A Technician wrote:
These Christian-Zionist nutcases are referring to Genesis 12.
And I will make of you (Abram) a great nation, and I will bless you (Abram) and make your name (Abram) great, so that you (Abram) will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you (Abram), and him who dishonors you (Abram) I will curse, and in you (Abram) all the families of the earth shall be blessed.
Now note here. ..
And in you (Abram) all the families of the earth shall be blessed.
Genesis 17.
I am God Almighty; walk before me, and be blameless, that I may make my covenant between me and you, and may multiply you greatly.” Then Abram fell on his face. And God said to him, “Behold, my covenant is with you, and you shall be the father of a multitude of nations. No longer shall your name be called Abram, but your name shall be Abraham, for I have made you the father of a multitude of nations.
Note again…
And in you (Abram) all the families of the earth shall be blessed.
Genesis 22…
And Isaac said to his father Abraham, “My father!” And he said, “Here I am, my son.” He said, “Behold, the fire and the wood, but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?” Abraham said, “God will provide for himself the lamb for a burnt offering, my son.”
“By myself I have sworn, declares the Lord, because you have done this and have not withheld your son, your only son, I will surely bless you, and I will surely multiply your offspring as the stars of heaven and as the sand that is on the seashore. And your offspring shall possess the gate of his enemies, and in your offspring shall all the nations of the earth be blessed, because you have obeyed my voice.”
Galatians 3
Now the promises were made to Abraham and to his offspring. It does not say, “And to offsprings,” referring to many, but referring to one, “And to your offspring,” who is Christ.
Hebrews 10
Consequently, when Christ came into the world, he said, “Sacrifices and offerings you have not desired, but a body have you prepared for me; in burnt offerings and sin offerings you have taken no pleasure. Then I said, ‘Behold, I have come to do your will, O God, as it is written of me in the scroll of the book.’”
Did you know that the covenant between God and Abraham were unconditional?
The covenant to the Jews were conditional.
Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness.
And the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel beforehand to Abraham, saying, “In you shall all the nations be blessed.“
And how shall all the nations be blessed?
And if you are Christ’s, then you are Abraham’s offspring, heirs according to promise.
There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is no male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
And in you (Abram) all the families of the earth shall be blessed.
So then, those who are of faith are blessed along with Abraham, the man of faith.
Faith…
Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness.
But what does it say? “The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart” (that is, the word of faith that we proclaim); because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.
Nowhere does it say that you must bless Israel to be saved.
So I ask you, who are Gods people?
