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From: "Susan Petersen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, November 18, 2004 7:51
Subject: Re: [TruthTalk] Two
Covenants?
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> Suzy
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> --- Jeff Powers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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>> David,
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>> >From the beginning of God�?Ts creation God wanted
>> nothing more than a personal relationship with man.
>> But, man chose not to have a relationship with God.
>> During the rise of civilization, which is told in
>> the opening chapters of Genesis, we see that
>> although there were a few Godly men, most of mankind
>> was wicked. God becomes unhappy with mans evil ways
>> and is nearly ready to destroy all of life on the
>> earth. Yet God sees in one man, Noah, the
>> possibility of a people who would be hungry for Him.
>> So, God tells Noah to build the ark and then wipes
>> the earth clean for a second attempt at populating
>> the His creation.
>>
>> God finds with this second attempt that mankind by
>> and large is unwilling to accept His blessings. But,
>> He finds and chooses one man, Abraham, through which
>> He can build a people who want a relationship with
>> Him. Abraham was willing to do as God requested of
>> him, leave this land of idol worshippers and follow
>> Him. It is through Abraham that God promises to
>> bless all of mankind.
>>
>> There are three aspects of the covenant:
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>> 1. Land. God promises that the land of Canaan was
>> for the descendants of Abraham.
>>
>> 2. Seed. Abraham is told his line will never be
>> destroyed. Abraham�?Ts descendants would become as
>> many as the stars, or the grains of sand.
>>
>> 3. Blessing. God promises to bless those who bless
>> Abraham and his descendants and curse those who
>> curse Abraham and his descendants.
>>
>> At a time when most covenants lasted four or five
>> generations, this covenant was meant to be eternal.
>> It is a tangible contract in that God promises land
>> and offspring. Abraham had no difficulty with the
>> land portion, but, Sarah was barren. Abraham said
>> that his servant, Eliazer, would inherit his wealth.
>> God informs Abraham that he will be a father, it is
>> his bloodline that would carry on. The bloodline
>> that would bring us Yeshua. The Abrahamic covenant
>> was the foundation that will be expanded upon and
>> refined as we go through the revisions of the
>> Mosaic, Davidic and Renewed covenants.
>>
>> >From Genesis 12 to the end of the book, we see how
>> God prunes and in a sense grooms Abraham�?Ts
>> offspring in order to build a nation. Isaac�?Ts
>> eldest son, Esau, fails to meet God�?Ts criteria as
>> firstborn. Instead we read of the scheming that
>> takes place so that Jacob gets the blessing and acts
>> as the firstborn. A recurring theme that shows us
>> that God chooses the �?ofirstborn�?� according to
>> His plan, not the chronological order of birth. We
>> see this also with, Joseph, Moses and David.
>>
>> When we get to Exodus we find that the seed has
>> grown into a nation. However, there is a problem,
>> this Hebrew nation is in bondage. As slaves in Egypt
>> they have become known as a peculiar people because
>> they worship one God in a land of so many gods that
>> it is nearly impossible to count the number of gods.
>> God has another leader who will direct the people in
>> His ways. A messiah of sorts who will lead God�?Ts
>> chosen people out of bondage and into the land
>> promised to Abraham. Moses leads the people out of
>> Egypt to Sinai where Moses is given God�?Ts law
>> (Torah) so that the Israelites could know what God
>> expected from them. The Israelites agree to the
>> stipulations of this amended covenant and God gives
>> them the land promised to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.
>> The sign of this covenant would be the Sabbath. For
>> six days the people could work, but on the seventh
>> day all work would cease. So now Israel had the land
>> promised by God.
>>
>> After a period of time, long by human standards, we
>> come to the next phase of Gods plan. Israel has
>> grown and prospered and now has a king in which the
>> Lord finds favor. It is through David that God
>> chooses to establish His kingship for all eternity.
>> Our King of Kings will come from the line of David,
>> fulfilling the promised seed through which the world
>> will see that there is only one God and one way to
>> eternal life. This is the essence of the Davidic
>> covenant.
>>
>> There is yet one aspect of the Abrahamic covenant to
>> be addressed. It is the blessings of the renewed
>> covenant. Many people believe this is addressed in
>> the New Testament, but the details are revealed in
>> the writings of the Prophets. In a time when much of
>> Israel had strayed and rejected Torah, God sent a
>> prophet, Jeremiah, to call the people back to Him.
>> Jeremiah tells us that if people return to God, He
>> will bless them for all eternity. Jerusalem will
>> live in peace and all the world will know the God of
>> Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. All the people of the
>> world will have an intimate relationship with God
>> through Yeshua. All will have Torah written on their
>> hearts. The New Testament is empty and senseless
>> without seeing that it is an expansion of the Older
>> Testament. The New, or rather Renewed Testament,
>> reinforces and rebuilds Gods Covenant as it was
>> intended from the very beginning.
>>
>> Much like the constitution of the USA, God's
>> covenant has been amended several times. Do we in
>> the USA have a new constitution today that has
>> replace the original? Here we go again, somebody
>> has pryed more words out of me than I usually care
>> to write! Izzy, are you following this? Have you
>> figured out the birth of Yeshua or would you like me
>> to post all the juicy details for that?
>>
>> Jeff
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>> Jeff
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