Since becoming an organized religion, the Church has lost so much Truth about who we really are in Jesus Christ. We're under the new covenant and have the restored Blessing of Abraham, but we continue seeing ourselves as who we once were, instead of who we are in Christ. We read about the Blessing of Abraham in Deuteronomy 28:1-5. The people were to walk according to the Word or Law of Moses, so that this Blessing was to "come upon and overtake" them. All of Israel was to partake of and enjoy this Blessing.
God initiated and performed this Blessing over the crops, livestock, and families. It included healing, peace and prosperity. This Promise provided such an abundance of crops, so that the people didn't plant on the sixth year, in order to recognize the Sabbath Year of Rest for the Lord. The land wasn't planted in the Sabbath Year and didn't produce crops. The people ate from the harvest on the sixth year and still had enough left over to eat on the seventh year. There was so much left over that the people ate from it on the eighth year, until the crops were ready for harvest. The Blessing God instituted was more than enough to meet all the needs of His people, including their spirit, soul and body.
The Lord spoke to me several years ago, about the "unclaimed riches of His Grace." God told me that His Grace has provided much more, that His children's faith has ever received. If God Blessed those under the old covenant, so much so that even their enemies were jealous, then how much more will He Bless His own children today?
We've limited God, believing He will only provided for our Spiritual needs. We read about the Promise of the Spirit in Galatians 3:14 (Amplified), which says, "To the end that through their receiving Christ Jesus, the Blessing Promised to Abraham might come on the Gentiles, so that we through faith might all receive the realization of the Promise of the Holy Spirit."
Receiving the Holy Spirit doesn't just include speaking in tongues and receiving the Gifts of the Spirit, but includes everything the Holy Spirit did for and through God's people through the centuries, both Spiritually and in the earth. The Holy Spirit is God Manifested in this natural realm, in order to bring about and fulfill His Promise to Abraham. Abraham is called the, "Father of the faith." He wasn't born-again or filled with the Spirit, but through his faith, the Seed of Promise (Jesus) was produced.
As we look at the earthly ministry of Jesus, we see that the Holy Spirit provided all Spiritual and earthly Blessings in His life. Every Blessing and ability that is in Heaven (where every Blessing comes from), brought God's idea of Eden to pass into both the earthly and Spiritual realm. These included the healings and miracles that restored health to people, along with breaking the Curse from the people, so the Promised Blessing could come upon them.
During the time of His earthly ministry, Jesus was the Only Man Who walked in the fullness of the Promise. Jesus preached this Promise from Isaiah 61:1-2 (Amplified), saying, "This is the Acceptable Year of the Lord and the Year of His favor." This is the Year of Jubilee, found in Leviticus 25:1-55, which came every fifty years under the Law. Jesus said that, "In Him, it is fulfilled." Jesus is our Jubilee now and forever. He has fulfilled and become our Acceptable Day of favor and the Acceptable Year of the Lord for eternity, for all who would accept Him.
This is the Truth and Promise of God to His people, but it is activated by faith in what Jesus did for us. Grace has already provided all we will ever need in Heaven and by the Heavens, will provide for our earthly needs too. It must though, be activated in our lives, by faith in Christ Jesus.
We haven't wanted to be earthly minded and have become simple minded, limiting what our Father wants us to have. The Promise of the Spirit came by faith, where Abraham allowed God's Holy Spirit to move the Blessing from Heaven to earth. 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 (unmerited, undeserved favor) and Spiritual Blessing and Truth came through Jesus Christ."
Those under the Law needed to earn the Blessing, by their performance or works. The Blessing was theirs. but it only came by fulfilling the Law. We've inherited the Blessing through Jesus Christ, Who fulfilled the Law for us and by Grace has now passed the Blessing onto all who will believe and have faith for it. In Jesus, the Father looks at us as having perfectly fulfilled all the Law and the prophets. The Blessing is now ours, by our faith in Jesus. THIS IS GRACE.
The harder we strive to do things on our own, the further we are from receiving by faith, what Grace has already given us in Christ Jesus. We haven't earned anything given in salvation. It has been freely given by Grace, by our having faith in the One God sent as our Substitute. Grace has taken away everything we once were and made us a new creation family, by Jesus.
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