7 Generational Blessings You Can Claim NOW
As a result of legally being Abraham’s seed by virtue of faith in Jesus, we are heirs.
This means we have an inheritance just like the natural children of Abraham had an inheritance. This too is connected to generational blessings. We can petition the Courts of Heaven on the basis of our claim as the seed of Abraham. This means that what God promised Abraham is our promise too. It doesn’t matter that we aren’t Jews or that millennia have passed since Abraham lived naturally; God is a covenant-keeping God. As the seed of Abraham, we have the right to claim what God promised Abraham for us and our generations to come!
Genesis 12:1-3 is where we see God beginning to make promises to Abraham. Again, as his seed we have a right to petition the Courts of Heaven for the effects of the promises to be ours.
Now the Lord had said to Abram:
“Get out of your country,
From your family
And from your father’s house,
To a land that I will show you.
I will make you a great nation;
I will bless you
And make your name great;
And you shall be a blessing.
I will bless those who bless you,
And I will curse him who curses you;
And in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.”
Even though some of the promises to Abraham were specific to him, the principles associated with them have promise to us. Obviously, God calling on Abraham to make him a great nation is a particular thing to him. However, God would want to raise up a people from us through whom to perform His purposes. The nation that came from Abraham was used by God to bring forth the Messiah. So much of what God told Abraham He would do was fulfilled in Jesus. However, from these promises we can claim certain things, because we are the seed of Abraham. We have a right to make cases in the Courts of Heaven to obtain blessings, benefits, and promises as those joined to Abraham.
There are seven promises that God gave to Abraham. We’ll explore three of the seven here, but all of them are explained in detail in my new book, Receiving Generational Blessings from the Courts of Heaven. We as His seed should claim these as the seed of Abraham.
The first promise God said was I will make you a great nation. We know God formed Israel as the descendants of Abraham. However, God also has formed the church. Peter in First Peter 2:9-10 declares we are a holy nation.
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 marvelous light; who once were not a people but are now the people of God, who had not obtained mercy but now have obtained mercy.
As a result of the mercy we have received, we have been made a holy nation before the Lord. The church is also a fulfillment of God’s word to Abraham. Remember, there would be a natural nation as the sand by the seashore. However, there would also be a spiritual or holy nation as the stars of the sky. This is us, the church. We are here to proclaim the praises of the One who called us from darkness to light. We have a right to petition the Courts of Heaven that the church would fulfill its purpose as the seed of Abraham. This should be a passion for us as God’s people.
The second promise God gave Abraham was He would bless him. When we talk of someone being blessed, it speaks of empowerment. When the blessing of the Lord is on someone, things work. What seems to hinder other people doesn’t hinder us. There is favor, goodness, and kindness that seems to follow us. For instance, in Psalm 23:6 we are told that goodness and mercy would follow us.
Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me
All the days of my life;
And I will dwell in the house of the Lord
Forever.
I have heard this word in my spirit for decades concerning me and my family. I have meditated on it and thought perhaps, in that God’s goodness would follow me, it might mean my descendants after me would be blessed because of my life. However, I recently looked up the word follow in the Hebrew and discovered it is the word radaph. It means “to run after or chase.” I understood that God said His mercy and kindness would chase me down. I wouldn’t have to go looking for it; it would find me.
This is what happens when we are blessed. Everything we need to succeed we have as a result of the blessing of God. We can petition the Courts and request for this to be ours because we are Abraham’s seed. The third promise mentioned is God promised to make my name great. This doesn’t necessarily mean fame. It does, however, speak of influence and impact. In other words, we will not be ignored but will have the influence we have been promised. Influence is huge. Influence is defined as “the capacity to have an effect on the character, development, or behavior of someone or something, or the effect itself.” In other words, we are granted the privilege of determining what something might become.
