Giving releases God's power and abundance. We signed our name The 7 blessings of Abraham are the gracious heavenly gift that Abraham received as part of Gods plan to create a new nation on earth. Abrahams role in this covenant is revealed at the very beginning of this passage: God is saying - you, Abraham, are to walk in front of me and be my representative to the world. This should be contrasted with Noah, who walked , What Abraham represents is not delineated in this passage, but is mentioned in the very next section. In brief, Abraham will teach notions of, (Genesis 13:19) to his children and they by their example will instruct the rest of the world. God is the epitome of justice and righteousness and He needs a representative on earth who will embody His attributes and by example bring these ideas to the rest of humanity., A number of interpretations of the phrase , ) have been proposed. Nachmanides relates it to a similar use of this word in Deuteronomy when the Bible discusses forbidden magical practices and which concludes there with the phrase . The blessing of Abraham is three-fold. I. 27. Ai was the second place attacked by the Israelites after the destruction of Jericho.. III. Notice what was said of Abraham in the latter part of his life: Now Abraham was old, well advanced in age; and the LORD had blessed Abraham in all things.. Shaking hands with a preacher and joining church is not enough. 4:13,14. , The land of Canaan was given to Abraham and yet was occupied by other people. Today also Israel has sovereignty over much of Judea and Samaria, but another people occupy the land., The Zionist venture has always required a considerable amount of trust. To think that a people could arise from near annihilation and establish a vibrant state was never an entirely logical proposition. Even today more missiles are aimed at Israel from its borders than anywhere else in the world. Its external problems seem formidable and even insoluble. Yet the message of the Abraham stories is that God, working through history, will resolve these problems provided the Jewish people maintain their trust in Him.. At least two other important concepts are introduced in this section. One is that the ten nations currently living in Canaan will deserve to be expelled - although not now but at the time of the fourth generation, since. of the land as well as the power and authority over the family. Others see a seven-fold blessing of Abraham: 1) I will make you into a great nation, 2) I will bless you, 3) I will make your name great, 4) you will be a blessing, 5) I will bless those who bless you, 6) whoever curses you I will curse, and 7) all peoples on earth will be blessed through you. He went out to the Land that God would show him. and then continues his journeying southward. At this time there is a famine in the land and Abraham elects to go southwards to Egypt. In Egypt, his wife narrowly escapes having relationships with the Pharaoh when she is forcibly taken into his harem.. But this so-called duplication can be readily explained. In the first instance, the communication was to Abraham alone and was via Elokim. This is because Isaacs birth has universal implications. Now husband and wife are informed as a couple by the angels of YKVK about this future pregnancy. This communication has personal and tribal implications, but not a universal one, and is part of the two YKVK and Elokim stories winding their way through the book of Genesis. Abraham had to relinquish his present for a future he will never live to see. However, the blessing Abraham received from God went far beyond those immediate, personal blessings. 0000017974 00000 n Galatians 3:29 says, "If ye be Christ's then are you Abraham's seed and heirs according to the promise." That means you are blessed spiritually, physically, and financially. He grew up in a family that had turned away from the gospel, but Abraham "sought for the blessings of the fathers, and the right whereunto [he] should be ordained to administer the same" ( Abraham 1:2 ). God wants to bless us and meet every need of our lives. KJV This Blog is written in accordance with 2 Timothy 4:2-3 KJV and 1 Corinthians 5:12-13 KJV Note: I love Israel and the Jews. By Exodus 1, the children of Abraham, the Israelites, are a great people, and the rest of Exodus through Joshua records how the people became a nation with their own land and law. Please come wearing a face covering and follow all social distancing guidelines. In life, we are not saved by making promises to God but by believing Gods promises to us. In the conclusion of our 4-part series on this covenant . When Abram was ninety-nine years old, YKVK appeared to Abram, and said to him: I am El Shedai, walk before me and be perfect. Blessing number three in Genesis 12:2 and I will bless thee, The seven blessings with their accompanying stories concern themselves in the main with matters of faith and history. But what of the values that Abraham practiced? These will be the subject matter of the next essay. 0000018816 00000 n will 2 numbers win anything in powerball; caster semenya baby father; 7 fold blessing of abraham England. Before we explore these powerful provisions, it is important for you to understand what a covenant is and the terms upon which your inheritance is based. , A convert to Judaism is called a child of Abraham. Islam and Christianity also consider themselves spiritual heirs to Abrahams legacy. The Koran establishes its Abrahamic lineage through Ishmael. Christianity views Abraham as an important exemplar of faith and a spiritual and possibly a physical ancestor of Jesus.45 In the theology of Paul, all who believe in God are spiritual descendants of Abraham. MSEP01 - What is the Blessing of Abraham? The equivalent name for a God of might in the Bible is El and for the God of fertility Shaddai. The Bible is not separating these two aspects of God but bringing them together as a single Divinity in a way that would be recognizable to people at that time. 7. In this sermon outline we list only seven of the blessings given to or through Abraham. We signed our name below the signature of Queen Elizabeth the Queen of England. We rejoice because God has made our names great because of Jesus. Moreover, given their prophetic nature it is not surprising that many aspects of the Abraham stories reverberate to this day. Nevertheless, the issue is a difficult one. Rashi, on the basis of Bereishis Rabba 39:1 and Sanhedrin 99b comments on the phrase and the souls that they had made in Haran (Genesis 12:5) that Abraham would convert the men and Sarah would convert the women and bring them under the wings of the Divine Presence. The notion that Abraham was an outreach worker for monotheism is an attractive one, but there is nothing in the text to support it and one would have to conclude that Abraham was unsuccessful in his efforts to build up a following, since one hears nothing about one explicitly in the text. It would, in any case, have been difficult for a nomad to develop a wandering commune., 18. By the end of the negotiations, God will agree that if ten righteous people can be found in the city of Sodom, He will save the city., (Genesis 18:33) The negotiations had come to an end with the implication that ten righteous people were not to be found in these cities and that justice was indeed being pursued. "The tenth day of this seventh month shall be the Day of Atonement. People: Our blessing comes from God, the God of Abraham, the God of the ages. Abraham was a man of great wealth and power. When leaving Haran, Abraham would have needed to know the general direction in which he was heading, and in fact the Bible tells us this was indeed the case. Abraham is fondly called the 'father of faith.' Why? Let no man despise thee. , which occurs four times, and this keyword highlights the theme of this passage. Five of these seven benefits reflect Gods involvement alone, as they begin with the words . is the land whose perimeter is the territory of the Canaanites and whose central core is occupied by these other tribes. This entire area is to become the territory of the Israelites and will be apportioned to the Israelite tribes. And I will bless thee, 3. The Seven Promises (Genesis 12:2-3) 1) I will make you a great (12:2a) 2) I will you (12:2b) 3) I will make your great (Gen 12:2c) 4) You shall be a (Gen 12:2d) 5) will bless those who bless you (12:3a) 6) The one who you I will (12:3b) 7) In you all the of the earth shall be blessed (12:3c) Abraham's Journey of Faith Overview of Genesis 12:1-3 The Book of Genesis. A Commentary by Shadal (S.D. Two major stories wind their way through the early chapters of Genesis - one about the transcendent aspect of God, Elokim, the Creator of the world. Change), You are commenting using your Facebook account. So God told Abraham that through him, through His Seed, all the nations of the earth will be blessed. I have replied that Luzzatto suggests that the name comes from the three-letter root shin daled daled, and notes that the Arabic word shadid means strong. Hence, its meaning would be Omnipotent God. This is similar to the explanation of Nachmanides and Ibn Ezra of Mighty God. We were asked to sign the book of special guests. , This very much points to the future, since the promulgation of the Jewish people is also destined to be unnatural. Even in situations of physical and/or spiritual bondage, the Jewish people will have children. This is not how the world naturally functions. People who are oppressed become extinct. And they certainly do not flourish. Yet the exact opposite happens to the Jewish people. Even after a catastrophic holocaust they rise again. The world will never run out of Jews. This is part of the Elokim-directed covenant. For what purpose, though, is Abraham to , On the one hand, Abraham has Gods promise that this land will be his. But other nations currently inhabit his land and he does not have the means to actualize this promise. But if others have full rights to their property, in what respect can it be regarded as his, and how does walking through this land change this reality? Have the attitude of the Psalmist. Just like Abraham, God doesnt just want you to be blessed in a certain area of your life and for the other areas to be lagging. III. The background of the blessing of Abraham is really found in the OT in the book of Genesis chapter 14. Sevenfold Covenant Blessings Redeemed at the Cross. power will bless all the families of the earth. Having trouble logging into your account? . www.abundantlifecrusades.com, Home By a century later, Ur was ruled by Nebuchadnezzar II of Babylon and by about 500 BCE the city had become inhabited. The Chaldean occupation of Ur was therefore of fairly limited duration. If we take the date of the Exodus as 1406 BCE or thereabouts and the Covenant of the Pieces 430 years earlier, then Abraham lived in about the 1800s BCE, i.e. . This 5th blessing introduces a new name for God, encompassing a new aspect of His being El Shadai. The blessing of Abraham was not just for Abraham. Psalm 41 Blessing #1: God wants to deliver you, even in times of trouble. 7.Midrash Raba 39:6 applies the following verse from Psalms 45:8 to Abraham: . One is that the Bible was redacted during a later period of history and the name Ur of the Chaldeans is an anachronism. This would also date the redaction of the Pentateuch to sometime from the 7. century BCE onwards. Against this it could be argued that the redactors of the Bible must surely have know that the Chaldeans were in Ur for a limited period and they were introducing a very obvious anachronism into the Biblical text with no good reason for doing so. Alternatively, the name Chaldeans could have been a later edition to an earlier written text, although again it is unclear what this addition was adding, since it is likely that Ur was sufficiently well known that it did not require this type of identification. The third possibility, and this is the suggestion favored by this author, is that the Bible was written shortly after the Exodus as the Bible describes and Ur Kasdim is not the ancient southern Mesopotamian city of Ur. This is, in fact, the position of many Jewish commentators. The Talmud, Maimonides, Josephus and the Book of Jubilees, for example, all describe locations in Assyria and south-east Anatolia for Ur of the Chaldeans. The Book of Jubilees writes that: (Jubilees 11:3). This is not to say that the Egyptian exile is completely unfathomable and in retrospect one may attempt to find reasons. It may be that the Jewish people had to experience the emptiness of servitude to Pharaoh to bind themselves to a new Master. They had to experience being treated harshly as strangers in another land to appreciate how strangers should be treated when in their own promised land. Very likely the Israelites would have assimilated in Egypt in the absence of discrimination and enforced servitude. The exile also had to last hundreds of years since historical circumstances were not yet ripe for them to enter the land of Canaan., even before the contract was sealed. He could have told God that he had had second thoughts about this entire venture. But he did not do so. Nor did the majority of Jews throughout their thousands of years of exile. This is because God will bind Himself to the Jewish people and they will bind themselves to God. How this is so, is detailed in the next blessing. God doesnt bless us just to make us happy; He blesses us to make us a blessing. The books of Judges and 1 and 2 Samuel address the leadership of the nation as a king, and how the dynasty of David was established. "I will give to you and to your posterity after you, the land": This speaks of OWNERSHIP,WEALTH. Judaism is often regarded by its followers as a religion only for self-improvement and for achieving the World to Come. This is indeed the case but it has another function too. Through his ideas, the example he projects, and his dealings with others, Abraham is to be the means of bringing spiritual benefit to the rest of mankind and thus the means by which God can bestow His loving kindness and bounty on all of humanity. 0000001229 00000 n May we as children of God receive all God have for us through our Great God and Saviour Jesus Christ. #7 - and I will give to you, and to your offspring after you, the land of your sojourns, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; - and I will be a God to them.. blessed with faithful Abraham. Phil 4:19 But my - 12 And the law is not of faith: but, The man that doeth them shall live in Conclusion We do not join it. Now when Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord appeared to Abram and said to him, "I am God Almighty; Walk before Me, and be blameless. King James Bible. In the theology of Paul, all who believe in God are spiritual descendants of Abraham. Perhaps because of this there is a midrashic tradition that Abrahams greatness was not only his awareness of a Single God but to his willingness to go through trials to demonstrate his allegiance to Him. One of these trials was his confronting the Mesopotamian ruler Nimrod and being placed in a burning furnace when his father delivered him to the king for smashing the idols in his idol store. And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels round about the throne and the beasts and the elders: and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands;Saying with a loud voice, Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and glory, and blessing. #7foldblessingsofabraham #propheticalconvention #rev.danielmosesSPECIAL PROPHETICAL CONVENTION 2021 || 7 FOLD BLESSINGS OF ABRAHAM || REV. Jacob bought land from the ruler of Shechem when he returned from Paddan-Aram and also built an altar there. Under its trees, Jacob buried the alien gods still in the possession of his family. We do not join it. Phil 4:19 But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus. And in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed." www.tonyabram.comor (Welfare & community Development) Change). 11. At first glance these two sentences seem similar to each other, but they do in fact express very different ideas. In the last but one sentence, Elokim promises to be a God to Abraham and his seed forever and this would include periods of exile. In the last sentence, He also promises to be their eternal God but in the land of Canaan. , 16.See Hosea 4:13: They sacrifice on the mountain tops and burn offerings on the hills under oak, poplar and terebinth where the shade is pleasant., 17. The Torah itself reveals that Abraham was not the only monotheist in the world at that time. Following Abrahams victory over the forces of King Chedorlaomer and his Mesopotamian coalition and his rescuing of his nephew Lot, Abraham is greeted by Malchizedek, king of Salem, who. Understanding Our Seven-fold Qualification For Ser You dear Saint are an Ambassador appointed to be a Why does Jesus require "experimental belief". Scripture foresaw that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, and announced the gospel in advance to Abraham: All nations will be blessed through you. So those who rely on faith are blessed along with Abraham, the man of faith (verses 69, emphasis added). And in Galatians 3:13-14, Paul relates this blessing as being bestowed upon the Gentiles through the redemptive work of Jesus Christ on the cross. Try, Slow Down, Big Fellawhat A Motorcyclist Taught Me About Preaching, Spit-Shine Tomorrow's Sermon Before You Go To Bed Tonight. The five-fold blessing is the idea that when you buy from Israel, five different areas are affected by your purchase. 2. VI. The ability to create multiple lasting enterprises. "Your name shall be Abraham": This speaks of greatly ENLARGED VISION. There are more than 40 blessings in the Word given to Abraham either for him or those who would be through blessings would be blessed. However, in contrast to the covenant with Noah, this particular covenant is not a unilateral one, in that Abraham is expected to be a direct participant by fulfilling the directive of circumcision. of more help or if you want more information please visit: , Gods solution is to repopulate the world with the offspring of Noah, and His hopes are focused in particular on the descendants of Noahs son Shem. Now, after ten generations, there is a descendent of Shem, Abraham, with whom He can partner to bring the ideas of ethical monotheism to the world., A thematic linkage between this passage and the covenant with Noah is established in a number of ways, in addition to both being established by Elokim. Similar to the covenant with Abraham, the word, is a key word in the covenant with Noah and appears there seven times. 0000010891 00000 n We do this by letting the Holy Spirit Proverbs 3:5 Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. 15 Brethren, I speak after the manner of men; Though it be but a man's covenant, yet if it be confirmed, no man disannulleth, or addeth thereto. Abraham falls on his face in subjugation, and laughs to himself in wonderment (although not in disbelief). Sarah is well passed the age of giving birth to children. Abraham suggests that Ishmael be chosen instead - to which Elokim replies: Bible critics have noted that the couple are told twice about Sarahs impending pregnancy, once here and again in the very next section. There, Abraham and Sarah are informed by one of the three angels of YKVK that in a years time Sarah will have a son. Sara is listening through the tent wall and the intent is clearly that she should hear this news. This suggests to these scholars that two different textual sources exist regarding Sarahs pregnancy. So where is his birthplace is it Haran or is it Ur of the Chaldeans? Cassuto solves this problem by suggesting that the word , means not birthplace, as commonly translated, but kindred or family circle and he brings other examples of its use in this way in the Bible. Rashi, on the basis of Bereishis Rabba 39:1 and Sanhedrin 99b comments on the phrase , 18. The blessing given to Adam and Eve was contaminated by Satan's deception and now again reactivated to Abraham who would become the father of Jews and Gentiles in Christ. During the second covenant that God establishes with Abraham involving circumcision, God introduces Himself with the words: (Genesis 17:1) The Bible is telling us here that Abraham embodies the attributes of God and he is to walk before God as His representative to the world. A seat on Christ's throne (see . He promised to make Abraham a blessing. 0000020385 00000 n (LogOut/ His wealth was as a result of the blessing. This world was not created for any specific people or nation but for all mankind. YKVK is the epitome of loving-kindness. He wishes only to give. But He can only provide in abundance to nations that warrant it. Abraham is to be the means by which God can bring beneficence to all humanity..