We read in the Word about Jesus' birth, Who is the Promise of God and a Son born not of a man, but of the Spirit of God Himself. God's Word is God's Seed and bring forth a new creation family of God. Every desire, hope and intention God had for His family, was to be completely restored through Jesus' birth. We can read every Promise from God, through the Old and New Testaments, but we fail to realize that Jesus is the Total Fulfillment of Every Promise of God.
God's Promise to Adam, was brought into full view by Jesus. Adam didn't only have healing, but he had Divine health. Adam didn't only have prosperity, but he was given dominion over the entire earth from the beginning. Adam didn't only have righteousness, but he was created righteous from the beginning. Adam didn't only have access to the Father, but everything he ever learned or heard, came from God. God raised him, taught him, walked with him, talked with him and was a Father to Adam.
We've lost sight of what Jesus' birth really means. Jesus was the Full Restoration for God's family. We were to be as perfect as the One Who made us perfect and we were to have access into the Very Presence of God, like the first Adam did. Now, we've been made into a new creation of righteousness, by the Last Adam Jesus.
2Corinthians 1:18-22 (Amplified) tells us, "As surely as God is trustworthy and faithful and means what He says, our speech and Message to you have not been Yes, that might mean No. For the Son of God, Christ Jesus the Messiah, Who has been preached among you by us, by myself, Sylvanus, and Timothy, was not Yes and No, but in Him is always the Divine Yes. Verses 20-22 continue, "For as many as are the Promises of God, they all find their Yes answer in Him, Christ. For this reason we also utter the Amen (so be it) to God through Him (in His Person and by His Agency) to the Glory of God. For it is God Who confirms and makes us steadfast and establishes us in joint fellowship with you in Christ, and has consecrated and anointed us, enduing us with the Gifts of the Holy Spirit. He has also appropriated and acknowledged us as His by putting His Seal upon us and given us His Holy Spirit in our hearts as the security deposit and guarantee of the fulfillment of His Promise."
Jesus is the "Fulfillment of every Promise," that God's Word has set forth for His children. Jesus' Redemption didn't just include our being forgiven and going to Heaven when we die, but includes our being restored to God's family once again, both on this earth and in His House. Every Promise God uttered about His family through the Old and New Testament prophets, came to pass in Jesus, the Messiah, our Lord and Savior.
Let's take time to truly unwrap our Christmas Gift of Jesus, this year. Let's see what was wrapped in Flesh and discover the True Gift inside this beautiful, carefully wrapped Gift from God. 2Corinthians 1:20 (Amplified) says, "For as many as are the Promises of God, they all find their Yes Answer in Him, Christ." Does God still heal? The Answer to that Promise is "Yes, in Him." Does God still make righteous? The Answer to that is, "Yes." Does God still proclaim His Blessing on us, today? The Answer to this Promise is, "Yes." Many are the Promises of God to and for us today and His Promises are "Yes and Amen," through Jesus.
Everything Adam lost in the Garden, has now been redeemed and restored through God's Promise in Jesus. Not one Promise has been unfulfilled in Jesus Christ our Lord. We've failed to unwrap the Gift of God's Son and have failed to see what Promises God gave to us, through Jesus. We've been far too careful, trying not to tear the wrapping paper and we've never truly seen inside the Gift of God's Promise.
Reading through God's Word about Jesus, we can see that He is the Promise of God to all who've suffered at the hands of Adam's fall in the Garden. Jesus tells us, in Luke 4:18-19 (Amplified), "The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, because He has anointed Me (the Anointed One, the Messiah) to preach the Good News (the Gospel) to the poor; He has sent Me to announce release to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to send forth as delivered those who are oppressed, who are down-trodden, bruised, crushed, and broken down by calamity. To proclaim the accepted and acceptable year of the Lord, the day when salvation and the free favors of God profusely abound." Verse 21 says, "And He began to speak to them, Today this scripture has been fulfilled while you are present and hearing." This Promise (as well as all of God's Promises) are fulfilled in Jesus. This doesn't mean simply the forgiveness of sin, but the complete removal of sin. All God's Promises for His new creation family, were completed and fulfilled in this One Gift, Who is Jesus Christ our Lord.
Merry Christ to everyone who has hears to hear and eyes to see the unwrapping of God's Gift of Love to you. All God's Promises are "Yes and Amen in Christ Jesus." Have you come upon a Promise of God, that you need in your life? If you have, then remember what Paul says in 2Corinthians 1:19 (Amplified) says, "For the Son of God, Christ Jesus the Messiah; Who has been preached among you by us, by myself, Silvanus, and Timothy, was not Yes and No, but in Him it is always the Divine Yes."
Merry Christmas, Love, Cowboy Jim
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