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White\fs24\par \pard\keepn\s2\sb120\qc\b WRITTEN FOR OUR LEARNING\par \pard\nowidctlpar\tx720\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\b0 The Old Testament was written to help us learn New Testament truth. \cf2\ul Rom_15:4\cf1\ulnone\b \b0 "For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope." \cf2\ul 1Co_10:11\cf1\ulnone\b \b0 "Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples [\cf0\ul\f1\fs26 tupov\cf1\f0\fs24 , type\ulnone ]: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the \b world\b0 [ages] are come." \par \pard\keepn\s2\sb120\qc\b INHERITANCE IS A FAMILY MATTER\par \pard\nowidctlpar\tx720\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\cf2\ul Num_27:8-11\cf1\ulnone\b0 "And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a man die, and have \b no son\b0 , then ye shall cause his inheritance to pass unto his daughter. And if he have \b no daughter\b0 , then ye shall give his inheritance unto his brethren. And if he have \b no brethren\b0 , then ye shall give his inheritance unto his father's brethren. And if his father have no brethren, then \b ye shall give his inheritance unto his kinsman that is next to him of his family\b0 , and he shall possess it: and it shall be unto the children of Israel a statute of judgment, as the LORD commanded Moses." If you are not in the family of God receiving an inheritance from God is not relevant. \b \cf2\ul\b0 Rom_8:17\cf1\ulnone "And\b if childreLVALn, then heirs; heirs of God\b0 , and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with \i him..."\i0 If we have been saved, that is to say, born from above; then we are children of God, then heirs of God. \cf2\ul Col_3:24\cf1\ulnone "Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the \b reward\b0 of the \b inheritance\b0 : for ye\b serve the Lord\b0 Christ." Our inheritance is based upon what we do as servants of the Lord and not what we believe.\par \pard\keepn\s3\sb120\qc\b BIRTH ORDER WAS VERY IMPORTANT\par \pard\nowidctlpar\tx720\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\cf2\ul Gen_38:27-28\cf1\ulnone\b0 "And it came to pass in the time of her [\ul Tamar\ulnone ] travail, that, behold,\b twins\b0 \i were \i0 in her womb. And it came to pass, when she travailed, that \i the\b one \i0 put out \i his \i0 hand\b0 : and the midwife took and \b bound upon his hand a scarlet thread\b0 [\ul symbol of hope for the birthright\ulnone ]\b , saying, This came out first\b0 ." Zarah was the firstborn, but Pharez was chosen to be in the lineage of Jesus Christ. \cf2\ul Mat_1:3\cf1\ulnone "And Judas begat Phares and Zara of Thamar...." \cf2\ul Mat_1:5\cf1\ulnone "And Salmon begat Booz of Rachab;" [\ul Rahab who had the scarlet thread, ref. Joshua 2:18\ulnone ].\par \pard\keepn\s3\sb120\qc\b INHERITANCE OF THE FIRSTBORN\par \pard\nowidctlpar\cf2\ul\b0 Deu_21:17\cf1\ulnone "But he shall acknowledge the son of the hated \i for \b\i0 the firstborn, by giving him a double\b0 \b portion of all that he hath\b0 : for he \i is \i0 the beginning of his strength; the right of the firstborn \i is \i0 his." If the family had two sons, the estate was divided into thirds. Two thirds was to be given to the firstborn and one third given to the second born son. The firstborn was entitled to a blessing from the father over others in the family. The blessing of the firstborn made him a ruler over his other brothers as shown in \cf2\ul Gen_27:29\cf1\ulnone "Let people serve thee, and nations bow down to thee: be lord over tLVALhy brethren, and let thy mother's sons bow down to thee: cursed \i be \i0 every one that curseth thee, and blessed \i be \i0 he that blesseth thee."\par \pard\keepn\s3\sb120\qc\b BLESSING OF THE FIRSTBORN\par \pard\nowidctlpar\tx720\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\b0 Being the first born does not guarantee that you will get a first born inheritance. Isaac blessed Jacob over Esau when Jacob received the inheritance that was to be Esau's. \cf2\ul Gen_27:28-29\cf1\ulnone "Therefore God give thee of the dew of heaven, and the fatness of the earth, and plenty of corn and wine: Let people \b serve thee\b0 , and nations \b bow down\b0 to thee: \b be lord over\b0 thy brethren, and let thy mother's sons \b bow down\b0 to thee: cursed \i be \i0 every one that curseth thee, and blessed \i be \i0 he that blesseth thee." \cf2\ul Rom_9:12\cf1\ulnone "It was said unto her, \b The elder shall serve the younger\b0 ." God delights in setting the last over the first. \cf2\ul Mat_19:30\cf1\ulnone "But many \i that are \i0 first shall be last; and the last \i shall be \i0 first."\par \pard\keepn\s2\sb120\qc\b ALLEGORY OF ISHMAEL AND ISAAC\par \pard\nowidctlpar\cf2\ul Gal_4:22-31\cf1\ulnone\b0 "For it is written, that Abraham had \b two\b0 \b sons\b0 , the one by a bondmaid, the other by a free woman.\i 23. \i0 But he \i who was \i0 of the bondwoman was born after the flesh; but he of the free woman \i was \i0 by promise.\i 24. \i0 Which things are an allegory: for these are the \b two covenants\b0 ; the one from the mount Sinai, which gendereth to bondage, which is Agar.\i 25. \i0 For this Agar is \b mount Sinai\b0 in Arabia, and answereth to \b Jerusalem\b0 which \b now\b0 \b is\b0 , and is in \b bondage\b0 with her children.\i 26. \i0 But \b Jerusalem\b0 which is \b above\b0 is free, which is the mother of us all.\i 27. \i0 For it is written, Rejoice, \i thou \i0 barren that bearest not; break forth and cry, thou that travailest not: for the desolate hath many more children than she which hath an hLVALusband.\i 28. \i0 Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are the children of promise.\i 29. \i0 But as then he that was born after the flesh persecuted him \i that was born \i0 after the Spirit, even so \i it is \i0 now.\i 30. \i0 Nevertheless what saith the scripture? Cast out the \b bond woman\b0 and \b her\b0 son: for the son of the bondwoman shall \b not\b0 \b be\b0 \b heir\b0 \b with\b0 \b the\b0 \b son\b0 \b of\b0 \b the\b0 \b free woman\b0 ." \par \pard\keepn\s3\sb120\qc\b TWO COVENANTS\par \pard\nowidctlpar\b0 God allowed Abraham to have \b two\b0 \b sons\b0 , Ishmael and Isaac, to teach us about \b two\b0 \b covenants\b0 , Old Testament and New Testament, that He made with Abraham's seed. These two covenants have to do with the \b inheritance\b0 of Abraham's seed. These two covenants were not promises made to the lost and promises made to the saved, but what inheritance you will receive by the \b law\b0 and what inheritance you will have by \b faith\b0 . One covenant was for Abraham's \b earthly\b0 seed and the other covenant was Abraham's \b heavenly\b0 seed. \par \pard\keepn\s4\sb120\qc\b TWO INHERITANCES\par \pard\nowidctlpar\b0 These two sons were not to share the same inheritance. In Galatians 4:30 the casting out of the son of the bondwoman was to create a separation between Ishmael's and Isaac's inheritance. Verse 30 is a quotation from \cf2\ul Gen_21:10\cf1\ulnone\b \b0 "Wherefore she said unto Abraham, Cast out this bondwoman and her son: for the son of this bondwoman shall not be heir with my son, \i even \i0 with Isaac." This was not easy for Abraham. Because of Abraham's grief, God comforted him in that He would bless Ishmael in \cf2\ul Gen_21:13\cf1\ulnone "And also of the son of the bondwoman will I make a nation, because he \i is \i0 thy seed." We find further in \cf2\ul Gen_21:20\cf1\ulnone "And God was with the lad . . ." Ishmael's inheritance was in the wilderness instead of the land flowing with milk and honey. \cf2\ul Gen_21:21\cf1\ulnone "And he dwLVALelt in the \b wilderness\b0 of Paran . . ." Ishmael did not lose his inheritance. His inheritance would be in a different area of land promised to Abraham in Genesis 15:18 "In the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates:" Even the land to the East of the Jordan River was promised to Abraham 's seed yet they are separate from the land flowing with milk and honey.\par \pard\keepn\s3\sb120\qc\b INHERITANCE UNDER THE COVENANT OF LAW\par \pard\nowidctlpar\cf2\ul\b0 Joh_1:17\cf1\ulnone "For the \b law\b0 was given by Moses . . ." Under Moses the tribes of Gad, Reuben, and half the tribe of Manasseh received their inheritance East of the Jordan River in the wilderness. \cf2\ul Num_32:32-33\cf1\ulnone "\'85 the possession of our inheritance on \b this\b0 \b side\b0 \b Jordan\b0 \i may be \i0 ours.\i 33. \i0 And \b Moses gave unto them\b0 , \i even \i0 to the children of \b Gad\b0 , and to the children of \b Reuben\b0 , and unto \b half the tribe of Manasseh\b0 the son of Joseph, the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, the land, with the cities thereof in the coasts, \i even \i0 the cities of the country round about." Reuben and Gad confirmed this in \cf2\ul Num_32:19\cf1\ulnone "For we will \b not\b0 \b inherit\b0 with them on \b yonder\b0 \b side\b0 \b Jordan\b0 , or forward (beyond); because our inheritance is fallen to us on \b this side \b0 Jordan eastward." This land East of the Jordan River was separate from the land flowing with milk and honey.\par \pard\keepn\s3\sb120\qc\b REUBEN'S INHERITANCE\par \pard\nowidctlpar\b0 I believe that Reuben lost his inheritance, in type, because of sexual sin. We see this in \cf2\ul 1Ch_5:1\cf1\ulnone "Now the sons of \b Reuben \b0 the \b firstborn\b0 \b of\b0 \b Israel\b0 , (for he \i was \i0 the firstborn; but, forasmuch as \b he defiled his father's bed\b0 , . . ." \cf2\ul 1Co_6:9\cfLVAL1\ulnone "Know ye not that the unrighteous [\cf0\ul\f2 adikov\cf1\ulnone\f0 , unjust] shall not inherit the \b kingdom of God? \b0 Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind," and the list goes on.\par \pard\keepn\s3\sb120\qc\b REUBEN AND GAD SAW\par \pard\nowidctlpar\b0 Reuben and Gad saw what they thought was a good land and asked Moses for that Land in \cf2\ul Num_32:1-2\cf1\ulnone "Now the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a very great multitude of cattle: and when they \b saw\b0 the land of Jazer, and the land of Gilead, that, behold, the place \i was \i0 a place for cattle;\i 2. \i0 The children of Gad and the children of Reuben (not the children of Manasseh) came and spake unto \b Moses\b0 , and to Eleazar the priest, and unto the princes of the congregation, saying," \cf2\ul Num_32:5\cf1\ulnone "Wherefore, said they, if we have found grace in thy sight, let this land be given unto thy servants for a possession, \i and \i0 bring us not over Jordan." Their inheritance was not given to them on the basis of faith or casting lots. Their inheritance was made on the same bases as that of Lot when he chose the well watered plains of the Jordan in \cf2\ul Gen_13:10-11\cf1\ulnone "And \b Lot\b0 lifted up his eyes, and \b beheld\b0 all the plain of Jordan, that it \i was \b\i0 well\b0 \b watered\b0 every where, before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, \i even \b\i0 as\b0 \b the\b0 \b garden\b0 of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, as thou comest unto Zoar.\i 11. \i0 Then Lot chose him all the plain of Jordan; and \b Lot\b0 \b journeyed\b0 \b east\b0 (\ul and not west as did those who entered into the land flowing with milk and honey\ulnone ): and they separated themselves the one from the other." The opposite of faith is sight. \cf2\ul 2Co_5:7\cf1\ulnone "(\ul For we walk by \b faith\b0 , not by \b sight\b0 :\ulnone )" \par \pard\keepn\s3\sb120\qc\b MANASSEH'S INHERITANCE\par \pardLVAL\nowidctlpar\b0 Half of the tribe of Manasseh was given his part outside the land so that Ephraim and the other half of the tribe of Manasseh would have their inheritance in the land West of the Jordan River so that Joseph would received the blessing of the firstborn. 1 Chronicles 5:1 "Now the sons of \b Reuben \b0 the firstborn of Israel, (for he \i was \i0 the firstborn; but, forasmuch as he defiled his father's bed, his birthright was given unto the sons of Joseph the son of Israel: and the genealogy is not to be reckoned after the birthright." \cf2\ul 1Ch_5:1\cf1\ulnone ". . . his (Reuben) \b birthright\b0 was given unto the \b sons\b0 of Joseph the son of Israel: and the genealogy is not to be reckoned after the birthright." I have not found in the life of Manasseh anything that would put his heritage in the wilderness. It was simply given to him by God's design.\par \pard\keepn\s3\sb120\qc\b ESAU, ISHMAEL AND LOT\par \pard\nowidctlpar\b0 The inheritances of Esau, Ishmael and Lot were in the wilderness as well, East of the Jordan River, outside of the land flowing with milk and honey. All of these things happened unto them to teach us some very important lessons about our inheritance. There are those who teach that our inheritance is sure and that we can not lose our inheritance, but that is not taught in the Bible. The proof text for this teaching is \cf2\ul 1Pe_1:4-5\cf1\ulnone "To an \b inheritance\b0 \b incorruptible\b0 , and \b undefiled\b0 , and that \b fadeth\b0 \b not\b0 \b away\b0 , \b reserved\b0 in heaven for you,\i 5. \i0 Who are kept by the power of God \b through\b0 \b faith\b0 . . ." You can count on the promise of this verse as long as you don't make shipwreck of the faith. If you depart from the faith your inheritance is not sure. Our inheritance is based upon our \b obedience\b0 and \b faith\b0 . Inheritance is reward based upon service. \cf2\ul Col_3:23-24\cf1\ulnone "And whatsoever ye \b do\b0 , \b do\b0 \i it \i0 heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;LVAL\i 24. \i0 Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive \b the reward of the inheritance\b0 : for ye \b serve\b0 the Lord Christ." We can lose our inheritance. \cf2\ul 2Jo_1:8\cf1\ulnone\b \b0 "Look to yourselves, that we \b lose\b0 \b not\b0 those things which \b we have wrought\b0 , but that we \b receive\b0 a \b full\b0 \b reward\b0 ."\par \pard\keepn\s3\sb120\qc\b ESAU'S INHERITANCE\par \pard\nowidctlpar\b0 We see that the Lord gave Esau his inheritance in \cf2\ul Deu_2:5\cf1\ulnone "Meddle not with them (children of Esau); for I will not give you of their land, no, not so much as a foot breadth; because \b I have given mount Seir unto Esau \b0\i for \i0 a \b possession\b0 [also translated inheritance in \cf2 Jdg_21:17\cf1 ]." It is interesting to note that the children of Esau were called their brethren in \cf2\ul Deu_2:4\cf1\ulnone ". . . Ye \i are \i0 to pass through the coast of \b your\b0 \b brethren\b0 the \b children\b0 \b of\b0 \b Esau\b0 . . ." Why was Esau's inheritance outside the land? I believe the answer is found in \cf2\ul Heb_12:16\cf1\ulnone "Lest there \i be \i0 any fornicator, or profane person, as \b Esau, \b0 who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright." Why did he sell his birthright? The answer is in \cf2\ul Gen_25:34\cf1\ulnone ". . . Esau \b despised \b0\i his \i0 birthright." The word despised is translated "disdained" in \cf2\ul 1Sa_17:42\cf1\ulnone "And when the Philistine [Goliath] looked about, and saw David, he \b disdained \b0 him: for he was \i but \i0 a youth, and ruddy, and of a fair countenance." It seems to me that Esau thought he was going to get it anyway because it would be his father who would bless him with it.\par \pard\keepn\s3\sb120\qc\b ISHMAEL'S INHERITANCE\par \pard\nowidctlpar\b0 Abraham was grieved when God told him that Ishmael was not to be heir with Isaac in \cf2\ul Gen_21:10-12\cf1\ulnone "Wherefore she said unto Abraham, Cast out this bondwoman and her son: for the son of this bondwoman shall not be heir with myLVAL son, \i even \i0 with Isaac.\i 11. \i0 And the thing was very \b grievous\b0 in Abraham's sight because of his son.\i 12. \i0 And \b God\b0 \b said\b0 unto Abraham, \b Let\b0 it \b not\b0 \b be\b0 \b grievous\b0 in thy sight because of the lad, and because of thy bondwoman; in all that Sarah hath said unto thee, hearken unto her voice; for \b in\b0 \b Isaac\b0 \b shall\b0 \b thy\b0 \b seed\b0 \b be\b0 \b called\b0 ." Ishmael did get an inheritance, in a sense, from Abraham. \cf2\ul Gen_21:14\cf1\ulnone "And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took \b bread\b0 , and a \b bottle\b0 \b of\b0 \b water\b0 , and gave \i it \i0 unto Hagar, putting \i it \i0 on her shoulder, and the child, and sent her away: and \b she\b0 \b departed\b0 , and wandered in the \b wilderness\b0 of Beersheba." What a contract between Ishmael and Isaac in their inheritance. Ishmael received bread and a bottle of water while in \cf2\ul Gen_25:5\cf1\ulnone "And Abraham \b gave all \b0 that he had unto Isaac." What inheritance would you prefer?\par \pard\keepn\s4\sb120\qc\b ISHMAEL WAS A WILD MAN\par \pard\nowidctlpar\b0 Why was Ishmael cast out away from Isaac. The main reason was so that the Lord could teach about the inheritance of the two covenants. There may be another reason found in the following passages of scripture. \cf2\ul Gen_12:3\cf1\ulnone "And I will bless them that bless thee, and \b curse\b0 \b him\b0 that \b curseth\b0 \b thee\b0 : . . ." \b Genesis 21:9\b0 "And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, which she had born unto Abraham, \b mocking\b0 [scorning]." \cf2\ul Gen_16:12\cf1\ulnone "And he will be a \b wild man; his hand \i will be \i0 against every man\b0 , and every man's hand against him; and \b he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren\b0 ." Ishmael would be violently apposed to Isaac.\par \pard\keepn\s2\sb120\qc\b LOT'S INHERITANCE\par \pard\nowidctlpar\b0 Lot's inheritance was also outside the land flowing with milk and honey. Lot's inheritance was aLVAL lso given to him by God. \cf2\ul Deu_2:9\cf1\ulnone ". . . Distress not the Moabites, . . . because I have given Ar unto \b the children of Lot\b0 \i for \i0 a possession." Included in the inheritance of Lot was the children of Ammon in \cf2\ul Deu_2:19\cf1\ulnone ". . . the children of Ammon, distress them not, . . . because I have given it unto the \b children\b0 \b of\b0 \b Lot\b0 \i for \i0 a possession." Because the Moabites and the Ammonites were the children of Lot, this means that Lot received a double portion inheritance outside the land as Joseph received a double portion inheritance inside the land. Why did the Lord give Lot a double portion? It was because Lot was \b just\b0 . \cf2\ul 2Pe_2:7-8\cf1\ulnone\b \b0 "And delivered \b just\b0 [\cf0\f1\fs26 dikaiov\cf1\f0\fs24 ] \b Lot\b0 , vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked:\i 8. \i0 (For that \b righteous\b0 [\cf0\ul\f1\fs26 dikaiov\cf1\ulnone\f0\fs24 ] man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed \i his \b\i0 righteous\b0 \ul [\cf0\f1\fs26 dikaiov\cf1\f0\fs24 , just\ulnone ] soul from day to day with \i their \i0 unlawful deeds;)" This is the same righteousness of Zacharias and Elisabeth in \cf2\ul Luk_1:6\cf1\ulnone "And they were both \b righteous\b0 [\cf0\ul\f1\fs26 dikaiov\cf1\ulnone\f0\fs24 ] before God, \b walking\b0 in all the \b commandments\b0 and ordinances of the Lord \b blameless\b0 ." Being obedient, as Lot was in type to the first covenant, did provide him a double portion inheritance, but it was outside the land flowing with milk and honey.\par \pard\nowidctlpar\sb60 There is no evidence that any of those who received their inheritance outside the land were just. If Lot had been just and lived by faith he would have had an inheritance in the Land flowing with milk and honey. In Hebrews 11 we see that it was by faith that all those who entered into the land pleased God. \cf2\ul Heb_11:6\cf1\ulnone "But without faith \i it is \i0 impossible to \b please\b0 \i him: \i0 . . ." It was LVAL!by faith Abraham, Sarah, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph and others pleased God. It was by faith Moses also, but Moses made shipwreck of the faith because his last act of faith was at the Red Sea. The next act of faith was at Jericho. \par \pard\keepn\s2\sb120\qc\b HEAVENLY AND EARTHLY INHERITANCE\par \pard\nowidctlpar\b0 Hagar is to be associated with Mount Sinai where the law was given to Moses. Paul further associates Hagar with the earthly Jerusalem. Isaac was born to Sarah is to be associated with the heavenly Jerusalem which is in the heavenlies. Abraham had two seeds. One is an earthly seed with an earthly inheritance and the other is an heavenly seed with an heavenly inheritance. This is affirmed in \cf2\ul Heb_11:12\cf1\ulnone "Therefore sprang there even of one, and him as good as dead, \i so many \i0 as the \b stars\b0 (heavenly seed)\b of the sky \b0 in multitude [translated bundle in Acts 28:3, a smaller number than the sand by the sea], and as the sand (earthly seed) which is by the sea shore innumerable." Those who were about to enter into the Land flowing with milk and honey were called \b stars\b0 in \cf2\ul Deu_1:10\cf1\ulnone "The LORD your God hath multiplied you, and, behold, ye \i are \i0 this day as the \b stars \b0 of heaven for multitude." \par \pard\keepn\s3\sb120\qc\b NAMES WRITTEN IN HEAVEN\par \pard\nowidctlpar\b0 We are warned that those who forsake and depart from the Lord will be ashamed and their names will be written in the earth. \cf2\ul Jer_17:13\cf1\ulnone "O LORD, the hope of Israel, all that forsake thee shall be ashamed, \i and \i0 they that depart from me shall be \b written \b0 in the \b earth, \b0 because they have forsaken the LORD, the fountain of living waters." We are to rejoice in having our names written in heaven in \cf2\ul Luk_10:20\cf1\ulnone "Notwithstanding in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto you; but rather rejoice, because your names are \b written \b0 in \b heaven\b0 ." Those who are written in heaven are those who do not LVAL"despise their birthright \cf2\ul Heb_12:23\cf1\ulnone "To the general assembly and \b church\b0 of the \b firstborn\b0 , which are \b written in\b0 \b heaven,\b0 . . ." \par \pard\keepn\s3\sb120\qc\b BLESSING OF JOSEPH'S SONS\par \pard\nowidctlpar\b0 In the case of Joseph's sons, Jacob blessed the second born son, Ephraim, over Manasseh over the objection of Joseph. This blessing was by choice and not by birth order. \cf2\ul Gen_48:12-14\cf1\ulnone And Joseph brought them out from between his knees, and he bowed himself with his face to the earth. And Joseph took them both, \b Ephraim\b0 in his \b right\b0 hand toward Israel's \b left\b0 hand, and \b Manasseh\b0 in his \b left\b0 hand toward Israel's \b right\b0 hand, and brought \i them \i0 near unto him. And Israel stretched out his \b right hand \b0 [\ul firstborn blessing\ulnone ], and laid \i it \b\i0 upon Ephraim's head\b0 , who \i was \i0 the \b younger\b0 , and his \b left hand\b0 upon \b Manasseh's head\b0 , guiding his hands wittingly; for \b Manasseh \i was \i0 the firstborn."\b0 This blessing of Ephraim is born out in the distribution of the inheritance in the land flowing with milk and honey. All of the tribe of Ephraim obtained an inheritance where only one half of the tribe of Manasseh was included in the land flowing with milk and honey. By all of the tribe of Ephraim being in the land gives him a double portion inheritance over Manasseh.\par \pard\keepn\s3\sb120\qc\b EPHRAIM SET BEFORE MANASSEH\par \pard\nowidctlpar\tx720\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\cf2\ul Gen_48:17-20\cf1\ulnone \b0 "And when \b Joseph saw\b0 that his father laid his \b right hand\b0 upon the head of Ephraim, \b it displeased\b0 him: and he held up his father's hand, to remove it from Ephraim's head unto Manasseh's head. And Joseph said unto his father, Not so, my father: \b for this \i is \i0 the firstborn; put thy right hand upon his head. \b0 And \b his father refused\b0 , and said, I know \i it, \i0 my son, I know \i it: \i0 he also shall LVAL#become a people, and he also shall be great: but truly his \b younger brother shall be greater\b0 than he, and his seed shall become a multitude of nations. And he blessed them that day, saying, In thee shall Israel bless, saying, God make thee as Ephraim and as Manasseh: and \b he set Ephraim before Manasseh\b0 ."\par \pard\keepn\s3\sb120\qc\b JACOB AND ESAU ARE A TYPE\par \pard\nowidctlpar\tx720\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\cf2\ul Heb_11:20\cf1\ulnone\b0 "By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning things to come." The blessing of Jacob and Esau had to do with their inheritance and position in the family. Through this type we can learn how the Lord will bless His children with their inheritance and position in the family. \cf2\ul Gen_25:31-34\cf1\ulnone "And Jacob said, Sell me this day thy \b birthright\b0 . And Esau said, Behold, I \i am \i0 at the point to die: and what profit shall this \b birthright\b0 do to me? And Jacob said, Swear to me this day; and he sware unto him: and \b he sold\b0 his \b birthright\b0 unto Jacob. Then Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentils; and he did eat and drink, and rose up, and went his way: thus Esau despised \i his \b\i0 birthright\b0 ." The blessing of Jacob and Esau is used by the Lord to help us understand the doctrine of election. (\ul See the tract on Election\ulnone ).\par \pard\keepn\s2\sb120\qc\b INHERITANCE IN THE LAND\par \pard\nowidctlpar\tx720\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\b0 When the land was divided by lot, \cf2\ul Jos_13:7\cf1\ulnone "Now therefore divide this land for an inheritance unto the \b nine tribes\b0 , and the \b half tribe\b0 of Manasseh, With whom the \b Reubenites\b0 and the \b Gadites\b0 have received their inheritance, which Moses gave them, beyond Jordan eastward, \i even \i0 as Moses the servant of the LORD gave them;" The Reubenites, Gadites, Moabites, Edomites, and half of the tribe of Manasseh were given their inheritance outside of the land flowing with milk and honey. Their inheritance was on the wildLVAL$erness side of the Jordan River. The enemies of Israel had to be defeated for the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and half of the tribe of Manasseh to possess their inheritance. Likewise the whole nation of Israel had to defeat their enemies in the land of Canaan for the other nine tribes to possess their inheritance.\par \pard\nowidctlpar\sb60\tx720\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760 Caleb (a Gentile whose name means dog in Hebrew and who wholly followed the Lord God of Israel) had to fight the sons of Anak in Hebron for his inheritance. The Anakims are a type of the enemy in heavenly places. \cf2\ul Jos_14:12\cf1\ulnone "Now therefore give me this mountain, whereof the LORD spake in that day; for thou heardest in that day how the Anakims \i were \i0 there, and \i that \i0 the cities \i were \i0 great \i and \i0 fenced: if so be the LORD \i will be \i0 with me, then I shall be able to drive them out, as the LORD said. And Joshua blessed him, and gave unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh Hebron for an inheritance." Caleb's inheritance was \b among\b0 the tribe of Judah and close to the children of Aaron who inherited the city of Hebron. \cf2\ul Jos_21:12\cf1\ulnone "But the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, gave they to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession." (Ref.\cf2\ul Eze_47:22-23\cf1\ulnone .)\par It seems, in type, that the nation of Israel had to defeat the \b world\b0 , typified in Egypt; the \b flesh\b0 , typified in their lusts in the wilderness; and the\b Devil\b0 , typified in their enemies in the land of Canaan. Not all that came out of Egypt, but Joshua and Caleb, were able to conquer all of their enemies. We can defeat them: \cf2\ul 2Co_6:7\cf1\ulnone\b "By\b0 the\b word \b0 of truth, by the \b power\b0 of God, by the \b armour\b0 of righteousness on the right hand and on the left,"\par The first act of faith leaving Egypt was at the Red Sea. \cf2\ul Heb_11:29\cf1\ulnone\b \b0 "By \b faith they passed through the Red sea\b0 as by dry \i land: \i0 which the Egyptians assLVAL%aying to do were drowned." The next act of faith by the nation of Israel was at Jericho, when Israel defeated their foes in the land.\b \cf2\ul\b0 Heb_11:30\cf1\ulnone\b "By faith the walls of Jericho fell down\b0 , after they were compassed about seven days." The land had been given to Israel, but they had to defeat the enemy to possess that land (their inheritance). If we expect to have an heavenly inheritance, we have to do what Paul said he did in\b \cf2\ul\b0 2Ti_4:7-8\cf1\ulnone\b \b0 "I have fought a good fight, I have finished \i my \i0 course, I have kept the faith: Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing."; and in \cf2\ul Eph_6:12\cf1\ulnone "For \b we wrestle\b0 not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against\b spiritual wickedness in high \i places." \b0\i0\par \pard\keepn\s2\sb120\qc\b CHANGE OF THE HIGH PRIEST\par \pard\nowidctlpar\tx720\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\b0 We see the change of the high priest in \b Numbers 20:28\b0 "And Moses stripped Aaron of his garments, and put them upon Eleazar his son; and Aaron died there in the top of the mount: and Moses and Eleazar came down from the mount." The stripping of Aaron's garments disqualified him from being the high priest. \cf2\ul Lev_21:10\cf1\ulnone "And \i he that is \i0 the high priest among his brethren... shall not uncover his head, nor \b rend his clothes\b0 ;" Eleazar was present when Aaron was stripped of his garments. During the conquest of Canaan, Eleazar, the new priest, helped distribute the inheritance to the tribes of Israel as seen in\b \cf2\ul\b0 Jos_1:1\cf1\ulnone "And.. the children of Israel inherited in the land of Canaan, which \b Eleazar the priest\b0 , and Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers... \b distributed for inheritance\b0 to them." \par \pard\keLVALepn\s3\sb120\qc\b CHRIST IS OUR HIGH PRIEST\par \pard\nowidctlpar\tx720\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\b0 As there was a change of the priesthood in the days of Aaron, there was a change in the priesthood in the days of Jesus Christ. \cf2\ul Mar_14:53\cf1\ulnone "And they led Jesus away to the high priest..." \cf2\ul Mar_14:63\cf1\ulnone "Then \b the high priest rent his clothes\b0 ..." he was disqualified to be the high priest and a new one had to be chosen. \cf2\ul Heb_7:12\cf1\ulnone "For the \b priesthood being changed...."\b0 \cf2\ul Heb_7:17\cf1\ulnone "For he testifieth, Thou \i art \i0 a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec." \par \pard\keepn\s3\sb120\qc\b GOOD THINGS TO COME\par \pard\cf2\ul Heb_9:11\cf1\ulnone\b0 "But Christ being come an \b high priest of good things to come...."\b0 \cf2\ul Heb_9:15-17\cf1\ulnone "And for this cause \b he is the\b0 \b mediator \b0 [\ul of His own will, an executor\ulnone ]\b of the new testament \b0 , that by means of \b death\b0 , for the redemption of the transgressions \i that were \i0 under the first testament, they which are called \b might receive\b0 the promise of eternal \b inheritance\b0 . For where a \b testament\b0 [\ul one's will\ulnone ] \i is, \i0 there must also of necessity be the death of the \b testator\b0 [\ul one who wrote the will\ulnone ]. For a\b testament\b0 [\ul one's will\ulnone ] \i is \i0 of \b force\b0 [\ul has legal authority\ulnone ] after men are dead: otherwise it is of \b no strength\b0 [\ul authority\ulnone ] \b at all\b0 \b while\b0 the testator \b liveth\b0 ."\expndtw5\f3\fs23\par \pard\expndtw0\kerning28\fs23\par } LVAL'{\rtf1\ansi\deff0{\fonttbl{\f0\fswiss\fprq2\fcharset0 Arial;}{\f1\fnil\fprq2\fcharset0 Koine;}{\f2\fnil\fprq2\fcharset0 Koine-Medium;}{\f3\fnil\fcharset0 Georgia;}} {\colortbl ;\red0\green0\blue0;\red0\green128\blue0;} {\stylesheet{ Normal;}{\s1 heading 1;}{\s2 heading 2;}{\s3 heading 3;}{\s4 heading 4;}} {\*\generator Riched20 5.40.11.2210;}\viewkind4\uc1\pard\keepn\s1\qc\lang1033\kerning28\b\f0\fs24 INHERITANCE\par \pard\nowidctlpar\sb60\qc\tx720\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\cf1\kerning0\b0\fs20 By John W. White\fs24\par \pard\keepn\s2\sb120\qc\b WRITTEN FOR OUR LEARNING\par \pard\nowidctlpar\tx720\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\b0 The Old Testament was written to help us learn New Testament truth. \cf2\ul Rom_15:4\cf1\ulnone\b \b0 "For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope." \cf2\ul 1Co_10:11\cf1\ulnone\b \b0 "Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples [\cf0\ul\f1\fs26 tupov\cf1\f0\fs24 , type\ulnone ]: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the \b world\b0 [ages] are come." \par \pard\keepn\s2\sb120\qc\b INHERITANCE IS A FAMILY MATTER\par \pard\nowidctlpar\tx720\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\cf2\ul Num_27:8-11\cf1\ulnone\b0 "And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a man die, and have \b no son\b0 , then ye shall cause his inheritance to pass unto his daughter. And if he have \b no daughter\b0 , then ye shall give his inheritance unto his brethren. And if he have \b no brethren\b0 , then ye shall give his inheritance unto his father's brethren. And if his father have no brethren, then \b ye shall give his inheritance unto his kinsman that is next to him of his family\b0 , and he shall possess it: and it shall be unto the children of Israel a statute of judgment, as the LORD commanded Moses." If you are not in the family of God receiving an inheritance from God is not relevant. \b \cf2\ul\b0 Rom_8:17\cf1\ulnone "And\b if childreLVAL(n, then heirs; heirs of God\b0 , and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with \i him..."\i0 If we have been saved, that is to say, born from above; then we are children of God, then heirs of God. \cf2\ul Col_3:24\cf1\ulnone "Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the \b reward\b0 of the \b inheritance\b0 : for ye\b serve the Lord\b0 Christ." Our inheritance is based upon what we do as servants of the Lord and not what we believe.\par \pard\keepn\s3\sb120\qc\b BIRTH ORDER WAS VERY IMPORTANT\par \pard\nowidctlpar\tx720\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\cf2\ul Gen_38:27-28\cf1\ulnone\b0 "And it came to pass in the time of her [\ul Tamar\ulnone ] travail, that, behold,\b twins\b0 \i were \i0 in her womb. And it came to pass, when she travailed, that \i the\b one \i0 put out \i his \i0 hand\b0 : and the midwife took and \b bound upon his hand a scarlet thread\b0 [\ul symbol of hope for the birthright\ulnone ]\b , saying, This came out first\b0 ." Zarah was the firstborn, but Pharez was chosen to be in the lineage of Jesus Christ. \cf2\ul Mat_1:3\cf1\ulnone "And Judas begat Phares and Zara of Thamar...." \cf2\ul Mat_1:5\cf1\ulnone "And Salmon begat Booz of Rachab;" [\ul Rahab who had the scarlet thread, ref. Joshua 2:18\ulnone ].\par \pard\keepn\s3\sb120\qc\b INHERITANCE OF THE FIRSTBORN\par \pard\nowidctlpar\cf2\ul\b0 Deu_21:17\cf1\ulnone "But he shall acknowledge the son of the hated \i for \b\i0 the firstborn, by giving him a double\b0 \b portion of all that he hath\b0 : for he \i is \i0 the beginning of his strength; the right of the firstborn \i is \i0 his." If the family had two sons, the estate was divided into thirds. Two thirds was to be given to the firstborn and one third given to the second born son. The firstborn was entitled to a blessing from the father over others in the family. The blessing of the firstborn made him a ruler over his other brothers as shown in \cf2\ul Gen_27:29\cf1\ulnone "Let people serve thee, and nations bow down to thee: be lord over tLVAL)hy brethren, and let thy mother's sons bow down to thee: cursed \i be \i0 every one that curseth thee, and blessed \i be \i0 he that blesseth thee."\par \pard\keepn\s3\sb120\qc\b BLESSING OF THE FIRSTBORN\par \pard\nowidctlpar\tx720\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\b0 Being the first born does not guarantee that you will get a first born inheritance. Isaac blessed Jacob over Esau when Jacob received the inheritance that was to be Esau's. \cf2\ul Gen_27:28-29\cf1\ulnone "Therefore God give thee of the dew of heaven, and the fatness of the earth, and plenty of corn and wine: Let people \b serve thee\b0 , and nations \b bow down\b0 to thee: \b be lord over\b0 thy brethren, and let thy mother's sons \b bow down\b0 to thee: cursed \i be \i0 every one that curseth thee, and blessed \i be \i0 he that blesseth thee." \cf2\ul Rom_9:12\cf1\ulnone "It was said unto her, \b The elder shall serve the younger\b0 ." God delights in setting the last over the first. \cf2\ul Mat_19:30\cf1\ulnone "But many \i that are \i0 first shall be last; and the last \i shall be \i0 first."\par \pard\keepn\s2\sb120\qc\b ALLEGORY OF ISHMAEL AND ISAAC\par \pard\nowidctlpar\cf2\ul Gal_4:22-31\cf1\ulnone\b0 "For it is written, that Abraham had \b two\b0 \b sons\b0 , the one by a bondmaid, the other by a free woman.\i 23. \i0 But he \i who was \i0 of the bondwoman was born after the flesh; but he of the free woman \i was \i0 by promise.\i 24. \i0 Which things are an allegory: for these are the \b two covenants\b0 ; the one from the mount Sinai, which gendereth to bondage, which is Agar.\i 25. \i0 For this Agar is \b mount Sinai\b0 in Arabia, and answereth to \b Jerusalem\b0 which \b now\b0 \b is\b0 , and is in \b bondage\b0 with her children.\i 26. \i0 But \b Jerusalem\b0 which is \b above\b0 is free, which is the mother of us all.\i 27. \i0 For it is written, Rejoice, \i thou \i0 barren that bearest not; break forth and cry, thou that travailest not: for the desolate hath many more children than she which hath an hLVAL*usband.\i 28. \i0 Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are the children of promise.\i 29. \i0 But as then he that was born after the flesh persecuted him \i that was born \i0 after the Spirit, even so \i it is \i0 now.\i 30. \i0 Nevertheless what saith the scripture? Cast out the \b bond woman\b0 and \b her\b0 son: for the son of the bondwoman shall \b not\b0 \b be\b0 \b heir\b0 \b with\b0 \b the\b0 \b son\b0 \b of\b0 \b the\b0 \b free woman\b0 ." \par \pard\keepn\s3\sb120\qc\b TWO COVENANTS\par \pard\nowidctlpar\b0 God allowed Abraham to have \b two\b0 \b sons\b0 , Ishmael and Isaac, to teach us about \b two\b0 \b covenants\b0 , Old Testament and New Testament, that He made with Abraham's seed. These two covenants have to do with the \b inheritance\b0 of Abraham's seed. These two covenants were not promises made to the lost and promises made to the saved, but what inheritance you will receive by the \b law\b0 and what inheritance you will have by \b faith\b0 . One covenant was for Abraham's \b earthly\b0 seed and the other covenant was Abraham's \b heavenly\b0 seed. \par \pard\keepn\s4\sb120\qc\b TWO INHERITANCES\par \pard\nowidctlpar\b0 These two sons were not to share the same inheritance. In Galatians 4:30 the casting out of the son of the bondwoman was to create a separation between Ishmael's and Isaac's inheritance. Verse 30 is a quotation from \cf2\ul Gen_21:10\cf1\ulnone\b \b0 "Wherefore she said unto Abraham, Cast out this bondwoman and her son: for the son of this bondwoman shall not be heir with my son, \i even \i0 with Isaac." This was not easy for Abraham. Because of Abraham's grief, God comforted him in that He would bless Ishmael in \cf2\ul Gen_21:13\cf1\ulnone "And also of the son of the bondwoman will I make a nation, because he \i is \i0 thy seed." We find further in \cf2\ul Gen_21:20\cf1\ulnone "And God was with the lad . . ." Ishmael's inheritance was in the wilderness instead of the land flowing with milk and honey. \cf2\ul Gen_21:21\cf1\ulnone "And he dwLVAL+elt in the \b wilderness\b0 of Paran . . ." Ishmael did not lose his inheritance. His inheritance would be in a different area of land promised to Abraham in Genesis 15:18 "In the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates:" Even the land to the East of the Jordan River was promised to Abraham 's seed yet they are separate from the land flowing with milk and honey.\par \pard\keepn\s3\sb120\qc\b INHERITANCE UNDER THE COVENANT OF LAW\par \pard\nowidctlpar\cf2\ul\b0 Joh_1:17\cf1\ulnone "For the \b law\b0 was given by Moses . . ." Under Moses the tribes of Gad, Reuben, and half the tribe of Manasseh received their inheritance East of the Jordan River in the wilderness. \cf2\ul Num_32:32-33\cf1\ulnone "\'85 the possession of our inheritance on \b this\b0 \b side\b0 \b Jordan\b0 \i may be \i0 ours.\i 33. \i0 And \b Moses gave unto them\b0 , \i even \i0 to the children of \b Gad\b0 , and to the children of \b Reuben\b0 , and unto \b half the tribe of Manasseh\b0 the son of Joseph, the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, the land, with the cities thereof in the coasts, \i even \i0 the cities of the country round about." Reuben and Gad confirmed this in \cf2\ul Num_32:19\cf1\ulnone "For we will \b not\b0 \b inherit\b0 with them on \b yonder\b0 \b side\b0 \b Jordan\b0 , or forward (beyond); because our inheritance is fallen to us on \b this side \b0 Jordan eastward." This land East of the Jordan River was separate from the land flowing with milk and honey.\par \pard\keepn\s3\sb120\qc\b REUBEN'S INHERITANCE\par \pard\nowidctlpar\b0 I believe that Reuben lost his inheritance, in type, because of sexual sin. We see this in \cf2\ul 1Ch_5:1\cf1\ulnone "Now the sons of \b Reuben \b0 the \b firstborn\b0 \b of\b0 \b Israel\b0 , (for he \i was \i0 the firstborn; but, forasmuch as \b he defiled his father's bed\b0 , . . ." \cf2\ul 1Co_6:9\cfLVAL,1\ulnone "Know ye not that the unrighteous [\cf0\ul\f2 adikov\cf1\ulnone\f0 , unjust] shall not inherit the \b kingdom of God? \b0 Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind," and the list goes on.\par \pard\keepn\s3\sb120\qc\b REUBEN AND GAD SAW\par \pard\nowidctlpar\b0 Reuben and Gad saw what they thought was a good land and asked Moses for that Land in \cf2\ul Num_32:1-2\cf1\ulnone "Now the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a very great multitude of cattle: and when they \b saw\b0 the land of Jazer, and the land of Gilead, that, behold, the place \i was \i0 a place for cattle;\i 2. \i0 The children of Gad and the children of Reuben (not the children of Manasseh) came and spake unto \b Moses\b0 , and to Eleazar the priest, and unto the princes of the congregation, saying," \cf2\ul Num_32:5\cf1\ulnone "Wherefore, said they, if we have found grace in thy sight, let this land be given unto thy servants for a possession, \i and \i0 bring us not over Jordan." Their inheritance was not given to them on the basis of faith or casting lots. Their inheritance was made on the same bases as that of Lot when he chose the well watered plains of the Jordan in \cf2\ul Gen_13:10-11\cf1\ulnone "And \b Lot\b0 lifted up his eyes, and \b beheld\b0 all the plain of Jordan, that it \i was \b\i0 well\b0 \b watered\b0 every where, before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, \i even \b\i0 as\b0 \b the\b0 \b garden\b0 of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, as thou comest unto Zoar.\i 11. \i0 Then Lot chose him all the plain of Jordan; and \b Lot\b0 \b journeyed\b0 \b east\b0 (\ul and not west as did those who entered into the land flowing with milk and honey\ulnone ): and they separated themselves the one from the other." The opposite of faith is sight. \cf2\ul 2Co_5:7\cf1\ulnone "(\ul For we walk by \b faith\b0 , not by \b sight\b0 :\ulnone )" \par \pard\keepn\s3\sb120\qc\b MANASSEH'S INHERITANCE\par \pardLVAL-\nowidctlpar\b0 Half of the tribe of Manasseh was given his part outside the land so that Ephraim and the other half of the tribe of Manasseh would have their inheritance in the land West of the Jordan River so that Joseph would received the blessing of the firstborn. 1 Chronicles 5:1 "Now the sons of \b Reuben \b0 the firstborn of Israel, (for he \i was \i0 the firstborn; but, forasmuch as he defiled his father's bed, his birthright was given unto the sons of Joseph the son of Israel: and the genealogy is not to be reckoned after the birthright." \cf2\ul 1Ch_5:1\cf1\ulnone ". . . his (Reuben) \b birthright\b0 was given unto the \b sons\b0 of Joseph the son of Israel: and the genealogy is not to be reckoned after the birthright." I have not found in the life of Manasseh anything that would put his heritage in the wilderness. It was simply given to him by God's design.\par \pard\keepn\s3\sb120\qc\b ESAU, ISHMAEL AND LOT\par \pard\nowidctlpar\b0 The inheritances of Esau, Ishmael and Lot were in the wilderness as well, East of the Jordan River, outside of the land flowing with milk and honey. All of these things happened unto them to teach us some very important lessons about our inheritance. There are those who teach that our inheritance is sure and that we can not lose our inheritance, but that is not taught in the Bible. The proof text for this teaching is \cf2\ul 1Pe_1:4-5\cf1\ulnone "To an \b inheritance\b0 \b incorruptible\b0 , and \b undefiled\b0 , and that \b fadeth\b0 \b not\b0 \b away\b0 , \b reserved\b0 in heaven for you,\i 5. \i0 Who are kept by the power of God \b through\b0 \b faith\b0 . . ." You can count on the promise of this verse as long as you don't make shipwreck of the faith. If you depart from the faith your inheritance is not sure. Our inheritance is based upon our \b obedience\b0 and \b faith\b0 . Inheritance is reward based upon service. \cf2\ul Col_3:23-24\cf1\ulnone "And whatsoever ye \b do\b0 , \b do\b0 \i it \i0 heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;LVAL.\i 24. \i0 Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive \b the reward of the inheritance\b0 : for ye \b serve\b0 the Lord Christ." We can lose our inheritance. \cf2\ul 2Jo_1:8\cf1\ulnone\b \b0 "Look to yourselves, that we \b lose\b0 \b not\b0 those things which \b we have wrought\b0 , but that we \b receive\b0 a \b full\b0 \b reward\b0 ."\par \pard\keepn\s3\sb120\qc\b ESAU'S INHERITANCE\par \pard\nowidctlpar\b0 We see that the Lord gave Esau his inheritance in \cf2\ul Deu_2:5\cf1\ulnone "Meddle not with them (children of Esau); for I will not give you of their land, no, not so much as a foot breadth; because \b I have given mount Seir unto Esau \b0\i for \i0 a \b possession\b0 [also translated inheritance in \cf2 Jdg_21:17\cf1 ]." It is interesting to note that the children of Esau were called their brethren in \cf2\ul Deu_2:4\cf1\ulnone ". . . Ye \i are \i0 to pass through the coast of \b your\b0 \b brethren\b0 the \b children\b0 \b of\b0 \b Esau\b0 . . ." Why was Esau's inheritance outside the land? I believe the answer is found in \cf2\ul Heb_12:16\cf1\ulnone "Lest there \i be \i0 any fornicator, or profane person, as \b Esau, \b0 who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright." Why did he sell his birthright? The answer is in \cf2\ul Gen_25:34\cf1\ulnone ". . . Esau \b despised \b0\i his \i0 birthright." The word despised is translated "disdained" in \cf2\ul 1Sa_17:42\cf1\ulnone "And when the Philistine [Goliath] looked about, and saw David, he \b disdained \b0 him: for he was \i but \i0 a youth, and ruddy, and of a fair countenance." It seems to me that Esau thought he was going to get it anyway because it would be his father who would bless him with it.\par \pard\keepn\s3\sb120\qc\b ISHMAEL'S INHERITANCE\par \pard\nowidctlpar\b0 Abraham was grieved when God told him that Ishmael was not to be heir with Isaac in \cf2\ul Gen_21:10-12\cf1\ulnone "Wherefore she said unto Abraham, Cast out this bondwoman and her son: for the son of this bondwoman shall not be heir with myLVAL/ son, \i even \i0 with Isaac.\i 11. \i0 And the thing was very \b grievous\b0 in Abraham's sight because of his son.\i 12. \i0 And \b God\b0 \b said\b0 unto Abraham, \b Let\b0 it \b not\b0 \b be\b0 \b grievous\b0 in thy sight because of the lad, and because of thy bondwoman; in all that Sarah hath said unto thee, hearken unto her voice; for \b in\b0 \b Isaac\b0 \b shall\b0 \b thy\b0 \b seed\b0 \b be\b0 \b called\b0 ." Ishmael did get an inheritance, in a sense, from Abraham. \cf2\ul Gen_21:14\cf1\ulnone "And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took \b bread\b0 , and a \b bottle\b0 \b of\b0 \b water\b0 , and gave \i it \i0 unto Hagar, putting \i it \i0 on her shoulder, and the child, and sent her away: and \b she\b0 \b departed\b0 , and wandered in the \b wilderness\b0 of Beersheba." What a contract between Ishmael and Isaac in their inheritance. Ishmael received bread and a bottle of water while in \cf2\ul Gen_25:5\cf1\ulnone "And Abraham \b gave all \b0 that he had unto Isaac." What inheritance would you prefer?\par \pard\keepn\s4\sb120\qc\b ISHMAEL WAS A WILD MAN\par \pard\nowidctlpar\b0 Why was Ishmael cast out away from Isaac. The main reason was so that the Lord could teach about the inheritance of the two covenants. There may be another reason found in the following passages of scripture. \cf2\ul Gen_12:3\cf1\ulnone "And I will bless them that bless thee, and \b curse\b0 \b him\b0 that \b curseth\b0 \b thee\b0 : . . ." \b Genesis 21:9\b0 "And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, which she had born unto Abraham, \b mocking\b0 [scorning]." \cf2\ul Gen_16:12\cf1\ulnone "And he will be a \b wild man; his hand \i will be \i0 against every man\b0 , and every man's hand against him; and \b he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren\b0 ." Ishmael would be violently apposed to Isaac.\par \pard\keepn\s2\sb120\qc\b LOT'S INHERITANCE\par \pard\nowidctlpar\b0 Lot's inheritance was also outside the land flowing with milk and honey. Lot's inheritance was aLVAL0lso given to him by God. \cf2\ul Deu_2:9\cf1\ulnone ". . . Distress not the Moabites, . . . because I have given Ar unto \b the children of Lot\b0 \i for \i0 a possession." Included in the inheritance of Lot was the children of Ammon in \cf2\ul Deu_2:19\cf1\ulnone ". . . the children of Ammon, distress them not, . . . because I have given it unto the \b children\b0 \b of\b0 \b Lot\b0 \i for \i0 a possession." Because the Moabites and the Ammonites were the children of Lot, this means that Lot received a double portion inheritance outside the land as Joseph received a double portion inheritance inside the land. Why did the Lord give Lot a double portion? It was because Lot was \b just\b0 . \cf2\ul 2Pe_2:7-8\cf1\ulnone\b \b0 "And delivered \b just\b0 [\cf0\f1\fs26 dikaiov\cf1\f0\fs24 ] \b Lot\b0 , vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked:\i 8. \i0 (For that \b righteous\b0 [\cf0\ul\f1\fs26 dikaiov\cf1\ulnone\f0\fs24 ] man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed \i his \b\i0 righteous\b0 \ul [\cf0\f1\fs26 dikaiov\cf1\f0\fs24 , just\ulnone ] soul from day to day with \i their \i0 unlawful deeds;)" This is the same righteousness of Zacharias and Elisabeth in \cf2\ul Luk_1:6\cf1\ulnone "And they were both \b righteous\b0 [\cf0\ul\f1\fs26 dikaiov\cf1\ulnone\f0\fs24 ] before God, \b walking\b0 in all the \b commandments\b0 and ordinances of the Lord \b blameless\b0 ." Being obedient, as Lot was in type to the first covenant, did provide him a double portion inheritance, but it was outside the land flowing with milk and honey.\par \pard\nowidctlpar\sb60 There is no evidence that any of those who received their inheritance outside the land were just. If Lot had been just and lived by faith he would have had an inheritance in the Land flowing with milk and honey. In Hebrews 11 we see that it was by faith that all those who entered into the land pleased God. \cf2\ul Heb_11:6\cf1\ulnone "But without faith \i it is \i0 impossible to \b please\b0 \i him: \i0 . . ." It was LVAL1by faith Abraham, Sarah, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph and others pleased God. It was by faith Moses also, but Moses made shipwreck of the faith because his last act of faith was at the Red Sea. The next act of faith was at Jericho. \par \pard\keepn\s2\sb120\qc\b HEAVENLY AND EARTHLY INHERITANCE\par \pard\nowidctlpar\b0 Hagar is to be associated with Mount Sinai where the law was given to Moses. Paul further associates Hagar with the earthly Jerusalem. Isaac was born to Sarah is to be associated with the heavenly Jerusalem which is in the heavenlies. Abraham had two seeds. One is an earthly seed with an earthly inheritance and the other is an heavenly seed with an heavenly inheritance. This is affirmed in \cf2\ul Heb_11:12\cf1\ulnone "Therefore sprang there even of one, and him as good as dead, \i so many \i0 as the \b stars\b0 (heavenly seed)\b of the sky \b0 in multitude [translated bundle in Acts 28:3, a smaller number than the sand by the sea], and as the sand (earthly seed) which is by the sea shore innumerable." Those who were about to enter into the Land flowing with milk and honey were called \b stars\b0 in \cf2\ul Deu_1:10\cf1\ulnone "The LORD your God hath multiplied you, and, behold, ye \i are \i0 this day as the \b stars \b0 of heaven for multitude." \par \pard\keepn\s3\sb120\qc\b NAMES WRITTEN IN HEAVEN\par \pard\nowidctlpar\b0 We are warned that those who forsake and depart from the Lord will be ashamed and their names will be written in the earth. \cf2\ul Jer_17:13\cf1\ulnone "O LORD, the hope of Israel, all that forsake thee shall be ashamed, \i and \i0 they that depart from me shall be \b written \b0 in the \b earth, \b0 because they have forsaken the LORD, the fountain of living waters." We are to rejoice in having our names written in heaven in \cf2\ul Luk_10:20\cf1\ulnone "Notwithstanding in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto you; but rather rejoice, because your names are \b written \b0 in \b heaven\b0 ." Those who are written in heaven are those who do not LVAL2despise their birthright \cf2\ul Heb_12:23\cf1\ulnone "To the general assembly and \b church\b0 of the \b firstborn\b0 , which are \b written in\b0 \b heaven,\b0 . . ." \par \pard\keepn\s3\sb120\qc\b BLESSING OF JOSEPH'S SONS\par \pard\nowidctlpar\b0 In the case of Joseph's sons, Jacob blessed the second born son, Ephraim, over Manasseh over the objection of Joseph. This blessing was by choice and not by birth order. \cf2\ul Gen_48:12-14\cf1\ulnone And Joseph brought them out from between his knees, and he bowed himself with his face to the earth. And Joseph took them both, \b Ephraim\b0 in his \b right\b0 hand toward Israel's \b left\b0 hand, and \b Manasseh\b0 in his \b left\b0 hand toward Israel's \b right\b0 hand, and brought \i them \i0 near unto him. And Israel stretched out his \b right hand \b0 [\ul firstborn blessing\ulnone ], and laid \i it \b\i0 upon Ephraim's head\b0 , who \i was \i0 the \b younger\b0 , and his \b left hand\b0 upon \b Manasseh's head\b0 , guiding his hands wittingly; for \b Manasseh \i was \i0 the firstborn."\b0 This blessing of Ephraim is born out in the distribution of the inheritance in the land flowing with milk and honey. All of the tribe of Ephraim obtained an inheritance where only one half of the tribe of Manasseh was included in the land flowing with milk and honey. By all of the tribe of Ephraim being in the land gives him a double portion inheritance over Manasseh.\par \pard\keepn\s3\sb120\qc\b EPHRAIM SET BEFORE MANASSEH\par \pard\nowidctlpar\tx720\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\cf2\ul Gen_48:17-20\cf1\ulnone \b0 "And when \b Joseph saw\b0 that his father laid his \b right hand\b0 upon the head of Ephraim, \b it displeased\b0 him: and he held up his father's hand, to remove it from Ephraim's head unto Manasseh's head. And Joseph said unto his father, Not so, my father: \b for this \i is \i0 the firstborn; put thy right hand upon his head. \b0 And \b his father refused\b0 , and said, I know \i it, \i0 my son, I know \i it: \i0 he also shall LVAL3become a people, and he also shall be great: but truly his \b younger brother shall be greater\b0 than he, and his seed shall become a multitude of nations. And he blessed them that day, saying, In thee shall Israel bless, saying, God make thee as Ephraim and as Manasseh: and \b he set Ephraim before Manasseh\b0 ."\par \pard\keepn\s3\sb120\qc\b JACOB AND ESAU ARE A TYPE\par \pard\nowidctlpar\tx720\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\cf2\ul Heb_11:20\cf1\ulnone\b0 "By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning things to come." The blessing of Jacob and Esau had to do with their inheritance and position in the family. Through this type we can learn how the Lord will bless His children with their inheritance and position in the family. \cf2\ul Gen_25:31-34\cf1\ulnone "And Jacob said, Sell me this day thy \b birthright\b0 . And Esau said, Behold, I \i am \i0 at the point to die: and what profit shall this \b birthright\b0 do to me? And Jacob said, Swear to me this day; and he sware unto him: and \b he sold\b0 his \b birthright\b0 unto Jacob. Then Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentils; and he did eat and drink, and rose up, and went his way: thus Esau despised \i his \b\i0 birthright\b0 ." The blessing of Jacob and Esau is used by the Lord to help us understand the doctrine of election. (\ul See the tract on Election\ulnone ).\par \pard\keepn\s2\sb120\qc\b INHERITANCE IN THE LAND\par \pard\nowidctlpar\tx720\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\b0 When the land was divided by lot, \cf2\ul Jos_13:7\cf1\ulnone "Now therefore divide this land for an inheritance unto the \b nine tribes\b0 , and the \b half tribe\b0 of Manasseh, With whom the \b Reubenites\b0 and the \b Gadites\b0 have received their inheritance, which Moses gave them, beyond Jordan eastward, \i even \i0 as Moses the servant of the LORD gave them;" The Reubenites, Gadites, Moabites, Edomites, and half of the tribe of Manasseh were given their inheritance outside of the land flowing with milk and honey. Their inheritance was on the wildLVAL4erness side of the Jordan River. The enemies of Israel had to be defeated for the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and half of the tribe of Manasseh to possess their inheritance. Likewise the whole nation of Israel had to defeat their enemies in the land of Canaan for the other nine tribes to possess their inheritance.\par \pard\nowidctlpar\sb60\tx720\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760 Caleb (a Gentile whose name means dog in Hebrew and who wholly followed the Lord God of Israel) had to fight the sons of Anak in Hebron for his inheritance. The Anakims are a type of the enemy in heavenly places. \cf2\ul Jos_14:12\cf1\ulnone "Now therefore give me this mountain, whereof the LORD spake in that day; for thou heardest in that day how the Anakims \i were \i0 there, and \i that \i0 the cities \i were \i0 great \i and \i0 fenced: if so be the LORD \i will be \i0 with me, then I shall be able to drive them out, as the LORD said. And Joshua blessed him, and gave unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh Hebron for an inheritance." Caleb's inheritance was \b among\b0 the tribe of Judah and close to the children of Aaron who inherited the city of Hebron. \cf2\ul Jos_21:12\cf1\ulnone "But the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, gave they to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession." (Ref.\cf2\ul Eze_47:22-23\cf1\ulnone .)\par It seems, in type, that the nation of Israel had to defeat the \b world\b0 , typified in Egypt; the \b flesh\b0 , typified in their lusts in the wilderness; and the\b Devil\b0 , typified in their enemies in the land of Canaan. Not all that came out of Egypt, but Joshua and Caleb, were able to conquer all of their enemies. We can defeat them: \cf2\ul 2Co_6:7\cf1\ulnone\b "By\b0 the\b word \b0 of truth, by the \b power\b0 of God, by the \b armour\b0 of righteousness on the right hand and on the left,"\par The first act of faith leaving Egypt was at the Red Sea. \cf2\ul Heb_11:29\cf1\ulnone\b \b0 "By \b faith they passed through the Red sea\b0 as by dry \i land: \i0 which the Egyptians assLVAL5aying to do were drowned." The next act of faith by the nation of Israel was at Jericho, when Israel defeated their foes in the land.\b \cf2\ul\b0 Heb_11:30\cf1\ulnone\b "By faith the walls of Jericho fell down\b0 , after they were compassed about seven days." The land had been given to Israel, but they had to defeat the enemy to possess that land (their inheritance). If we expect to have an heavenly inheritance, we have to do what Paul said he did in\b \cf2\ul\b0 2Ti_4:7-8\cf1\ulnone\b \b0 "I have fought a good fight, I have finished \i my \i0 course, I have kept the faith: Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing."; and in \cf2\ul Eph_6:12\cf1\ulnone "For \b we wrestle\b0 not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against\b spiritual wickedness in high \i places." \b0\i0\par \pard\keepn\s2\sb120\qc\b CHANGE OF THE HIGH PRIEST\par \pard\nowidctlpar\tx720\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\b0 We see the change of the high priest in \b Numbers 20:28\b0 "And Moses stripped Aaron of his garments, and put them upon Eleazar his son; and Aaron died there in the top of the mount: and Moses and Eleazar came down from the mount." The stripping of Aaron's garments disqualified him from being the high priest. \cf2\ul Lev_21:10\cf1\ulnone "And \i he that is \i0 the high priest among his brethren... shall not uncover his head, nor \b rend his clothes\b0 ;" Eleazar was present when Aaron was stripped of his garments. During the conquest of Canaan, Eleazar, the new priest, helped distribute the inheritance to the tribes of Israel as seen in\b \cf2\ul\b0 Jos_1:1\cf1\ulnone "And.. the children of Israel inherited in the land of Canaan, which \b Eleazar the priest\b0 , and Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers... \b distributed for inheritance\b0 to them." \par \pard\keLVALepn\s3\sb120\qc\b CHRIST IS OUR HIGH PRIEST\par \pard\nowidctlpar\tx720\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\b0 As there was a change of the priesthood in the days of Aaron, there was a change in the priesthood in the days of Jesus Christ. \cf2\ul Mar_14:53\cf1\ulnone "And they led Jesus away to the high priest..." \cf2\ul Mar_14:63\cf1\ulnone "Then \b the high priest rent his clothes\b0 ..." he was disqualified to be the high priest and a new one had to be chosen. \cf2\ul Heb_7:12\cf1\ulnone "For the \b priesthood being changed...."\b0 \cf2\ul Heb_7:17\cf1\ulnone "For he testifieth, Thou \i art \i0 a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec." \par \pard\keepn\s3\sb120\qc\b GOOD THINGS TO COME\par \pard\cf2\ul Heb_9:11\cf1\ulnone\b0 "But Christ being come an \b high priest of good things to come...."\b0 \cf2\ul Heb_9:15-17\cf1\ulnone "And for this cause \b he is the\b0 \b mediator \b0 [\ul of His own will, an executor\ulnone ]\b of the new testament \b0 , that by means of \b death\b0 , for the redemption of the transgressions \i that were \i0 under the first testament, they which are called \b might receive\b0 the promise of eternal \b inheritance\b0 . For where a \b testament\b0 [\ul one's will\ulnone ] \i is, \i0 there must also of necessity be the death of the \b testator\b0 [\ul one who wrote the will\ulnone ]. For a\b testament\b0 [\ul one's will\ulnone ] \i is \i0 of \b force\b0 [\ul has legal authority\ulnone ] after men are dead: otherwise it is of \b no strength\b0 [\ul authority\ulnone ] \b at all\b0 \b while\b0 the testator \b liveth\b0 ."\expndtw5\f3\fs23\par \pard\expndtw0\kerning28\fs23\par }