183. Heirs
Galatians 3:29 And if ye be Christ’s, then are ye Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise.
Believers in Christ are the seed of Abraham. The descendants of Abraham are the heirs of the promise spoken to Abraham. The believers in Christ are the descendants of Abraham; these are the spiritual descendants, not the physical descendants. They are not physical descendants of Abraham but spiritual. They are heirs according to the promise. Believers inherit the promise. The promise to Abraham incudes three parts, and each is a part of a larger whole; the whole is Christ: Land, Offspring, and Blessing to the Nations. [Genesis 12:1-3]
1) Land turns into the Kingdom of God, Jesus Christ, the rule of God over the lives of believers and the inheritance of eternal life.
2) Offspring is first of all Isaac, then the Jewish people, the nation of Israel, and then it is The Descendant, Jesus Christ, and finally, it is the Church, all the people who believe in Jesus.
3) Blessing to the nations is the promise that comes through Christ to the whole world and to every person who ever lived on earth.
Through Abraham all the peoples of the world will be blessed. This promise has been fulfilled and it is still coming true.
We believers are the heirs of this grand promise. The promise to Abraham is on its surface physical, earthly, temporal, material, promising first of all: the land of Palestine, Isaac and descendants, material prosperity and wellbeing. Throughout the revelation of Scripture the second and deeper meaning of the promise is spiritual: the kingdom of God, the Church, and spiritual wellbeing, all centered in Jesus Christ. As the heir, I am guaranteed the reception of the promises to Abraham. The Rule of Law assures the inheritance to me, the rightful heir. The Holy Spirit is within me as the guarantee of that promised inheritance. I have the promise now by faith and I will receive the promise later by sight. I have the documents (New Testament) and the signature (signed in blood).