Bible Discussion Thread

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The Jews were started with Abraham.

Genesis 17:9

And God said untoAbraham, Thou shalt keep my covenant therefore, thou, and thy seed after thee in their generations.

God called Jacob Israel.

Genesis 32:28

And he said, Thy name shall be called no moreJacob, butIsrael: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed.

The twelve tribes of Israel started with Jacob's twelve sons when they became a nation in Egypt . In Genesis 49, Jacob blesses his sons, who become the fathers of the 12 tribes.The sons are Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Zebulun, Issachar, Dan, Gad, Asher, Naphtali, Joseph, and Benjamin.

Genesis 49:28

All these are thetwelvetribesof Israel: and this is it that their father spake unto them, and blessed them; every one according to his blessing he blessed them.

A true Jew is from within ( spiritual).

Romans 2:29

But he is aJew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God.

Jesus Christ took the seed of Abraham in the flesh.

Hebrews 2:16

For verily he took not on him the nature of angels; but he took on him the seed ofAbraham.

Because of Abraham faith, he became a Jew inwardly.

Hebrews 11:17

By faithAbraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac: and he that had received the promises offered up his only begotten son,

Romans 4:16

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 ofAbraham; who is the father of us all,

Ray, in Christ Jesus 1 Corinthians 15:1-4