Isaiah 61:1-3 – “The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me, because the LORD has anointed me

To bring good news to the afflicted; He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, To proclaim liberty to captives And freedom to prisoners; 2 To proclaim the favorable year of the LORD And the day of vengeance of our God; To comfort all who mourn, 3 To grant those who mourn in Zion, Giving them a garland instead of ashes, The oil of gladness instead of mourning, The mantle of praise instead of a spirit of fainting. So they will be called oaks of righteousness,

The planting of the LORD, that He may be glorified.”  NASU

 

 

 

In Zechariah 9:9-12 we find cause for rejoicing in the coming Kingdom of the LORD.  In verse 10 we find that His Kingdom is a peaceful kingdom and He will rule all.  In verse 11 we read about the Blood of the Covenant and His deliverance of the prisoners out of the pit.  This is such a beautiful description of the ministry of Jesus.  He does not come with a physical sword but in humility going to the Cross as our sacrifice.  He came to provide salvation so that the Gospel of Peace could spread across the earth by the power of His Blood bring us the New Covenant and SETTING MEN FREE!  In verse 12 we find that we are to return to the stronghold with HOPE for we are NO LONGER prisoners but we are to be restored DOUBLE!

What a promise!  Set free and restored DOUBLE!  Hope means you have a confident expectation of something and are sure it is coming to you!  We have been richly blessed by the LORD but there is more to come for the Body of Christ.  We are not on the losing side!  I can hardly contain myself as I write just contemplating what God has in store for His Church in these last days!

THE LAW OF DOUBLE PORTION:

I want to give you ‘Several Examples’ of the DOUBLE PORTION in Scripture.  Each gives a different aspect and insight as to what this is all about.  Each shows different responsibilities we have with regard to the DOUBLE PORTION and the different PITFALLS we must avoid.

Deuteronomy 21:17 – – The Right of the Firstborn.

When a man had a number of sons and time came to divide the inheritance he was commanded by God’s Law to give a DOUBLE PORTION to the Firstborn Son.  It did not matter if he thought this son was more deserving or not it was GOD’S LAW.  Hebrews 12:23 tells us that the Church of Jesus Christ is called the ‘Church of the Firstborn’ so we are God’s Firstborn.  How is that possible?  God has ONLY ONE firstborn and that is JESUS.  No argument there in Romans, Hebrews, Colossians, and Revelation Jesus is called God’s Firstborn.  So how can the church be God’s firstborn?

 

James 1:18 – “God has begotten us and we are the first fruits of His creatures.”

1 Peter 1:3-4 – We find that when we are born-again we are born-again to receive an inheritance.

Romans 8:16-17 – The Holy Spirit bears witness with our spirits that we are the children of God and because of this we are HEIRS or as the Bible declares “JOINT-HEIRS with Jesus”.  So, Jesus as God’s firstborn received the DOUBLE PORTION and because we are IN Christ and Christ is IN us we also become God’s firstborn.  He is the HEAD and we are the BODY. We are called the ‘one new man’ so we are DOUBLE PORTION HEIRS.    We do not just get a blessing we get what Jesus has!  HALLELUJAH! 

Wow, I am taking too much space and only got one example.  But I will pause there and try to be more brief and give you more next posting.  May God be with you as you go through y our day!  BLESSINGS!