Jesus taught us to pray, “Our Father which art in heaven…”
God is not only Jesus’ father; He is our father also. He is Father in many ways. As the Creator, He is the father of all His creation. He is the father to all humankind because He created man in His own image, as it says “male and female created he them.” He is our father because of creation, and in that sense we are his sons. He is the father of Jesus Christ because Jesus Christ is the only begotten son of God. Now we are getting to the point. A father gives his inheritance to his children. The inheritance of the Creator is everything that the creator owns, and God is the estate owner of all heaven and earth. God has given His inheritance to His Firstborn, Jesus Christ. Jesus by inheritance is the owner all things.
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth… Yahweh made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, … And God saw everything that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. … No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him. … Being made so much better than the angels, as he hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they. … And for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament, they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance. … Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: … Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ. … The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints, … He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son.
The above quotes are found in order as follows: Genesis 1:1, Exodus 20:11, Genesis 1:31, John 1:18, Hebrews 1:4, Hebrews 9:15, Matthew 25:34, Colossians 3:24, Ephesians 1:18, Revelation 21:7
Estate Owners
What happens when an estate owner dies? The executor reads the will and testament of the one who died and must remit the inheritance to the heirs. Before his death, the estate owner owns all things. The heirs may not take their inheritance until the death of the owner. Death is required before the inheritance may be disseminated.
This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him. Matthew 17:5
Jesus is the only begotten son of Father God. Twice during his life on earth God said, This is my beloved son in whom I am well pleased.[1] Jesus was the fully matured son, the son who was ready to take over his father’s business. He owned and had authority over all the estate of God the Father. Because Jesus was the True Firstborn, the only full heir of the Father under the First Covenant, at his death he had the authority to bequeath that same inheritance to his many brethren[2] under his own will and testament, the New Covenant[3].
And for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament, they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance. For where a testament [a will] is, there must also of necessity be the death of the testator. For a testament [a will] is of force after men are dead: otherwise it is of no strength at all while the testator liveth. Hebrews 9:15-17
Jesus is the Testator, the Estate Owner, of the Second Covenant who had to die as the son over his own house[4] to bequeath the eternal inheritance to His many brethren. In His death as the Testator of the Second Testament, he bequeathed the promise of eternal inheritance to all who would come to God by him.
Beloved now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is. And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure. 1 John 3:2–3
He is the firstborn of many brethren,[5] and this is the inheritance bought for us by redemption through His blood.[6]
[1] Matthew 3:17; Matthew 17:5
[2] Romans 8:29 For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.
[3] Hebrews 8:7 For if that first covenant had been faultless, then should no place have been sought for the second.
[4] Heb.3:6
[5] Romans 8:29 For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.
[6] Colossians 1:14 In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins:
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