There is no relationship whatsoever between blessings and repentance but true repentance results to blessings. The word blessing is used in the bible as the bountiful material provisions of God to his people, Exodus 16. This includes physical health, free from plagues and losses, peace and order in the community, inner joy, physical rest, creativity and the privilege to help others. It is a foretaste of heaven, Genesis 1. This was the original plan of God for man but because of the entering of sin into the world, all of these beautiful plans of God were tainted and almost destroyed, Genesis 3. This can only be restored only if man will repent from his sin of disobedience.
Repentance means, realization to humble oneself and to admit to God and to himself his wrong doings that led him to a miserable kind of life that he wanted to be freed again. It is a foretaste of hell or eternal damnation of self to a very unwanted painful life or a life away from the presence of God. Main component of this is the willingness and decisive decision to turn away of a penitent person from sin and to accept the truth or the words of God as his new norms of life.
God was so pleased and blessed King David of wealth, lands and even kingdom and as an expression of his praise and thanks, he promised to build the temple for God but wasn't made it cause his hands were full of blood as a mighty warrior, II Samuel 7. This was fulfilled then by his son, King Solomon. He was like his father who lived obediently to the words of God and had the desire to please him in most part of his life. He prayed and dedicated the temple with all his heart, life and soul for burnt offering and worship. He regarded God as holy that worthy of his worship and of the whole Israelite, II Chronicles 6-7.
In II Chronicles 7:14 says, "If my people who are called by my name will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land." Why God included this verse while talking to King Solomon when he appeared to him at night? Was there a problem that's going on in the lives of the Israelite? Yes, but not yet in a dangerous point. This verse was written in order to remind King Solomon that whenever he and his people forgot the teaching and values of his father, King David and chose rather to disobey God and to live wickedly before his eyes, verse fourteen will remind them on what to do. God has warned King Solomon of the consequences of being disobedient to his commands and once they worship other gods, the following will come as plagues: they will be uprooted from the land and the temple will be destroyed; the world will ridicule and disgrace them and tell, they forsaken the God of their fathers and embraced other gods that's why they suffered this fate, verses 19-22.
But if King Solomon and the Israelite will obey the God of their fathers, "You shall never fail to have a man to rule over Israel. And I will established your royal throne", II Chronicles 7:17-18. Israel will always enjoy plenty and abundance under the leadership of a Godly and righteous king while other countries that surrounded them are experiencing famine, Psalm 37:18-19.
People of the world, a life of living in sin or disobedience in God is a life full of emptiness, aimless life, no meaning and purpose and always working endlessly for nothing. Do you want to be free from all of these? Repent and turn away from your sin and accept Jesus as your Lord and Savior. Make a decisive decision to say no to sin and to follow the words of God as your new norms in life. Wake up and don't be deceived by Satan. His main purpose for you is very clear. He came here on earth to kill, to steal and to destroy. Go away from him for he is just deceiving you through many seemingly beautiful but lustful things, engross in seeking and accumulating money, power, position . He will destroy you and our family. Ask God for help and come to him all of you who are weary and heavy laden and I will give you true rest, Matthew 11:28. Jesus came on earth to give you life and to have this more abundantly, John 10:10. Jesus loves you so much and he has a wonderful plan in your life, John 3;16.
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May our Almighty God bless you all.
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