John 1:16-17 (Amplified) says, "For out of His fullness (abundance), we have all received (all had a share and were all supplied with), one Grace after another, and Spiritual Blessing upon Spiritual Blessing and even favor upon favor and Gift heaped upon Gift, For while the Law was given through Moses, Grace (unearned, undeserved favor) and Spiritual Blessing and Truth came through Jesus Christ."
The Church has been waiting for our Heavenly Father to do what He Promised in His Word. When Jesus ascended into the Father's Presence after His resurrection, God's Promises were fulfilled and the fullness of His Truth was done. Healing is no longer a Promise, but a Truth that was fulfilled in Jesus. 2Corinthians 1:19-20 (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, 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."
The Promises concerning the time of Messiah, were held in place by God's Own Word for when Jesus would make them full. There was a barrier between God and His righteousness, because of the Law of Sin and Death. The flesh couldn't keep the power of the Law, making the Promises conditional. God needed to make a new covenant that couldn't be broken, but that covenant had to be made by a flesh and blood man. John 1:14 (Amplified) tells us, "And the Word (Christ), became flesh (human, incarnate), and tabernacled (fixed His tent of flesh, lived awhile among us); and we actually saw His Glory, His honor, His majesty; Such Glory as an only begotten son receives from his father, full of Grace, favor, Loving Kindness and Truth."
God's last and final covenant with mankind wasn't made with the weakness of sinful flesh, but with a Man Who was without sin and in the Guise of sinful flesh. This covenant was made with a Man Who was without sin and Who was filled with God's Own Spirit. By His Own Word, God couldn't break this covenant and by His Own will, Jesus wouldn't break it. God made a covenant by and through Himself and it's a covenant that is Eternal, just like He is.
God never made covenant with me or you. He made covenant with Jesus. By faith in Jesus, we're grafted into this Eternal covenant, as family. This covenant doesn't hinge on us, but on Him. All that Jesus is, we are too, through Him. When the Father sees me, He sees me in Jesus and He sees me in the righteousness of Jesus Himself. Mankind couldn't obtain the Promise of righteousness on his own. It's no longer a Promise, but it's a Truth in Jesus. The Promise has been fulfilled in Christ Jesus.
Throughout the Word, we find Promises God made to those who will believe and we've held these familiar scripture close. Today, we no longer have to look to the Promise, but look to Jesus, the Author and Finisher of our faith. Hebrews 12:2 (Amplified) says, "Looking away from all that will distract, to Jesus, Who is the Leader and the Source of our faith, giving the First Incentive for our belief, and is also its Finisher, bringing it to maturity and perfection. He, for the joy of obtaining the prize that was set before Him, endured the cross, despising and ignoring the shame, is now seated at the Right Hand of the Throne of God."
Paul goes on in Hebrews 10:9-10 (Amplified) saying, "Behold, here I am, coming to do Your will. Thus He does away with and annuls the first, former order as a means of expiating sin, so that He might inaugurate and establish the second, latter order. And in accordance with this will of God we have been made holy, consecrated and sanctified through the Offering made once for all of the Body of Jesus Christ (the Anointed One)."
Hebrews 6:16-18 (Amplified) says, "Men indeed swear by a greater than themselves, and with them in all disputes the oath taken for confirmation is final ending strife. Accordingly God also, in His desire to show convincingly and beyond doubt to those who were to inherit the Promise the unchangeableness of His Purpose and Plan, intervened (mediated with an oath) This is so that by two unchangeable things, His Promise and His Oath in which it is impossible for God ever to prove false or deceive us, we who have fled to Him for refuge might have mighty indwelling strength and strong encouragement to grasp and hold fast the hope appointed for us and set before us."
We are children of God and fellow heirs with Christ, according to Romans 8:16-17 (Amplified) which says, "The Spirit Himself thus testifies together with our own spirit, assuring us that we are children of God And if we are His children, then we are His heirs also; heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, sharing His inheritance with Him." We have inherited His Promise, through Jesus.
Like those before us, we've been waiting on the inheritance of the Promise. We've failed to realize that we've already received the inheritance of the Promise. It is already ours. Righteousness was a Promise that has already come to pass, in the heirs of God, according to Romans 3:21-22 (Amplified) which says, "But now the righteousness of God has been revealed independently and altogether apart from the Law, although actually it is attested by the Law and the prophets. Namely, the righteousness of God which comes by believing with personal trust and confident reliance on Jesus Christ (the Messiah), and it is meant for all who believe. For there is no distinction."
Under the Law, righteousness was a Promise from God to the people. Righteousness is now a Truth of inheritance, given by Grace in and through Jesus. It's not something we must work for or earn, but it's a fulfillment of the Promise in Jesus. We no longer must observe certain days, eat certain meats, or perform ritual washings. We must only have faith in our inheritance in Jesus, and receive the Promise of righteousness He has made ours. This is true for the new creation children of God, who are fellow heirs with Christ Jesus, through our faith in Him.
John 1:16 (Amplified) says, "For out of His fullness (abundance), we have all received (all had a share, and were all supplied with), one Grace after another, and Spiritual Blessing upon Spiritual Blessing, and even favor upon favor and Gift heaped upon Gift."
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