" Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates." In his Son the Gentiles also shall be called out. The Hosea quote is the lynchpin about which the nations are determined either they are with Christ or are against him. Jesus declares ,"Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am." So we shall place it as the truth. Jesus would not jest with what his Father has willed so he says,'verily, verily'. Thus the notion of nations and giving Israel pre-eminence, as imposter churches would take great pains to teach is from bad faith.
The encounter of Melchizedek we have dealt with earlier so what does king of Sodom's promise to reward Abraham tells us? Abraham is conscious of his nation consisting of both heaven and earth. In this context God blessing him with these word,"and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed."(12.3). Here in vv.19-21 we have all these families mentioned by name." With this as a context the Spirit continues with the narrative and in Ch.18 we just follow the Spirit lead and judgement of nations towards the end is a nation, The Babylon of the worst excesses, where the unholy nexus of State and church into which all the ungodliness, -heresies each could inspire in the other find home. So God tells Jeremiah, " For among my people are found wicked men: they lay wait, as he that setteth snares; they set a trap, they catch men./ As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxen rich."(Jer.5.26-27) What ails Israel you find in Babylon as well. ", Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird."(Rev.18.2-3) In the final battle Gog and Magog are from these nations,"and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her...",
" Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates." In his Son the Gentiles also shall be called out. The Hosea quote is the lynchpin about which the nations are determined either they are with Christ or are against him. Jesus declares ,"Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am." So we shall place it as the truth. Jesus would not jest with what his Father has willed so he says,'verily, verily'. Thus the notion of nations and giving Israel pre-eminence, as imposter churches would take great pains to teach is from bad faith.
The encounter of Melchizedek we have dealt with earlier so what does king of Sodom's promise to reward Abraham tells us? Abraham is conscious of his nation consisting of both heaven and earth. In this context God blessing him with these word,"and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed."(12.3). Here in vv.19-21 we have all these families mentioned by name." With this as a context the Spirit continues with the narrative and in Ch.18 we just follow the Spirit lead and judgement of nations towards the end is a nation, The Babylon of the worst excesses, where the unholy nexus of State and church into which all the ungodliness, -heresies each could inspire in the other find home. So God tells Jeremiah, " For among my people are found wicked men: they lay wait, as he that setteth snares; they set a trap, they catch men./ As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxen rich."(Jer.5.26-27) What ails Israel you find in Babylon as well. ", Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird."(Rev.18.2-3) In the final battle Gog and Magog are from these nations,"and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her...",
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