Israel God's Timepiece: The Vision Of 1, 7 And The Star Of David

By Christine Thomas

The Vision of Numbers 1, 7, and the Star of David is a revelation of the heart of God for all humanity. The revelation gives a biblical account of the history of Israel and the call of Abraham by God, to father a new nation. The land was covenanted to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob by God as an everlasting inheritance to his "Seed." Through Abraham's son, Jacob, the "Seed," of the woman of Genesis 3:15 would be born. The "Seed," Jesus Christ would be a blessing both spiritually and physically to all humanity, He would bring redemption to all people. The revelation gives deep insight into the Passover and the Exodus from Egypt and introduces the seven Feasts of the Lord which outlines God's Eternal Plan for all humanity, from chaos to eternity. The revelation focuses on Israel; God's chosen people and Time piece in the earth and points to why Israel is the most hotly contested piece of land in the earth. The reason for the conflicts in the Middle East today and why Jerusalem, Israel's Capital City is the most fought-over piece of real estate in the world. Jerusalem has been sought after by all major religions Jews, Muslims and Christians for thousands and thousands of years. God was espoused to Israel and she became his wife. She was unfaithful to Him and had to be punished for her disobedience, idolatry and unfaithfulness to God; therefore, she was uprooted from the land of promise and dispersed to many nations of the world. After two thousand years Israel is back in the land and became a nation on May 14th 1948, fulfilling "The Fig Tree Prophecy," which ushers in the time, the bible calls the "Last Days," or the "time of Jacob's trouble." Therefore, the revelation points to our soon coming King - Jesus Christ. "He is near, even at the door." He will reign in The Capital City, Jerusalem, it is God's resting place for all eternity. It is the Lord's inheritance; where He will reign in Majesty. It is in this future City that all believers of the House that Christ is building will live and reign with Him. Our home, the New Jerusalem will descend from heaven to this great land and Christ will reign with both Jews and Gentiles in that City forever and ever. It is God's will for all people from every nation, country, tribe and culture to be saved; this is God's heart for all people and humanity's only hope - salvation in Jesus Christ. Deuteronomy 4:6 Says: "Hear O Israel: The Lord our God the Lord is one."

• Language: English
• Publisher: Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.
• Release date: Mar 6, 2018
• ISBN: 9781641143462

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The Vision Of 1, 7 And The Star Of David

Christine Thomas

Copyright © 2018 Christine Thomas

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First publication: The Glorious Appearing

Preface

The vision of numbers 1, 7, and the Star of David is a prophetic revelation of the heart of God for all humanity—the seed of the woman in Genesis 3:15. This seed—Jesus Christ—would be birthed through one man, Abraham. God made a promise, a covenant, to Abraham: Go to a land I will show you, I will make you into a great nation [Israel] and all the nations of the earth would be blessed through you, all the land that you see I will give to you and your offspring forever (Genesis 13:15). Notice that offspring, the seed is one person. This promise is both of a spiritual and physical nature.

The promise has continued far beyond this patriarch’s lifetime. Today, nations are blessed through the seed—Jesus Christ. Many are coming to faith, believing and accepting the work that was done by Christ on the cross of Calvary for the sins of humanity. This nation (Israel) is God’s timepiece in the earth; it is Christ’s inheritance. He will return one day to claim this land and rule from the capital city of Jerusalem as Lords of lords and Kings of kings over all the nations of the world, forever and ever.

As we near the end of this age, Israel will play a significant role in the end-time. The vision and revelation of this book—#1, #7 and the  points to the birth of Israel as a nation, God’s chosen people, and her role for all humanity. Whatever God is doing in the earth’s realm in the end-times will be done through Israel. As believers, we are told by Jesus to keep watch. Keep your eyes on events taking place surrounding Israel, the Middles East, and the nations of the world.

I encourage all believers to read and understand the importance and purpose of Israel as a nation and God’s chosen people. We the Gentiles are blessed through Abraham and grafted into eternal life by the seed of the woman, Jesus Christ.

I hope you will enjoy this book and gain a better understanding of Israel’s role as a people and nation in the End Times.

Introduction

The moral deterioration of humankind after disobedience in the Garden of Eden was connected with the advance of civilization, and when it was corrupted beyond repair, it had to be destroyed by the Flood. Yet after the new beginning, vices were multiplied, and human insolence had far-reaching effect. Arrogance and ambition in the race brought universal dispersion. Yet with rebellious humanity cursed through the dispersion around the world, the reader wonders about God’s relationship to the cursed race.

After the judgement at Babel, when people were scattered throughout the world, God’s relationship with the human race was broken. The moral deterioration of humanity over the earth led to an election of a people who would serve as a source of blessing for all humanity. The working of this divine plan began with sovereign creation and developed toward the selection of a chosen people. This was done by focusing on one man, Abraham, and his seed. God’s saving will was extended to the scattered nations through Abraham, who was loosed from his tribal ties among the nations. He was made the founder of this new nation (Israel) for setting apart the worship of God in the world. The recipient of this promise (the Seed) would be far-reaching even beyond this new nation. This seed is God’s son and became reality in Jesus Christ who would reconcile humanity to Himself. Second Corinthians 5:18 (NIV) says, All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation.

In Genesis 12:1-3 (NIV), a promise of blessing and curse was given to this man, Abraham. The promised blessing would give the seed to the patriarchs, and to the seed, the cursing would alienate, deprive, and disown the seed. This seed, God’s Son, Jesus Christ, would be disowned by his own people, the Jews. He would be crucified. He would die and would be resurrected so that all humanity would live and have eternal life. Since God is a God of order, he will bring the end of this dispensation in his perfect timing and in a manner and consistency with His word.

We see his divine order throughout the Bible from the uniformity of how covenants, numbers, signs, and symbols are used in scriptures. Numbers 1, 3, 7, 10, and 12 are essential key to understanding the design of God’s word. When we search them out and understand them, they reveal the handiwork of God. Isaiah 40:25 (HBFV) says, To whom then will you compare Me, or who is MY equal? Says the Holy One, Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who has created these things. Who brings out their host by number? In Genesis 1:14 (NIV), the sun, moon, and stars serve as signs that point to God as well and mark the advancing of time, days, seasons, and years.

Symbols are used throughout the Bible to represent certain events (e.g., Jezebel represents immorality, idolatry, and apostasy). The Bible speaks of several different covenants that God made with Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and his descendants to the way He organized His people in the Old and New Testament. Scripture tells us, Let all things be done decently and in order (1 Corinthians 14:40, NIV). We see an orderly flow of ceremonies and practices within the tabernacle and the temple that points to the Seed. He has also designed an order for the home and church, from Genesis to Revelation, and we see that God is a covenant-keeping God. He makes promises and uses numbers, times, seasons, signs, and symbols to bring to pass His will in the earth from one generation to another.

On March 10, 2010, the Holy Spirit gave me a vision. I saw written on the sky in big bold numbers #1, #7, and the  of David, which is the symbol of Israel. As I prayed and continued to seek the Holy Spirit for revelation to the vision, I did some research and was led by the Holy Spirit to the Exodus and Passover of the children of Israel to the Promised Land. This has brought me to the conclusion that the vision points to the call of Abraham to father a special people—the nation of Israel. Through this nation, the seed of the woman of Genesis 3:15 would come to earth to save all humanity from their sins. This is God’s heart for all humanity: salvation in Jesus Christ. This vision also points to the Messiah’s soon return and the seasons of His coming, which, I believe, will transpire around the Feast of Trumpets (Ingathering). On which year? I do not know! The seasons, we know; the day and hour, we do not know.

His Son Jesus Christ has already fulfilled four of these feasts: Passover, Unleavened Bread, First Fruits, and Pentecost. There are three more feasts to be fulfilled. The last three feasts will occur in quick succession over an extended period of twenty-one days in the fall of that special year of His return. The Feast of Trumpets is the next feast on God’s timetable and is a representative of (the Rapture of the church). These feasts are known collectively as the Feasts of Tabernacles, which include the Feast of Trumpets, Atonement, and Tabernacles.

As we continue to look at the deterioration of humanity in the world around us, we know that something tragic is happening. We will see how He brings into fulfillment the covenant of Abraham’s promised seed and the promised blessings on Abraham’s descendants and on all the nations of the earth. The vision points to Christ’s return to restore all that was lost to humanity.

Chapter 1

The Call of Abraham

God chose Abram, later called Abraham, for the specific purpose of bringing redemption to humanity. God has promised to undo the curse of sin that had befallen the human race when Adam and Eve sinned in Genesis 3:5 (NIV). After Cain killed Abel, God gave Adam another son whose name, Seth, meant the appointed one. God later chose Noah, a descendent of Seth and a righteous man, to save humanity when God judged the wicked men on the earth in the great flood. Through Noah’s son Shem, in the ninth generation, God chose another man named Abram, meaning exulted father,. Abraham was called by God and promised a land and a great nation, from his descendants Jacob, this nation—Israel would be born. From this nation would come the Seed of the woman the Savior of the world—Jesus Christ the Messiah, He would save humanity from their sin.

This nation would be God’s son—His wife, and would be an example to the other nations of the world. They were to be completely devoted to God in worship and praise and above all they were to serve Him as the supreme God of the universe. The people were told that, they should have no other gods beside Him. God choice for this nation was, not because they were a numerous people, they were fewest of all people but because He loved them. His thoughts were special towards this people; He would personally take care of them.

He taught Israel how to fear Him, have faith in Him, trust and depend on Him. God fed Israel with manna from heaven, teaching them that man does not live on bread alone but on every word that proceeds from the mouth of the Lord. God reveals His thoughts toward his people and Deuteronomy 7: 7-8 reads:

The Lord did not set his affection on you (Israel) and choose you because you were more numerous than other people were, for you were the fewest of all peoples. However, because the Lord loved you, He kept the oath he swore to your ancestors, that he brought you out with a mighty hand and redeemed you from the land of slavery and from the power of Pharaoh King of Egypt.

In Deuteronomy 8:3-7 (NIV), the word of the Lord says,

He humbled you, causing you to hunger and then feeding you with manna, which neither you nor your ancestors had known, to teach you that man does not live on bread alone but on every word that comes from the mouth of the Lord. Your clothes did not wear out and your feet did not swell during these forty years. Know then in your heart that as a man disciplines his son, so the Lord your God disciplines you. Observe the commands of the Lord your God, walking in obedience to him and revering him. For the Lord your God is bringing you into a good land—a land with brooks, streams, and deep springs gushing out into the valleys and hills.

He loved and humbled Israel because He wanted them to walk in obedience to Him, reverencing Him.

He wanted them to be a witness to all people that He was the God of all creation and there was no one like Him, before Him or after Him. He was the only God who could proclaim former things. He was the only God who foretold events yet to come. He was the only God who knew the future and would bring it to pass.

When God called Abraham, he was in a city in Babylonia named Ur, of the Chaldeans, in the region of Sumer, Southern Mesopotamia, in what is now modern-day Iraq. Ur was a very advanced city of enormous size, scope, and opulence, which drew its wealth from its position on the Persian Gulf and traded with countries as far away as India. Ur, believed to have founded some five hundred years before the time of Abraham, was compared to one of our modern cities today, having libraries, schools, and a system of law. The city was rich with many valuable treasures discovered there, including elaborate jewelry. Astrology, a false religion that began at Babel (Babylon), was practiced in the city, as it was in all of Babylonia. Abraham’s father, Terah, worshiped idols, and Jewish tradition refers to Terah as an idol-maker.

Ur was an idolatrous city worshipping many different gods, such as the god of fire, moon, sun, and stars. Sin was the name of the chief idol deity of Ur. Ningal was the wife of the moon-god Sin, and she was worshipped as a mother-god in many other cities. Ur was an evil and sinful city as can be seen in the worship practices of the moon-goddess, Ningal. Every female in the city at some time in her life would have to take her turn in serving as a priestess-prostitute in the temple.

With a father who worshipped idols and a city dedicated to wickedness, Abraham was not raised in the best environments. Yet, when God called Abraham, he believed God and by faith followed God’s instruction. Hebrew 11:8 NIV states that by faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place, which he should after receive for an inheritance obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went. Notice the verse says which he should receive after for an inheritance is obeyed. He died in faith, trusting that his descendent would receive the inheritance in the future. He knew that the call was not of the natural but of the spiritual. Hebrews 11:10 (NIV) says, For he was looking forward to the city, which has foundations, whose builder, and maker is God. Abraham was looking for a literal spiritual city, a city that would manifest on the earth in the future. Abraham heard the voice of God, and there was no hint that when God spoke to him he questioned who God was. Further, he did not confuse the voice of God with the idols and false gods that his father worshipped. He knew distinctively who was speaking to him.

It is apparent that he believed it was God speaking to him. Seemingly, he had some type of relationship with God, and he knew God’s voice. The word of God says, My sheep knows my voice and follow me. Abraham believed the promise God made to him. His call was a call to salvation and a call to service. God called Abraham to eternal life, and that new life began when he, by faith, trusted God’s word to him: Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold all things are become new (2 Corinthians 5:17). When we accept Jesus Christ as Savior, we become new creatures in Christ. Abraham became a new creature in Christ.

Abraham first exercised saving faith, and the evidence of his having saving faith was that he trusted what God said. God told him to leave his country, his relatives, and his father’s house and go to a land He would show him. Abrahams’s faith was tested and proven in that he did what God said. He showed his faith by putting his trust in the Lord and acting upon God’s word. Abraham’s life was changed! His trust in God set him on a new course for his life.

The call of Abraham in chapter 12 begins a new chapter in the Old Testaments revelation of God’s purpose to redeem and save humanity. God intended to have a man who would know and serve him with devoted faith. From this man would come a family who would know, teach, and keep the ways of the Lord. From this family would come a chosen nation of people who would be distinct from other nations and would be carriers of the revelation and blessings of God. This nation would produce the promise offspring of the woman of (Genesis 3:15, NIV), Jesus Christ the savior of the world.

Now there are several important principles involving the call of Abraham:

Abraham’s call involved separating himself from his country, his people, and his household. In Genesis 12:1 (NIV), the Lord had said to Abram: Go from your country, your people and your father’s household to the land I will show you. In Hebrews 11:13 (NIV), it says, All these people were still living by faith when they died. They did not receive the things promised; they only saw them and welcomed them from a distance, admitting that they were foreigners and strangers on earth. In Abraham, God was establishing the important principles that his people were to separate themselves from all that hindered his purposes for their lives. This goes as well for all believers who have received faith in Jesus Christ; we are call to be separated and to come out of this old-world system of things.

God’s call to Abraham involved three things: (a) a land, (b) a great nation through his descendants, and (c) a blessing that would affect all nations on the earth. In Genesis 12:2-3 (NIV), God told Abraham:

I will make you into a great nation,

and I will bless you;

I will make your name great,

and you will be a blessing.

I will bless those who bless you,

and whoever curses you I will curse;

and all peoples on earth

will be blessed through you.

The last element of this call is being fulfilled even now in missionaries and proclaiming the gospel of Christ all over the world.

Abraham’s call involved not only an earthly land, but also a heavenly one. His vision comes to encompass an ultimate home no longer on earth but in heaven, and a city whose architect and builder was God himself. Abraham, henceforth, desired and sought a heavenly country where he would live forever with his God in righteousness, joy, and peace. Until then, he would be an alien and stranger on earth. In Hebrews 11:9 (NIV), it says, Christ did not enter a sanctuary made with human hands, this was only a copy of the true one; he entered heaven itself, now to appear for us in God’s presence. This is the country Abraham sought and desired—heaven itself—a heavenly country. Nor did he enter heaven to offer himself again and again the way the high priest enters the Most Holy Place every year with blood that is not his own. Otherwise, Christ would have had to suffer many times since the creation of the world. Nevertheless, he has appeared once for all at the culmination of the ages to do away with sin by the sacrifice of himself. Just as people are destined to die once, and after that to face judgment, so Christ was sacrificed once to take away the sins of many, and he will appear a second time, not to bear sin, but to bring eternal life to those who are waiting for him. Abraham was seeking the ultimate home, a home no longer on earth, but a heavenly home. This is the hope of all believers, a heavenly home with Jesus our King.

The call of Abraham contained not only promises about obligations. God required both obedience from Abraham and personal commitment to him as Lord in order to receive what was promised. Obedience and commitment entails (a) trust in God’s word even when the fulfillment of the promise appeared humanly impossible (Genesis 15:1-6, NIV), (b) obedience to God commanded him to leave his home: So Abram went, as the lord had told him; and Lot went with him (Genesis 12:4, NIV). Abram was seventy-five years old when he set out from Harran, and (c) a sincere endeavor to live a righteous life: When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the lord appeared to him and said, ‘I am God Almighty; walk before me faithfully and be blameless’ (Genesis 17:1, NIV).

God’s call of Abraham included a promise of blessings, which extends not only to his physical descendants (i.e., believing Jews), but also to all who have true faith. In Genesis 12:3 (NIV), it reads: I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse; and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you. All who embrace and follow Jesus Christ, the true seed of Abraham, will be blessed. Galatians 3:14 (NIV) says: He redeemed us in order that the blessings given to Abraham might come to the Gentiles through Christ Jesus, so that by faith we might receive the promise of the Spirit. All who possess faith in Abraham are children of Abraham and are blessed along with him. And Galatians 3:9 (NIV): So those who rely on faith are blessed along with Abraham, the man of faith. They become Abraham’s offspring and are heirs according to the promise of Galatians 3:29 (NIV), which says, If you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise, which includes receiving by faith the promise of the spirit in Christ Jesus.

Abraham marks the beginning of the Hebrew people. Because he responded to God’s call and promise with a resolute faith that was expressed in obedience to God, he is the foremost example in the Old Testament of true saving faith.

From the line of Shem, Abraham became the head of the Jewish family and lived in approximately 2100 BC. In verse 4, Abraham departed as the Lord had spoken unto him; His call was to leave the city of Ur and go to a land He will show him. This emphasizes the truth from the very beginning that obedience is essential to a saving relationship with God. In Genesis 12:1 (NIV), the Lord had said to Abraham, Go from your country, your people and your father’s household to the land I will show you. Abraham was not told where he was going; instead, he would journey under the direct guidance of the Lord, trusting in God’s care and promises. He was seventy-five years old when he set out to the land the Lord told him he would show him, along with his wife Sarai and nephew Lot and all their possessions they had accumulated and all the people they had acquired in Haram. They set out to the land of Canaan and arrived there. Then in verse 7, the Lord appeared to Abram and said, To your offspring I will give this land. Therefore, he built an altar there to the Lord who appeared to him in Canaan. This ancient name Canaan later became known as Israel, the Promised Land.

Abraham was obedient to the call of God on his life, although he was a heathen in a heathen nation; he knew the voice of God and moved in obedience regardless of the consequences. He then moved along the mountain on the east of Bethel and pitched his tent, having Bethel on the west and Ai on the east, and there once more he built another altar unto the Lord and called upon the name of the Lord, offering worship and sacrifices of praise.

Now Abraham was a worshipper. Notice in this chapter, Abraham erected altars to the Lord his God and worshipped him, first in Canaan, and then in Bethel. Remember, God is drawn to worship. The more time we spend with him in worship, the more He reveals Himself to us. God revealed Himself to Abraham by calling him to be the father of a great nation. Although Abraham was called by God to father a great nation and the lineage of the Lord Jesus Christ, his journey was not going to be easy. As he continued his travels, the Bible tell us that he encountered great troubles, a great famine in the Promise Land for this famine was grievous in all the land.

Like Abraham, the call of God on our lives and our response to faith and obedience does not mean that we will never encounter serious problems and trials or tribulations. I believe that the more we are connected to God in Spirit and in relationship, the more the enemy sends trials and persecutions our way. Notice that Abraham had barely arrived at his destination when he faced bitter disappointment. His problems included a dispute with Lot, a famine that was bringing him to starvation and driving him from the land, childlessness, and separation from his family.

Abraham continued on his journey to Egypt but failed shortly to trust in God, which resulted in a sinful deception and shameful deportation form Egypt (Genesis 12:10-20, NIV). This reminds us as believers not to look at circumstances in our lives but at the promises and faithfulness of God. Abraham’s failure in trusting God reveals and encourages us how in His mercy He worked to bring Abraham and the human race back into his will. God’s call to Abraham was to leave his kindred, all family and sojourn to a land He will show him. Whether it was God’s will or not, the Bible tells us that Abraham took Lot along with him. As time passed, Abraham and Lot became wealthy in livestock and in silver and gold, and they journeyed from place to place.

There is a change in the situation, as Genesis 13:6 (NIV) tells us, that the land could not support them, and quarrel broke out between Abraham’s herdsmen and Lot’s herdsmen. Abraham said to Lot, Let us not have any quarreling between you and I for we are brothers. Abraham, the patriarch, a genuine believer and worshipper of Yahweh, operated in faith and generously let Lot choose first. He was unselfish, trusting God. He learnt that it was not by his own plan that he would come into possession of the Promised Land. He acted righteously and generously. Lot’s choice was self-seeking, self-gratifying—a choice that became dangerous and short-lived, for all was not as it appeared to be on the surface. Abraham continued his journey and faced many trials and tests of faith. There were weaknesses and as well as strengths as God continued to work through Abraham’s life in accordance with his call. When invaders plundered the land and stole his troublesome relative, Abraham sprang into action, fought the invading kings and won the battle.

He was met by Melchizedek, king of Salem, a priest of the highest God, and whose name means king of righteousness. King of Salem is possibly of ancient Jerusalem and priest of the Highest God. They both served the one true God. Melchizedek is known in the Bible as a type or figure of the royal and eternal priesthood of Jesus Christ, Abraham’s seed. Hebrews 7:11 (NIV) says, If perfection could have been attained through the Levitical priesthood [for on the basis of it the law was given to the people] why was there still a need for another priest to come?—one in the order of Melchizedek, not in the order of Aaron. Verse 12 says: For when there is a change of the priesthood, there must also be a change of the law.

Because the Levitical priesthood was imperfect and administered by sinful humans, the perfect priest, the Son of God, replaced it. It was for this reason that Abraham was called to birth the perfect Christ, who is our perfect High Priest because He is wholly and righteous and provided a once-for-all sacrifice for our sins. He serves as our eternal priest before God in heaven and lives forever. Therefore, He is able to save completely and forever all who come to God through Him. The Mosaic system was a temporary provision of God that foreshadowed the fullness that was to come. It prepared the way for the fulfillment and perfection of all things to come, and it was fulfilled in Abraham’s call and the promised seed-Jesus our Messiah.

The Abrahamic Promise

Now Abraham was called by God in chapter 12 of Genesis. In Genesis 12:1-3 (NIV), God made a promise of blessings to Abraham. God did not say, Abraham, if you do this, or if you do that, then I will do this. God’s promise to Abraham was unconditional. In Genesis 12:1-3 (NIV), these verses of scripture reads, Leave your country, your people and your father’s household and go to the land I will show you. I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you. I will make your name great and you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, whosoever curses you I will curse, and all people on earth will be a blessing through you.

God gave Abraham a direct command: leave your country, your people, and your father’s household and go to the land that I will show you. In these verses of scripture, God was promising Abraham a land. He promised to make him into a great nation. He promised to bless him and to bless those who bless him. In addition, God promised to curse all who cursed him. Abraham was also promised that all nations of the earth will be blessed through him. How would these promises come into effect? These blessings would come through the seed of the woman promised in Genesis 3:15 (NIV). This is the second prophecy in scriptures concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

This blessing to all people on earth is of a spiritual nature, a spiritual blessing, which would come through the seed of the woman in Genesis 3:15, which later would be Abraham’s seed. In Gelation 3:8, 16 (NIV), scripture foresaw that God would justify the Gentiles by faith: Through you. This refers to the gospel of Christ offered to all nations through Christ. God was announcing to Abraham in advance the Gospel of the kingdom based on the promise that all nations would be blessed through Him by the atoning blood on the cross of Calvary.

The promise was given to Abraham and to his seed. Now scriptures does not say and to your seeds, meaning, many people. It says to your seed, meaning, one person. The apostle Paul states that the seed (singular) is Jesus Christ. God’s promise to Abraham also reveals that from the beginning, the purpose of the Gospel was to bless all nations with salvation and goodness. Galatians 3:6 (NIV) reads, considering Abraham, He believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness understand then, that those who believe are children of Abraham. Verse 9 says, So those who have faith are blessed along with Abraham, the man of faith. Verse 11 reads, Clearly, no one is justified before the law, because the righteous will live by faith; on the contrary the man who dose these things will live by them. Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us, for it is written: Curse is everyone who is hung on a tree. Verse 14 reads, He redeemed us in order that the blessings given to Abraham might come to the Gentiles through Christ Jesus, so that by faith we might receive, the promise of the Spirit. Now God is accomplishing this purpose through Jesus Christ and His faithful people who share His burden by sending preachers and missionaries to proclaim the Gospel to all people on earth.

Remember, there was no condition in the promises made to Abraham. He only needed to obey. This is why the promise is called an unconditional promise. God promised to do these things, and nothing will prevent Him. Whether Abraham was obedient or not, God would have to fulfill these promises made. Abraham chooses to be obedient to God because obeying the Lord is essential to having a saving relationship with him.

God told Abraham, Go to a land I will show you. Now Abraham was seventy-five years, and he left the land of