Blessing

God is the source of all blessing

1 Chronicles 29:11–12 NASB95

“Yours, O Lord, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the victory and the majesty, indeed everything that is in the heavens and the earth; Yours is the dominion, O Lord, and You exalt Yourself as head over all. “Both riches and honor come from You, and You rule over all, and in Your hand is power and might; and it lies in Your hand to make great and to strengthen everyone.

11 Sa inyo ang kadakilaan, ang kapangyarihan, ang karangalan at ang pagtatagumpay sapagkat inyo ang lahat ng nasa langit at nasa lupa. Sa inyo ang kaharian at kayo ang dakila sa lahat.

12 Sa inyo nagmumula ang kayamanan at ang karangalan at kayo ang naghahari sa lahat. Taglay ninyo ang kapangyarihan at kadakilaan, at kayo ang nagbibigay ng lakas at kapangyarihan sa lahat.

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At creation he blessed humans with authority over the earth

Genesis 1:28–30 NASB95

God blessed them; and God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it; and rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over every living thing that moves on the earth.” Then God said, “Behold, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is on the surface of all the earth, and every tree which has fruit yielding seed; it shall be food for you; and to every beast of the earth and to every bird of the sky and to every thing that moves on the earth which has life, I have given every green plant for food”; and it was so.

28 at sila'y pinagpala niya. Sinabi niya, “Magpakarami kayo at punuin ninyo ng inyong mga anak ang buong daigdig, at kayo ang mamahala nito. Binibigyan ko kayo ng kapangyarihan sa mga isda sa tubig, sa mga ibon sa himpapawid, at sa lahat ng mga hayop na nasa ibabaw ng lupa.

29 Ibinibigay ko rin sa inyo ang lahat ng uri ng halamang nagkakabinhi at mga bungangkahoy bilang pagkain ninyo.

30 Ang lahat ng halamang luntian ay ibinibigay ko naman sa lahat ng hayop sa ibabaw ng lupa at sa lahat ng mga ibon.” At ito nga ang nangyari.

0 Ang lahat ng halamang luntian ay ibinibigay ko naman sa lahat ng hayop sa ibabaw ng lupa at sa lahat ng mga ibon.” At ito nga ang nangyari.

The disobedience of Adam and Eve caused God to remove his blessing

Genesis 3:16–19 NASB95

To the woman He said, “I will greatly multiply Your pain in childbirth, In pain you will bring forth children; Yet your desire will be for your husband, And he will rule over you.” Then to Adam He said, “Because you have listened to the voice of your wife, and have eaten from the tree about which I commanded you, saying, ‘You shall not eat from it’; Cursed is the ground because of you; In toil you will eat of it All the days of your life. “Both thorns and thistles it shall grow for you; And you will eat the plants of the field; By the sweat of your face You will eat bread, Till you return to the ground, Because from it you were taken; For you are dust, And to dust you shall return.”

16 Sa babae nama'y ito ang sinabi: “Sa pagbubuntis mo'y hirap ang daranasin, at sa panganganak sakit ay titiisin; ang asawang lalaki'y iyong nanasain, pasasakop ka sa kanya't siya mong susundin.”

17 Ito naman ang sinabi ng Diyos kay Adan:

“Dahil nakinig ka sa iyong asawa, nang iyong kainin ang ipinagbawal kong bunga; dahil dito'y sinusumpa ko ang lupa, sa hirap ng pagbubungkal, pagkain mo'y magmumula.

18 Mga damo at tinik ang iyong aanihin, halaman sa gubat ang iyong kakainin;

19 sa pagod at pawis pagkain mo'y manggagaling maghihirap ka hanggang sa malibing. Dahil sa alabok, doon ka nanggaling, sa lupang alabok ay babalik ka rin.”

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After the flood God renewed his promise of blessing to Noah

Genesis 9:1–3 NASB95

And God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth. “The fear of you and the terror of you will be on every beast of the earth and on every bird of the sky; with everything that creeps on the ground, and all the fish of the sea, into your hand they are given. “Every moving thing that is alive shall be food for you; I give all to you, as I gave the green plant.

1. Si Noe at ang kanyang mga anak ay binasbasan ng Diyos: “Magkaroon kayo ng maraming anak at punuin ninyo ng inyong supling ang buong daigdig.

2 Matatakot sa inyo ang lahat ng hayop, pati mga ibon, ang lahat ng gumagapang sa lupa at ang mga isda. Ang lahat ng ito ay inilalagay ko sa ilalim ng inyong kapangyarihan.

3 Gaya ng mga halamang luntian na inyong kinakain, lahat ng mga ito'y maaari na ninyong kainin.

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The blessings promised to Abraham

The blessings included descendants and nationhood

Genesis 12:2–3 NASB95

And I will make you a great nation, And I will bless you, And make your name great; And so you shall be a blessing; And I will bless those who bless you, And the one who curses you I will curse. And in you all the families of the earth will be blessed.”

2 Pararamihin ko ang iyong mga anak at apo at gagawin ko silang isang malaking bansa. Pagpapalain kita, at gagawin kong dakila ang iyong pangalan at ikaw ay magiging pagpapala sa marami.

3 Ang sa iyo'y magpapala ay aking pagpapalain, at ang sa iyo'y sumumpa ay aking susumpain; sa pamamagitan mo, lahat ng mga bansa sa daigdig ay aking pagpapalain.”[a]

Genesis 22:16 NASB95

and said, “By Myself I have sworn, declares the Lord, because you have done this thing and have not withheld your son, your only son,

22:17  That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;

22:18  And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.

Genesis 22:16–18 NASB95

and said, “By Myself I have sworn, declares the Lord, because you have done this thing and have not withheld your son, your only son, indeed I will greatly bless you, and I will greatly multiply your seed as the stars of the heavens and as the sand which is on the seashore; and your seed shall possess the gate of their enemies. “In your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice.”

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The blessings included land

Genesis 17:8 NASB95

“I will give to you and to your descendants after you, the land of your sojournings, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.”

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The promises of blessing to Abraham were fulfilled in Jesus Christ

Galatians 3:16 NASB95

Now the promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed. He does not say, “And to seeds,” as referring to many, but rather to one, “And to your seed,” that is, Christ.

16 Ngayon, nangako ang Diyos kay Abraham at sa kanyang supling. Hindi sinasabi, “At sa kanyang mga supling,” na ang tinutukoy ay marami kundi, “At sa iyong supling,” na iisa ang tinutukoy at ito'y si Cristo.

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Blessings promised to Israel

Blessings of fruitfulness and prosperity

Deuteronomy 7:13–14 NASB95

“He will love you and bless you and multiply you; He will also bless the fruit of your womb and the fruit of your ground, your grain and your new wine and your oil, the increase of your herd and the young of your flock, in the land which He swore to your forefathers to give you. “You shall be blessed above all peoples; there will be no male or female barren among you or among your cattle.

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Blessings of good health and long life

Exodus 23:25–26 NASB95

“But you shall serve the Lord your God, and He will bless your bread and your water; and I will remove sickness from your midst. “There shall be no one miscarrying or barren in your land; I will fulfill the number of your days.

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Blessings of peace and victory over enemies

Deuteronomy 28:7 NASB95

“The Lord shall cause your enemies who rise up against you to be defeated before you; they will come out against you one way and will flee before you seven ways.

Deuteronomy 28:7 NASB95

“The Lord shall cause your enemies who rise up against you to be defeated before you; they will come out against you one way and will flee before you seven ways.

7 “Ang mga kaaway na magtatangkang lumaban sa inyo ay matatalo ninyo sa tulong ni Yahweh. Sasalakayin nila kayo ngunit magkakanya-kanya sila sa pagtakas.

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The promise of being blessed by future restoration

Jeremiah 31:23 NASB95

Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, “Once again they will speak this word in the land of Judah and in its cities when I restore their fortunes, ‘The Lord bless you, O abode of righteousness, O holy hill!’

Jeremias 31:23 Magandang Balita Biblia (MBBTAG)

Ang Kasaganaang Mararanasan ng Israel

 Ito ang sabi ni Yahweh na Makapangyarihan sa lahat, ang Diyos ng Israel: “Muling sasabihin ang mga salitang ito sa lupain ng Juda at sa kanyang mga lunsod, kapag ibinalik ko na sila sa kanilang tahanan:

‘Pagpapalain ni Yahweh ang bundok na banal ng Jerusalem, na kanyang tinatahanan.’

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The conditions of God’s blessings

Fear of the Lord brings blessing

Jeremiah 32:40 NASB95

“I will make an everlasting covenant with them that I will not turn away from them, to do them good; and I will put the fear of Me in their hearts so that they will not turn away from Me.

40 Makikipagtipan ako sa kanila ng isang walang hanggang tipan; pagpapalain ko sila habang panahon at tuturuang sumunod sa akin nang buong puso upang hindi na sila tumalikod pa sa akin.

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Obedience to the Lord brings blessing

Deuteronomy 11:26–28 NASB95

“See, I am setting before you today a blessing and a curse: the blessing, if you listen to the commandments of the Lord your God, which I am commanding you today; and the curse, if you do not listen to the commandments of the Lord your God, but turn aside from the way which I am commanding you today, by following other gods which you have not known.

26 “Sa araw na ito, binibigyan ko kayo ng pamimilian: pagpapala o sumpa.

27 Pagpapala kapag sinunod ninyo ang kanyang mga utos,

28 ngunit sumpa kapag sumamba kayo sa ibang diyos sa halip na sumunod sa kanyang mga utos.

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To bless God is to worship and adore him

Nehemiah 9:5 NASB95

Then the Levites, Jeshua, Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah and Pethahiah, said, “Arise, bless the Lord your God forever and ever! O may Your glorious name be blessed And exalted above all blessing and praise!

5 Sina Jeshua, Kadmiel, Bani, Hasabneias, Serebias, Hodias, Sebanias at Petahias ay nanawagan sa mga tao upang sumamba. Sabi nila:

“Tumayo tayo at purihin ang Diyos nating si Yahweh. Purihin siya ngayon at magpakailanman! Purihin ang kanyang dakilang pangalan, na higit na dakila sa lahat ng papuri!”

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People may bless one another in the name of the Lord

There is a close link between blessing and prayer.

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