AWAKE, ARISE, AND TRIUMPH
Sunday – July 9, 2023, Tamuz 20, 5783
A WELL OF TRUTH
THE BLESSING OF ABRAHAM – PART SIXTEEN
Greetings dear and precious saints of God and welcome back to The Three Minute Word, drawing from A Well of Truth. Today we will continue with part sixteen of looking at the Blessing of Abraham. Abraham is so important to the gospel account, the redemption of mankind, that he is called the father of us all (Romans 4:16). This is not to undermine the importance of Jesus, God forbid, but without Abraham there is no Jesus in the earth. This is contrary to what many believe, but sorry to say, no matter how sincere or how hard they pound the table, they believe wrong. God will not, due to the absolute authority He gave man, show up and do as He wants. We know this is true on its face (reading the Bible). If it were true, He would have redeemed mankind on day one! He did not, why not? He could not! Not that He didn’t have the raw Power or perhaps He could have just changed man to automatically love (obey) Him. Love, real love (agapē) of God, cannot exist without a choice. Subsequently, due to laws God put in place, it took some 4000 years working with and through mankind to bring Jesus into the earth (the Word made flesh).
As we prepare to dive into our teaching, please take a moment and share this teaching as widely as possible by every means available to you. Thank you for sharing. The featured picture is a well with lots of water and bucket full of water about to be drawn from that well. This water is the living Word of God giving us life and cleansing us of the ways of the world. This is vital to the circumcision of our hearts. Receiving life and/or cleansing is not automatic, it is our choice, what have you chosen? Let’s again start our study by going to these familiar Scriptures in the Apostle Pauls’ epistle to the saints at Galatia. Remember to continue reading out loud, yes, out loud. You know why, please don’t be rebellious.
Galatians 3:13-14 (KJV)
13 Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree:
14 That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.
Galatians 3:29 (KJV)
29 And if ye be Christ’s, then are ye Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise.
As we are learning the “blessing of Abraham” is not just salvation for the Gentiles (non-Jewish) but a victorious and productive life now and forever more. Not only that but there will be a new heaven and a new earth, no more devils, no death, and no more curse of any kind. As we look at how the Blessing of Abraham developed and became ours, we come now to arguably the most pivotal chapter in the entire Bible. We are now 50 plus years from Genesis chapter twelve. The promised son through whom the Seed must come is miraculously come forth when Abraham is about 100 and Sarah 90 years of age. Now, Abrahams’ faith and love (obedience, selflessness, and Blood Covenant) for God as well as Isaacs’ are tested to the max.
Genesis 22:1-5 (KJV)
1 And it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham: and he said, Behold, here I am.
2 And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of.
3 And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and clave the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went unto the place of which God had told him.
4 Then on the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place afar off.
5 And Abraham said unto his young men, Abide ye here with the ass; and I and the lad will go yonder and worship, and come again to you.
Notice, on the third day they arrived at the land of Moriah, Mount Moriah, the same place upon which Jesus would die some 2000 years in the future. You see Abraham considered Isaac the same as dead when he received the command and on the third day as we will soon see Isaac is raised up. God provided a substitute for the life of Isaac when He saw their hearts were perfect towards Him just as Jesus would be our substitute (scapegoat) 2000 years in the future.
Hebrews 11:17-19 (KJV)
17 By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac: and he that had received the promises offered up his only begotten son,
18 Of whom it was said, That in Isaac shall thy seed be called:
19 Accounting that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead; from whence also he received him in a figure.
As I end for this week I want to deal briefly with the phrase “and saw the place afar off” in Genesis 22:4. They are a few yards away from the place where Abraham is to sacrifice Isaac so this is not referring to distance, it is referring to time. God, the Father, allowed Abraham to see Jesus’ sacrifice and Resurrection some 2000 years in the future. This gives us more insight into the faith statement of Genesis 22:5.
Lord willing, I will pick up right here next Sunday.
By: Dr. David R. Wood, Author, Bible Teacher, and Prophetic Voice
2 Chronicles 20:20 b (KJV)
20 … Believe in the LORD your God, so shall ye be established; believe his prophets, so shall ye prosper.
Receive the blessing in Jesus’ name!
Numbers 6:24-26 (MSG)
24 GOD bless you and keep you,
25 GOD smile on you and gift you,
26 GOD look you full in the face and make you prosper.
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