278 - Les Feldick Bible Study Lesson 1 - Part 2 - Book 24 - Seven Blessings for Israel - Part 2

https://lesfeldickbiblestudy.com Through the Bible with Les Feldick LESSON 1 * PART 2 * BOOK 24 SEVEN BLESSINGS FOR ISRAEL Let's pick up this Covenant situation that Paul makes reference to in Romans Chapter 9, and verse 4 that to the Nation of Israel were given the Covenants. Remember never to the Church, but to the Nation of Israel. Genesis 26:2,3 "Sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all these countries,..." Verse 3 again. Genesis 26:3,4 Now verse 4, and here's that Covenant.); And I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed (his physical offspring) all these countries; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed." Well you say, how can God say `nations' of the earth be blessed if He's dealing with Israel. Everything has to come through this one little nation. And as I said in the last lesson, every word in this Book came out of the Nation of Israel. Romans 3:1,2 Much every way: chiefly, because that unto them were committed the oracles (or The Word) of God." Looking at the end of verse 4 again we find this promise in the Abrahamic Covenant, So here the Sovereign God has set it up so that Joseph would end up in Egypt. Remember what God told Abraham and Isaac, that they were were not to go down into Egypt, but to sojourn in the land. But look what God tells Jacob. Genesis 46:1-3 "And Israel (or Jacob the man) took his journey with all that he had, and came to Beersheba, (down in southern Palestine) and offered sacrifices unto the God of his father Isaac. And God spake unto Israel in the visions of the night, and said, `Jacob, Jacob.' And Jacob said, `Here am I.' (Now look what God says in verse 3) And he said, `I am God, the God of thy father: fear not to go down into Egypt; (now that was change wasn't it? for I will there make of thee a great nation:'" All right, so there that Abrahamic Covenant is repeated to Isaac and Jacob, and of course we have the "Covenant of the Law." God gives Moses the Ten Commandants, and he comes down off the mountain, and gives the Law to Israel. Turn to Deuteronomy Chapter 30 where we have another Covenant that God makes primarily now with Moses and the Nation of Israel, and we call this for sake of memory the,"Palestinian Covenant." It's a Covenant that originates with God that no one will ever be able to break. Now we know that the Arab world outnumbers the little Nation of Israel some where between 40-50 to 1. God's offer of salvation goes just as much for the Arab as it does for the Jew, but the Covenant promises belong to the Nation of Israel. So God is speaking yet another Covenant, and no one can circumvent God's Word. Here is a prophecy from God. It hasn't happened yet, but what did God know? That the Nation of Israel would be dispersed more than once. God knew that the Nation of Israel would become what we call, "The Wondering Jew." The main two nations that have the most are Russia, and America where we still have large numbers, but for the most part the Jews have been going back to the little land of Israel based on God's Covenant promise to that nation. Remember all these Covenants are surrounded by the Abrahamic Covenant. Every Covenant that God made with Israel is within the bounds of that Abrahamic Covenant. Now here is the Covenant promise in the next verses. How will God do it? With other nations.) No matter how far Israel falls short, no matter how unbelieving Israel can be at various times, God says: Don't expect that, but there is this exception, they are still God's Covenant people. And right now they have been set aside, they're spiritually blinded for the most part as a nation, but remember God's not through with them. It is not appropriate to put Israel under this Covenant promise tonight, but they will one day enjoy it. Jeremiah 31:31 God's not going to just dress up the old Covenant, He's going to make a whole new Covenant with this nation. Well if I read my Bible in plain English that just can't fly, because to whom is God going to make this new Covenant? Israel, and no one but, so how can we be in a Covenant that makes with Israel. Well we can't be, but like I said in the last lesson, we're enjoying the benefits of everything that God did to fulfill this Covenant with Israel. Jeremiah 31:32 Law. And we really didn't stop and look at the Covenant of Law to much, but the giving of the Law was a Covenant, and so that Covenant Israel just constantly broke, even as we do they did. So that's what God is referring to in verse 32. Now verse 33. That remnant of Jews aren't going to suddenly say, "Well we've decided to follow God." Isaiah 66:8 Now let's go back to Romans Chapter 9, and verse 4. Romans 9:4 #LesFeldick #BibleStudy #Bible