What is the purpose of inheritance? I suppose everyone has a little different take on this subject. Our Heavenly Father brought up the topic to Abram in Genesis 15:
1 After these things the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision, saying, “Do not be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your exceedingly great reward.”
2 But Abram said, “Lord GOD, what will You give me, seeing I go childless, and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?” 3 Then Abram said, “Look, You have given me no offspring; indeed one born in my house is my heir!”
4 And behold, the word of the LORD came to him, saying, “This one shall not be your heir, but one who will come from your own body shall be your heir.” 5 Then He brought him outside and said, “Look now toward heaven, and count the stars if you are able to number them.” And He said to him, “So shall your descendants be.”
6 And he believed in the LORD, and He accounted it to him for righteousness.
7 Then He said to him, “I am the LORD, who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans, to give you this land to inherit it.”
Here, inheritance is the land Our Heavenly Father set aside for the descendants of Abraham to occupy, maintain, and be fruitful in. Inheritance should promote life and prosperity in the inheritor’s future. In Genesis 22, Our Heavenly Father interjected “blessing I will bless you, and multiplying I will multiply your descendants as the stars of the heaven and as the sand which is on the seashore; and your descendants shall possess the gate of their enemies”.
One result of adultery is to compromise the inheritance. At the individual level, a married man who has intercourse with another woman places the inheritance of his children at risk by adding another inheritor through lawlessness. The inheritance becomes “impure” and thus judgment enters into the picture. By necessity, a curse of the Law must balance the books. I am sure we all know of inheritors who have consumed fortunes on their lusts and in a short time ended up destitute.
Immature sons are not given the fullness of the inheritance from the father. He knows better than to put the family’s inheritance at risk. This is true of Our Heavenly Father as well. How can you expect HIM to open the windows of Heaven to you if you are unwilling to walk in HIS ways? The “name it and claim it” preachers were not inaccurate in many of the Scriptures they quoted. They failed to preach the “rest of the story”. Do you think Our Heavenly Father will bless you if you have unforgiveness in your heart? Do you think that if you are lawless as defined by the Two Greatest Commandments that Jesus pointed out, that HE will overtake you with blessings?
We are accountable for our thoughts and actions. There is a prevailing mindset in the U.S. that we are entitled to a special life and that the other 6.3 billion people are somehow inferior to us. America needs to repent of that prevailing mindset and take on an “attitude of gratitude”. I believe a Remnant has kept the hammer from falling on many countries. Intercession has prevented the full weight of judgment from taking place. However, sin will be judged and those in sin will be purged, cleansed, and purified. It could be extreme in some cases… and probably will be. That is the FATHER’S prerogative.
Ultimately, the earth is HIS inheritance and all of those in the earth. HE will protect HIS inheritance with those mature sons who have shown their commitment to full and complete fellowship with Our Heavenly Father. They will be known for their revelation of HIS Love in their lives. They are the ones who enjoy fellowship with HIM rather than the world. Their priorities have shifted away from what the world has to offer. Their attitudes have move toward compassion for their fellow man. Wealth and riches will be released to them to further the Kingdom, not to consume it on some lust or path of lawlessness. It is HIS good pleasure to release the inheritance to those who are faithful to HIM. No longer do they ask amiss. Instead, they are led by HIS Spirit to promote life and protect HIS inheritance and the intent behind it. Jesus is the pattern Son.