KFLCC Kingdom Economics

Provision for All Blessings is Found in the Atonement

There were so many restrictions and commandments that even the New Testament writers noted the difficulty for one person to keep all of the law. Yet, if one part of the law was disobeyed, it was as though all of the law was broken (see Romans 7 and 8). However, from Moses to the time of Christ, there was one man who was completely obedient to the commandments of God in every area of His life, throughout His entire life. He is the only person who can be called sinless, meaning that He had no sin the entire time that He lived on earth. That man was Jesus Christ (2 Cor. 5:21). Christ walked morally upright, never breaking the moral law (1 Pet. 2:22). He fulfilled the picture of the Mosaic sacrifices—the lamb at Passover (Exod. 12), the brass serpent on the pole (Num. 21:8-9), and the red heifer sacrifice (Num. 19)—thus fulfilling the sacrificial expectations in the Torah. He bore our sins on the cross, thus satisfying the judicial requirements of a sin offering (Heb. 10:8-18). To lay claim to all of the wonderful benefits and blessings found in the instructions of the Torah would require that a person, group of people, or the entire nation obey every commandment and statute written therein. Biblical history reveals that most individuals, tribes, and the nation of Israel continually failed in this regard. However, look at Christ. Since He “knew no sin” (1 Pet. 2:22), Jesus was the only sinless man who could legally lay claim to every blessing promised by God to a person willing to live a covenant life and obey every command. Jesus was qualified to lay claim to every promise, which included every promise for physical blessing, spiritual increase, and financial prosperity that is guaranteed in Deuteronomy 28. Remember, Christ never broke the written instructions of God. He only broke the traditions of men (Mark 7:1-13). One part of the blessing was prosperity for those who would keep the commandments of God: Keep therefore the words of this covenant, and do them, that ye may prosper in all that ye do. D EUT . 29:9 And you shall remember the LORD your God, for it is He who gives you power to get wealth, that He may establish His covenant which He swore to your fathers, as it is this day. D EUT . 8:18 (NKJV) This prosperity promise was connected to the entire land of Israel. God

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