And you said you didn't have a way with words.
Suzy
--- Jeff Powers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> David,
>
> >From the beginning of God’s creation God wanted
> nothing more than a personal relationship with man.
> But, man chose not to have a relationship with God.
> During the rise of civilization, which is told in
> the opening chapters of Genesis, we see that
> although there were a few Godly men, most of mankind
> was wicked. God becomes unhappy with mans evil ways
> and is nearly ready to destroy all of life on the
> earth. Yet God sees in one man, Noah, the
> possibility of a people who would be hungry for Him.
> So, God tells Noah to build the ark and then wipes
> the earth clean for a second attempt at populating
> the His creation.
>
> God finds with this second attempt that mankind by
> and large is unwilling to accept His blessings. But,
> He finds and chooses one man, Abraham, through which
> He can build a people who want a relationship with
> Him. Abraham was willing to do as God requested of
> him, leave this land of idol worshippers and follow
> Him. It is through Abraham that God promises to
> bless all of mankind.
>
> There are three aspects of the covenant:
>
> 1. Land. God promises that the land of Canaan was
> for the descendants of Abraham.
>
> 2. Seed. Abraham is told his line will never be
> destroyed. Abraham’s descendants would become as
> many as the stars, or the grains of sand.
>
> 3. Blessing. God promises to bless those who bless
> Abraham and his descendants and curse those who
> curse Abraham and his descendants.
>
> At a time when most covenants lasted four or five
> generations, this covenant was meant to be eternal.
> It is a tangible contract in that God promises land
> and offspring. Abraham had no difficulty with the
> land portion, but, Sarah was barren. Abraham said
> that his servant, Eliazer, would inherit his wealth.
> God informs Abraham that he will be a father, it is
> his bloodline that would carry on. The bloodline
> that would bring us Yeshua. The Abrahamic covenant
> was the foundation that will be expanded upon and
> refined as we go through the revisions of the
> Mosaic, Davidic and Renewed covenants.
>
> >From Genesis 12 to the end of the book, we see how
> God prunes and in a sense grooms Abraham’s
> offspring in order to build a nation. Isaac’s
> eldest son, Esau, fails to meet God’s criteria as
> firstborn. Instead we read of the scheming that
> takes place so that Jacob gets the blessing and acts
> as the firstborn. A recurring theme that shows us
> that God chooses the “firstborn” according to
> His plan, not the chronological order of birth. We
> see this also with, Joseph, Moses and David.
>
> When we get to Exodus we find that the seed has
> grown into a nation. However, there is a problem,
> this Hebrew nation is in bondage. As slaves in Egypt
> they have become known as a peculiar people because
> they worship one God in a land of so many gods that
> it is nearly impossible to count the number of gods.
> God has another leader who will direct the people in
> His ways. A messiah of sorts who will lead God’s
> chosen people out of bondage and into the land
> promised to Abraham. Moses leads the people out of
> Egypt to Sinai where Moses is given God’s law
> (Torah) so that the Israelites could know what God
> expected from them. The Israelites agree to the
> stipulations of this amended covenant and God gives
> them the land promised to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.
> The sign of this covenant would be the Sabbath. For
> six days the people could work, but on the seventh
> day all work would cease. So now Israel had the land
> promised by God.
>
> After a period of time, long by human standards, we
> come to the next phase of Gods plan. Israel has
> grown and prospered and now has a king in which the
> Lord finds favor. It is through David that God
> chooses to establish His kingship for all eternity.
> Our King of Kings will come from the line of David,
> fulfilling the promised seed through which the world
> will see that there is only one God and one way to
> eternal life. This is the essence of the Davidic
> covenant.
>
> There is yet one aspect of the Abrahamic covenant to
> be addressed. It is the blessings of the renewed
> covenant. Many people believe this is addressed in
> the New Testament, but the details are revealed in
> the writings of the Prophets. In a time when much of
> Israel had strayed and rejected Torah, God sent a
> prophet, Jeremiah, to call the people back to Him.
> Jeremiah tells us that if people return to God, He
> will bless them for all eternity. Jerusalem will
> live in peace and all the world will know the God of
> Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. All the people of the
> world will have an intimate relationship with God
> through Yeshua. All will have Torah written on their
> hearts. The New Testament is empty and senseless
> without seeing that it is an expansion of the Older
> Testament. The New, or rather Renewed Testament,
> reinforces and rebuilds Gods Covenant as it was
> intended from the very beginning.
>
> Much like the constitution of the USA, God's
> covenant has been amended several times. Do we in
> the USA have a new constitution today that has
> replace the original? Here we go again, somebody
> has pryed more words out of me than I usually care
> to write! Izzy, are you following this? Have you
> figured out the birth of Yeshua or would you like me
> to post all the juicy details for that?
>
> Jeff
>
> Jeff
>
>
>
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