No Longer Under The Curse

Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us.” (Gal 3:13)

When Paul says that we are redeemed from the curse of the law, he means that we no longer will receive the judgment of God because of the way we fall short of His holy standards. Jesus died in our place so that we wouldn’t have to experience the wrath of God. “He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed”. (1 Pet 2:24)

What I want to highlight is not only the fact that we now get the full blessing of Abraham, but there’s MORE… “so that in Christ Jesus the blessing of Abraham might come to the Gentiles, so that we might receive the promised Spirit through faith.” (Gal 3:14).

Because we believe in Jesus, it takes the “if” out of the blessings of Abraham, meaning that Jesus fulfilled all the conditions, all curses were put on Him and we get the full inheritance (co-heirs). Plus we get empowered with the same Spirit that raised Christ from the dead, which no one in the old Testament had.

To be redeemed from the curse of the law means to be set free from its rules, stipulations and regulations. In other words, those who are redeemed from the curse of the law are no longer required to observe the law’s commands as the Israelites were. So then why did Jesus say that He didn’t come to abolish the law but rather to fulfill it. “Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them.” (Mat 5:17). In other words, He came to fulfill all of the prophecies about Himself. And to prove God’s Word was TRUTH all along.

Throughout the whole new testament, there are many verses that refer to the fact that “This was to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet…” (Mat 13:35). In other words, because so many of the prophecies of the Old testament pointed to Jesus, one of His main assignments was to fulfill those prophecies. And He did.

However, it also says, “For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes” (Rom 10:4). Christ is the end of the law but only for those who believe. The law still exists for those who don’t believe. Jesus established righteousness, by faith for those who believe in and accept the ransom price that He paid for our freedom from the law. But those who don’t believe are still under the law that condemns them.

So, check this out…. Not only we, as believers, are no longer under the Mosaic law, we’re also no longer under the earth-cursed law which Adam was under after the fall. “To Adam he said, “Cursed is the ground because of you; through painful toil you will eat food from it all the days of your life. It will produce thorns and thistles for you, and you will eat the plants of the field. By the sweat of your brow you will eat your food

until you return to the ground, since from it you were taken”. (Gen 3: 17-19).  

The ground is still cursed but we’ve entered back into the REST of God whereby all provisions are taken care of by God as it was before the fall.

“There remains, then, a Sabbath-REST for the people of God; for anyone who enters God’s REST also rests from his own work, just as God did from His. Let us, therefore, make every effort to ENTER that rest, so that no one will fall by following their example of unbelief.” (Hebrews 4:9–11).

We’re given the full authority of Jesus on Earth, along with the same Spirit that He was filled with when He was on Earth. Neither of these Adam had, nor the prophets.

When Jesus came He recovered the entire inheritance that Adam lost. The full dominion, the full authority and the full communion with the Father which opens the door to mercy and grace. In other words, because “it is the Father’s good pleasure to give us a kingdom”, we are constantly in the favor of God. Why? Because of the robe of righteousness which Jesus has provided for all those who believe… As far as the Father is concerned, we’re all as pure and as righteous as Jesus. There is no middle of the road.

Can you see the Father constantly getting mad at Jesus Who’s at His right hand? Can you see God afflicting Jesus with sickness or troubles? Of course not. Why not? Because we know that the reason He’s sitting at the right hand of God is because He’s entered in the REST of God. It’s all DONE. And it’s all DONE for us too.

This is quite the revelation because if you re-read the blessings of Abraham in Deuteronomy 28, you can take out the “if”, since we have already accepted Christ. We are living fully in the REST of God.

Meaning that everything is done, everything is provided for, all authority is given to us, we have all dominion and authority on Earth to destroy the works of the devil, we are empowered to heal the sick and cast out demons, we are not to work for money since God is our source and provider, we have all the promises of God which in effect, are ALL yes, yes, yes…YES and AMEN. Jesus even told the Jews that He is the Sabbath REST.

Once we get ahold of all this, and fully renew our mind to that revelation of how much is included in our new identity, it changes everything. It changes the way we live our life for sure, because it takes all perspiration out, and it definitely totally changes our relationship with the Father.

Our prayers become strictly for the purpose of communing with God and thanking Him for all that power and authority that He’s given us. Because we are sons of God on Earth with the same authority that Christ had, since He lives in us, and we are empowered by the same Holy Spirit that Jesus had.

I think this is what the writer of Hebrews was trying to tell us when he said, whatever you do, don’t miss out on this revelation… you must enter into that REST that God has provided for all those who believe. Don’t miss out, get ALL of it.

Remember God told the Jews in the wilderness that they’re not going to enter into His REST. God had already provided that land which flows with milk and honey, grape clusters so large that required two men to carry, just blessings, provisions, protection, peace, abundance, and so much more. But the Jews kept rebelling, doubting, murmuring, and simply questioning God after all that He had already done for them by delivering them from the many plagues of Egypt, then crossing the Red Sea on dry ground, miracle after miracle after miracle, and yet they would not believe and He said “As I swore in My wrath, ‘They shall not enter my REST.’ ” (Heb 3:11). So what that means is that God wanted to give them the Sabbath REST every day.

And the writer of Hebrews begs his readers not to make the same mistake by rejecting God’s Sabbath REST in Jesus Christ. “There remains, then, a Sabbath-rest for the people of God; for anyone who enters God’s rest also rests from his own work, just as God did from His.” (ALL DONE). Let us, therefore, make every effort to enter that REST, so that no one will fail by following their example of unbelief.

The Sabbath REST is JESUS.