God can take our curse and turn it into a blessing. In fact God has overturned our curse and made it a blessing through Christ. God overturned what was once a curse into an eternal blessing.
Today I was reading the Word and thinking about these things, Galatians 3 came to mind when I was considering these thoughts. It referenced Deuteronomy 21:23-25 this ancient Hebrew book of law states,
"If a man guilty of a capital offense is put to death and his body is hung on a tree, you must not leave his body on the tree overnight. Be sure to bury him that same day, because anyone who is hung on a tree is under God's curse." Deuteronomy 21:22-23
I've read that before in the past, but today it just brought tears to my eyes to realize how this is in the Torah, the Old Testament. We look a thousand years later, to find the Son of Man hung on a tree. Christ overturned our curse that began in the Garden and reversed it to an eternal blessing.
I've been thinking and considering a lot lately, and the most amazing thing that I've thought about is the story of the Bible as a whole. I have to tell you, it is the most beautiful, well written, documented story in the whole span of history. As I go to college and continue in my history major as well as religious study major, I will let you know if I find anything more beautiful than the story of the Bible. ;-)
It is so sad to me when people see it as just this book of rules and regulations, and a way and means for man to control people. Of course as we look at history the irony is that the best way the religions were able to control people was by keeping them from reading their Bibles. The people were told to just trust what the religious institution told them the Bible said because they didn't want anyone "misinterpreting" it.
All I have to say is, thank God for the reformation. Thank God for those who stood against their societies and were able to translate the Bible into other languages in order to free the captive souls from the bondage of religion. I continually pray for the same today. That people will stop debating about the foolish most pointless things of this world and pick up their Bible and just stand in awe of their Creator. We live in the bondage of our religion. May God save us from these manmade institutions and lead us into His Sovereign kingdom.
"The kingdom of God is not a matter of talk but of power." 1 Corinthians 4:20
I have heard of and seen that power in people's lives and hearts. There is no other story that can turn the human heart in such a way as to completely change one's identity from their own into something greater and ever lasting. I am not living as a religious individual, but as a Christ follower, on this inconsistent but stable journey with my Saviour. I am ready to follow you Lord, wherever you lead me.
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