Day 8 – The Curse is Broken!

Today is the eighth day of our 10 Days of Awe teaching series leading into the great Day of Atonement, the holiest day on God's calendar!

On that powerfully anointed day - October 12 this year - we celebrate and honor God for His everlasting plan of atonement through the blood of His Son, the Lord Jesus Christ. We can never earn the atonement that Jesus bought for us, but we can and will honor it.


The fall of man in Genesis 3 produced several ramifications as a result of our sin. First, the serpent was "cursed above all cattle" to crawl on its belly and eat dust. Here, God also foretold of the coming seed of the woman - Jesus - who would crush the head of the serpent even though His own heel would be bruised. Second, God said to the woman, "I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee."

I want to draw specific attention to what scripture records about Adam. As the joint representative of the human family before God and the image of God on Earth, Adam was not specifically cursed. Of course, we entered into the curse of death due to his sin, but in Genesis 3:17-19, the Lord, our Creator, spoke these words to Adam:

"Cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life; thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field; in the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken."

Oh, but the blood of Jesus!

Remember from John 19:2, when "the soldiers twisted together a crown of thorns and put it on His head"? The curse of the ground was forever broken and the fruit of the curse, the thorns, were overcome by the matchless blood of Jesus!

Now, my friend, when man sees a cup overflowing, he calls that too much, or wasteful. But David wrote in the Psalms, "He anoints my head with oil; my cup runs over." God calls that BLESSING!

God did not stop when He overcame the curse of the ground. He went one step further and covered man's hands in blessing when those nails pierced Jesus' hands!

When Jesus sweat great drops of blood that fell to the ground, and when He bore the crown of thorns on His brow, the powerful blood He shed broke the curse of the ground - the curse of poverty!

No longer do you sow only to receive "thorns and thistles." No longer do we have to sow "in sorrow," and expect little return. God promises us in His Word that when we sow, we will also reap a blessed harvest!

But that is a key... we must sow! The Lord, our provider shouts it in Malachi 3:10, declaring that as we are obedient in tithes and offerings: "See if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that there will not be room enough to store it."

Send me your prayer requests now - whatever you are believing God for. Sow your Day of Atonement offering with blessed hands into the redeemed ground - the fertile soil of the Kingdom of God - and expect a supernatural harvest, including a double portion of the seven anointings of atonement!

When Jesus went to the Cross, He bore the ramifications of the curse. Not only are you saved, delivered, healed, and restored through faith... also your seed sown in faith will produce a bountiful, miracle harvest!

Act in faith today and receive the promise of God that declares: "The Lord will grant you abundant prosperity--in the fruit of your womb, the young of your livestock and the crops of your ground" (Deuteronomy 28:11).

I hope you're looking forward - with great anticipation and expectation - to God's holiest day of the year... the Day of Atonement - beginning at sundown Friday, October 11 through sundown Saturday, October 12 - when God declares in His Word to come before Him not empty-handed, but with an offering to place in His hand as He intends to place what's already in His hand in yours.

Leviticus 23:27 gives this instruction: "Be careful to celebrate the Day of Atonement... You must observe it as an official day for holy assembly, a day to deny yourselves and present special gifts to the LORD." This is God's feast!

Be sure you send me your prayer requests and sow your Atonement Offering today. I am looking forward to hearing your testimony of all that God is doing in your life!





Yours for the harvest,


Pastor Rod Parsley