Ben Loves His Family
The years had been good to Ben. He couldn’t sit still and do nothing, so over the decades he put together a business venture here and there, sometimes using his cash, sometimes using policy loans from his whole life insurance policies. Ever since his accident he had really depended on the Lord for wisdom and […]
Your Family Bank
“An inheritance quickly gained at the beginning will not be blessed at the end.” (Proverbs 20:21) What do you want to leave the future generations of your family after you’re gone? What do you want to leave your children? What do you want to leave your grandchildren? Your great grandchildren? Beyond? Would you prefer to […]
First-Born: Birthright and Inheritance – Part 2
In order to express His divine thoughts about His Son (as Paul put it, “the mystery of Christ”), God ordered in the family of Man the concept and rules of the first-born. The first-born in the ancient Hebrew culture would have two separate endowments from his father: his birthright and an inheritance of a double […]
First-Born: Birth Right and Inheritance
The Concept of Sonship underpins all of God’s dealings in human history. We will only briefly mention some for the purpose of illustration. But first, the concept of first-born or first-fruit needs to be briefly mentioned. Let’s take a closer look at Colossians 1:15: He is the image of the invisible God, which was stated […]
Two Trees – Part 2
In the beginning, God put two trees in the middle of the garden Eden: the tree of the Knowledge of good and evil, and the tree of life. Tree of Life Genesis does not provide us much description about the tree of life. We know that it stands beside the tree of death, which means […]