FACTORS INFLUENCING HOUSEHOLD SALVATION (6)

• If you do not understand your fold—your God-ordained place and people—you cannot truly prosper because abundance and sufficiency in all things are tied to alignment with divine placement. Until you return to your fold, you may wander, but you will not flourish (Genesis 49:8-10, Deuteronomy 33:7, Jeremiah 23).

• There is a unique advantage for the second son, but the principle is bigger than birth order. While the firstborn was traditionally entitled to the double portion, Reuben lost it, Joseph’s tribe did not retain it, and even Ephraim, who received Jacob’s right hand as the younger one, eventually lost it. The sceptre passed instead to Judah, showing that birthright is not about when you were born but about walking rightly with God. Whether firstborn, lastborn, or middleborn, if you align yourself with God’s word, His blessing will not elude you (Genesis 30:13; 49:3-4; 48:13-20; 49:10).

• Without making a doctrine out of the blessing of the second son, we can still see its enviable position in Scripture. Abel—the second son of Adam and Eve—offered a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, and God honoured his offering. Though second by birth, he was first in recognition, securing the opening place in the hall of faith (Genesis 4:1-2, Hebrews 11:4).
• Isaac was, biologically, the second son of Abraham. Through Sarah, he was the first, but by Abraham, he was the second, since Hagar had already given birth to Ishmael. Yet it was Isaac who became the son of promise, the one through whom God’s covenant would stand. Though second born, he carried the divine mandate, for God Himself declared His covenant with him (Genesis 17:18-21).

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