5. 11 0 obj <> endobj xref Vol 1 Bereishis/ Genesis. This current journey can therefore be regarded a continuation of the prior one, which is why the Torah provides this information:. In essence, He asserts that He will be their God throughout the entirety of Jewish history. 5.Bereishis Rabbah 38:13. Also Rashi to Genesis 11:28 who suggests that Ur of the Chaldeans means fire of Chaldea. Left after 10 years, nearly 10,000 followers, when new rules blocked my 1st amendment rights of free speech. In Genesis we see Abraham gaining a great reputation, and we see how his descendants multiplied, even though, at the time the promise was made, he had no hope of ever having any children. People who wish to bless their son will say: God make you like Abram! because of the . 15.Where was Abraham born? The Bible is very clear on the matter: (Genesis 11:28) From archeological work carried out from the 1800s and onwards, we know that the ancient city of Ur was located in southern Mesopotamia at the convergence of the Euphrates and Tigris. God also protected him and kept him safe. God was not willing, however, to lay such heavy blessings on . It is no coincidence that this sentence closely resembles the opening sentence from another episode in Abrahams life when he demonstrates a similar trust in God in the Binding of Isaac story. In this story, also, Abraham is told:, In this instance, also, Abraham is asked to make a radical break in his lifes direction by sabotaging everything he has been working towards and together with his son travel to an unknown destination. In this instance, too, his trust in God will result in a multiplication of the beneficence granted to him up to now. He was no saint nor was he perfect. God doesnt bless us just to make us happy; He blesses us to make us a blessing. In terms of the ancient world, he was a success: he was well-respected, he was healthy, and he had many descendants. Subscribe to our newsletter and be notified when we publish a new blog post. The same prophets also began to hint at other, greater things such as an ideal Davidic ruler who would rule not only Israel but the whole worldand Gentiles would somehow be part of this kingdom (see Isaiah 9). But these are the very beliefs credited to Abraham! Who are these nations? The answer is by no means clear from the text. Many commentators assume they are to be the descendants of Isaac and that the Bible is talking exclusively about the Jewish people. Cain and Abel: A pivotal story in the Torah, Satire in the Bible - the Ziggurat of Babylon, God's universal message to Abraham and his descendants, God's masterplan for a utopian society - righteousness, justice, and the way of God, "Possessing" the land for the burial of Sarah, Isaac and Ishmael - a story yet incomplete, The moral and religious conflict between Judaism and Islam, THE BINDING OF ISAAC-THE NON-EVENT THAT CHANGED THE WORLD, JOSEPH - THE RIGHT PERSON IN THE RIGHT PLACE AT THE RIGHT TIME, The redemption from Egypt and God's role in the natural world and world history. , Abraham was living in Haran, in present-day Turkey, when he received a directive from God to break with his family and embark on a journey whose destination he could only guess at:. (GALATIANS 4:7), THROUGH JESUS CHRIST I RECEIVE THE BLESSINGS OF ABRAHAM AND THE HOLY SPIRIT. But this did not limit the possibilities. As the YKVK aspect of God says to Joshua: Every place upon which the sole of your foot will march I have given to you, as I have spoken to Moses. From the desert and this Lebanon to the great river, the Euphrates River, all the land of the Hittites to the Mediterranean Sea westward will be your boundary. No man will challenge you all the days of your life . God doesn't bless us just to make us happy; He blesses us to make us a blessing. Giving releases God's power and abundance. (NOTE: The adjective efficacious is synonymous with "only begotten" John 3:16 KJV. in the Middle Bronze Age II period. In other words, there is a discrepancy of about 1,200 years between the Biblical and historical Ur. How then is it possible for Abraham to have left a Chaldean Ur? Three possibilities have been suggested by scholars. , Abrahams siring in his old age is fully elaborated in the Torah and there must be messages here. One is that these tribes have a place in the Near East just as do the offspring of Isaac. Another may be that these nations were once raised in the household of Abraham and would have picked up religious sparks from their upbringing. Some time in the future, they will seek their true roots and by embracing his ideas will once again become part of the extended Abrahamic family. The commonalty of nations rather than their differences also flows from the story of Noah and his forming the common ancestry of man.. Genesis 12:2 and make thy name great, 4. "6@FBuR[RmNxZZ} 4 QJJ 0H@TX01P* cKs^B8a (Genesis 15:8) Following the completion of the covenant, God answers him: (Genesis 15:13). Abraham requests details and these are provided to him, although doubtless the information he receives is far from what he anticipated. 7. . The call is followed by several promises of God, which are referred to as "The Seven Blessings of Abraham" or the seven-fold blessing: Throughout Abraham's life once called by God, we see . | The blessing of Abraham begin in Genesis 12: 1 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: In this sermon outline we list only seven of the blessings given to or through Abraham. The seventh blessing is the peak of the crescendo and represents the aim to which this new partnership between God and man is to lead. The spiritual insights that Abraham has discovered, either on his own or with Gods help, will bring in their wake beneficence to the entire world. There is, moreover, a fundamental problem with the notion that Abrahams sole claim to greatness was his defense of monotheism. The God who created and rules the world is Elokim. Yet it was YKVK, the God of individual providence, who called upon Abraham to leave in his old age his birthplace and family and to embark on a new and, at this stage, unrevealed mission. , Another promise of God is that you [Abraham] shall be the father of a multitude of nations (Genesis 17:4) , Who are these nations? The answer is by no means clear from the text. Many commentators assume they are to be the descendants of Isaac and that the Bible is talking exclusively about the Jewish people.43 However,these nations could also be the nations that Abraham will father. He has already fathered Ishmael. The reader will learn shortly that he is to father Isaac. When Sarah dies, Abraham will father children from a second wife Katurah. These and the offspring of Ishmael will leave Canaan to go southwards into the Arabian Peninsula. The offspring of Isaac will remain in Canaan, but a branch of this family will go eastwards to form the nation of Edom. It also follows that just as the fate of the Amorites in Canaan is to be based on moral grounds, all the more so will the fate of the Jewish people in Canaan. Leader: Come, all who desire blessing! 13. God who desires to lead us by His Spirit would like to lead us to the place because of both my natural and spiritual tie to my great great grandfather From whence will these offspring come? It will take much drama before this tension is resolved. The birth of Isaac is unnatural. The Bible does not call it this in plain terms, but describes it as a Abraham laughing in wonderment and his son being called Isaac from the same word to laugh. Postmenopausal women do not have children. 0000019183 00000 n God does not only want us to bless but also be a blessing. means my princess and may have been a form of endearment. I will make your name great 4. Never struggle to make a name for yourself. I will make so that you will be a blessing Meeting: The Cry Out Prophesying the 7 Blessings of Abraham with 7 Pastors Day and time: Thursday, 6 May at 8pm Location: Rainbow Theatre, 232 Seven Sisters Road, London, N4 3NX More info: Call or WhatsApp 020 7686 6000. #2 Land. %PDF-1.3 % 49. Not everything pleasurable is beneficial and not everything beneficial is pleasurable. Your journey will be both. Comment of the Amar Nkei quoted by Artscroll Series.The Sapirstein Edition. It is better for God to make our name great than for us to seek it out ourselves. Copyright (c) 2021 | Walking By Faith | GuCherry Blog by Everestthemes. 7 fold blessing of abraham. 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. above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us, Jesus is the Davidic Messiah who will not only rule over Israel but over the whole world (Revelation 19:15). It would seem to have this meaning, for example, in the following passage from the book of Ruth: In this passage, Naomi recognizes that God dispenses the ability to have children but can also take it away. Let no man despise thee. for, The just shall live by faith. Its more than bad hermeneutics; it leads to serious error.The theme of Galatians 3 is justification by faith. 0000018668 00000 n . Paul was the foremost apostle responsible for taking the good news (the gospel) to the Gentiles.In Galatians, Paul explains the importance of grace as opposed to the keeping of the law. GALATIANS 3:14 - THAT THE BLESSING OF ABRAHAM MIGHT COME ON THE GENTILES THROUGH JESUS CHRIST; THAT WE MIGHT RECEIVE THE PROMISE OF THE SPIRIT THROUGH FAITH. Most nations are also endogenous to a land. Their country of birth defines their nationality and that country has been linked to that nationality from time immemorial. But this is not how it is to be for Abraham and his descendants. Everything is to be a gift from God and has to be earned children, land, and even agricultural sustenance on this land. Copyright 2003-2023 | Outreach, Inc., All rights reserved. I will take you for My people, and I will be your God. A seat on Christ's throne (see . Hidden manna, the white stone, and a new name. "I will give to you and to your posterity after you, the land": This speaks of OWNERSHIP,WEALTH. I will curse those that curse you 7. And I will bless thee, 3. Praise the Lord! The First Blessing God promises is that He will "open for you the windows of heaven". Abraham's call, therefore, was forward-looking. . An alternative explanation suggests itself. Abraham is acting as a trailblazer for the Jewish people and pointing out the geo-political and religious significance that Shechem will have in the future. Notice the seven blessings again 1) I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians 2)I will deliver you from their bondage 3)I will also redeem you with an outstretched arm and with great judgments 4)I will take you for My people 5) I will be your God 6)I will bring you to the land which I swore to give to Abraham 7)I will give it to you for a possession. MySpace Facebook, John 8:39 - "They answered and said to Him, 'Abraham is our father.' , Gods verbal promise is now replaced by a visual covenant, albeit within the context of a vision. This vision will provide the Israelites with something tangible that they can hold onto during their prolonged period of servitude. In this vision, Abraham is informed that only after a period of harsh exile will his, The covenant itself is contracted in a way that contracts were commonly made at that time. An animal was cut up and the parties would pass between the pieces. By doing this they were saying: I should be like these animals if I do not fulfill my word. In fact, the usual Hebrew verb for making a contract is to , a contract. In this instance, God Himself passes between the pieces as a , is clearly symbolic, yet its aspects are puzzling. The. So the greatest thing we can do as believers is to live to please Him on a daily basis. 37. LF3 d\++T1Y'{\:X5Y0mWi` `W4~\'vt)~\e^4 L endstream endobj 19 0 obj [/ICCBased 37 0 R] endobj 20 0 obj <> endobj 21 0 obj <>stream 4:16. Abraham was a trailblazer for the direction of Jewish history. Genesis 12:1-3. Notice they are Seven i.e. Through Abraham the whole world was blessed because Jesus is a descendant of Abraham. The Lords Command and Promises, Chapter XII in Commentary on the Book of Genesis, Part Two, from Noah to Abraham by Umberto Cassuto, p310, The Magnes Press, Jerusalem, 1977. Cassuto rejects the explanation of Rashi as meaning for his own benefit as other verses in the Bible do not fit this explanation. For example: (Exodus 18:27). When Joshua instructs the tribes whose home is in Transjordan to take leave of the other tribes and return to their tribal possession he says: He also provides other examples. Hirsch and Rabbi Joseph Solveitchik have similar explanations to this. Visionaries will lead the future. There are more than 40 blessings in the Word given to Abraham either for him or "Your name shall be Abraham": This speaks of greatly ENLARGED VISION. So in today's vlog, I teach about how God sovereignly chose to lift a man up out of obscurity, kiss his life with an eight-fold promise, and ultimately bring the same blessing to you through Christ Jesus. We receive the gift of salvation when we put our faith in the finished work of Jesus and become born again. them. What was the seven-fold blessing Abraham received from God? 1. 33.Rashi to Genesis 15:9, based on Bereishis Rabbah 44:14. This son to be named Isaac will be circumcised at eight days of age so that he is firmly grounded in the covenant and it is only appropriate that this covenant be concluded prior to this son being born.. Jesus is our High Priest under the order ofMelchizedeksits on the blood sprinkled mercy seat. By contrast, the borders in the previous blessing are geo-political borders. Israel can expand beyond its core territory whenever there is national consensus, and eventually its power and influence will extend from Egypt to Mesopotamia. This is not a directive but permission to do so, and God through His aspect of YKVK will help them achieve this. In fact, the Israelites already began establishing these greater borders early in their history by capturing the east bank of the Jordan at the time of Moses. Considerable expansion of territory was also achieved in the time of King David. Change), You are commenting using your Facebook account. A man of importance in the world he lived in. In other words, his walking had a directive function but did not establish possession. God spoke to Abraham and told him what he would do for him and through him, if he would trust and obey Him. Copyright 2010 Bible-pedia. . Rashi, based on the midrashic work Seder Olam, suggests that the four hundred years starts from the birth of Abrahams biological son Isaac, and not from the time of entry of Jaacobs family to Egypt. This is part of what it means to be bound to God. The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly. In this passage ( Gen. 12:2-3 ), God spoke about two types . And make thy name great; 4. . blessing introduces a new name for God, encompassing a new aspect of His being El Shadai. God's seven promises to Abram when he was still in Ur of the Chaldees; before he left his homeland, his family, his comfort zone and traveled to Canaan by way of Haran: 1) I will make you a great nation 2) I will bless you The Amplified Bible says, "I will bless you with an abundant increase of favors." Abraham was blessed with abundance. Through Isaac the twins are born 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. 0000019705 00000 n I will make you a great nation. To understand the principles discovered by Abraham, all of which will form the underpinnings of Judaism, a good starting point is an analysis of the seven blessings bestowed upon Abraham by God. Have the attitude of the Psalmist. This will in fact be Abrahams very next question when he speaks again to YKVK. When can I begin establishing my property rights? 0000019413 00000 n What Abraham must do now is to point out to future generations the extent of this gift. MSEP01 - What is the Blessing of Abraham? Especially note how God understands our complete inadequacy to fill the role, but, through His son Jesus Christ, we are in fact worthy to receive the seven-fold blessing of Abraham. Isaac was able to sow in Genesis 26:12, in the time of famine, and reaped a hundred fold harvest. 7. The leper also was cleansed in the same place with a seven-fold sprinkling of the blood of the killed bird (Leviticus 14:7,11). Sarai means my princess and may have been a form of endearment.51 Her name is now to become Sarah, a princess to everyone. Out of this great nation will be people who will be called the people of God. The Seven-fold Promise of God April 11, 2012 God's promise to Abram when he was still in Ur of the Chaldeesbefore he left his homeland, his family, his comfort zone and traveled to Canaan by way of Haran: * The L ORD would make him a great nationIsrael and the Jews are that great nation. 4:7. Most of your teaching is rock solid. (GALATIANS 3:14), !function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document,"script","twitter-wjs"); By virtue of the covenant between God and Abraham (Genesis 15:1-21), Isaac his son had the mandate to pronounce God's blessings upon his firstborn Esau. Actually it is 6 (number of man) pieces of armor the Saints don in Ephesians 6:10-18. Go to Premillenialism refuted: Israel got all the promised land under Joshua. . Nevertheless, the concept that the deeds of the forefathers are a portend to their children. is philosophically a very difficult one. Does this mean that the Abraham, Isaac and Jacob stories are not authentic stories, but more in the way of symbolic accounts about fictitious people? This is difficult to fit into the Bibles narrative, which repeatedly describes the forefathers as real historical figures. More likely is that Gods intentions for Abraham and Abrahams desire to fulfill Gods will were so completely, that in effect the Biblical stories became expressions of Gods will. What will be your perpetual state of being? 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 7th 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: Ur son of Keed built the city of Ara of the Chaldees, and called its name after his own name and the name of his father"(Jubilees 11:3).
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