Ep. 9 The Identity of Covenant

Genesis Chapters 14-17. Covenant begins with God who calls you by name. Yet, many individuals in the bible went through a spiritual rebirth, which included new name to bring about their purpose. As a wife takes on a new name and along with her husbands possessions, so are those who enter into covenant with God. How then, can we be certain of the identity given to us? Abram became Abraham, Sarai became Sarah, Jacob became Israel, and Simon became Peter. The bible is filled with individuals whose name is defined by their character. In a world of constant validation, how do we break away from the identity crisis that causes us to lose our inheritance? Abram had a son by a slave woman named Ishamael, and palestine was born. Abraham had a son by his wife Sarah named Isaac, and Israel was born. These two brothers have been at war through generations, each declaring their rightful inheritance. This episode will discuss the spiritual rights of ownership in spiritual warfare. The gaining of territory versus the inheritance we receive, not by works, but through the dead of another. This is a foreshadow of our great inheritance, the gift of salvation, the promised Messiah born to us in this Christmas season 2,025 years ago.