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Our blessings are in Christ and they are in the heavenlies. It is not so easy to understand just what the spiritual blessings are. When Moses spoke about the blessings to Israel prior to entering the Promised Land, they were very specific tangible items. They were in the physical realm. Those in Ephesians are spiritual blessings:
- It is God who has blessed us
- The blessings are in Christ (said in various ways through this section)
- The blessings are in the heavenly places contrasted to those for Israel (land based)
- We are holy and without blame (blemish) before God
- We are highly favored by God
- We have been purchased by God and all our sins forgiven
(As you read these blessings, you begin to see just how much better what we have is compared to the blessings promised to Israel) - He made known to us the mystery – God’s purpose in Christ to be head over all things in heaven and earth
- We have been given an inheritance – we are joint heirs with Christ who is to be heir of all things
(Though these blessings are spiritual, they have ramifications in the physical realm) - God has also given us the down payment of holy spirit as proof of the inheritance (speaking in tongues is a great reminder of what we have)
- The prayer in Ephesians highlights how God really wants us to know and understand these deep spiritual truths. It will take God to show us and give us this understanding.
- God took Jesus from the lowest place and set him in the heavenly places where our blessings are – and his authority and position is very exalted
- We are spiritually seated in the heavenly places in Christ – a reality that will be physical in the future
We have been blessed with every possible spiritual blessing in Christ. In order to really grasp what God is getting at it here, the understanding has to come from God. He has to reveal these to us as we grow in our understanding of spiritual matters.