God has always been looking for a multitude.
He said it to Adam,…
And God blessed them and said to them, Be fruitful, multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it [using all its vast resources in the service of God and man]; and have dominion over the fish of the sea, the birds of the air, and over every living creature that moves upon the earth.
Gen 1:28 (AMP)
He said it to Noah,…
AND GOD pronounced a blessing upon Noah and his sons and said to them, Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth.
Gen 9:1 (AMP)
He promised it to Abraham,…
In blessing I will bless you and in multiplying I will multiply your descendants like the stars of the heavens and like the sand on the seashore. And your Seed (Heir) will possess the gate of His enemies,
Gen 22:17 (AMP)
…but because of sin, no one was able to multiply in the spirit, until Jesus came.
Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother’s womb, and be born? Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again. The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.
Joh 3:3-8 (KJV)
Jesus, the image of God, Who knew no sin and was able to multiply in the Spirit and the church, the body of Christ, was born.
But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:
John 1:12 (KJV)
Jesus gave us the example of making disciples; an example of how to multiply.
And when he had called unto him his twelve disciples, he gave them power against unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner of sickness and all manner of disease.
Mat 10:1 (KJV)
He chose a small group of disciples, took them through a process of transformation by renewing their minds and empowered them with the Spirit of Life.
Before He ascended into heaven, Jesus breathed on His disciples just as the Father had breathed into Adam, so that they could receive the guarantee or down payment of the Spirit of Life. He was sent to restore the image of God in man and He expects His disciples (that’s us), the Church, to continue with the work.
Then said Jesus to them again, Peace be unto you: as my Father hath sent me, even so send I you. And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost:
John 20:21-22 (KJV)
