Israel's Final Deliverance

God said he was giving them the land to live in, not to own, solely under the condition they obeyed the covenant.

Actually it doesn't say only a remnant will be saved. This debate has gone back and forth for years, and it will be the Lord Himself who settles it I suppose.

And so all Israel will be saved, as it is written: “The Deliverer will come out of Zion, And He will turn away ungodliness from Jacob

I don't see how that could be mistaken, but as I say, it's been debated over the years.

God made an unconditional and everlasting covenant with Abe, the land promise was part of it. It has yet to be fulfilled.

There's a lot to unpack in that passage. I know people have different views of scripture, especially Revelation. There are several rules to which I adhere when reading such a prophetic book. One is: In a particular area, if most of the verses are allegorical then the entire passage is likely allegorical. Unless we are told, the Spirit does not flip flop from allegory to actual within the same passage.

So, in the passage above, we see the Euphrates river. John would have known this river and the importance of it. It provided water to people and crops, allowed for trade and commerce between nations, and was essential to regional life as he knew it. Today, we know it as one of the waterways that established the "cradle of life" so its importance stretched even into our day.

Then, in the next verse we see frogs, a dragon, and a beast. This is allegory. Sure, they denote actual things (like the Euphrates) but the references are to their meanings as they relate to the end of the age. So, the Euphrates, too, relates to the end of the age.

The drying up of the waters of the Euphrates is emblematic of the drying up of revelation and insight. This will be (and currently is) a famine of the word of God. They also represent the removal of restraint (also prophesied and what we are currently experiencing) because it restrained "the kings" until it is dried up. At one time, even the unbelievers saw some wisdom in the way of God and His people. This speaks of a time when the people reject the ways of God and His people whole-sale. And so, they are given over to their unrestrained imaginations.

In the whole picture, this is It is Satan in consort with his offspring, the beast, and his enabler, that little horn that speaks blasphemous things against God and against the dwellers of heaven. This is a religious figure who has led astray anyone who is seeking God and lives by the water of life, the Holy Spirit.

I cannot understand how this plain scriptural concept continues to get muddled up.

Dispensationalism and american zionists pushing this throughout the globe.

God made an unconditional and everlasting covenant with Abe, the land promise was part of it. It has yet to be fulfilled.

The repercussions have been devastating.

I suppose it will take several generations before this false interpretations dies.
Not sure we have seen the full damage of it yet, but we are heading pretty quickly towards it.

Thank you brother for this. I would love to hear more of what you got to say on this? Are there any preachers you could recommend who preach this? If not, could you send me a DM and walk me thru who you believe the beast / man of sin is? I take the man of sin to be the pope, potentially. What do you believe about the mark of the beast?

God made an unconditional and everlasting covenant with Abe, the land promise was part of it. It has yet to be fulfilled.

He actually made a covenant with Himself (“When God made a promise to Abraham, since he had no one greater by whom to swear, he swore by himself”) and gave the promises to Abraham and his Seed.

It says he made it with Abram.

What you're referring to happened later

It says he made it with Abram.

What you're referring to happened later

I wanted to add more to this.

God never made Abraham swear to uphold anything. God directed Abraham and Abraham obeyed. By this, Abraham is a type of Jesus: doing what his father is doing.

So, within the covenant, Abraham is a third party beneficiary. Abe is not held to account to keep any side of the agreement. But he benefits from the results of the covenant.

This is like marriage and children: the man (party number 1) and wife (party number 2) covenant together to build a relationship of love and good order. The children just show up and take part in that arrangement without anything being asked of them. They become 3rd party beneficiaries.

Recall Abraham (Genesis 15) cutting in half some animals and sacrificing some birds. Traditionally, when men made a covenant, they would arrange the animal halves and walk between them. It was as if to say "If I do not hold up my end the our covenant my life if forfeit like these sacrifices." Both men would walk between the halves because each many was a party of the covenant.

When Abraham set this up only God walked between the halves.

17 And it came to pass, when the sun went down and it was dark, that behold, there appeared a smoking oven and a burning torch that passed between those pieces.

And the next verse is the verse you quoted:

18 On the same day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying:

So, God swore to God that He would keep His word to Abraham and His Seed.

SO, when we move to Genesis 22:16-18 And He said, I have sworn by Myself, declares YHWH, that on account of this thing you have done, and have not withheld your son, your only son, that blessing I will bless you, and multiplying I will multiply your seed as the stars of the heavens, and as the sand which is on the shore of the sea. And your Seed shall possess the gate of his enemies. And in your Seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed because you have obeyed My voice.

This is an extension of the first covenant. Abraham is not swearing to anything. He is simply believing God and God is extending His initial proclamation: from influence over a small parcel of land to all the nations of the world.

There is so much more to this: like how Abraham's life mirrors Jesus's. It was written about Jesus after seeing him with the teachers as a boy "And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and men." It was later that God pronounces Jesus to be His Son in whom He is well pleased. He received the favor of God by believing God... the same way Abraham did.

So, within the covenant, Abraham is a third party beneficiary. Abe is not held to account to keep any side of the agreement. But he benefits from the results of the covenant.

When Abraham set this up only God walked between the halves.

That's the whole nature of early biblical primogeniture in which the firstborn inherited everything the father had.

He actually made a covenant with Himself (“When God made a promise to Abraham, since he had no one greater by whom to swear, he swore by himself”) and gave the promises to Abraham and his Seed.

Which is what I said. An unconditional and everlasting covenant, with the Jewish people.

It was with people of promise not people with the same DNA.

We are the grafted in.