Fulfilled OT Promises & Prophecies

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Acknowledging OT promises and prophecies that have been fulfilled gives glory to God for being faithful to his words.

This one is fulfilled every day. Jesus and Paul were both Jews whom we grab hold of, learn from and follow every time we read their words.

Thus says YHWH of hosts; In those days it shall come to pass, that ten men shall take hold out of all languages of the nations, even shall take hold of the skirt of him that is a Jew, saying, We will go with you: for we have heard that God is with you. Zechariah 8:23​
 
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Peter said the pouring out of the holy spirit at Pentecost began the fulfillment of this Joel prophecy.

And it will be after these things, I will pour out from my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your older men shall dream dreams, and your young men shall see visions. And even upon the manservants, and upon the maidservants, in those days I will pour out from my spirit. And I shall execute miracles in the heaven, and upon the earth -- blood, and fire, and vapor of smoke. The sun shall convert into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the coming of the great and apparent day of the LORD. And it will be all who ever shall call upon the name of the LORD shall be saved. For in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be one delivering, as the LORD said; and one announcing good news to the ones the LORD has called. Joel 2:28-32​
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But this is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel; And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams: And on my servants and on my handmaidens I will pour out in those days of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy: And I will shew wonders in heaven above, and signs in the earth beneath; blood, and fire, and vapour of smoke: The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before that great and notable day of the Lord come: And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. Acts 2:16-21​

Glory to God for bringing his words to pass!
 
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This Amos prophecy predicts the rebulding of the tabernacle of David in which the believing remnant and all chosen gentiles would worship. James declared to the Jerusalem council in Acts 15 that this was being fulfilled before their eyes

Prophecy

In that day I will raise up the tabernacle of David that is fallen, and will rebuild the ruins of it, and will set up the parts thereof that have been broken down, and will build it up as in the ancient days: that the remnant of men, and all the Gentiles upon whom my name is called, may earnestly seek me, saith the Lord who does all these things. Amos 9:11-12​
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Fulfillment

Simeon hath declared how God at the first did visit the Gentiles, to take out of them a people for his name. And to this agree the words of the prophets, as it is written, After this I will return, and will build again the tabernacle of David, which is fallen down; and I will build again the ruins thereof, and I will set it up: That the remnant of men might seek after the Lord, and all the Gentiles, upon whom my name is called, saith the Lord, who doeth all these things. Known unto God are all his works from the beginning of the world. Acts 15:14-18​

Glory to God for bringing his words to pass!
 
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Malachi prophesied about 450 years before Christ, during the times of Ezra and Nehemiah.

This prophecy began to be fulfilled when Peter was sent to Cornelius, the Roman centurion in Acts 10, to officially open the door of salvation to the gentiles. It's fulfillment has continued until now and will continue until the last gentile enters the temple of God and the 7th trumpet blows signaling the lord's return. Incense obviously refers to our prayers and pure offerings are our lives offered in service to the king

For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same my name shall be great among the gentiles; and in every place incense shall be offered unto my name, and a pure offering: for my name shall be great among the gentiles, saith YHWH of hosts. Malachi 1:11​
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I like to think that Cornelius was the Roman centurion whose faith Jesus marveled at and said he had not seen such great faith in Israel. What a fitting reward that would have been for his faith. Here Jesus echoes Malachi's prophecy that began to be fulfilled with Cornelius.

And when Jesus was entered into Capernaum, there came unto him a centurion, beseeching him, And saying, Lord, my servant lieth at home sick of the palsy, grievously tormented. And Jesus saith unto him, I will come and heal him. The centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not worthy that thou shouldest come under my roof: but speak the word only, and my servant shall be healed. For I am a man under authority, having soldiers under me: and I say to this man, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it. When Jesus heard it, he marvelled, and said to them that followed, Verily I say unto you, I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel. And I say unto you, That many shall come from the east and west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven. But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. And Jesus said unto the centurion, Go thy way; and as thou hast believed, so be it done unto thee. And his servant was healed in the selfsame hour. Matthew 8:5-13​
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Glory to God for bringing his words to pass!
 
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In the 8th century BC, the prophet Micah foretold the Messiah's birth in Bethlehem. Micah 5 v 2 ‘But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, who are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come forth for Me One to be ruler over Israel - One whose origins are of old, from the days of eternity.’ Bethlehem means House of Bread; Jesus is the Bread of Life. He said, “Whoever comes to me shall not hunger, and whoever believes in me shall never thirst.” Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son Who will save His people from their sins.
 
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God prescribed a reality check to tell truth from malarkey. Unlike any other religions, the bible's credibility lies within its prophecies, not just the teachings and doctrines.

I will raise up for them a Prophet like you from among their brethren, and will put My words in His mouth, and He shall speak to them all that I command Him. And it shall be that whoever will not hear My words, which He speaks in My name, I will require it of him. But the prophet who presumes to speak a word in My name, which I have not commanded him to speak, or who speaks in the name of other gods, that prophet shall die.’ And if you say in your heart, ‘How shall we know the word which the Lord has not spoken?’— when a prophet speaks in the name of the Lord, if the thing does not happen or come to pass, that is the thing which the Lord has not spoken; the prophet has spoken it presumptuously; you shall not be afraid of him. (Deut. 18:18-22)
 
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God prescribed a reality check to tell truth from malarkey. Unlike any other religions, the bible's credibility lies within its prophecies, not just the teachings and doctrines.

I will raise up for them a Prophet like you from among their brethren, and will put My words in His mouth, and He shall speak to them all that I command Him. And it shall be that whoever will not hear My words, which He speaks in My name, I will require it of him. But the prophet who presumes to speak a word in My name, which I have not commanded him to speak, or who speaks in the name of other gods, that prophet shall die.’ And if you say in your heart, ‘How shall we know the word which the Lord has not spoken?’— when a prophet speaks in the name of the Lord, if the thing does not happen or come to pass, that is the thing which the Lord has not spoken; the prophet has spoken it presumptuously; you shall not be afraid of him. (Deut. 18:18-22)
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Promise

I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee, and I will put my words in his mouth; and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him. And it shall come to pass, that whosoever will not hearken unto my words which he shall speak in my name, I will require it of him. Deuteronomy 18:18-19​

Fulfillment

He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day. For I have not spoken of myself; but the Father which sent me, he gave me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak. John 12:48-49​
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Then said Jesus unto them, When ye have lifted up the Son of man, then shall ye know that I am he, and that I do nothing of myself; but as my Father hath taught me, I speak these things. John 8:28​

Glory to God for bringing his words to pass!
 
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Jesus told the disciples that he had another flock besides Israel that he would bring and join together with them into one flock.

And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd. John 10:16​
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This was prophesied in many places, but here is one made by Hosea.

Prophecy

Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured nor numbered; and it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people, there it shall be said unto them, Ye are the sons of the living God. Hosea 1:10​

Fulfillment

But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light: Which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy. 1 Peter 2:9-10​
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Even us, whom he hath called, not of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles. As he says also in Hosea, I will call them my people, which were not my people; and her beloved, which was not beloved. And it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people; there shall they be called the sons of the living God. Romans 9:24-26​

Glory to God for bringing his words to pass!
 
Daniel's prophecy about the empire of Alexander being divided into four parts 150 years before it happened has caused a number of so called biblical "scholars" to try to date the book of Daniel much later.
 
This has been atleast partially fulfilled: (I know of Rev 1:7 i know i know)

Zechariah 12:10
And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn.

John 19:37
And, as another Scripture says: “They will look on the One they have pierced.”
 
Hakawaka said:
This has been atleast partially fulfilled: (I know of Rev 1:7 i know i know)

Zechariah 12:10
And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn.

John 19:37
And, as another Scripture says: “They will look on the One they have pierced.”
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Revelation 1:7, though, isn't exclusive to Israel because it says the whole world will see him and grieve on account of him. That's because they will know that they are in deep doo-doo and about to go down in flames.

So I see John borrowing elements from the Zechariah 12:10 prophecy, but not its fulfillment as John 19:37 was, because they won't be grieving over Christ as the disciples did; they will be grieving over their lost souls.
 
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It is believed by many (because it's taught by many) that when Jesus told the high priest during his Sanhedrin trial that he would arrive with the clouds of heaven, he was referring to his 2nd coming. But that doesn't make sense because those men to whom Jesus was speaking would never see him return to earth in clouds. They would, however, soon see the effects of his arriving with clouds in heaven to receive the dominion and kingdom of God from the father.

And having risen up, the chief priest said to him, "You answer nothing?" What do these bear witness against you? But Jesus kept silent. And responding the chief priest said to him, "I adjure you according to the living God, that you should tell us if you are the Christ, the son of God". Jesus said to him, "You say it. Furthermore I say to you, From now you shall see the son of man sitting down at the right hand of the power, and arriving upon the clouds of the heaven." Then the chief priest tore his garments, saying that, "He blasphemed; what still do we have need of witnesses? See! now you heard his blasphemy." Matthew 26:62-65​
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It is obvious to me that Jesus was informing the high priest that he was the fulfillment of the Daniel prophecy in which the son of man arrives in clouds in heaven to receive a kingdom and glory from God. Jesus left the earth in a cloud and arrived in heaven in that same cloud.

And saying these things, as they looked on, [Jesus] was taken up, and a cloud received him from their sight. Acts 1:9​
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I was looking in the night visions. And behold! One like a son of man came with the clouds of the heavens. And He came to the Ancient of Days. And they brought Him near before Him. And dominion was given to Him, and glory, and a kingdom, that all peoples, nations, and languages should serve Him. his dominion is an everlasting dominion which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed. Daniel 7:13-14​
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John saw this same event in greater detail and recorded in Revelation chapter 5 Jesus receiving the dominion and kingdom from the father, and glory from all creation, as described in Revelation 5:8-14.

And I saw in midst of the throne and the four living creatures, and in midst of the elders, a slain lamb standing having seven horns and seven eyes, who are the seven spirits of GOD sent out into all the land. And he came and received out of the right hand of the one sitting upon the throne. Revelation 5:6-7​
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The Sanhedrin knew this Daniel prophecy well and were aware that Jesus was claiming to be its fulfillment, which is why they convicted him of blasphemy.
 
Jeremiah prophesied that the kingdom of Judah's exile in Babylon would last for 70 years

And all the land [of Judea] shall be a desolation; and they [the Judeans] shall serve among the Gentiles seventy years. Jeremiah 25:11​
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Upon reading this while in Babylon, Daniel fasted and prayed for God to have mercy and bring his words to pass by returning the Judean exiles to their land.

I Daniel understood by books the number of the years which was the word of the Lord to the prophet Jeremiah, even seventy years for the accomplishment of the desolation of Jerusalem. And I set my face toward the Lord God, to seek him diligently by prayer and supplications, with fastings and sackcloth. Daniel 9:2-3​
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As Daniel was praying Gabriel the angel came to give him a vision.

Yea, while I was yet speaking in prayer, behold the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning, came flying, and he touched me about the hour of the evening sacrifice. And he instructed me, and spoke with me, and said, O Daniel, I am now come forth to impart to thee understanding. At the beginning of thy supplication the word came forth, and I am come to tell thee; for thou art a man much beloved: therefore consider the matter, understand the vision. Daniel 9:21-23​
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Gabriel affirmed that Jerusalem would indeed be rebuilt, but more importantly he gave Daniel a vision of the specific time period for the appearance of the messiah and the completion of all promises and all prophecy to Israel, which was 70 weeks of years (7 * 70 years), or 490 years (7 weeks + 62 weeks + 1 week = 490 years).

This prophecy is how people like John the baptist, Simeon (Luke 2:25) and Anna the prophetess (Luke 2:36) knew that the time for Christ's appearance was at hand (ie., at the end of the 7 weeks + 62 weeks, or 483 years), and why there was such expectation in Israel for the appearance of the messiah. The last week of 7 years was to encompass Christ's confirmation of the new covenant with the houses of Israel and Judah. In the midst of the week Christ was cut off from the living, and the new covenant was confirmed with Israel for the remaining 3.5 years by his apostles.

Seventy weeks have been determined upon thy people, and upon the holy city, for sin to be ended, and to seal up transgressions, and to blot out the iniquities, and to make atonement for iniquities, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal the vision and the prophet, and to anoint the Most Holy. ​
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And thou shalt know and understand, that from the going forth of the command for the response for the building of Jerusalem until Christ the prince there shall be seven weeks, and sixty-two weeks; and then the time shall return, and the street shall be built, and the wall, and the times shall be exhausted. ​
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And after the sixty-two weeks, the anointed one shall be slain, and there is no judgment in him. And he shall destroy the city and the sanctuary with the prince that is coming. They shall be cut off with a flood, and to the end of the war which is rapidly completed he shall appoint the city to desolations. ​
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And one week shall establish the covenant with many: and in the midst of the week my sacrifice and drink-offering shall be taken away: and on the temple shall be the abomination of desolations; and at the end of time an end shall be put to the desolation. Daniel 9:21-27​
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Glory to God for bringing his words to pass!
 
ChristRoseFromTheDead said:
This prophecy is how people like John the baptist, Simeon (Luke 2:25) and Anna the prophetess (Luke 2:36) knew that the time for Christ's appearance was at hand (ie., at the end of the 7 weeks + 62 weeks, or 483 years), and why there was such expectation in Israel for the appearance of the messiah. The last week of 7 years was to encompass Christ's confirmation of the new covenant with the houses of Israel and Judah. In the midst of the week Christ was cut off from the living, and the new covenant was confirmed with Israel for the remaining 3.5 years by his apostles.
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The 70 weeks has not been fulfilled.

Dan 9:24 Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.

70 weeks, 490 years, are determined upon the Hebrews and upon Jerusalem.

To finish the transgression, and make an end of sins.

Make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness.

To seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy who is Jesus.

That means Israel as a nation has to be in the truth that Jesus is their Messiah at the end of the 70 years.

Mat 23:37 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!

Mat 23:38 Behold, your house is left unto you desolate.

Mat 23:39 For I say unto you, Ye shall not see me henceforth, till ye shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord.

Rom 11:25 For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in(salvation is no longer available).

Rom 11:26 And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob:

Rom 11:27 For this is my covenant unto them, when I shall take away their sins.

But Israel is not in the truth so the 70 weeks has not been fulfilled.

Dan 9:26 And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.

Dan 9:27 And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.

69 weeks have passed with 1 more week to go.

It talks of the prince to come who is the antichrist which the Roman Empire does not lose their dominion until Jesus puts down the world.

He confirms the one week covenant and begins working in the world.

That is why it says and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate as he spreads his occult beliefs throughout the world.

Act 1:6 When they therefore were come together, they asked of him, saying, Lord, wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel?

Act 1:7 And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power.

Eze 39:21 And I will set my glory among the heathen, and all the heathen shall see my judgment that I have executed, and my hand that I have laid upon them.

Eze 39:22 So the house of Israel shall know that I am the LORD their God from that day and forward.

Eze 39:23 And the heathen shall know that the house of Israel went into captivity for their iniquity: because they trespassed against me, therefore hid I my face from them, and gave them into the hand of their enemies: so fell they all by the sword.

Eze 39:24 According to their uncleanness and according to their transgressions have I done unto them, and hid my face from them.

Eze 39:25 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Now will I bring again the captivity of Jacob, and have mercy upon the whole house of Israel, and will be jealous for my holy name;

Eze 39:26 After that they have borne their shame, and all their trespasses whereby they have trespassed against me, when they dwelt safely in their land, and none made them afraid.

Eze 39:27 When I have brought them again from the people, and gathered them out of their enemies' lands, and am sanctified in them in the sight of many nations;

Eze 39:28 Then shall they know that I am the LORD their God, which caused them to be led into captivity among the heathen: but I have gathered them unto their own land, and have left none of them any more there.

Eze 39:29 Neither will I hide my face any more from them: for I have poured out my spirit upon the house of Israel, saith the Lord GOD.

Rev 11:3 And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth.

Rev 11:4 These are the two olive trees, and the two candlesticks standing before the God of the earth.

The last 7 years is the time that God causes all people that do not love the truth to follow the antichrist.

And bring Israel to the truth that Jesus is their Messiah.

The antichrist will negotiate peace in the Middle East resulting in a 7 years peace treaty which affects the world for they chose sides.

The nations will come together and work for peace on earth.

It will pave the way for all Hebrews to go to Israel for the Gentile nations will cause it to happen.

The Hebrews will go back to animal sacrifices.

The antichrist will push his occult agenda that exalts people and there is no God for 3.5 years to influence them and prepare them for when he claims to be God.

He will step in to the Hebrews temple and tell to stop animal sacrifices and he is their God and Messiah.

When the Gentiles take the mark of the beast then the fulness of the Gentiles have come in.

God will then send Israel 2 witnesses to turn Israel as a nation to the truth for 3.5 years and at the end of that time they will be in the truth and the 70 weeks will be fulfilled.

Dan 9:24 Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.

This is plainly stating that Israel as a nation has to be in the truth to anoint the most Holy who is Jesus and make an end of sins by the end of the 70 weeks.

But this has not happened yet so the 70 weeks could of not been fulfilled.
 
In Genesis 15 God promised the aging and childless Abraham that his offspring would be as the stars of heaven in number. Against his physical state and childless condition, Abraham believed God's word and was declared righteous for doing so.

And [God] led him outside, and said to him, Look up indeed into the heaven, and count out the stars, if you are able to count them! And he said, Thus will be your seed. And Abram trusted in God, and it was imputed to him for righteousness. Genesis 15:5-6​
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Then God promised Abraham that he would inherit the land he was sojourning upon. Then rather than taking God at his word, Abraham asked him for surety.

And he said, Lord YHWH, how will I know that I will inherit it? Genesis 15:8​
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God responded by telling Abraham to prepare everything needed for a blood covenant through which he would secure his promise. Abraham did so, and then God walked through the animal pieces sealing the covenant.

In that day YHWH cut a covenant with Abram, saying, To your seed I will give this land from the river of Egypt unto the river of the great Euphrates, Genesis 15:18​
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Many think that this was an unconditional promise to give the land to Abraham's descendants (plural), but Paul made it clear that the unconditional promise was to only one descendant (singular), ie, Christ

Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He says not, "and to seeds", as of many; but as of one, "and to your seed", which is Christ. Galatians 3:16​
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That Paul was correct is proven by the context of Genesis 15. God promised that Abraham would receive the land as an inheritance, yet he made a blood covenant with Abraham as surety in which he promised to give the land, not to Abraham, but to his seed. If God promised to give the land to Abraham's descendants, Abraham would not have received any confidence that he would inherit the land because he could receive nothing from them who would die as he would. However, if God promised to give the land to Abraham's descendant Christ, then Abraham would have had supreme confidence that he would indeed receive the land as an inheritance from Christ in the resurrection, because he foresaw Christ.

Abraham, your father exulted that he should see my day, and he saw and rejoiced. John 8:56​
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In that day Christ received the land from his father, and will in turn give Abraham his portion of the inheritance in the resurrection.

The Father loves the son, and has given all things into his hand. John 3:35​
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For all the promises of God are yes and amen in Christ, to the glory of God through us. 2 Corinthians 1:20​

Glory to God for bringing his words to pass!
 
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