The Blessing of The Lord

the whole book is about THE BLESSING that began in Genesis 1-2. God’s last work of Creation was to bless man. Genesis 1:1 says, “In the beginning God….” You can’t get any closer to the beginning than that. THE BLESSING is the very creative force of God. It created all we see. We’ve lost the power of the word blessing, which means “to empower.” It’s God’s empowerment, His power that established the universe. He put the same creative power and anointing on Adam and his wife—mankind—who were created in His image, and told them to replenish the earth, be fruitful and dominate it in love. God rested the seventh day after He finished His work of Creation. His last work was not the creation of man—it was THE BLESSING of man. Then, He sat down. After man sinned, however, God had to go back to work, and that’s what this book is about: God’s restoration of THE BLESSING on mankind, where it belonged, through His blood covenant with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, passing it down the line, until Jesus was born out of that covenant. Even when sin erupted and the earth was destroyed in the Flood, God continued THE BLESSING through covenant with Noah: “And God BLESSED Noah and his sons” (Genesis 9:1). God started it all again. How did He do it? The first thing He said was, “Be fruitful and multiply,” which is exactly what He said to Adam.