Trubulation (Abraham's Covenant)

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As an aside to this topic, concern Abraham's covenant...

Walter Copes previous wrote:
>      The things promised by God are the following: 1. That Abraham's name
> shall be great. 2. That a great nation (seed as plural for a nation is
made
> up of many people) should come from him. 3. He should be a blessing so
great
> that in him shall all families of the earth be blessed (And in Jesus
[seed
> as singular] is is so). 4. To him personally ("to thee") and to his seed
> should be given Palestine forever to inherit. 5. the multitude of his
seed
> [plural not singular] should be as the dust of the earth. 6. that whoever
> blessed him should be blessed, and whosoever cursed him should be cursed.
7.
> He should be the father of many nations. 8. Kings should proceed form
him.
> 9. the covenant shall be perpetual, "an everlasting covenant." 10. the
land
> of Canaan shall be "an everlasting covenant." 11. God will be a God to
him
> and to his seed. 12. His seed shall possess the gate of his enemies. 13.
In
> his seed (singular) shall all the nations of the earth be blessed.
> 
>      When these particulars are analyzed it will be seen that certain
> INDIVIDUAL promises were given to Abraham, certain NATIONAL promises
> respecting the nation Israel, of which he was the father, were given to
him,
> and certain UNIVERSAL blessings that encompassed all nations were given
to > him.

This goes back to the subject of the blessings we share as Children of 
God.  The above written seems to me to clearly set out the tennants of 
the covenant given to Abraham (though I would like to see associated 
scriptures).

Someone has claimed that as the Church, we inherit the blessings of 
Abraham.  I contend that as the Church we inherit the promise of 
the blessing, which is the Jesus Christ and His Spirit.

"That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles 
through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of 
the Spirit through faith."    Galatians 3:14

Abraham was promised a son, which he received.

"And so, after he had patiently endured, he obtained the 
promise."    Hebrews 6:15

Yet there remain promises which he did not receive.

"By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a 
strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and 
Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise: For he l
ooked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder 
and maker is God."    Hebrews 11:9,10

"And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, 
received not the promise: God having provided some better 
thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect."   
 Hebrews 11:39,40

[the promise was the Salvation through Jesus Christ and the outpouring 
of His Spirit, see above and Luke 24:49, Acts 1:4, Acts 2:33,39, 
Acts 13:23,32; Eph 1:13]

Yet still, there remains also a promise we have yet to receive.

"And for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament, 
that by means of death, for the redemption of the 
transgressionsthat were under the first testament, they which 
are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance."    
Hebrews 9:15

"For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the 
will of God, ye might receive the promise."    Hebrews 10:36

[Notice that it is those who have **done** the will of God 
who will receive the promise]

"Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of 
entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come 
short of it."    Hebrews 4:1

For the record, Romans 4:13 indicates that Abraham was 
promised the whole world not just the Land of Israel.

"For the promise, that he should be the heir of the world, 
was not to Abraham, or to his seed, through the law, but 
through the righteousness of faith."    Romans 4:13

world = 2889. kosmos, kos'-mos; prob. from the base of G2865; 
orderly arrangement, i.e. decoration; by impl. the world (in a wide 
or narrow sense, includ. its inhab., lit. or fig. [mor.]):--adorning,
world.
[note: kosmos...same word we get our word 'cosmos' from]

As to the inheriting of the earth, the meek get it all in the end 
anyway (Matthew 5:5).

Kathy Dimick
Falkville, Alabama
kdimick@colsa.com
kedimick@hotmail.com

"For to me to live is Christ"