ANCESTRAL CURSES DO NOT EXIST


Rev.Michael Benson Ajayi
     2kings 14:5-6 "And it came to pass,  as soon as the kingdom was confirmed in his hand, that he slew his  servants which had slain the king his father. But the children of the  murderers he slew not: according unto that which is written in the  book of the law of Moses, wherein the Lord commanded, saying, The  fathers shall not be put to death for the children, nor the children be  put to death for the fathers; but every man shall be put to death for  his own sin."
          The theology that says God places curses on children because of the sins of their parents and ancestors is unfounded . This theology is derived from a misinterpretation of Exodus 34:7 "Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children’s children, unto the third and to the fourth generation. "
       The context of this verse of scriptures is the magnanimity of  God’s grace in dealing with the effect of the errors of parents upon their offspring or descendants . In the light of this, the word 'visiting' is the Hebrew word 'Paquad' which means: to care for, bestow,oversee,deposit. There are two words that were added by the translators of the bible from Hebrew to English and they are distinguished from the original text by being italicized, they are 'generation' and 'the guilty' .    Therefore, the verse of scripture without these additions from the translators reads "Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means ; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children’s children, unto the third and to the fourth . " What this means is that God cares for and makes provisions for children who are victims of the sins of the parents sins such as in the case of a pregnant drug addict whose unborn children  are born with hard drugs in their blood stream , or children of terrorists who could be endangered by the activities of their parents.
         The era of the laws of Moses had no provision for forgiveness of sins that's what the scriptures means by the clause 'no means clear' , and the consequences of sin was death. Sin is not transferable from parents to children ,the scriptures says in Ezekiel 18: 20 "The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him. " Under God’s grace through Jesus the effect of the sins of parents on their children could be cured.  God made provisions for the children of rebellious parents to enjoy the benefits of the blessed life regardless of the sins of the parents , an example is the case in 2Kings 14:5-6 . Amaziah had lost his father Joash through a palace coup in 2Kings 12:20 and when he assumed office as king he set out on a revenge mission by executing the coup plotters but spared their children.  This was God's grace in effect in the old testament era.
     Under the dispensation of grace which we live in, all sins are forgiven , unlike in the old testament were sins could not be cleared. Through Jesus Christ we have redemption of our sins, which means Jesus bought our sins and those of our great grand parents up to Adam with His blood and took our place of punishment on the cross. The scriptures says in Ephesians 1:7" In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;" he took every curse upon himself including future curses and has been made our curse- breaker or neutralizer as the scriptures says in Galatians 3: 13 "Christ hath  redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for  it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree: " therefore, there are no impediments to the fulfillment of your destiny .Your prosperity is guaranteed through the blood of Jesus Christ.
  Prayer : Heavenly Father forgive me for my sins against you, I believe Jesus Christ died and was raised again for my salvation, I receive him as lord and saviour and receive grace to overturn every evil prophesy over my life and family in Jesus name.
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