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THE ABRAHAMIC PROMISES: (Gen. 12:1-3)
- PHYSICAL PHASE -- "I will make of thee a great nation"
- Many descendents (a great people) Gen. 15:1-5
- Certain lands, as a home territory. Gen. 15:18-21
- SPIRITUAL PHASE -- "In thee (thy seed -- Gen. 22:18) all nations of the earth
blessed." (See Gen. 26:4 28:14)
- Inspiration assures us that this refers to blessings in Christ. (Read Gal. 3:8,
13-16. Acts 3:25)
FULFILLMENT OF THE PHYSICAL PHASE OF THE PROMISE:
- JOSHUA, and fulfillment. Josh. 21:43-45 "There failed not aught"
- SOLOMON, and fulfillment. 1 Kings 4:21-24 2 Chron. 9:26 Neh. 9:7-8
CONDITIONAL NATURE OF THE PHYSICAL PROMISE:
- JOSHUA, and conditions. Josh. 23:14-16 "and ye shall perish from the good
land"
- SOLOMON, and conditions. 1 Chron. 28:6-8 "if he be constant" "that ye may possess"
ISRAEL'S SINS, AND THE RESULTS:
- Compromise with the enemy. Judges 1:21 (Cf. Josh. 23:11-13)
- Israel "broke the covenant" with God. Judges 2:1-4
- Lesson of Broken Potter's Vessel: Jer. 19:1-11, 15 "Because they have forsaken
me--- I will break this people"
SPIRITUAL PHASE OF ABRAHAMIC PROMISE IS SURE, IN CHRIST. (Heb. 6:13-20)
- By whom Jewish remnant redeemed. Isa. 1:9 4:2-4 10:20-23 11:10
- By whom Gentiles also redeemed. Isa. 49:5-6 56:6-8 62:2 66:18f.
JESUS CHRIST, FULFILLMENT OF PROPHECY AND THE ONLY HOPE FOR ALL NATIONS
 Read carefully Rom. 11:1-f. with above outline in mind. The Jews, as a nation, were broken. A remnant
was preserved so that Christ could come of the seed of Abraham, as promised: but the "redemption" in
righteousness, as promised in Isaiah, etc., refers to salvation for Jew AND Gentile, through individual acceptance
of Jesus as the Christ, and obedience to Him. Heb. 5:9.
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