God Will Lift Your Head

We are continuing with the study of the Blessing series. Initially, we had studied the difference between blessing and miracle from which we learnt that blessings are always bigger than miracles. Miracles are a temporary situation that God gives for us to have a breakthrough in life. Miracles are crowd pullers. Miracles occur at the time of crisis. We went through the origin of blessing as well in the book of Genesis.
Genesis 1- 11 is the prehistoric era. From chapter 12, it focuses on one person who is Abraham. In chapters 12-24, we see the blessings (barak) God had poured into the life of Abraham starting with the seven blessings in chapter 12. Later , we see the blessings from God Most High El Elyon and El Shaddai in the following chapters. As we come to Genesis 24, God has blessed him in every area of his life. Abraham, the Father of Nations was blessed physically, mentally, emotionally, materially and also in all his relationships with God and man and so much more.
Luke 13.16 Then should not this woman, a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan has kept bound for eighteen long years, be set free on the Sabbath day from what bound her?
This was one of the healing miracles in Jesus’ ministry. Jesus healed a woman crippled for eighteen years on a Sabbath day. Jews did not do anything on Sabbath days. However, Jesus did many miracles on that day. So the teachers of the Law saw Jesus as a Sabbath Breaker, a person who breaks the Law that came through Moses. They had not seen him as the Son of God or the Messiah. Their concept of who the Messiah was very different. The Teachers of Law including the seventy belonging to the Sanhedarin knew the five books of the Pentateuch by heart. But they did not get the revelation of the Messiah when He came. So Jesus was telling them that by only knowing the Scriptures without God’s power can lead them astray. So finally, they crucified Him. Even now, for many, church or religion is more important than Jesus.
Genesis 1- 11 is the prehistoric era. From chapter 12, it focuses on one person who is Abraham. In chapters 12-24, we see the blessings (barak) God had poured into the life of Abraham starting with the seven blessings in chapter 12. Later , we see the blessings from God Most High El Elyon and El Shaddai in the following chapters. As we come to Genesis 24, God has blessed him in every area of his life. Abraham, the Father of Nations was blessed physically, mentally, emotionally, materially and also in all his relationships with God and man and so much more.
Luke 13.16 Then should not this woman, a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan has kept bound for eighteen long years, be set free on the Sabbath day from what bound her?
This was one of the healing miracles in Jesus’ ministry. Jesus healed a woman crippled for eighteen years on a Sabbath day. Jews did not do anything on Sabbath days. However, Jesus did many miracles on that day. So the teachers of the Law saw Jesus as a Sabbath Breaker, a person who breaks the Law that came through Moses. They had not seen him as the Son of God or the Messiah. Their concept of who the Messiah was very different. The Teachers of Law including the seventy belonging to the Sanhedarin knew the five books of the Pentateuch by heart. But they did not get the revelation of the Messiah when He came. So Jesus was telling them that by only knowing the Scriptures without God’s power can lead them astray. So finally, they crucified Him. Even now, for many, church or religion is more important than Jesus.

From Luke 13.16, we can understand a few things.
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- This woman was the daughter of Abraham.
- This woman was bound by Satan for eighteen long years with illnesses etc.
- Jesus came to set her free.
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About the Author

Dr. Damien Antony
Born and brought up in a Christian family, Dr. Damien Antony possessed an unquenching quest for truth right from his boyhood days and eventually his relentless search led him to the Bible. He is a Revival Preacher, Bible Teacher, Leadership Trainer, Author and a Life Coach. He moves under the anointing for Prophetic, Healing, Deliverance, Inner Healing and Financial Breakthrough. God has also blessed him with an Apostolic Mandate to take the Universal Body of Christ to the next level of revelation and anointing.
Born and brought up in a Christian family, Dr. Damien Antony possessed an unquenching quest for truth right from his boyhood days and eventually his relentless search led him to the Bible. He is a Revival Preacher, Bible Teacher, Leadership Trainer, Author and a Life Coach. He moves under the anointing for Prophetic, Healing, Deliverance, Inner Healing and Financial Breakthrough. God has also blessed him with an Apostolic Mandate to take the Universal Body of Christ to the next level of revelation and anointing.
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