277 - Les Feldick Bible Study Lesson 1 - Part 1 - Book 24 - Seven Blessings for Israel

https://lesfeldickbiblestudy.com Through the Bible with Les Feldick LESSON 1 * PART 1 * BOOK 24 SEVEN BLESSINGS FOR ISRAEL We'll return again to Romans Chapter 9, and begin with verse 4. Romans 9:4 Romans 9:5a Romans 9:4a Remember from our studies in Chapter 8, the word `adoption' meant to be placed as a full son. The Nation of Israel has been positioned as a unique set-aside nation of people. Let's go back and just check a couple of verses in the Old Testament in the book of Deuteronomy Chapter 7. I know the first verse in this line of thought would be verse 6, but it's much easier to remember Deuteronomy 7:7 than Deuteronomy 7:6. All right, so let's go up to verse 6. Here Moses is writing to the Jew, to the Nation of Israel. Deuteronomy 7:6 "For thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God: the LORD thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all people that are upon the face of the earth." When people say, "What do you mean that Israel is God's chosen and special people?" God has chosen that little nation of people to be the top of the heap. They're king of the hill in all of God's dealing with the human race. Now come into verse 7: Deuteronomy 7:7 God didn't choose the biggest nation on earth, but rather He did the opposite, He chose the smallest group starting with one man. For now we just want to look at their position as being the favored Covenant nation of God. Now go to the Book of Isaiah Chapter 66, and verse 22. Isaiah 66:22 Revelation Chapters 21 and 22. Never! Israel. Even in the eternal state Israel will have that unique position. Israel is not in the best position. Romans 9:4 When Moses reminded the Nation of Israel that there had never been another nation of people that experienced the mountain on fire like Israel did with Mt. Sinai. No other people on earth had ever experienced that, but Israel did. The glory of God came in and filled that Temple. The Covenants. Romans 9:4a "Who are Israelites; to whom pertaineth the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants,..." All the things that God did on behalf of Israel in regard to the Covenants, we are now experiencing that which falls over the edges. And so yes, we are experiencing the great Salvation of God and all that because of what God has done in fulfilling the Covenants with Israel. The Abrahamic Covenant. That after Abraham received this Covenant promise that out of him would come a nation of people, the next person to come into that Covenant promise was Isaac. The next one in response to that Covenant promise was Jacob. Now there's the nation of Israel. Genesis 12:1 "Now the LORD had said unto Abram (back in Chapter 11), `Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew thee:'" There was a reason for God wanting Abram to leave his father's house. Because Abram could not keep that family tie with a pagan while God is now going to deal with this man on Covenant promises, bringing about the Nation of Israel out of which of course would come this Book, our whole spiritual realm of salvation, and everything else. It all begins intricately with the Nation of Israel. Now reading on we find God still speaking to this man Abram. Genesis 12:2a "And I will make of thee a great nation,..." Now the first thing we think of is a great nation like America with 300,000,000 people, but that's not what God calls great. Nobody but Israel. Why? Genesis 12:2,3 "And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing: And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed." In other words, through this one man would come God's flow of all spiritual blessings. Satan has to do anything in his power to somehow thwart God's plan for the ages, and he has to start with the Nation of Israel. Now turn to Chapter 15., and let's follow these Covenants. Now verse 2. Now Abraham understood, he wasn't ignorant, and, of course, he's already 50 years of age when God speaks to him in Ur. And here God's talking about a nation of people coming from his loins. How can a nation of people come when he hasn't the first son yet. Genesis 15:2-4 What's God saying? Verse 5: Genesis 15:5 Genesis 13:16 1. The Nation of Israel which is earthly, and all their promises are earthly. You and I are citizens of Heaven, all of our promises are heavenly and the Nation of Israel is earthly, all of her promises are earthly, and here you have it in these two verses. Count the stars of heaven so shall thy seed be." Genesis 17:15-19 "And God said unto Abraham, `As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai but Sarah shall her name be. Genesis 17:20,21a #LesFeldick #BibleStudy #Bible