For 40 days and nights, it rained so hard that the whole world perished, except for Noah and those who were with him in the ark. At the end of 150 days, on the 17th day of the seventh month, the ark rested on the mountains of Ararat.
In Hebrew, the word “Ararat” means “the curse is reversed.” The waters of judgment receded, causing the ark to rest on the mountains of Ararat, on new ground where the curse is reversed. And it happened on the 17th day of the seventh month on the Feast of Firstfruits—the exact date that Jesus rose from the dead 4,000 years later!
When Christ rose from the dead, we were raised together with Him (see Colossians 2:12). We who are in Christ our true ark stand on resurrection ground where the curse has been reversed (see Galatians 3:13), where diseases, poverty and failures have no right to operate!
A church member shared how God delivered him from cervical spondylosis, a medical condition which causes the neck section of the spinal cord to deteriorate. An X-ray taken four to five years back showed that that area of his spinal cord was deteriorating fast. He was in pain and had to take medicine to manage the condition. And whenever he had a relapse, he would get depressed.
During his last relapse, he went to the doctor, trusting God that he was already healed, had another X-ray taken and was given some medication. He took the medication, still believing God that he was healed. The following morning, the pain in his neck was gone and he was able to turn his head. When he finally collected his X-ray results a week later, his doctor actually told him that his spinal cord looked better than the doctor’s own! The doctor was very surprised because patients with this condition usually don’t get better. God had reversed the curse of cervical spondylosis for him!
My friend, as a believer, you are on no-curse ground. You stand in the blessings zone where it is very easy for God’s blessings to rain all over you!
"I'M HERE TO TELL YOU" EDITORS NOTE
The bible says in Galatians: "Christ redeemed us from the cause of the law, having become a curse for us." Jesus came to totally redeem us from the curse and from judgment. We are meant for judgment not only because we have broken God's law, but because Adam, our father disobeyed God and we were born sinners. Without God's plan to send His Son to be our savior, we would have no hope. But because of Jesus we now have more than what we could have ever hoped for. We have a future in heaven with God and are a part of the His family. Heirs to the world and blessed beyond measure. God was so upset with His creation that He destroyed almost everything. But there was a remnant that He saved to start again, this time on ground where the curse was reversed. Jesus has reversed God's curse on us, took our punishment and now we live on blessed ground. We stand on the blessings of Christ and Him crucified. Today, thank God for second chances and pray that He will guide you through the day and have you always look to His Son for all of your daily blessings.
