Are you possessing the land or just warming a pew with your blessed ASSurance waiting the second coming?

Deuteronomy 2:31, Begin to possess [the Promised Land]. Possession of the Promised Land was a process. This concept is as true for us as much as it was for the children of Israel. The idea in mainstream Christianity that when you receive salvation at the beginning of your spiritual walk and that’s all there is to possessing or entering the kingdom of Elohim is a seriously incomplete one. It doesn’t fit the biblical models or the teachings of the apostolic writers about the need for the believer to persevere and overcome to the end to receive his ultimate eternal inheritance.

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When this verse states that Israel “began to possess [the Promised Land],” what does this mean? Why didn’t YHVH give it to Israel all at once? What did Israel have to do to “possess” the land? What do we have to do to possess our spiritual inheritance? Does YHVH just hand it to us, or do we have to persevere, overcome and fight for it?

Leaving Egypt is a picture of a believer’s initial salvation, while entering the Promised Land is a picture of a believer’s ultimate salvation involving his glorification or the redemption of his physical body and being granted eternal inheritance at the resurrection. It’s also a picture of rewards for obedience.

 

1 thought on “Are you possessing the land or just warming a pew with your blessed ASSurance waiting the second coming?

  1. I believe salvation is a journey… a walk that we do daily. The moment we decide to enter into relationship is the beginning of the life and walk with Him.

    When a man and woman decide to marry, they do not continue to live by themselves as single people anymore. They make a decision to commit to each other in relationship and choose to walk together down the same path.

    I don’t believe salvation is a one-time experience. I believe it is the beginning of a relationship with our Creator. A decision to fellowship with Him.

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