh! Again Jesus states that here Zacchaeus had the RIGHT to have the saviour at his home because he was the SEED OF ABRAHAM, regardless of anything he had done.

Matt 15:26 Healing is the bread of the children

2 Peter 2:24 By the stripes of Jesus we were healed

4. PROSPERITY – The following verses speaks plainly of money. It was Paul speaking to the Corinthians about the Macedonians and the monetary gift they gave. This picture painted here is exactly how our financial status should be under the old and new covenant.

2Cor 9:8-12 And God is able to make all grace abound toward you, that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work; (As it is written he hath dispersed abroad; he hath given to the poor: his righteousness remaineth forever.

Now he that ministereth seed to the sower both minister bread for your food, and multiply your seed sown, and increase the fruits of your righteousness;)

Being ENRICHED IN EVERYTHING to all bountifulness, which causeth through us thanksgiving to God. For the administration of this service not only supplieth the wants of the saints, but is abundant also by many thanksgivings unto God.

And in the same chapter in an earlier verse, where Paul was talking about the Macedonian monetary gift, he was encouraging the Corinthians to abound in the grace of giving.

Paul stated in verse 9,

For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sakes, HE BECAME POOR, THAT YE THROUGH HIS POVERTY MIGHT BE RICH.

3John 2 Beloved I wish above all things that thou MAYEST PROSPER and be in health, even as thy soul PROSPERETH.

Mark 10:30-31 And Jesus answered and said, Verily I say unto you, there is no man that hath left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, or houses, for my sake, and the gospel’s. But he shall receive an HUNDREDFOLD now IN THIS TIME, houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions; and in the world to come eternal life.

Recently I saw in Revelations 2:9 Jesus was speaking regarding the church in Smyrna. He said , ‘I know thy works, and tribulation and poverty (but thou art rich)…

And I realised this church was poor but He reminded them that in truth that was not to be the case, hence stating, BUT THOU ART RICH…

Finally dear reader, Jesus the MESSIAH, our saviour said in Luke 4:18—19

The spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the broken hearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, to preach the acceptable year of the Lord.

Are you still a victim of any of those issues Jesus said he came for? If you believe in Jesus and you are born again. You are the seed of Abraham by faith and you have a right to live in the blessing.

I know who I am in Christ, I know my antecedents, I know my heritage, I know what belongs to me, so when the devil tries to lie, I stand fast in the liberty to which I am called and I declare BOLDLY,

I AM THE SEED OF ABRAHAM

I AM AN HEIR OF GOD.

I AM THE RIGHTEOUS

I AM WHOLE

I AM THE HEALED

I AM THE PROSPEROUS

I AM THE DELIVERED

I AM THE FRUITFUL

AND THE LIST GOES ON…

I Fight the good fight of faith and lay hold of all Jesus died for me to have!.