Prophetic Promises

‘The Lord their God is with them, the shout of the king is among them.’ Numbers 23:21

‘A star will come out of Jacob; a sceptre will rise out of Israel.’ Numbers 24:17

The Baalam stories in Numbers 22-24 are some of the strangest in all scripture. God overrules the attempts of the king of Moab to use a pagan sorcerer to curse Israel. Instead, God not only severely disciplines this sorcerer so that he only speaks what God himself allows him to say, but the Holy Spirit even comes on this sorcerer and speaks through him.

It is not enough to know about the inheritance our heavenly Father has given us, or even how to participate in that inheritance; much more important is that our Father wants his children to know why he is giving us the kingdom.

Why did Jesus come and tell us that we will inherit a kingdom? Because his plan is that we learn to live and exercise authority along with him in his kingdom.

‘How much more will those who receive God’s abundant provision of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man, Jesus Christ! Romans 5:17

‘But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.’ 1 Peter 2:9

‘God has made us for this very purpose and has given us his Spirit as a deposit guaranteeing what is to come.’ 2 Corinthians 5:5

‘And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, in order that in the coming ages he might show the incomparable riches of his grace, expressed in his kindness to us in Christ Jesus.’ Ephesians 2:6-7

The point is that when we see and understand not only what our Father in the heavens is giving to us, but why and what his purposes are, we shall give up everything and focus on taking possession of that inheritance.