Who Is the Seed of Abraham?

November 15th, 2010 | Eschatology | 2 Comments  
Identifying The Seed of Abraham Who is the seed of Abraham? What is their inheritance according to the promise? Who are the descendants of Abraham after him and what about their inheritance? These questions sum up the entire bible in terms of God's relationship with his people. The promise of deliverance from sin and death alluded to in Genesis 3:15, is carried through Abraham then more narrowly through Isaac and Jacob. The Promised Seed of Abraham God gave Abraham the promise according to Genesis 12:1-3. "Now the Lord had said to Abraham; Get out of your country, from your family and from your ...
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“Land Therapy” For Christian Zionists?...

December 10th, 2009 | Dispensationalism | 4 Comments  
"Land Therapy" for Christian Zionists? What does this mean? It's a kind of therapy that we recommend for those who do not believe God kept His word to give Israel the land promised to them in the Abrahamic Covenant. God made a promise to Abraham that he would give to his descendants the land of Canaan for a possession. He describes the land as follows: "To your descendants I have given this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the River Euphrates-- "the Kenites, the Kenezzites, the Kadmonites, "the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Rephaim, "the Amorites, the Canaanites, ...
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Is the New Covenant Only for Judah and Israel?

December 4th, 2009 | Eschatology | No Comment  
Is the New Covenant only for Judah and Israel? Some believe so. They base their reasoning on the bible text which says God would make a new covenant. "Behold finding fault with them, He says: "Behold the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah." (Heb. 8:6). Quoting from Jer. 31:31, Paul affirms the fulfillment of this prophecy in the soon to be completed New Covenant and consummation of the Old. By virtue of the new, the Old Covenant  was becoming obsolete. The time for its ...
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Blessed Are the Meek For They Shall Inherit the Ea...

May 22nd, 2009 | Dispensationalism | 2 Comments  
Just thinking about the beatitudes brings back memories of my mother and our family meals, especially on Sundays. Born the middle child of nine, we each sat around the table eager to share our meal whether breakfast or dinner. However, our mother had one rule, not one morsel of bread until we each had said our grace. That meant reciting at least one of the beatitudes. Sometimes to help speed the process along, we'd look for the shortest verse, like "Jesus wept." But in most cases it was always special to cite one of the beautitudes. It showed a certain "refinement ...
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