Truth About the Tithe
Today’s Focus: Understanding the First Covenant and Promise
Scripture: Hebrews 6:13-20; Galatians 3:29
Greetings Kingdom Citizens
Now we have discussed that the first covenant between God and God made Abraham and his seed beneficiaries of the promise. The question is how do we get into this picture? When we look at Hebrews 6:13-20 it starts out telling us that the promise was made to Abraham and the oath was made between God and Himself. Now we saw in Galatians 3:16 that the promise was made to Abraham and His seed and we know the seed is Christ. So the promise was to Abraham and Christ but does that leave us out? Let’s see!
Hebrews 6:17,18: Wherein God, willing more abundantly to shew the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed it by a oath: That by two immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, WE MIGHT HAVE A STRONG CONSOLATION, WHO HAVE FLED FOR REFUGE TO LAY HOLD UPON THE HOPE SET BEFORE US.
Do you see that! We already confirmed that the promise is between Abraham and Christ but Paul says that WE may have strong consolation. So we are an heir of the promise. So the promise is fulfilled in Christ. But you may ask how do we fit into this picture? Let’s draw the picture of the covenant for you up to this point:
Covenant (God and God) à Fully funded estate in the form of a promise à Made to Abraham and His Seed à Fulfilled in Christ which includes us.
Now let’s prove it! Galatians 3:29: “AND IF YE BE CHRIST’S, THEN ARE YE ABRAHAM’S SEED AND HEIRS ACCORDING TO THE PROMISE” Can we say case closed! We are beneficiaries of the promise. This promise required a sacrifice requiring God to come in the flesh as the Lamb to reconcile us back to the Father and into our inheritance as sons. So if you are in Christ then you are Abraham’s seed and a heir. Remember back in Hebrews 6:17 it said: heirs of promise.
In the next message we will look at the concept of administrators of the covenants.
At Our Father’s Service
Calvin Calhoun, Jr.
