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What normally happens in a succession situation is that after the death of the Testator, a meeting will be convened between the beneficiary and the Executor for the reading and implementation of the Will. The Executor will then read the Testament and inform the beneficiaries about the terms of the Testament and how the Testament will be executed.

In the New Testament, the letters of the Apostle Paul explains the Testament but only the Holy Spirit can make the terms of the Testament a reality. The Testament is referred to as new because there is also an old one. The old has, however, been made obsolete by the new as already said. If the Testator writes two Testaments before he dies, only the last Testament will become applicable after his death. Normally a Testator writes a second Testament if the first one does not properly or fully represents his wishes. By writing the second Testament, the first one becomes obsolete (no longer used or outdated).

The Apostle Paul in Hebrews 8:7 says that if the first covenant (referring to the Old Testament) had been faultless, then no place would have been sought for a second. Verse 13 says, “…Now what is becoming obsolete and growing old is ready to vanish away.” God saw a need to initiate a New Testament to replace the first one. The Church today is battling to embrace the New Testament and tries very hard to work with both of them. By trying to work with both, the Church is not able to inherit or benefit from any of them.

In the book of Acts 1:4 Jesus (the Testator) convened a meeting of the beneficiaries (the Church) and the Holy Spirit (the Executor) for the execution of the Testament, before He ascended to heaven. He told His disciples not to depart from Jerusalem but to wait for the promise of the Holy Spirit (Executor). At this stage, the New Testament was still not in place because the Testator was still with them. After He told them to wait for the Holy Spirit, He ascended to heaven as they watched Him. In Acts 2:2 the Holy Spirit came upon the Apostles in the upper room and the execution process commenced.

The main function of the Holy Spirit on earth is to honour and glorify Jesus Christ. Jesus is honoured and glorified when the Holy Spirit takes (receives, draws upon) what belongs to Jesus and reveals (declares, discloses, and transmits) it to us (John 16:14AMPC). Jesus is glorified and honoured when we walk in the power of the new covenant. The benefits of the cross is everything that Jesus died for: peace, protection, prosperity, perfect health and the presence of God. This is our inheritance! The Holy Spirit guarantees our inheritance.

Ephesians 1:13-14

“In Him you also trusted, after you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation; in whom also, having believed, you were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise, who is the guarantee of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, to the praise of His glory.”

Many people die without a Testament and this is a big injustice to the people that are left behind. All of us must have a Will that clearly spells out how our estates must be administered after we have gone to be with the Lord. To leave a Will is a sign of maturity, love and honour for those that are left behind. Those who die and not leave a Will create chaos and unnecessary fights amongst the family members that are left behind. There are many estates that remain unresolved for years and children suffer because daddy died without leaving a Will. In some cases, the assets of the estate, as well as the insurance policies are only known to the deceased and are never discovered after his death. The children live in poverty while daddy left behind a lot of money and assets. I wonder what kind of sermons would be preached every Sunday if Jesus died without leaving a Will (New Testament). We all would have continued to suffer and mourn under the Law until now.

To write a Testament and not appoint an Executor is almost the same as having written no Testament at all because those who are left behind will not know what to do with it. Once a Will is written, it must be left in the custody of the appointed Executor. The beneficiaries must know the details of the Executor and where to find him. This is what Jesus did before He ascended to heaven. He told the disciples about the coming of the Holy Spirit and what His role is going to be. No one can inherit the promise of the new covenant without the Holy Spirit. He holds the key that unlocks the inheritance. He is the only one the Church needs to lean on in these difficult times in the world. His primary mandate from the Father is to take what belongs to Him and transmit it to us. This is what inheritance is all about, and this is how the new covenant is being implemented.

The time for us to mourn are over. Jesus has risen from the dead and ascended to the Father in great power. He did not leave us as orphans but left us with the most powerful person on earth today, the Holy Spirit.

In Matthew 9:15 Jesus referred to fasting as mourning. The disciples of John asked Him why they and the Pharisees fasted and His disciples did not fast. Jesus said, “Can the friends of the bridegroom mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them? But the days will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast.” In this passage Jesus refers to Himself as the bridegroom, to His disciples as the friends of the bridegroom and to fasting as mourning. The secret to interpreting this scripture is understanding the part that speaks of the days when “the bridegroom will be taken away”. This period refers to the time when Jesus was arrested until His resurrection, not after His ascension. After Jesus ascended to heaven, the Holy Spirit fell upon the friends of the bridegroom in the upper room and Jesus was united with them in the person of the Holy Spirit forever, never to leave them again. As you read this book, if you are born-again, the Bridegroom lives in you. That’s all that I will say about this. Those who have ears let them hear! In Matthew 9:16-17, Jesus warns us of the consequences of mixing law and grace. He says that when we mix the two, we lose the benefit from both of them.

The New Testament cannot be implemented or executed outside the primary function of the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit operates on God’s behalf to reveal and glorify the Son Jesus Christ. This speaks of the trinity of God. They are three personalities yet they are one. They are intertwined and work hand in hand. You and I will never walk in the power of the new covenant unless we first understanding the heart of the Father, the sacrificial act of the Son and the primary function of the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit is the bearer and conferrer of the inheritance.

2 Corinthians 3:4-6

“And we have such trust through Christ toward God. Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think of anything as being from ourselves, but our sufficiency is from God, who also made us sufficient as ministers of the new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.”

We must listen to what the Apostle Paul says and note it. Our prosperity is from God through our Lord Jesus Christ, not from ourselves. We must never ever think that we can partake in the new covenant if we continue to be ministers of the old covenant. The Holy Spirit does not respond to the old covenant but to the new. We do not receive the supply of the Spirit of God for miracles through the works of the law, but by the hearing of faith (Galatians 3:5). The inheritance is by promise and not by obedience to the law.

We are living in very exciting times where God is causing a shaking in the realm of the spirit. There is a removal of things that are being shaken, so that the things that cannot be shaken may remain (Hebrews 12:25-28). I share a mystery with you: the recent political changes in the world, the increase in food shortage, threat of war, America’s conflict with Iran and North Korea over nuclear weapons, are all positioning the Church for the coming wealth transfer. I’m sure that you are aware that the United Nations is slowly losing its control, significance and power. Things are being shaken in the world so that you can take possession of your inheritance.

The children of Israel took possession of their inheritance in Egypt through a shaking. When the firstborn of Egypt and their gods were judged by our God, the wealth was transferred. Just as it was so easy for the wealth to be transferred from the Egyptians to the children of Israel, it is going to be very easy for us also. The bible says that God gave the children of Israel favour in the sight of the Egyptians, so that they granted them what they demanded, and they plundered the Egyptians (Exodus 12:36).

It is also not a coincidence that the name of the current Prime Minister of Israel is Benjamin. This name is very prophetic because it means “Son of my right hand”. This is the name of the child that was born to Rachel in deep sorrow, but Jacob, his father, called him Benjamin (Genesis 35:17-19). The midwife of Rachel said to her, when she was in hard labour, “Do not fear; you will have this son also.” The midwife was prophesying about us who were also to be born to God through hard labour. All of us, as the body of Christ, are the son that the midwife was referring to. We are the Benjamin Generation, the Blessed Generation.

If you want to understand your part in the new covenant, look at the life of Benjamin. He was born from the same mother as Joseph and was born after him. The two sons speak of Jesus and us. Joseph is a picture of Jesus and Benjamin is a picture of us. In Genesis 45:7-8, Joseph said to his brothers, “And God sent me before you to preserve a posterity for you in the earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance. So now it was not you who sent me here, but God; and He has made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and a ruler throughout all the land of Egypt.” This is exactly what God did for us. He knew that these times that we are living in were going to come. He therefore sent His Son beforehand to save our lives and to make provision for us.

Out of all the ten brothers, Joseph blessed Benjamin the most. In Genesis 45:22, the bible says, “He gave to all of them, to each man, changes of garments; but to Benjamin he gave three hundred pieces of silver and five changes of garments.” Do you see this, Joseph gave money and clothing to Benjamin, and Jesus is doing the same to us right now and much more. He gives us richly all things to enjoy. Our inheritance is based purely on the grace of God and not on the works of the law or of the flesh. The grace of God originates from the covenant He made with Abraham, and the works of the law originates from the covenant He made with Moses at Mount Sinai.

Your season to arise and to take possession of what rightfully belongs to you has come. The days of toiling are over. The days of wrong believing are over. From this day forward, you must reject any teaching that places you in bondage to the law. Today is the day of rest. Stand still and see the salvation of our God.

I want you to know as I conclude this chapter that your inheritance is guaranteed and cannot fail. The inheritance for Isaac and Jacob could not fail because the covenant was not with them but with their father Abraham. Our inheritance also cannot fail because the covenant, to which our inheritance originates, was cut between God and His Son Jesus (Hebrews 9:15, 12:24, 1 Timothy 2:5). It is full proof and impossible for it to fail. We cannot break it because it was not cut with us. God cannot break it because it is impossible for Him to do so. Jesus cannot break it because His own blood has already sealed it.

Let God do in your life, through Jesus Christ, what He promised to our father, Abraham (Deuteronomy 8:18). You and I, like Isaac, are children of promise (Galatians 4:28). Our inheritance is guaranteed by the Holy Spirit of God.