The Abraham Covenant
I’ve been think about what’s going on in Israel. Here’s what’s I’ve learned about Bible Prophecy on the issues plaguing Israel right now.
In Genesis 18, we read about Abraham and Sarah. Sarah is barren unable to have a child. Even though God promised Abraham that a son will be born to Sarah they doubt God’s promise. After Sarah begins to age she believes her time to have a son is over.
She tells Abraham that he should take her handmaiden Hagar and have a child. She tells Abraham to have sex with Hagar so he can have a son to carry on his legacy.
Hagar bore Abraham a son and named him Ishmael. The story goes on to say Sarah becomes jealous and cruel towards Hagar and Hagar runs away into the wilderness. However, a angel of the Lord meets her and tells her to return to Sarah, and God assures her that she, too, will be a mother of a great nation.
Just as Isaac was to have a great nation as Abraham’s son Ishmael. So what was the promised to Abraham In God’s covenant?
The 3 Aspects of the Abraham Covenant are:
1. Land
2. Lineage
3. Lord
God promised Hagar that her son would never be a slave. He would be free like a wild donkey that would roam the desert in her world. God was promising that He would bless Ishmael and his descendants and they would become Nomadic and free.
God’s promises to Isaac were a continuation of the covenant that God made with Abraham, Isaac’s father. God promised to be with asaac and bless him and his descendants the land of Cannan, and promised to multiply Isaac’s offspring as the stars of heaven and make them a blessing to all nations.
God had promised Ishmael and Isaac both Land and Lineage.
Ishmael is mentioned in the Bible as having settled in the land of Paran, the land lying between Cannan and the mountains of Sinai. His descendants lived in the territory between Havilah and Shur which are east of Egypt on the way to Assyria.
Isaac is mentioned in the Bible as having settled in Cannan, the eastern side of the Mediterranean sea, at that point south of Gaza and extending from there up the coastline as far north to Euphrates river and Sea of Galilee.
Today Iran and the Palestine‘s are fighting for, as well as the Israelites.
1. Land
2. Lineage
3. Lord
Both people are fighting over who gets the Land.
Both people want to destroy as many people in the opposite lineage as possible and rule over the rest.
Both people have different God’s – Different Religions. Both parties are fighting over which Lord will get victory in the end.
The beginning of World War III.
If you have read the Bible you know who will be victorious.
From Pity to Praise 