The Promise to Abraham was Stolen.
Yes the promise to Abraham, that He would father many nations (meant the Gentiles) has been stolen by the Jews because “many nations is translated else where in scripture is the Gentile nations. Not that it has been stolen from God or Abraham but from us who are of the Gentiles, meaning from all nations that scripture refers to and not the Jews. That we are the heirs to the promises of Abraham that he would be the Father of many nations as a portrayal having to do with the New Will And Testament time of the gentiles. As Christ instructed the Apostles to leave Jerusalem before its destruction. To “go ye therefore to all the nations teaching and preaching all that I have commanded you”as having to do with the New, after the expiration of the Old Law articles, persons, place and Old Covenant associated with that bygone era of old with their expired relics that did not work any way.
Because of this, the modern Jews are irrelevant because even if they were bonifide they would at best be qualified as being just another member nation with equal footing and status as all of the other gentile nations as being one of them and among them. However they set themselves outside and above the rest of the gentiles and propose to revert back to the days of old with another earthen Jerusalem in competition with “Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all (meaning Gentiles of all the nations) according to The Book of Galatians in the Bible.
This is why Christ commended those who knew “the blasphemy of those who say they are Jews, and are not, but are the synagogue of Satan. Because the Jews who claim to be of Judah, one of the twelve tribes associated with the promise to Abram and NOT Abraham. Those Jews are from the last generation of Old Covenant persons that expired with it.
So then to go back to the Old Covenant is a blasphemous rejection of the new and spits in the face of the Christ of the cross who bore the judgment for our discrepancies, that all of the Old Testament law sacrifices looked forward to as their replacement, so that we in turn are restored to what Adam and Eve lost thereby giving us another chance to discover who we are, not as slaves to a Lord under Law, but by which we call out “Abba (the root word for Abraham) Father” as being inducted into the family of God through the death and blood of His Son that all the law and the prophets with all their feasts and procedures only dimly alluded to and prophesied about. That is the reason that they are fulfilled and expired as historical relics that only anticipated the new. The Old Law and the prophets (meant to speak of coming things) showed us how NOT to do it. If the Old Covenant had worked, it would NOT be old. And if the New was just a reversion to the Old or a temporary injunction for another it is NOT new.
Their are only two covenants and Abram represents the Old and Abraham represents the new with God saying “5 Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made thee.
Thereby equating a name change with a purpose change!
Now we have “a New and Living way to the Father” . And father in the Hebrew scriptures is “Abba”, Hence Ab-raham. We see Christ calling His Father “Abba“, And Paul taught the difference between Old and New covenants by saying “For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again (meaning the Old Covenant mandates) to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father. This is something the Old Covenant could not deliver.
Who also taught “And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father.
Referring to the fulfillment of the promises. Even as scripture says “for all of the promises of God are yes and amen in Christ”, for those who are “in Christ” are in the New Covenant that replaced the Old.
Just like the Only Begotten of The Father. Then we in turn are born into the family of God by confession and profession, by accepting Christs sacrificial payment for our differences and being rewarded and sanctified by receiving the Holy Spirit of promise through baptism. Not the ceremony so much but more so the understanding and accepting it. That just as Adam and Eve ate the forbidden fruit and became dead to the things of God “for in that day you shall surely die”. They died because the breath of God left them and they experienced a spiritual death by the Holy Spirits departure. For God had breathed, not oxygen but His spirit into Adam and he became a living being as being alive to God. When Adam died, it was a spiritual death for the Spirit had left. And to be brought in again is our rebirth. Us being “born again, and borne from above. (John chapter 3)
So when we receive Gods Holy Spirit, this is what qualifies us as being “born again” and “born from above” and “born of the spirit”. And our proof is our understanding of these truths and having the ability to be able to convey them.
With these truths, Hopefully you can see here the difference between Abram, and Abraham as being names that portray in picture form, to different between the covenants, New and Old. The new obviously has to do with the Holy Spirit associated with baptism. Of which when John baptized Christ, he said “and I beheld the spirit of God descend upon Him like a dove”. And with this sign, John the Baptist, as the last and greatest prophet knew his time was over, and the law era was over because he then said “and He must increase and I must decrease”. Therefore verifying our claim.
The Modern Day Deceivers.
For you see we are in a time where some people who claim to be Jews pretend to be Gods people and the heirs of the promises of Abraham but they are not. God had earlier given a promise to Abram, that He would make Abram a great nation, singular. But when Abram had his name changed to Abraham and Sarai to Sarah, It was because there was a change of character. Therefore there was a name change also.
In scripture a name is NOT selected because it is pretty or sounds nice but because of the persons ingredients, and Abraham had reached a greater stature in the eyes of God. In essence Abram portrayed in picture form the Old Covenant era, being promised 12 tribes, whereas Abraham, Abrams replacement portrayed the time of the Gentiles, meaning from all the nations of the world. And Abraham replaced Abram.
That is why in the book of the Revelation Christ said “17 Those that hath an ear, let them hear what the Spirit saith unto the called out ones; To them that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give them a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no one knoweth saving the one that receiveth it. Meaning that some are called another name by their Heavenly Father then the name they were born with like we just showed you with Abraham and Sarah. And Abram had his name changed that correlated with him being not only the father of one nation as was Abram, but “many nations to Abraham, to mean multiple nations. This correlates with the old and new covenants. That the New Covenant for all nations, does not elevate one nation above another as the modern Jews do of themselves. That is a reversion of covenants as if God needed to repent for removing them.
If you remember, it was the 12 disciples turned prophets who were commissioned to preach the Gospel to ALL the nations to the ends of the earth, as they were instructed “do not leave that Jerusalem until you have heard from me”. With the Holy Spirit swooshing in, (remember , Adam lost the Spirit, Christ reclaimed it for us, and the Apostles were commissioned to commence with the introduction of the Holy Spirit through Baptism. Then their were people from every language and nation glorifying God, showing us that the Old Covenant reached its intended goal and conclusion. Hence “expired” like a moldy product on a shelf to be discarded.
AFTER the expiration of the Old Covenant era and its nation (singular) of whom “Jesus said to them, âDo you not see all these things? Assuredly, I say to you, not one stone shall be left here upon another, that shall not be thrown down.â
as having to do with the expiration, the dismantling and destruction of the Jews kingdom to make way for a New King, Kingdom and a new people called Christians from “every tribe language and tongue. And this testimony began where the Old Covenant ended on the day of Pentecost where people spoke in tongues from every nation
Meaning that Jerusalem and those Jews. They were the final trusties of that Old(expired) Testament, that Christ called “a brood of vipers, sons of Satan doing the deed s of their father” Showing us that that by the time judgment of the Old Testament era was over. That Jerusalem would be destroyed beyond recognition. To never be able to be rebuilt again. And further proof of that is that, that Jerusalem was built on a fault line whereby an earthquake destroyed part of the city where the temple stood when Christs body gave up His spirit on the cross as seen here. 50 And Jesus cried out again with a loud voice, and yielded up His spirit. 51 Then, behold, the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom; and the earth quaked, and the rocks were split,
And further proof that that was the time of the beginning of the end of That Jerusalem, of that Old Covenant kingdom and era, was by witnessing a resurrection as seen here. “and the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose, 53 and came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many.
that was a promise realized only for the New Covenant that was a new reality put into effect with the sacrificial death of the Savior who implemented The New Covenant by being “Savior of the world, (the word “world” in that text should’ve been transcribed “aeons” meaning “ages” to the intent that a new age started different from the old.
And that is the point and why Christ said not to mix the new wine in old wine skins and visa versa. The only lapse of coverage was while Christ “became flesh and dwelt among us” to then have Him say “I return to the Father and you see Me no more” in that fashion of the flesh.
This is the reason Christ was first to preach that “The Kingdom of God is at hand” as being different then the one they were accustomed to. And for that to be true, there had to be a resurrection because that was part and parcel of the coming of a new age different from the old.
This is how Matthew described this event 27. 52 and the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised; 53 and coming out of the graves after His resurrection, they went out and appeared to many.
And many remain alive today
To make the point irrefutably clear that we entered a new era for the “resurrection was the symbol given and the coveted product the Old anticipated.
To then have the 12 disciples turned Apostles, a higher office than prophets. To be told to “go ye therefor to the ends of the earth (meaning all the nations called “the Gentiles” teaching and preaching all that I have commanded you”, as proof that the time of the salvation message to the whole world in their localities, had come. They were instructed not to depart from Jerusalem until the promise that you have heard from Me (about the comforter helper to take Christs place). And the book of Acts gives the account of the disciples being in the upper room, to have the Holy Spirit sweep through and have the glories of God being spoken in all languages and dialects proving that the Promise to Abraham would come into effect as something different and not complimentary of the Old, but its replacement had come, being the visible in exchange for the invisible. Even as Christ said “you have heard it said of old (meaning the Law), but I say to you… defining a demarcation line between the covenants. The Old Testament verses the New Covenant. And just like old wine in a new skin spoils, and new wine in an old skin breaks, so too the Old and New covenant kingdoms have commonalities only in contrast of each other, and why the Old Covenant Law was called the Law of Death, in contrast to the New because they are THAT different.
And with Christs death to cover that payment rendered for us, this gives us permission to participate in the true gospel of salvation to the gentiles given way back when to father Abraham who was promised to be the father of many nations. So we knew that the Law Covenant given to Moses was weak and frail because it was continuously broken over and over. Which was the reason for the continual, non-stop animal sacrifices.
But even as with the departure of Hagar from Sarai become Sarah. Hagar had to be out of the picture for Sarah to come into fruition in the same way that we have to disregard the demands of the law as having had its fulfillment “in Christ”. It was expired, rendered weak and ineffective, for “how many righteous were there? None, no not one!!”
So any other rendition of the Old Law era and its kingdom could only come from an opposing influence and why we are commended by God saying “for you know the blasphemy of those who say they are Jews and are not, but are a synagogue of Satan.
This is why we can convey this with such clarity and power.
In truth that scripture should read that “I know the blasphemy of those who say they are Gods people and call themselves Jews are not, but are of the synagogue/church of Satan”, because Gods people have their roots and their heritage in the promises and person of Abraham, picturing our Heavenly Abba. As it was written of Him that he would be the father of many nations and nations is a word synonymous with gentiles.
The book of Galatians teaches that Abraham had two wives. The first one was Hagar who represented the Old Testament Law culture, in contrast with Sarah as the Mother of the promises that supersede and replace the Old, Law covenant concepts that only brings about death, as we quote from Galatians “4 But when the fullness of the time had come, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the (Old Covenant) law, 5 to redeem those who were under that law (and put it out of business and shut it down), for us to receive the adoption as sons. 6 And because you are sons, God has sent forth the Spirit of His Son into your hearts, crying out, âAbba, Father!â (and not master or Lord (which are Old Covenant understanding of God whom we call Father) 7 Therefore you are no longer a slave (under Old Testament Laws or Prophecies) but a son, and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ
(of The New Covenant founded on better promises.Â
4 Now I say that the heir, as long as he is a child, does not differ at all from a slave, though he is master of all, 2 but is under (tutors called) guardians and stewards until the time appointed by the father. 3 Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements of the world. 4 But when the fullness of the time had come, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the law, 5 to redeem those who were under the law, for us to receive the adoption as sons
(of the New Covenant founded on better promises)
6 And because you are God’s children, God has sent forth the Spirit of His Son into your hearts, crying out, âAbba, Father!â 7 Therefore you are no longer a slave (subject to old covenant law but an offspring, and if an offspring, then an heir of God through Christ (because of the cross and demarcation line between the old and new). 8 But then, indeed, when you did not know God, you served those which by nature are not gods. 9 But now after you have known God, or rather are known by God, how is it that you turn again to the weak and beggarly elements (associated with Old Covenant Law), to which you desire again to be in bondage? 10 You observe days and months and seasons and years. 11 I am afraid for you, lest I have labored for you in vain. 12 Brethren, I urge you to become like me, for I became like you. You have not injured me at all. 13 You know that because of physical infirmity I preached the gospel to you at the first. 14 And my trial which was in my flesh you did not despise or reject, but you received me as an angel of God, even as Christ Jesus. 15 What then was the blessing you enjoyed? For I bear you witness that, if possible, you would have plucked out your own eyes and given them to me. 16 Do I now become your enemy because I tell you the truth? 17 They (the jews) zealously court you, but for no good; yes, they want to exclude you (from the New), that you may be zealous for them. 18 But it is good to be zealous in a good thing always, and not only when I am present with you. 19 My little children (seeing themselves connected to the Old Covenant), for whom I labor in birth again until Christ is formed in you, 20 I would like to be present with you now and to change my tone; for I have doubts about you. (Think of yourself here and the Two Covenants) 21 Tell me, you who desire to be under the law, do you not hear the law? 22 For it is written that Abraham had two sons: the one by a bondwoman, the other by a freewoman. 23 But he who was of the bondwoman was born according to the flesh, and he of the freewoman through promise, 24 which things are symbolic. For these are the two covenants: the one from Mount Sinai which gives birth to bondage (called the Old Covenant Law), which is Hagarâ 25 for this Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia, and corresponds to Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her childrenâ 26 but the Jerusalem above is free, which is the mother of us all. 27 For it is written: âRejoice, O barren, You who do not bear! Break forth and shout, You who are not in labor! For the desolate has many more children Than she who has a husband.â 28 Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are children of promise. 29 But, as he who was born according to the flesh then persecuted him who was born according to the Spirit, even so it is now. 30 Nevertheless what does the Scripture say? âCast out the (earthen Jerusalem ) bondwoman and her son, for the son of the bondwoman shall not be heir with the son of the freewoman. (You cannot have Heavenly Jerusalem while you are focused on the one on earth)â 31 So then, brethren, we are not children of the bondwoman (earthen Jerusalem )but of the free.
In this way, The kingdom of God is at hand, but it is not the one talked about in the daily news.