As I was walking my dog, I bumped into my neighbour who is a Jew. We had a good conversation and I got to know a bit of Jewish culture. A particular one that caught my attention
was the “double portion" of a man’s inheritance in Jewish culture. The firstborn son in a Jewish family entitles to receive a double portion of the inheritance from his father and the rest is shared within his siblings. That was really interesting and when pondering on that particularly, my Jewish neighbour said that God loves the firstborn much and the heritage of the family is through the firstborn.
Deuteronomy 21:15-17 - “If a man has two wives, one loved and the other unloved, and they have borne him children, both the loved and the unloved, and if the firstborn son is of her who is unloved, then it shall be, on the day he bequeaths his possessions to his sons, that he must not bestow firstborn status on the son of the loved wife in preference to the son of the unloved, the true firstborn. But he shall acknowledge the son of the unloved wife as the firstborn by giving him a double portion of all that he has, for he is the beginning of his strength; the right of the firstborn is his.
As we parted ways, I continued to munch on the double portion of inheritance and a light flashed in my mind about the inheritance in Christ Jesus. It is evident from the scriptures that Jesus Christ is the firstborn of all creation. He is the legal heir and beneficiary of God’s belongings. But, Jesus shared the full portion of God with His adopted brothers and sisters without holding back His double portion. He has shared completely everything He was blessed with and made us joint heirs in His inheritance. How great is His love towards us? He is the Son of God exhibiting God in all His ways!
When He was on earth, He told His disciples in John 14:2-3,
“In My Father’s house are
many mansions; if it were not so,I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also.” [mansions literally meaning dwellings]. Jesus has already made way for His disciples (now and thereafter in future) to come and dwell in Father’s house.
A Double Inheritance!!! A HOLY Priesthood and A ROYAL Priesthood in Jesus Christ!
1 Peter 2:5 - you also, as living stones, are being built up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
1 Peter 2:9 - But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvellous light;
As Jesus had told His disciples, He had already prepared a place ready for His chosen ones to come and enjoy the fellowship with Him and Father as a HOLY and ROYAL Priesthood. The joint-heirs with Jesus Christ! What a fantastic inheritance one has in Him! Hallelujah! Praising God for all the provisions already provided in Christ for all of His adopted sons.
BE JOYFUL EVERYONE AND INHERIT YOUR PORTION IN HIM!
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