Firstborn son
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God sent his only begotten Son, Jesus Christ, to be the first born of all creation. As the first born, Jesus took on the inheritance rights and special status normally given to the first born son. This included taking the place and receiving the blessing meant for the first born, even when he was not the first to be born physically. By becoming human and dying on the cross, Jesus exchanged his rights as God's first born to save all those who believe in him from perishing. As a result, believers become part of Christ's body and church as joint heirs with him as God's first born son.
Firstborn son
- 1. 4/03/2015 John 3:16 First born Son Overtime John 3:16 has been scripture in church however Christians have not given time to respond to the reality of the word of truth. Think for a while this scripture has so much to discover about, today we shall concentrate on the truth of His only begotten Son. 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. This tells us God has His only begotten Son Jesus Christ making the first born of all creatures (Mathew 1:25, Col 1:15). The biblical legislation gave the first born male a special status with respect of inheritance rights and certain regulations. First born male in Hebrew is bekhor meaning heir or successor and the inheritance right is termed as mishpat ha-bekhorah meaning the rule of the birth right (Deuteronomy 21:17). We can see first the example of Jacob and Esau, Jacob exchanges the birthright from the hand of Esau and finally he comes in to grab the blessing of Esau the first born from the father Isaac (Genesis 27:19-32), then look at 1 chronicles 5:1ff it expresses Joseph status as first born, then the sons of Joseph; Ephraim and Manasseh (Genesis 48:14) And Israel stretched out his right hand and laid it upon Ephraims head who was younger, and his left hand upon Manassehs head,guiding his hands wittingly; for Manasseh was the firstborn. This gives us a clear shadow of what happened in the New Testament. Psalms 89:27, 1samuel 17:13 we need to understand that David son of Jesse was not the firstborn until there was an exchange. But this was not to happen to only one man, race,generation but to all that believe on Jesus Christ, whosoever believeth on Him Jesus is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature (Colossians 1:15), He is the Head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the first born from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence. The exchange Jesus came for in John 3:17, God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. The Apostle Paul writes to the Philippians that let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men: And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross. Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name: That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. (Philippians 2:5-11) The body of Christ is the church of the firstborn (Hebrews 12:23) and therefore for whom he did foreknew, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son that he might be the firstborn among many brethren (Romans 8:29). Shalom Apostle Tendo Isaac ap.tendo@gmail.com +256700769870