However, it is not he that owns the birthright in all cases who enjoys the blessings attached to it.

Examine the case of Esau and Jacob.

In Genesis, when Esau came in from the field hungry and asked Jacob for food, he (Jacob) said on the condition that he sold him his birthright.Genesis 25-31-34:

  And Esau said to Jacob, Feed me, I pray thee, with that same red pottage; for I am faint: therefore was his name called Edom.

  And Jacob said, Sell to me this day thy birth-right.

  And Esau said, Behold, I am at the point to die: and what profit shall this birth-right bring to me?

  And Jacob said, Swear to me this day; and he swore to him: and he sold his birth-right to Jacob.

  Then Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentiles; and he ate and drank, and rose and went his way: thus Esau despised his birth-right.

From the preceding passage it is obvious that Esau did not know the importance of his birthright.

The bible says he despised or looked down on it.

It is clear Jacob must have been plotting to acquire the birthright for long.

He knew the possessor of the birthright would be entitled to inherit the wealth of Isaac, their father.

Close your eyes and take this prayer point.

Anyone eying or possessing my birthright in order to claim my blessing die y fire,

I shall not lose  my birthright and my blessings in the name of Jesus.

It was later that Esau realized the importance of what he had sold.

When Jacob later stole Isaac’s blessing the bible records in Genesis 27:35-37

   And he said, Thy brother came with subtlety, and hath taken away thy blessing.

 And he said, Is he not rightly named Jacob? for he hath supplanted me twice: he took away my birth-right; and behold, now he hath taken away my blessing. And he said, Hast thou not reserved a blessing for me .

Now let us look at what Jacob had lost as a result of his folly.

  And Isaac answered and said to Esau, Behold, I have made him thy lord, and all his brethren have I given to him for servants; and with corn and wine have I sustained him: and what shall I do now to thee, my son?

Esau’s birthright which he sold included him being a ruler /Lord and him having prosperity and blessing.

Beyond this, the birthright package included inheritance of God’s promise to Abraham.

Another analogy of Birthright and blessing is seen in the case of Abraham.

God promised Abraham that he would give him a son who would be his heir.

  And Abram said, Lord GOD, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless, and the steward of my house is this Eliezer of Damascus? Genesis 15:2-4

  And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: and lo, one born in my house is my heir.

  And behold, the word of the LORD came to him, saying, This shall not be thy heir; but he that shall come forth out of thy own bowels shall be thy heir.

As we were later made to understand, while speaking here God had Isaac in mind. The bible says that the lord calls things that are not as though they are, thus at this point the lord spoke Isaac into existence.

From this point of view it is safe to say that Isaac was Abraham’s first born.

He was spiritually conceived by God in the bowels of Abraham before anyone else.

But Satan had different plans.

Satan knew the principle of Blessings and Birthright. He knew that spiritually the birthright belonged to Issac but he wanted to hijack the blessing attached to it.

To do this he gave Sarah an idea she never had in their many years of marriage:

Gen 16:3  And Sarai, Abram's wife, took Hagar her maid, the Egyptian, after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to her husband Abram to be his wife.

 Satan must have heard God’s promise to Abraham.

He also realized that attached to Isaac’s birthright there was a blessing.

Imagine, until then, no one conceived the idea of Abraham having a child.

 But as soon as God made his purpose concerning the yet to be born Isaac Satan moved.

He came up with a satanic alternative.

Every satanic alternative in my life die by fire.

Even Abraham at a point accepted the argument that Ishmael was the owner of the birthright and thus the blessings.

When God spoke about Isaac again in Genesis 17 Abraham was concerned with God blessing Ishmael. Genesis 17: 15-18.

 And God said to Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be.

  And I will bless her, and give thee a son also by her: yea, I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of people shall proceed from her.

  Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a child be born to him that is a hundred years old? and shall Sarah, who is ninety years old, bear?

  And Abraham said to God, O that Ishmael might live before thee!

 God was talking about Isaac, Abraham was talking about Ishmael.

Abraham  was yet to see the Isaac that God was talking about.

But this did not change the mind of God. Although he agreed to bless Ishmael he did not create any doubt over who the covenant promise – the birthright -was meant for.Genesis 17:19-22 states:

  And God said, Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son indeed; and thou shalt call his name Isaac: and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with his seed after him.

And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee: Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly; twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation.

  But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, whom Sarah shall bear to thee at this set time in the next year.

In fact though God agreed to bless Ishmael, he did not even recognize him in the scheme of things, rather, he referred to Isaac  as Abraham’s only son.

  And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom  thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there  for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which  I will tell   thee of.

Today the descendants of Ishmael are contending for the blessing- the promised land- with the children of Isreal.

The both believe they have the birth right.

Everyone contending for my birthright and blessing die.

Again the scenario is seen among the children of Jacob (Isreal).

Reuben was the firstborn of Israel, but because of an error on his part his birthright was transferred.

In the book of 1 Chronicles 5:1

Now the sons of Reuben the first-born of Israel, (for he was the first-born; but, forasmuch as he defiled his father's bed, his birth-right was given to the sons of Joseph the son of Israel: and the genealogy is not to be reckoned after the birth-right.

  The bible says that genealogy of Reuben was not reckoned after the birthright.

  Not only was his genealogy cut off. He lost the blessings that he should have inherited.

1Ch 5:2  For Judah prevailed above his brethren, and of him came the chief ruler;but the birth-right was Joseph's:)

Judah inherited the blessing of genealogy. It was from his lineage that David and thus our Lord Jesus emerged.

But the birthright, thus, the blessings of Reuben ,were transferred to the second to last born- Joseph.

It means what was supposed to be Reuben’s was shared among his brethren.

From what we have examined we can conclude:

That birthright alongside the attached blessings can be transferred, sold, stolen, lost through error or hijacked etc.

Satan programmes witches , wizards, and strange woman/men into marriages in order to hijack the blessing attached to the marriage.

He also does the same through strange children.

Firstborns and those from polygamous families need to pray very well.

Your blessing is your birthright; do not allow Satan to steal it.

Prayer points:

Every satanic design to hijack my blessing through stealing my birthright die by fire.

My birthright and blessing shall not be transferred to another.

Any sin I have committed that has made me lose my birthright and the blessing attached to it oh lord forgive me and restore what I have lost.