In our pursuit of understanding God's Word, we must delve beyond the surface and seek the deeper spiritual truths that transcend our limited human perspectives. Exploring a divine God through the lens of our finite minds can be challenging, but it is crucial to approach biblical interpretations with humility and reliance on the Holy Spirit's guidance.
One passage that has often been manipulated and misunderstood is the promise God made to Abraham in Genesis 12:1-3. It is essential to acknowledge the explanations provided in the New Covenant, which illuminates the revelation of the Old Covenant and helps us discern the true essence of God's promises.
In this discussion, we will challenge the notion that God continues to show favoritism towards the State of Israel or any particular group based on fleshly distinctions. Instead, we will emphasize the spiritual significance of these promises, grounding our understanding in the literal sense of Scripture and the transformative power of Jesus Christ.
By examining the passage in Genesis 12:1-3 and its connection to the New Covenant, we will discover how the promise to Abraham extends beyond physical descendants and embraces people from all nations and tongues who share in the faith of Abraham. It is a spiritual blessing that manifests through faith in Jesus Christ, who is the ultimate fulfillment of God's promises. In our quest for truth, let us set aside personal agendas and worldly desires, seeking a genuine understanding of God's Word. Through the guidance of the Holy Spirit, may our hearts be transformed by the grace of God, enabling us to embrace the spiritual blessings that come through faith in Jesus Christ—the hope and fulfillment of all nations.
Firstly, as God's people, we need to seek the substance of all things in the Bible before concluding our opinions. We are trying to explain a God who is Spirit through the limited mind of flesh, which is limited to five senses.
This is one of the most manipulated and misunderstood passages that completely ignores multiple verses, especially the explanations in the New Covenant, which is the revelation of the Old.
The claim I refute is that God still favors the State of Israel or any flesh for that matter. In all things, I keep in mind what Jesus said in John 6: "The flesh is of no profit, the words that I have spoken to you are Spirit and Life...." Also, what does "literal" mean?
Literal means taking words in their primary sense without metaphor or allegory.
The literal meaning of a word is expressed by letters and is actual, factual, truthful, exact, and reliable. It is conforming or limited to the simplest, nonfigurative, or most obvious meaning of a word or words.
Let's take a look at the claim of the promise to Abraham.
In Genesis 12:1-3, God said to Abraham:
"Go from your country, relatives..."
Saying, pretty much: "Leave your home country and completely abandon all you know and trust Me.
"...& head toward the land that I will show you..."
SAYING: I'll lead you into a land you don't even know exists, and you have faith in me because of me): deserving glory
"...& I will make you a great nation & bless you..."
Abraham is the father of Jesus Christ's bloodline. He was the beginning of saving faith directly from Christ, imputing His Spirit in His people.
...I will make your *name* great. I'll bless those who bless you & curse those who curse you & in all these *families* (nations not just the Jews.) of the earth will be blessed..."
OUTWARD VS INWARD
What was seen outwardly is now worthless in God's Kingdom.
Do not judge by appearances; God is no respecter of persons.
Let's not make ourselves whitewashed tombs: clean outwardly but inwardly, putrid and full of mold, growing in the dark.
If you are ugly inwardly, own that sh*t!
God will take the wretch that you are and burn it, so to save your soul because He loves you and wants your praises.
Jesus doubled down on this:
Thinking, in the confines of your mind, wicked or unrighteous thoughts are no lesser than if you were to bodily act out the sin in which you think.
To be mad at your brother is murder.
Jesus was showing us our total depravity. God sees the heart (He made it, after all) and showed Abraham who He is, intimately.
He's the substance of all things, nothing is hidden, He is in all things that exist.
Who Are The Nations?
The nations (families) of the earth are all people from all nations and tongues, regardless of any outward, material descriptors.
God's nation that was begun in the man, Abraham, is now unveiled in the New Covenant, still hidden from those who live for the flesh. Those who live for the flesh are void of the literal Spirit.
God's people are Christ's Church/His bride; whom He, the Groom/ Jesus, chose, and The Church IS His Body, in which He is the "head" of those who know they are unworthy because God opened their eyes to see in the reflection of the Law, which is the contrast between us, humans, and the Holy, Righteous Lord.
In this new vision, we are genuinely able to see things as they are, and in our awareness of our depravity, we are humbled enough to repent and go through His Fire.
He changes our hearts before we are willing to face suffering without wavering in faith, to burn off everything in us that can't exist within God's realm.
God Burns
So He burns us, hurts us, in our flesh; He knows the pain we face today is preparation for eternal bliss and ecstasy that awaits. Suffering must happen if we are to ever be in His loving presence.
Our faith won't waiver because our faith is Jesus!!!
He is our faith, He is our grace, He is the all in all...
The Father *speaks*;
The Son translates (heavenly into worldly language); and
The Holy Spirit is the Work, the action...
Holy Spirit's Work is translated to us through Christ's intermediary communication of the Father's Word, put into action through reaction.
The Word is the true literal reality, without the Word, all of existence would be void, the air itself would disappear, and reality would be nothing more than a potentiality, or a vacuum, deflating into nothing, from nothing, as nothing.
All things exist in God's Mind; we are in His literal Hand, directly.
We are images of Him formed from within His Mind. The mirror is broken and distorted, as the reflection that we are is not Who He is, hence why He came in the form of materiality; to save us; so that we will praise Him and see the full magnitude of glory that is God, becoming One, as God is ONE.
This is very easy to understand with a solid grasp of what Scripture clearly teaches through the Holy Spirit.
God told (Spoke to by His Word) Abraham to leave everything Abraham knew to go to the land that God would later show/ reveal to Abraham.
What land is this?
The land God is speaking about is, if we get down to the bare bones, the New Kingdom that Christ established, the land that hasn't come to fullness within the timeline we are on, in our finite limitations.
This land is not the Zionist State of Israel that settled on Palestinian land and expelled poor people who had generations of family ties to the land. Israel is not those who hate Jesus; claiming the "false" Messiah is "swimming in hot excrement" (Talmud).
The Promise is the Holy Spirit, and the Seed is Jesus Christ~ our deliverer, God with us.
In Genesis 12 vs. 1, we can compare it to Hebrews 11:8.
Abraham was being called by Faith (rather, called by Christ) to exit the physical and enter the Spiritual.
This is the most literal interpretation, literally spiritual truth outlined directly in Scripture.
The New Covenant was being prepared in Abraham.
In verse 2, God says He'll make Abraham a Great Nation.
Christ was in Abraham.
Hebrews 11:8 says, "By Faith Abraham when called by God, obeyed and went to a place he was to receive as his inheritance. He went without knowing where he was going." Abraham's obedience and faith in God's call were foundational to the establishment of the New Covenant. A shadow of the Literal Truth, which is Spirit.
Furthermore, in verse 3, God promises to bless those who bless Abraham and curse those who curse him.
This extends beyond physical descendants and encompasses all who share in the Faith of Abraham, regardless of their nationality or heritage. It is a spiritual blessing that comes through faith in Jesus Christ. Sharing in the Faith of Abraham is nothing short of being equiven\lant to sharing in Christ.
The nations referred to in the passage are not limited to a specific ethnic group or geographical location. Rather, they include people from all nations and tongues who embrace the gospel of Christ and become part of God's redeemed community.
The focus is on spiritual adoption and belonging to the family of God through Faith, or rather, through Christ.
It is important to understand the true essence of God's promises and not misinterpret or manipulate them to serve personal agendas or fulfill worldly desires.
The fulfillment of God's promises is found in Christ and the Spiritual realities of the new covenant, not in geopolitical or nationalistic aspirations.
In conclusion, let us seek the true substance of God's Word and rely on the guidance of the Holy Spirit to understand and interpret Scripture correctly. May our hearts be transformed by the grace of God, and may we embrace the spiritual blessings that come through faith in Jesus Christ, who is the fulfillment of God's promises to Abraham and the hope of all nations.
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