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ABRAHAMIC COVENANT
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SECTION 1: TERMS OF ABRAHAMIC COVENANT
1. The Covenant With The Jews Is Everlasting, Never Broken
a. The Covenant Is Everlasting
Genesis 17:7 And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee.
b. The Covenant Is Never Broken
Judges 2:1 And an angel of the LORD came up from Gilgal to Bochim, and said, I made you to go up out of Egypt, and have brought you unto the land which I sware unto your fathers; and I said, I will never break my covenant with you.
2. Jews Will Have Their Land Grant (River of Egypt to Great River Euphrates)
Genesis 15:18 In the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates:
* not fulfill yet
3. Those Who Bless And Curse The Jews Will Get The Same In Return
Genesis 12:3 And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.
4. Jews Will Multiply
Genesis 17:2 And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly.
* not fulfill yet
5. Jews Are To Do Circumcission
Genesis 17:10 This is my covenant, which ye shall keep, between me and you and thy seed after thee; Every man child among you shall be circumcised.
SECTION 2: ABRAHAMIC THEME = PROMISE
1. Abraham’s Covenant Was Bound By Promise
Galatians 3:17-18 And this I say, that the covenant, that was confirmed before of God in Christ, the law, which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot disannul, that it should make the promise of none effect.
18 For if the inheritance be of the law, it is no more of promise: but God gave it to Abraham by promise.
2. With Abraham: Blessed To Become A Great Nation
Genesis 12:1-2 Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew thee:
2 And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:
3. With Sarah: Sarah Shall Have A Son
Genesis 18:13-14 And the LORD said unto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I of a surety bear a child, which am old?
14 Is any thing too hard for the LORD? At the time appointed I will return unto thee, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son.
4. With Isacc: Getting Promises Of Abraham, Blessings, Getting Countries, Multiplication Of His Seed, Because Of His Seed All Nations Blessed
Genesis 26:1-4 And there was a famine in the land, beside the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went unto Abimelech king of the Philistines unto Gerar.
2 And the LORD appeared unto him, and said, Go not down into Egypt; dwell in the land which I shall tell thee of:
3 Sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all these countries, and I will perform the oath which I sware unto Abraham thy father;
4 And I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these countries; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed;
5. With Jacob: Getting Promises Of Abraham, The Land, Fruitful And Multiplication Of The Jews
Genesis 28:3-5 And God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou mayest be a multitude of people;
4 And give thee the blessing of Abraham, to thee, and to thy seed with thee; that thou mayest inherit the land wherein thou art a stranger, which God gave unto Abraham.
5 And Isaac sent away Jacob: and he went to Padanaram unto Laban, son of Bethuel the Syrian, the brother of Rebekah, Jacob's and Esau's mother.
6. With Jacob’s Descendants: About Getting The Promised Land
Genesis 50:24 And Joseph said unto his brethren, I die: and God will surely visit you, and bring you out of this land unto the land which he sware to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.
Note:
* The promise from Abraham all the way to Jacob's descendents (the 12 tribes)
SECTION 3: ABRAHAMIC SALVATION = FAITH + WORKS
1. Works Is Required For Salvation: Abraham’s Act Of Offering Issac Is A Work
James 2:21-22 Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar?
22 Seest thou how faith wrought with his works, and by works was faith made perfect?
* Abraham’s faith had to be perfected by works
2. Faith Is Required For Salvation: Abraham Believed God (Faith) And God Counted It As Having Righteousness
James 2:23 And the scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was called the Friend of God.
* God imputed him righteousness
* Some people will use this verse to show that he was saved by faith alone but they don’t read the next verse
3. Faith & Works Is Required For Salvation
a. Abraham’s Faith Had To Be Perfected By Works
James 2:24 Ye see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only.
* This verse clearly shows his salvation is not by faith alone, it had to be perfected by works
b. By Faith Abraham Had To Perfect It With A Work To Offer Isaac
Hebrews 11:17-22 By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac: and he that had received the promises offered up his only begotten son,
18 Of whom it was said, That in Isaac shall thy seed be called:
19 Accounting that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead; from whence also he received him in a figure.
20 By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning things to come.
21 By faith Jacob, when he was a dying, blessed both the sons of Joseph; and worshipped, leaning upon the top of his staff.
22 By faith Joseph, when he died, made mention of the departing of the children of Israel; and gave commandment concerning his bones.
* Many people also use this verse to say that everyone was saved by faith alone like us christians because there are so many mentions of “by faith: No. Its not the same
* Noticed that from his faith, there was somekind of works that came out. What did he have to do?
* See verse 17: “He had to offer up Isaac”
* By faith, he had to do somekind of works out of it.
* So, it doesn’t change the fact that there was some faith and works system involved if we’re going to be very honest after reading these verses as it says
Note:
* Some people think that because there is so much promise and because Abraham and his children got away with a lot of sins and the law demanded death and since the law was not born during this time, they automatically assume that they weren't saved by works but just faith.
* This is not true. Even though the law was not formed during that time, they had to be saved by faith which involves work.
* It may have leaned towards faith, but it doesn't change the fact that there was some sort of work that had to be involved if we are very honest by reading the bible as it is.
SECTION 4: 2 PARTS OF ABRAHAM’S SALVATION
A. SPIRITUAL DEALINGS: IMPUTED RIGHTEOUSNESS (BY FAITH)
* this happened before he was 86 yrs old
1. Abraham Believed God (Faith) That His Offspring Will Number As Many As The Stars And God Counted It As Having Righteousness
Genesis 15:5-6 And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be.
6 And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness.
* This event caused him to receive imputed righteousness
* Do take note that this event happened in his earlier life.
* He was 75 years old when God called him out (Gen 12:1-4).
* This happened probably not too long after God called him out.
* At this time, he have not even married Hagar (Gen 16:3)
* Ishmael was only born when he was 86 years old (Gen 16:16)
B. PHYSICAL DEALINGS: JUSTIFIED (BY WORKS)
* this happened after he was 100 years old
1. Abraham Was To Sacrifice Isaac (Works). Abraham Obeyed And Did It
Genesis 22:1-2, 9-12 And it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham: and he said, Behold, here I am.
2 And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of.
9 And they came to the place which God had told him of; and Abraham built an altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar upon the wood.
10 And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son.
11 And the angel of the LORD called unto him out of heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham: and he said, Here am I.
12 And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him: for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from me.
James 2:18-21-24 Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar?
22 Seest thou how faith wrought with his works, and by works was faith made perfect?
23 And the scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was called the Friend of God.
24 Ye see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only.
* This event caused him to receive justification
* Do take note that this event happened in his older life.
* He was 100 years old when Isaac was born (Gen 21:5).
* At this time, Isaac could already walk and talk. So Abraham could have been even older than 100 years old
Note:
* Abraham believed God (faith) to receive imputed righteousness happened at one time of his life (earlier life) and then offering Isaac (works) to get his justification happened at another time of his life (older life)
* Imputed righteousness and justification happened at two different time
* The gap between these 2 events for Abraham’s salvation was at least minimum 14 years gap
* Christians we do not have 2 parts for our salvation. We only have 1 part in our salvation
* We receive both God’s imputed righteousness and justification at the same time (at the moment of salvation when we believe by faith alone)
SECTION 5: IMPORTANT HIGHLIGHTS
A. GOD DEALS BY PHYSICAL DEALINGS DURING THIS TIME
* Remember, because the spirit is dead, after Adam sinned, God had to deal with them physically
* So it makes sense, even though they had faith, they had to do works out of it physically because God is dealing with physical and he can't based it on spiritual things
* Today's christians we can just go by faith (spiritual) and God can deal with us spiritually because we have a spiritual nature that is alive as a result of Christ sacrifice
* During their time they never had that because when Adam sinned, the spiritual nature died, so God can't do that with them. God deals primarily by physical dealings.
* However we see that God's grace is carried from the beginning to the end (Genesis-Revelation) as He will do some sort of spiritual dealings too but he does not do everything based of spiritual dealings
* Because the spiritual nature was dead, that's why works (physical) that was their salvation system and they cannot do spiritual because the spiritual nature of man was dead
B. PAUL USED SOME SPIRITUAL DEALINGS OF GOD DURING THIS TIME TO INTRODUCE CHRISTIAN DOCTRINE
* Paul used old testament verses to prove new testament spiritual doctrines when he introduced christian doctrines. These are important arguments to the Jews because he had to show them that it was biblical
* Paul he had no new testament, he only had old testament.
* How is he going to use the old testament to prove new testament spiritual doctrine?
* Paul had to find any spiritual dealings of God in the Old testament.
* Paul then quotes those verses about what God did in the old testament to prove spiritual doctrines that christians can follow.
* Lets look at these examples
I. SALVATION IS BY FAITH ALONE WITHOUT WORKS
1. Old Testament Verse: Imputed Righteousness By Faith: Abraham Believed God (Faith) That His Offspring Will Number As Many As The Stars And God Counted It As Having Righteousness (God Imputed Him Righteousness)
Genesis 15:5-6 And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be.
6 And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness.
* Do take note that the this event is about the 1st part of Abraham’s salvation (during his earlier life). Its talking about spiritual dealings of God with Abraham (faith to get imputed righteousness)
* Notice verse 6: “Abraham believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness”
* This entire verse shows spiritual dealings of God and there is nothing about physical works involved.
* Paul saw this verse is suitable to use to introduce christian doctrine of salvation by faith alone because as we can see there is no works involved.
2. Paul Quotes It In His Epistle: Abraham Believed God (Faith) And He Was Imputeth Righteousness
Romans 4:3 For what saith the scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness.
* Paul quoted this in his epistle to show that his teaching of new testament christian doctrine about salvation by faith alone without works is biblical and God has done this kind of spiritual dealings before in the old testament with Abraham
* Paul understood that Abraham’s salvation was by spiritual dealings (faith) and physical dealings (works)
* But Paul is focusing only on the part of about spiritual dealings of God with Abraham. How his faith caused God to count it as him having righteousness (God imputed him righteousness)
* What Paul did was he divided Abraham’s salvation. He looks at Abraham’s salvation as 2 parts. Spiritual dealings (by faith to receive imputed righteousness) and physical dealings (by works to receive justification)
3. Paul Tells Us That Abraham Is Justified Differently From Christian’s Salvation: If Abraham Were To Be Justified By Works, Its Not By God’s Standard
Romans 4:2 For if Abraham were justified by works, he hath whereof to glory; but not before God.
* Paul points out the fact that when Abraham was justified, its not by God’s standard of righteousness (God’s perfection, righteousness without sin)
* Abraham was justified according to man’s standard of righteousness
* Abraham’s salvation is very different from new testament christians. When we are justified, we receive God’s righteousness
4. In The Old Testament, When Man Was Justified By God For Salvation, It Was According To Man’s Own Righteousness
a. James Tells Us That It Is By Abraham’s Own Righteousnes (By His Own Works) That Caused Him To Be Justified: Abraham Was Justified By Works When He Offered His Son Isaac
James 2:18, 21 Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works.
21 Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar?
b. James Tells Us That Abraham Salvation Is By Faith & Works: Abraham’s Faith NeedsTo Be Perfected By Works
James 2:22 Seest thou how faith wrought with his works, and by works was faith made perfect?
* Wrought = worked into shape by effort
* This shows salvation is not the same from eversince the beginning.
* Their salvation is different from christian salvation which is faith alone without works.
c. How Does God Judge In The Old Testament? Justifying The Righteous According To Their Own Righteousness
1 Kings 8:32 Then hear thou in heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, condemning the wicked, to bring his way upon his head; and justifying the righteous, to give him according to his righteousness.
* When man is justified by God for salvation in the old testament its according to man's own righteousness
5. Paul Tells Us How Christian Salvation Is Different: By Faith, Christians Have Imputed Righteousness & Justification At The Same Time (At The Moment Of Salvation)
Romans 4:24-25 But for us also, to whom it shall be imputed, if we believe on him that raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead;
25 Who was delivered for our offences, and was raised again for our justification.
* When christians are justified, we received God's righteousness
* We don't have to do it later on in life to perfect our faith with our own righteousness with our works
6. Even If God Were to Give His Righteousness To The People In The Old Testament, Its Still Based On Man’s Own Righteousness: Men Still Had To Do Some Sort Of Work To Get Man’s Own Righteousness
Psalms 103:17-18 But the mercy of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children's children;
18 To such as keep his covenant, and to those that remember his commandments to do them.
* they had to keep his covenant, to remember his commandments and to do them
II. ABRAHAM IS NOT ONLY A FATHER OF A NATION (PHYSICAL) BUT ALSO THE FATHER OF SPIRITUAL NATIONS
1. Old Testament Verse: Abraham To Be A Father Of Many Nations
Genesis 17:4 As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations.
* This event happened when Abraham was 99 years old (Gen 17:1-4)
* the keyword is “nations”, plural
* God is so brilliant, He knows past present and future. He knows that He is dealing with Israel right here as a physical nation (that’s a promise that’s unbreakable) but God sees everything and thinks always a hundred steps ahead.
* God knows that the Jews in the new testament is going to reject their Messiah.
* So what God’s going to do is that He’s going to temporarily put Israel on hold so that God can deal with the Gentiles and different nations to become the spiritual Jews (spiritual nation of Israel)
2. Paul Quotes It In His Epistle: Spiritually Abraham Is Also Our Father
Romans 4:16-17 Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace; to the end the promise might be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham; who is the father of us all,
17 (As it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations,) before him whom he believed, even God, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which be not as though they were.
* Paul quoted the old testament verse to show that it is biblical to argue that Abraham is not just a father of physical nation of the Jews, Abraham is also a father of spiritual nations
1. Old Testament Verse: Abraham's Circumcission Was a Physical Sign Of All Of God's Promises To The Jews Or Else Their Soul Is Cut Off
Genesis 17:9-14 And God said unto Abraham, Thou shalt keep my covenant therefore, thou, and thy seed after thee in their generations.
10 This is my covenant, which ye shall keep, between me and you and thy seed after thee; Every man child among you shall be circumcised.
11 And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a token of the covenant betwixt me and you.
12 And he that is eight days old shall be circumcised among you, every man child in your generations, he that is born in the house, or bought with money of any stranger, which is not of thy seed.
13 He that is born in thy house, and he that is bought with thy money, must needs be circumcised: and my covenant shall be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant.
14 And the uncircumcised man child whose flesh of his foreskin is not circumcised, that soul shall be cut off from his people; he hath broken my covenant.
* if the Jews don’t circumcise, their salvation will be lost
* Do take note that Abraham was 99 years old when he was circumcised (Gen 17:24)
* This event where God asked them to practice circumcission happened many years later after God counted Abraham as having righteousness
2. Paul Quotes It In His Epistle: Abraham’s Circumcission Was Also A Spiritual Sign Of All Of God’s Promises To The Church
a. Abraham Is Not Only Father To The Circumcised But Also Father To Those Unscircumcised But Of Faith
Romans 4:11-12 And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had yet being uncircumcised: that he might be the father of all them that believe, though they be not circumcised; that righteousness might be imputed unto them also:
12 And the father of circumcision to them who are not of the circumcision only, but who also walk in the steps of that faith of our father Abraham, which he had being yet uncircumcised.
* Paul realised the case that Abraham and the people that time had to practice physical circumcision or else their soul was cut off
* But Paul, he was focusing on the spiritual aspect.
* Paul points out that Abraham received imputed righteousness before he got circumcised.
* Noticed verse 11: “which he had yet being uncircumcised”
* That means imputed righteousness happened first. Then many years later only had to do circumcision
* Paul used that to prove that for christians, since we have a salvation where we receive the imputed righteousness and justification by faith automatically so this is a complete salvation which does not need to be perfected later on with somekind of physical things like offering of Isaac on the alter or works or circumcission etc.
* Because of that, we do not need those physical things
b. Paul Tells Us That Christians Are Circumcised Spiritually, Our Fleshy Body Of Sin Is Cut Off From Us, Circumcission Of Christ
Colossians 2:11 In whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ:
* Once we got saved by faith, we got this circumcision already
* its a spiritual circumcision: “circumcision made without hands”
* circumcision of Christ means its done by Lord Jesus Christ. He is the one who performs this circumcission at the moment of salvation when we believe
“ What did God do? What did God circumcise us out of?
* We are are cut off completely from our body. So, no matter what our body sins, it will not contaminate and effect us
* Who is us? We are the soul. When someone dies, its their soul that goes to either heaven or hell
Eg. Ice Cube Tray
* Fill up water in the tray - ice becomes part of the tray
* Break up the ice from the tray but leave the ice in the tray - ice is no longer part of the tray - it is cut off but still in the tray
* If a save person sins with his body, it doesnt affect his soul
* Our soul is not corrupted with sin no matter how many times we sin in our body
* That’s why when we die, we will go to heaven no matter what.
=> Once Saved Always Saved
c. How Did It Happen? It Is Done By Faith
Colossians 2:12 Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead.
* Once we got saved by faith, God already performed this circumcision for us
* So, we don’t need those physical circumcission, physical works to perfect that faith which Abraham had to do
* But we still commit sin in our body and God is going to judge our soul for the sins done in our body
3. How Will Christians’s Be Judged? We Will Be Judged For Things Done In Our Body, Our Works And Service To God
a. We Will Be Judged At The Judgement Seat Of Christ, God Will Judge Good Or Bad Things Done In Our “Body”
2 Corinthians 5:10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.
* whatever we do in our body will be judged wheter good or bad
b. We Will Be Judged For Our “Work”: Every Secret, Good Or Evil Work
Ecclesiastes 12:14 For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.
* whatever work we do in our body will be judged, every secret, good or evil work
c. We Are Judged For Our Service To God: “Works” Will Be Revealed And Tried By Fire: Good Works Rewarded, Bad Works Burnt (We Loose Rewards) We Are Still Saved
1 Corinthians 3:12-15 Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble;
13 Every man's work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man's work of what sort it is.
14 If any man's work abide which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive a reward.
15 If any man's work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire.
* Our works will be revealed and tried by fire
* If our works are good, we will get rewards (gold, silver or precious stones) because the rewards will be able to withstand the fire
* If our works are bad, we will get garbage because it will not be able to withstand the fire, it will be burnt away (we loose rewards)
* Noticed verse 15: “but he himself shall be saved” we are still saved
* This judgement is not to judge our salvation but it is to judge our service to God
Note:
* If we don't know this, we will get confuse with so many doctrines out there and thinking that salvation have always been the same from the beginning
* People who teach that salvation has always been the same from beginning to the end only focused on the part where Paul focused on spiritual dealings of God in the old testament. And they say because Paul used the spiritual dealings of Abraham or David or etc, they automatically assume that people in the the old testament are saved the exact same way with the christans today
* No. Paul did not do that. Paul divided it. Paul divided the spiritual things from the physical things
* With that division of the spiritual things in the old testament, Paul can apply the spiritual things to the christians but he didn’t do that with the physical things
* The problem with these wrong doctrine people is that they did not divide.
* They take the spiritual things and physical things and all combined into one big mess
* Then we have those Jews who thinks that everything in the old testament is physical but they overlooked some of the spiritual things that God did throughout the old testament
* That’s why we are going to find out later on, when Jesus came in His ministry, there was a total change. Jesus introduced a lot of spiritual things and not physical
* Even though Jesus dealt with Jews a lot, He changed the tone That’s why the disciples and the Jews could not understand His spiritual teachings and spiritual application. They were all thinking physical
* Why? Because for the past thousands of years, that’s what the old testament was based on. But, they forgot some of the spiritual things that God dealt with in the old testament. So Jesus had to remind them
C. SPIRITUAL DEALINGS OF GOD DURING THIS TIME AND QUOTED IN THE NEW TESTAMENT AS CHRISTIAN DOCTRINE
I. ABRAHAM SAW JESUS AS THE SACRIFICIAL LAMB
1. Old Testament Verse:
a. God Is Telling Abraham To Offer Up His Son Isaac As a Sacrifice
Genesis 22:2 And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of.
b. Abraham Told Isaac That God Will Provide “Himself” A Lamb
Genesis 22:8 And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering: so they went both of them together.
* This shows a great prophecy that Jesus will one day be the sacrificial lamb for our sins
* Remember, we are talking about spiritual dealings
* In this Abrahamic covenant, we can see spiritual dealings that will match up with new testament doctrine.
* Abraham's sacrifice of Isaac is a spiritual type of God's sacrifice of Jesus Christ
2. New Testament Verse:
a. Jesus Is The Sacrificial Lamb Of The Sins Of World
John 1:29 The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.
b. Jesus Said Abraham Saw Jesus’s Day
John 8:56 Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day: and he saw it, and was glad.
* Jesus was telling the Jews that Abraham saw His day
* How did Abraham saw Jesus’s day? They’re all wondering
* The Jews did’t understand because they were seeing through physical lenses and not through spiritual lenses
* They only saw a physical sacrifice of Isaac going on by they don’t see the spiritual that’s happening behind the scene
* There's a lot of physical things that God did in the Old Testament represented a type of a lot of things that God is going to do in the future
* One thing we got to understand about God is this: We will never understand about God in our phisical human aspect. Eg our mind or our eyes
* Whatever God does, He does it for a reason and He has a plan and purpose for everything
D. THE PROMISED SEED WHICH WILL ONE DAY BRUISE SATAN’S HEAD
* The seed was constantly corrupted and Satan is going to try to corrupt the seed again.
1. Abraham Goes Unto The Maid For A Son
Genesis 16:2 And Sarai said unto Abram, Behold now, the LORD hath restrained me from bearing: I pray thee, go in unto my maid; it may be that I may obtain children by her. And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai.
2. Hagar Bare Abraham’s Son, Ishmael
Genesis 16:15 And Hagar bare Abram a son: and Abram called his son's name, which Hagar bare, Ishmael.
* Ishmael which came the Ishmaelites which came the muslim people
* The muslims insist that it will go from Abraham through Ishmael and to the muslims today
3. God Says His Seed Will Come From Isaac
Genesis 21:12 And God said unto Abraham, Let it not be grievous in thy sight because of the lad, and because of thy bondwoman; in all that Sarah hath said unto thee, hearken unto her voice; for in Isaac shall thy seed be called.
* Ishmael is Abraham's seed but God says no, the official seed will be from Isaac
* Sarah wanted Ishmael and Hagar to be cut off from the Abraham's people and God said listen to Sarah
4. The Jews Are The Chosen People
Genesis 50:24 And Joseph said unto his brethren, I die: and God will surely visit you, and bring you out of this land unto the land which he sware to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.
* Its going to be through the Jews line but not Ishmael's line