Eternally Grateful
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I just pray will not fail to keep his promise to you like he failed to keep his promise to them (in your view)If Better Promises are lies, I'll take all the lies that God will give me. :)
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I just pray will not fail to keep his promise to you like he failed to keep his promise to them (in your view)If Better Promises are lies, I'll take all the lies that God will give me. :)
God did not fail to keep His promises to them, except in your view.I just pray will not fail to keep his promise to you like he failed to keep his promise to them (in your view)
Abrahamic covenant
Gen 12
12 Now the Lord had said to Abram:
“Get out of your country,
From your family
And from your father’s house,
To a land that I will show you.
2 I will make you a great nation;
I will bless you
And make your name great;
And you shall be a blessing.
3 I will bless those who bless you,
And I will curse him who curses you;
And in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.”
gen 15:
God’s Covenant with Abram
15 After these things the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision, saying, “Do not be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, [a]your exceedingly great reward.”
2 But Abram said, “Lord God, what will You give me, seeing I [b]go childless, and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?” 3 Then Abram said, “Look, You have given me no offspring; indeed one[c] born in my house is my heir!”
4 And behold, the word of the Lord came to him, saying, “This one shall not be your heir, but one who will come from your own body shall be your heir.” 5 Then He brought him outside and said, “Look now toward heaven, and count the stars if you are able to number them.” And He said to him, “So shall your descendants be.”
6 And he believed in the Lord, and He accounted it to him for righteousness.
7 Then He said to him, “I am the Lord, who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans, to give you this land to inherit it.”
8 And he said, “Lord God, how shall I know that I will inherit it?”
9 So He said to him, “Bring Me a three-year-old heifer, a three-year-old female goat, a three-year-old ram, a turtledove, and a young pigeon.” 10 Then he brought all these to Him and cut them in two, down the middle, and placed each piece opposite the other; but he did not cut the birds in two. 11 And when the vultures came down on the carcasses, Abram drove them away.
12 Now when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and behold, horror and great darkness fell upon him. 13 Then He said to Abram: “Know certainly that your descendants will be strangers in a land that is not theirs, and will serve them, and they will afflict them four hundred years. 14 And also the nation whom they serve I will judge; afterward they shall come out with great possessions. 15 Now as for you, you shall [d]go to your fathers in peace; you shall be buried at a good old age. 16 But in the fourth generation they shall return here, for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet complete.”
17 And it came to pass, when the sun went down and it was dark, that behold, there appeared a smoking oven and a burning torch that passed between those pieces. 18 On the same day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying: “To your descendants I have given this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the River Euphrates— 19 the Kenites, the Kenezzites, the Kadmonites, 20 the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Rephaim, 21 the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Girgashites, and the Jebusites.”
gen 17:
No longer shall your name be called Abram, but your name shall be Abraham; for I have made you a father of many nations. 6 I will make you exceedingly fruitful; and I will make nations of you, and kings shall come from you. 7 And I will establish My covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you in their generations, for an everlasting covenant, to be God to you and your descendants after you. 8 Also I give to you and your descendants after you the land in[f] which you are a stranger, all the land of Canaan, as an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.”
Unless eternal has ended. this covenant is still binding.
You should know about covenants and their validity, especially since you use the word as your name.
Notice how you completely cut the land and national promises out.God's covenant with Abraham, without omitting the first half of the promise, as the above post does, or marginalizing Christ, the seed of Abraham to whom the promise pertains, as the above post does:
Genesis 17:3-8
"And Abram fell on his face. And God talked with him, saying, As for Me, behold! My covenant is with you, and you shall be a father of a multitude of gôy (Gentiles/Gentile nations).
Neither shall your name any more be called Abram, but your name shall be Abraham. For I have made you a father of a multitude of gôy (Gentiles/Gentile nations).
And I will make you exceedingly fruitful, greatly so, and I will make gôy (Gentiles/Gentile nations) of you, and kings shall come out of you.
And I will establish My covenant between Me and you and your seed after you in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God to you and to your seed after you. And I will give the land to you in which you are a stranger, and to your seed after you, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession. And I will be their God.
Genesis 3:15
And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her Seed; He will bruise your head, and you shall bruise His heel.
Genesis 22:17-18
In blessing I will bless you, and in multiplying I will multiply your seed like the stars of the heavens, and as the sand which is upon the seashore. And your Seed shall possess the gate of His enemies.
And in your Seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice.
The above is referring to Jesus Christ alone:
Galatians 3:16
And to Abraham and to his Seed the promises were spoken. It does not say, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, "And to your Seed," which is Christ.
This does not marginalize the tribe of Judah, because God's purpose for choosing Abraham was to make him the father of many (Gentile) nations - God's first promise to Abraham, and through Abraham's seed (Jesus), to bless all families of the earth.
THIS IS HOW GOD FULFILLED HIS PROMISE TO ABRAHAM (ALREADY FULFILLED IN CHRIST):
Abraham, a non-Jew, fathered a son called Isaac, a non-Jew, who fathered had a son called Jacob/Israel, a non-Jew, who fathered twelve sons, one of whom (Judah) became the patriarch of the tribe of Judah (the Jews), through whom God chose to bring the seed promised to Abraham (Jesus) into the world, through Whom (Jesus) all the families of the earth are blessed (Jesus was born a Jew), and so
Abraham became the father of a multitude of Gentile nations, just as God had promised.
It's the house that God built, and it should be marvelous in our eyes. Sadly, many Christians do not believe it. Instead, like idol-worshipers, they exalt one tribe of Israel, who reject the seed of promise, and exalt them above the seed of promise and above all others, and make all God's promises only about the one tribe who reject the seed of Abraham.
Your right, God has not, and he is STILL keeping his promises to them as he said he wouldGod did not fail to keep His promises to them, except in your view.
In your view, God did not keep His promises to them when Christ died and rose again and brought the New Covenant to the house of Israel and the house of Judah in His blood, so God must still keep His promises to them.
I did not cut the land out. It's in my quote.Notice how you completely cut the land and national promises out.
You've just made it obvious that you do not fully believe in Jesus.Your right, God has not, and he is STILL keeping his promises to them as he said he would
Your the one who disagrees
Abraham was indeed shown the promise . IT DO and it DOES POINT TO JESUS CHRIST ALONE .You've just made it obvious that you do not fully believe in Jesus.
@Eternally Grateful God's covenant with Abraham is fulfilled in Jesus, and by Jesus.
But you do not fully believe in Him, because "the sign" you need is the restoration of the land promised to Abraham's seed. Abraham's seed is Jesus. The majority of the tribe of Judah reject the seed promised to Abraham.
You need to tell them the truth - they are all broken off from Israel, those of the genetic seed who do not believe, unless and until they repent of their unbelief.
But you would rather see their carcasses perished in the wilderness of their unbelief while you lie to them.
You can *ask* for an apology, but you have no place to *demand* an apology. I have to consider whether God wants me to make an apology--it is not your demand that convicts me to do this.I did not even imply you need to get on your knees for me. It should be - and I'm sure it is - very obvious that I was telling you to get on your knees before Christ and ask Him before falsely accusing people about their motives.
No problem. It's really up to you because nothing you did was actually an advertisement for a particular church. It was just an inquiry on my part to figure out where you were coming from.I apologize for becoming so angry regarding what you said about the words "New Jerusalem" and "Swedenborgians", unreservedly. I was not aware of any connection of the words "New Jerusalem" to any particular church group. In fact, I will change it in my profile now that I am aware of it *
Well, that's how we may be as individuals. We sometimes move in and out of the Spirit and don't perceive any misstep until we see the fruit of those missteps, which is anger in someone we've offended.Your style is really wanting because it's questionable. The fruit of the Spirit is not there in your numerous false accusations and insinuations.
I did not cut anything out either. And I see my mistakeI did not cut the land out. It's in my quote.
But you cut Christ out of the promise and ignored the fact that He is the promised seed, and the fact that the majority of the Jews reject the promised seed.
Jesus did not fulfill the land promise by his deathYou've just made it obvious that you do not fully believe in Jesus.
@Eternally Grateful God's covenant with Abraham is fulfilled in Jesus, and by Jesus.
But you do not fully believe in Him, because "the sign" you need is the restoration of the land promised to Abraham's seed. Abraham's seed is Jesus. The majority of the tribe of Judah reject the seed promised to Abraham.
You need to tell them the truth - they are all broken off from Israel, those of the genetic seed who do not believe, unless and until they repent of their unbelief.
But you would rather see their carcasses perished in the wilderness of their unbelief while you lie to them.
I suggest researching not just the Christogenea website, .com or .org. And, the Christian Identity.Instead of facing my angry rebuttal to your "attack" on Abraham, father of the Jews, you wish to respond with yet another attack on me. If you have no argument, we have nothing to discuss on the subject.
And while you're taking this "to God," please ask Him why you said that "Abraham was not a Jew" when you know very well he was the father of the Jewish People? And ask Him why you said, "God's only motive was to bring Christ into the world. Not to create any tribe to be either exalted above any other nations"?
Certainly God does not have favorites among nations. That is not the issue with me. The issue is that you say this at a time when the Jewish People are being attacked, and when you know full well that the Bible says this:
Amos 3.2 “You only have I chosen
of all the families of the earth;
therefore I will punish you
for all your sins.”
You say,
"Not to create any tribe to be either exalted above any other nations"?
But the Bible says:
Deut 7.6 For you are a people holy to the Lord your God. The Lord your God has chosen you out of all the peoples on the face of the earth to be his people, his treasured possession.
Obviously, Abraham is not "Jewish" in the sense of one who is of the Jewish people, since Abraham was father of the Jewish People. He preceded their coming into being.
So only you can explain why you would say such a thing at a time when the Jewish people are being marginalized to the point of extinction by the Muslim people? If you don't wish to explain your apparent lack of sensitivity, then yes--we have nothing more to discuss.
He's kept His promises, in Christ, to them and me.I just pray will not fail to keep his promise to you like he failed to keep his promise to them (in your view)
His promise to them was eternalHe's kept His promises in Christ to them and me.
Sorry about you.
I'll check it out. I'm Caucasian, being half Finnish and half German, some of my grandparents originating from somewhere around Ukraine, One of my uncles spoke Yiddish. But I've married a British citizen, who has Black and Muslim relatives. So I love diversity, despite being conservative in outlook. I hate the racial politics, but understand the need for minorities to arise, to get bigger, to talk louder. Isaiah said that the valleys have to be lifted up, while the mountains have to be brought low. Amen. :)I suggest researching not just the Christogenea website, .com or .org. And, the Christian Identity.
Both claim "the Jewish lie", is that Jesus was Caucasian. And so too was Adam.
If I recall the literature correctly,as it has been awhile since I reviewed their materials,they claim colored humans were the result of the curse God laid upon Cain.
I don't think they address how colored people exist today after the deluge.
As mentioned, Christogenea's ex-con founder abrogated the Bible so to have it comport with white supremacy, Christian Identity,values.
What the church is encountering in some posts here is reminiscent of those sites literature.
Knowing the foundation for those arguments here may assist in correcting the heresy.
If not for the adherents,at least as a matter of record for any new Christians who may happen on these discussions and think the white supremacy,Christian Identity movement, is the faith of and in Christ.
Here's a question for you that BP is afraid to answer.His promise to them was eternal
He still keeps it to them
Like he is still keeping it with me.
Sorry about you
Does the covenant in question concern salvation? Did God tell Abraham they had to be circumcised to be saved?Here's a question for you that BP is afraid to answer.
Genesis 17:13
He that is born in thy house, and he that is bought with thy money, must needs be circumcised: and my covenant shall be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant.
Does circumcision signify an everlasting covenant?
My view is, God knows what he's doing in matters of Topography and all creation.I'll check it out. I'm Caucasian, being half Finnish and half German, some of my grandparents originating from somewhere around Ukraine, One of my uncles spoke Yiddish. But I've married a British citizen, who has Black and Muslim relatives. So I love diversity, despite being conservative in outlook. I hate the racial politics, but understand the need for minorities to arise, to get bigger, to talk louder. Isaiah said that the valleys have to be lifted up, while the mountains have to be brought low. Amen. :)
Jesus did not fulfill the land promise by his death
please stop!