The Call of the Heir !
The Call of the Heir !
Heb 9:15
15 And for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament, they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance.
Why is this the call of an Heir ? The word inheritance is the greek word klēronomia d means:
an inheritance, property received (or to be received) by inheritance
2) what is given to one as a possession
a) the eternal blessedness of the consummated kingdom of God which is to be expected after the visible return of Christ
b) the share which an individual will have in that eternal blessedness
"a lot" (see A), properly "an inherited property, an inheritance." "It is always rendered inheritance in NT, but only in a few cases in the Gospels has it the meaning ordinarily attached to that word in English, i.e., that into possession of which the heir enters only on the death of an ancestor. The NT usage may be set out as follows:
one who receives by lot, an heir
a) an heir
This call here is not to all mankind in general, even though it goes out universally for the Calling of the Heirs of Salvation or Eternal Inheritance Heb 1:14
14 Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation?
Salvation is not an offer , nor is it made available for whosoever wants it. For it's only the Heirs of Abraham's Seed that are intended with this Call of the Gospel Rom 4:13-16
13 For the promise, that he should be the heir of the world, was not to Abraham, or to his seed, through the law, but through the righteousness of faith.
14 For if they which are of the law be heirs, faith is made void, and the promise made of none effect:
15 Because the law worketh wrath: for where no law is, there is no transgression.
16 Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace; to the end the promise might be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham; who is the father of us all,
Yes the Heirs, the Seed Vs13,16; For all Believers in Christ when it is all said and done, are all of the Seed of Abraham, God's Elect Gal 3:29
29 And if ye be Christ's,[Or Believers] then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.
Yes ministerially the Gospel is to be preached world wide without distinction because the ministers themselves do not know who the Heirs are who shall believe, however the Holy Spirit of Promise does know they are and He will by and through the Father and the Son effectually call to Faith the Heirs for whom it [Gospel] was intended Heb 9:15; 1 Cor 1:24
24 But unto them which are called[Heirs], both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God.
Now we are careless in our understanding if we equate the command of Christ to carry the Gospel of Salvation out world wide, to mean that He is calling all without exception, when it is intended only for the Heirs who are scattered abroad throughout the world Jn 11:51-52
51 And this spake he not of himself: but being high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus should die for that nation;
52 And not for that nation only, but that also he should gather together in one the children of God/heirs that were scattered abroad.
Do remember that the children of God and Heirs are the same people Rom 8:16-17
16 The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God:
17 And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together.
The Heirs are no other than the Sheep that Christ stated they should Hear His Voice Jn 10:16
16 And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd.
They hear His voice in the Gospel Call which is He calling them specifically by Name Jn 10:3
To him the porter openeth; and the sheep hear his voice: and he calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out.
That word calleth here is the same word called in Heb 9:15 the word kaleō:
to call
a) to call aloud, utter in a loud voice
b) to invite
2) to call i.e. to name, by name
a) to give a name to
That's because the Heirs of Heb 9:15 are the Sheep of Christ in Jn 10:3 and He is their Inheritance and Joint Heirs with Him Rom 8:17
17 And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ[Their Shepherd]; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together.
