Generational Curses

Generational curses

Generational curses was spoken about in this course and I would like to look a deeper into this very misunderstood subject.

The main scripture used in support of this is.

Exodus 20:5 Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;

Let us look into a few more places:

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.

Numbers 14:18The LORD is longsuffering, and of great mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression, and by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation.
Deuteronomy 5:9 Thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me.
A lot of misunderstanding surrounds this. Let’s look at a few of those misunderstandings.
Some believes and even teach that one needs to repent over the sins of their ancestors.
Wrong!
One only repents over their own sins. Repentance over the sins of another does not work. Each person is responsible for their own actions.
Some believes and teaches that this gives the Devil a legal right to someone’s life.
Wrong!
It does not give Satan a legal right. But it does give him a foothold or an open door if you will.

General curses are misunderstood by many. Yet they are very scriptural.
Exodus 20:5 Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;
A generational curse is simply an open door where the devil can get a foothold into. A foothold could be in many forms.
For instance the native American people has in the past practiced forms of the occult. A generational curse was allowed into their lives. It was not a legal right but an open door for attack. I’m sure you are familiar with what has been referred to as the native American temper. That is actually a learned behavior but it is the result of the generational curse that they have been opened too.
We see many, many places in scripture where generational curses are evident . Let us take a look at a few.
Let us first look at Esau.
Esau hated his brother Jacob for pretending to be Esau himself in doing so Jacob tricked their father out of Esau’s blessing. This hatred traveled through the generations of Esau’s children. And actually became a generational curse to them.

Now let us take a look at Cannon.
Cannon performed a horrible sin against his father Noah. This resulted in a generational curse in fact the inhabitants of Sodom and Gomorrah were descendants of Cannon.
Let us look in the word at a more recent curse.
When Jesus was crucified the Israelites told Pilate.
Matt 27:25 Then answered all the people, and said, His blood be on us, and on our children.
We see signs of that generational curse today. In the guise of their eyes being blinded to the truth of the gospel of Christ.
How is a generational curse broken?
Just simply the blood of Jesus that shed on the cross. Praise be to God his shed blood applied to a generational curse closed that door. And sets one free from the attacks that Satan could bring against that person as a result.