We Are God's Property, His Family

In Jeremiah 33:44 it says that men shall buy fields for money, and subscribe evidences, and seal them, and take witnesses in the land…….

Likewise the Lord flashed in my mind Ephesians 1:12-14 and let me know that we are sealed by His Holy Spirit.  We are His habitation and the evidence of that purchase is in the blood covenant upon our heart and mind.

Ephesian 1:12-14  That we should be to the praise of his glory, who first trusted in Christ.
V13 In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise,
V14 Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory.  

Christ in you is the inheritance of God, having purchased you with such a great price.  The evidence of the Holy Spirit is the earnest, or down-payment, or you could say, is the first manifestation of the New Life of Christ Jesus…God’s Son in us and working through us.  A little at a time we are being transformed, changed, our minds renewed and washed by the Holy Spirit. Little at a time we are pressing into, stepping into the Kingdom of God and finding out what it is like to be a member of God’s Son, as His Body. 

We enter in through the veil, which is His flesh that He gave for the life of the world.  We behold the Father through the Son. ! Amen.  No one can come to the Father except through the Son, and only if the Father draws them. Hallelujah! May you hear even more of what the Father is saying here! Amen.

The Father has sealed you by His own Spirit as a witness to all, that you are His Property.  But He takes this beyond just his property…. He adopts you into His family.  Then places you in the position with His only begotten Son Jesus Christ.  A little at a time He reveals His Son to your soul, and as that happens, you are changed into the same image. (2 Corinthians 3:16-18)  Washed in His Word, and cleansed in His Blood, and sanctified by His Holy Spirit.  

Titus 3:4-7 But after that the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared,
V5 Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost:

V6 Which he shed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Saviour;
V7 That being justified by his grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.

God is our witness and record of this transaction. 

Having sealed you by His Holy Spirit, and caused witnesses to this record, by Himself:   Father, Word, and Holy Ghost in heaven, and in the earth is witnessed by the spirit, water, and blood (the man Jesus/Lamb).  

1 John 5: (all) v6 This is he that came by water and blood, even Jesus Christ; not by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit that beareth witness, because the Spirit is truth.
V7 For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost and these three are one.
V8 And there are three that bear witness in earth, the spirit, and the water, and the blood: and these three agree in one.
V9 If receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater: for this is the witness of God which he hath testified of his Son.
V10 He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he believeth not the record that God gave of his Son.
V11 And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.
V12 He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life.

Galatians 4:5-7 To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons.
V6 And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father.
V7 Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ. 

We have received the Seal of God upon our mind and heart, the Seal that we are become one with His Son Jesus Christ.  This cannot be broken.  This is set.  This cannot change. 

God has given us His holy Spirit, the Spirit of His Son…. Jesus Christ.  God’s Family and body (church) of the Firstborn.  Thank you Father God and Big Brother Jesus!

Amen.

Blessing

Luke 2:34 And Simeon blessed them, and said unto Mary his mother, Behold, this child is set for the fall and rising again of many in Israel; and for a sign which shall be spoken against;

Fall and Rise of many in Israel.

Luke 3:2-3 ….the word of God came unto John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness.
V3 And he came into all the country about Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins;

V4 As it is written in the book of the words of Esaias the prophet, saying The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straights.

V5 Every valley shall be filled, and every mountain and hill shall be brought low: and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough ways shall be made smooth;
V6 And all flesh shall see the salvation of God.

V7 Then said he to the multitude that came forth to be baptized of him O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?

V8 Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of repentance, and begin not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father; for I say unto you, That God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham.

V9 And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: every tree therefore which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.

V10 And the people asked him, saying, What shall we do then?
V11 He answered and saith unto them, He that hath two coats, let him impart to him that hath none; and he that hath meat, let him do likewise.

God’s prophecies were coming forth to clean house.  As the Lord Jesus had said in Matthew 23:33-39 and Matthew 24, that all these things in prophecy were going to come on that generation.  And it did.

Matthew 23:33-39 Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell?
V34 Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: and some of them ye shall kill and crucify; and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute them from city to city.
V35 That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar.
V36 Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this generation.
V37 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often  would I have gathered thy children together, even as a he gathereth her chickens under her wings, and yet would not!
V38 Behold, your house is left unto you desolate,
V39 For I say unto you, Ye shall not see me henceforth, till ye shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord.

Wow.  Praise the Lord!  Worship God.  God cleaned house then and has made things new. Understanding is needed.  Balance.  

Jesus said he would make all things new. And He did and from age to age we see Jesus Ruling from the heavenly throne, Forever.  It is done. A new covenant, new priesthood, new law, new king, and better promises and blessings, and so much more in Christ Jesus.  

Revelation 21:1-7 *5-7 And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new, And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful.
V6 And he said unto me, It is done, I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely.
V7 He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son.

We overcome by faith in Christ Jesus, for He overcame all things for us.  Co-heirs with Him.  In Galatians we see that through Jesus Christ we are redeemed by the blood of the Lamb so that we may receive the adoption of sons.

Galatians 4:4-7 But when the fullness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law,
V5 To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons.
V6 And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father.
V7 Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.

The remnant of Israel are blessed of God through His Son Jesus.  The Gentiles are blessed through His Son Jesus.  The Lord Loved the world so much that He gave His Son for all souls.  Through Jesus Christ we are all blessed.

John 3:16-18  For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.  He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.

We have been given such an awesome and perfect Savior and Salvation from God the one and only God, who is the creator of all heavens and earth. 

It is not as it was in the old days of Israel, but rather better than those days. … built upon better promises, better covenant.

The Love of God is shining forth and He is calling out those that are to be His tabernacle.  His church which is the Body of Christ.

Ephesians 1:22-23 And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church, which is his body, the fullness of him that filleth all in all.

Amen.

Better Things

Today’s blessing begins with these scriptures which the Lord spoke revelation of Jesus Christ and His Body, God’s church.  My heart is full today from the Lord!  It is more than enough and would fill more than just this page.  So to consolidate and summarize is this:

Ezekiel 36:26-28 declares God’s heart for Israel and His protection for Israel from the heathen.  God will sanctify them and make a covenant of peace with them as an everlasting covenant, will place Israel, and multiply them, and will set His sanctuary in the midst of them for evermore.

Here’s verses 27-28:
My tabernacle also shall be with them: yea, I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
And the heathen shall know that I the Lord do sanctify Israel, when my sanctuary shall be in the midst of them for evermore.

Beautiful, isn’t it?!  Such love of God to them.  All through the old testament there is God’s word and dealings with the chosen people of God.  Yet all through the old testament we see how they broke the covenant God had made with them.  Then we see God restore them over and over again….and again.  Such love.!

Then in all the prophets and psalms we take note as the Lord blesses and corrects the house of Israel. 

Yet in the Seed which is Jesus of Nazareth who was all man and is all God, the promises of God are yes and amen.  Jesus said “I make all things new.”  What was He talking about?

A Better Thing…. A New Covenant upon better promises were coming forth… all through the work of the Father in and through His only begotten Son, Jesus the Christ and Lamb of God.  The work of God’s salvation for all souls is finished, complete … in Christ Jesus.  Hallelujah! Amen.

Hebrews 8:1-6 Now of the things which we have spoken this is the sum: We have such an high priest, who is set on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens;
A minister of the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, and not man….. 

Note: So a tabernacle in the heavenly realm having come down in the earth, yet it is a heavenly realm dominion.  The Lord built it, not by an earthly means.  By His Spirit is the Kingdom of God come in the earthen realm, yet in Spirit. (Romans 14:17)

Romans 14:17 For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.

Hebrews 8:4-8
V4 For if he were on earth, he should not be a priest, seeing that there are priests that offer gifts according to the law.
V5 Who serve unto the example and shadow of heavenly things, as Moses was admonished of God when he was about to make the tabernacle: for, See, saith he, that thou make all things according to the pattern shown to thee in the mount.

V6 But now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also he is the mediator of a better covenant, which was established upon better promises.

Note: Not the old covenant or promises, but the Better Covenant and Better Promises. So why settle for less?

V7 For if that first covenant had been faultless, then should no place have been sought for the second.
V8 For finding fault with them, he saith, Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah:

Note: And so it is Done.  

Now here is the new covenant noted in Hebrews 8:9-12
V9 Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; because they continued not in my covenant, and I regarded them not, saith the Lord.
V10 For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people:
V11 And they shall not teach every man his neighbor, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord; for all shall know me, from the least to the greatest.
V12 For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more.
V13 In that he saith, A new covenant, he hath made the first old. Now that which decayeth and waxeth old is ready to vanish away.

Now this new Covenant is also for all whom the Lord has called…
Romans 9:23-26
V23 And that he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had afore prepared unto glory,
V24 Even us, whom he hath called, not of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles?
V25 As he saith also in Osee, I will call them my people, which were not my people; and her beloved, which was not beloved.
V26 And it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people; there shall they be called the children of the living God.

And the scriptures continue to show us how that God made all things new.  The old is passed away.  The Seed of Abraham, who is Jesus Christ, has obtained the salvation for all souls; all whom the Lord has called, and have birthed us forth by His Holy Spirit.  

He fulfilled the old law and removed the first to establish the second: Hebrews 10:4-10
V4 For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins.
V5 Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me:
V6 In burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin thou hast had not pleasure.
V7 Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of me,) to do thy will, O God.
V8 Above when he said, Sacrifice and offering and burnt offerings and offering for sin thou wouldest not, neither hadst pleasure therein; which are offered by the law;
V9 Then said he, Lo, I come to do thy will, O God. He taketh away the first, that he may establish the second.
V10 By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.

A new Law and Covenant was formed to work within our members:  the Law of the Spirit of Life in Christ Jesus.  His Blood and Body fulfilled all the requirements of sin.  Redeemed by the blood of the Lamb.  He arose from the dead and death could not hold him anymore.  This He did for us all.  He tasted death for all men.  In Him we now have Life Eternal.

Romans 8
V1 There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
V2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.
V3 For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:
V4 That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.

V9…But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his…..

Those that have received the Son of God, Jesus Christ by faith, and have received the baptism and infilling of Holy Spirit which is the promise of the Father to seal you as His forever…. These are the children of God.

These are those that are the body of Christ Jesus, the church of the firstborn.

Romans 8:14-17
V14 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.
V15 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.
V16 The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God:
V17 And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together….. Hallelujah! Amen.

Built upon better promises, better priesthood, better sacrifice…the perfect Way.  Oh Hallelujah! Amen.

Hebrews 9:11-12 But Christ being come an high priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this building;

Not of the old temple made by man’s hands according to the example God showed, but the real, true tabernacle that God has made by His Spirit.  For He has and is making us His holy tabernacle.

For Jesus Christ, the Lamb and His Blood have entered our own hearts, sanctifying us and justifying us in His Spirit who alone is righteous and worthy.

Hebrews 9:23-24 It was therefore necessary that the patterns of things in the heavens should be purified with these; but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.
For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us;…….

Better Days of Better Blessings. CoHeirs. Continue to press in through the veil which is His flesh, and behold the Lord in His glory, for here is where you are changed into the same image.  

Hebrews 10:19-22 Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus,
By a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh;
And having an high priest over the house of God;
Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.

Thank you Jesus! Thank you Father!

Amen.