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God blessed them.
And God said to them:
“Be fruitful and multiply
and fill the earth and subdue it,
and have dominion over the fish of the sea
and over the birds of the heavens
and over every living thing that moves on the earth.”
Gen 1:28

SIN

Adam → Eve → snake...
not accepting responsibility
Sin = curse = rejection = struggle : sweat
"cursed is the ground because of you;
in pain you shall eat of it
all the days of your life;
thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for you"
When the LORD brings you into the land:
• you shall set apart to the LORD all that 1st opens the womb.
• All the firstborn of your animals that are males shall be the LORD’s.
• Every firstborn of donkey* you shall redeem with lamb, or if you will not redeem it you shall break its neck.
• Every firstborn of man among your sons you shall redeem.
Exo 13:11..
God has a sovereign right to make a firstborn!
We can see God's Pattern of Reversing Expectations
Throughout Genesis, God repeatedly chose younger sons over older ones:
Isaac over Ishmael, Jacob over Esau, Joseph over Reuben, Ephraim over Manasseh.
And David - above all the members of his family!
I have found David, my servant; with my holy oil I have anointed him,
so that my hand shall be established with him;
My faithfulness and my steadfast love* shall be with him,
and in my name shall his horn be exalted.
And I will make him the firstborn,
the highest of the kings of the earth.
My steadfast love I will keep for him forever,
and my covenant will stand firm for him.
I will establish his offspring forever...
Ps. 89:20... *chesed
God has promised us a unique firstborn!
Then Christ arrived — we didn't recognize Him.
When he first appeared in public and spoke, he acted — he had a total of about 15 minutes without enemies.
He had every resources from the father for the fight.
“He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High.* The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David, and he will reign over Jacob’s descendants forever;
His kingdom will never end.”
Luk 1:32
*Abraham - Melchizedek covenant
He is the head of the body, the church.
He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in everything he might be preeminent.
For in him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell, and through him to reconcile to himself all things
Colossians 1:18-19.
Now if perfection had been attainable through the Levitical priesthood (for under it the people received the Law), what further need would there have been for another priest to arise after the order of Melchizedek, rather than one named after the order of Aaron?
For when there is a change in the priesthood, there is necessarily a change in the Law as well.
...
...it is evident that our Lord was descended from Judah, and in connection with that tribe Moses said nothing about priests.
This becomes even more evident when another priest arises in the likeness of Melchizedek, who has become a priest, not on the basis of a legal requirement {the Law}, but by the power of an indestructible life. For it is witnessed of him,
  “You are a priest forever,
  after the order of Melchizedek.”   ...
  “The Lord has sworn
  and will not change his mind,
  ‘You are a priest forever.’”
This makes Jesus the guarantor of a better covenant.
Heb. 7:11....22
 
He is able to do exceeding abundantly
above all that we ask or think.
Eph. 3:20
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