Blessed be Egypt – my people
Blessed be Egypt – my people. Isaiah 19:25
The Promise; By you all peoples will be blessed. This promise was made to Abraham about 4000 years ago, and is of great importance to you and I today. Unbeknown to most of us, Abraham has become the ancestor of all mankind, so all mankind stand to benefit by this promise. This promise is is about to come to fruition in the form of God’s eternal kingdom. We are currently weighed down by sinfulness, hardly realizing the burden we carry. Nor can we comprehend what the fulfillment of God’s promise will mean. When God’s kingdom comes, we will be delivered, the yoke will be broken, and we will go out and leap like calves released from the stall.
Now have come the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God, and the authority of his Messiah. For the accuser of our brothers, who accuses them before God day and night has been hurled down. Revelation 12:10
The days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will raise up from David’s line a righteous Branch, a King who will reign wisely and do what is just and right in the land. In his days Judah will be saved and Israel will live in safety. This is the name by which he will be called: YHVH Our Righteousness. [Jesus] Jeremiah 23:5,6
There will be a time of distress such as has not happened from the beginning of nations until then. At that time your people – everyone whose name is found written in the book – will be delivered. Multitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake; some to everlasting life, others to shame and everlasting contempt. Daniel 12:1
Though I have afflicted you, I will afflict you no more. Now I will break their yoke from your neck and tear your shackles away….. Look, there on the mountains, the feet of one who brings good news, who proclaims peace! Celebrate your festivals, O Judah, and fulfill your vows. No more will the wicked invade you, they will be completely destroyed. Nahum 1:12-15
You have enlarged the nation and increased their joy; they rejoice before you as people rejoice at the harvest, as men rejoice when dividing plunder. For as in the day of Midian’s defeat, you have shattered the yoke that burdens them, the bar across their shoulders, the rod of their oppressor. Isaiah 9:3
But for you who revere my name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in it’s wings. And you will go out and leap like calves released from the stall. Then you will trample down the wicked; they will be ashes under the soles of your feet on the day when I do these things. Malachi 4:2
The reward of godliness verses the futility of ungodliness;
The ungodly said, reasoning with themselves, but not aright; Our life is short and tedious, and in the death of a man there is no remedy, neither was there any man known to return from the grave….for the breath in our nostrils is as smoke, and a little spark in the moving of our heart, which being extinguished, our body shall be turned into ashes, and our spirit shall vanish as the soft air….
Come on, let us enjoy the good things that are present; let us speedily use the creatures like as in youth. Let us fill ourselves with costly wine and ointments, and let no flower of spring pass us by, let us crown ourselves with rosebuds, before they be withered….
Let us oppress the poor righteous man, let us not spare the widow, nor reverence the ancient gray hairs of the aged. Let our own strength be the law, for that which is feeble is of no value. Therefore, let us lie in wait for the righteous, because he is not for our way, and he is clean contrary to our doings. He upbraids us with our offending the law, and objects to the transgressions of our education – to our disgrace. He professes to have knowledge of God, and calls himself the child of the Lord.
He was made to reprove our thoughts. He is grievous to us even to behold, for his life is not like other men’s, his ways are of another fashion. We are considered by him to be counterfeits, he abstains from our ways as from filthiness, and pronounces the end of the just to be blessed. He boasts that God is his Father.
Let us see if his words are true, and prove what shall be his end. For if the just man is a son of God, then God will help him and deliver him from the hand of his enemies. Let us examine him with spitefulness and torture, that we may know his meekness, and prove his patience. Let us condemn him with a shameful death, since his words are so respected.
Such things did they imagine, and were deceived, for their own wickedness blinded them. As for the mysteries of God, they knew them not, neither hoped they for the wages of righteousness, nor discerned the reward of the blameless. For God created man to be immortal, and made him to be the image of his own eternity. Nevertheless through the envy of the devil came death into the world, and those that follow him do find death.
But the souls of the righteous are in the hand of God, and no torment shall touch them. In the sight of the unwise they seemed to die, and their departure is taken for misery, and their going from us to be utter destruction, but they are in peace. For though they be punished in the sight of men, yet is their hope full of immortality. And having been a little chastised, they shall be greatly rewarded, for God proved them and found them worthy of himself. As gold in the furnace hath he tried them, and received them as a burnt offering. And in the time of their visitation they shall shine, and run to and fro like sparks among the stubble. They shall judge the nations and have dominion over the people, and their Lord shall reign forever. Wisdom of Solomon 2:1-3:8
Then shall the righteous man stand in great boldness before the face of such as have afflicted him, and made no account of his labors. When they see it, they shall be troubled with terrible fear, and shall be amazed at the strangeness of his salvation, so far beyond all they had looked for. And they, repenting and groaning for anguish of spirit shall say within themselves; This was he, whom we had sometimes in derision, and a proverb of reproach. We fools accounted his life madness, and his end to be without honor. How is he numbered among the children of God, and his lot is among the saints!
Therefore have we erred from the way of truth, and the light of righteousness has not shined unto us, and the sun of righteousness rose not upon us. We wearied ourselves in the way of wickedness and destruction….but as for the way of the Lord, we have not known it. What has pride profited us, or what good has riches with our vaunting brought us? All those things are passed away like a shadow….. Wisdom of Solomon 5:1-9
These scriptures are from the apocrypha, and I have included them here because they are the most concise and enlightening description I have seen of the approaching judgment against the saints, and the reward to be gained by remaining faithful to God, even when God hands us over to be punished for our sins. If you are not sure that these words are from God, there are many scriptures in the bible to support them, but they are more disjointed. You must find them piece by piece. My study of prophesy has challenged and changed my doctrine almost beyond recognition, and it’s a good time for you to do so as well, because these things are almost upon us. Here are a few more prophesies to challenge your concept of what the kingdom of God is;
Blessed and holy are those who have part in the first resurrection. The second death has no power over them, but they will be priests of God and of Christ and will reign with him for 1000 years. Revelation 20:6
And I confer on you a kingdom, just as my Father conferred one on me, so that you may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom and sit on thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. [Jesus] Luke 22:29, Matthew 19:28
The house of Israel will possess the nations as menservants and maidservants in the LORD’s land. They will make captives of their captors and rule over their oppressors. The day the LORD gives you relief from suffering and turmoil and cruel bondage… All the nations are at rest and at peace; they break into singing. Isaiah 14:2-7
See, a king will reign in righteousness and rulers will rule with justice, each man like a shelter… Isaiah 32:1
You have delivered me from the attacks of the people; you have made me the head of nations; people I did not know are subject to me. As soon as they hear me they obey me; foreigners cringe before me…. The LORD lives! Praise be to my Rock! Exalted be God my savior! He is a God who avenges me, who subdues nations under me, who saves me from my enemies. You exalted me above my foes; from violent men you rescued me. Therefore I will praise you among the nations, O LORD; I will sing praises to your name. He gives his king great victories; He shows unfailing kindness to his anointed, to David and his descendants forever. Psalm 18:43-50
For all can see that wise men die; the foolish and senseless alike perish and leave their wealth to others. In their thoughts their houses will remain forever, their dwellings for endless generations, for they have named lands after themselves. A man who has riches without understanding is like the beasts that perish. This is the fate of those that trust in themselves, and of their followers, who approve their sayings. Like sheep they are destined for the grave, and death will feed on them. The upright will rule over them in the morning; their forms will decay in the grave, far from their princely mansions. But God will redeem my life from the grave; he will surely take me to himself. Psalm 49:10-15
What these prophesies point too, and many others of similar nature, is that the kingdom of God is not simply a division of eternal life versus eternal torment, but also of kings and subjects. The indwelling of God’s spirit will result in our authority as priests and kings. Some may think the spirit of God is already within us, but this is not possible. We are all still sinners in this life, and are subject to death and decay, all of which would defile God. The indwelling of God’s Holy Spirit would destroy us in our current state of sinfulness. The qualification for kingship is to be descended from King David, to remain faithful to Jesus, and to be found worthy by God. The qualification for priesthood is to be descended from Levi, to remain faithful to Jesus, and to be found worthy by God. [see Jeremiah 33:17-22 – eternal covenant with David and Levi.] The wisdom necessary to be found worthy as kings and priests is the treasure Jesus told us to seek, and the pearl of great value. [Matthew 13:44]
Wisdom is supreme; therefore get wisdom. Though it cost all you have, get understanding. Esteem her, and she will exalt you; embrace her, and she will honor you. She will set a garland of grace on your head and present you with a crown of splendor. Proverbs 4:7
Those are God’s words, not mine. I don’t yet have the wisdom to secure my own crown, nor for anyone else. I can see where the Christian religion has come adrift. I can see the outline of God’s salvation plan for Israel, which is the same as saying all mankind. I know where to look to find the answers, but only God can give them, and that will happen only in his time – maybe in the next life.
One item I’m unsure of is the status of the “subjects” of the kingdom of God. They are certainly descendants of Israel [or proselytes – those not descended from Israel who, at the resurrection, swear allegiance to God and bind themselves to him by circumcision of both heart and flesh [see Ezekiel 44:9] and vow to keep his Law. They are almost certainly those who did not do the will of the Father in this life, so forfeiting their inheritance. They are probably never to receive the indwelling of God’s spirit, thereby attaining glory and immortality. They may yet receive eternal life by virtue of drinking the water from the River of Life. [see Ezekiel 47, Zechariah 9:10, 13:1, 14:8, Numbers 21:17, Psalm 36:8, 46:4, Revelation 22:1, Enoch 25:1, 48:1 – river of life.] Adam was banished from Eden so he would not eat from the tree of life and thereby live forever in his sinful state. [Genesis 3:22] Maybe the way will be open for all mankind to drink the water of life in the next age.
So I only have speculation to offer regarding the subjects of God’s kingdom, but the scenario just presented fits a great deal of prophesy, without being totally cut and dried. I imagine that these people are reinstated to the status of Adam prior to his fall, whereas the kings and priests of God’s kingdom achieve a higher status – being “like the angels” [see Luke 20:34], and they are the Bride of Christ.
As well as fitting the prophesies, this outcome fits my own expectations [evil as I am] of a just God. Just think, God created us knowing we would fall, not having given us eyes to see, or a heart that understands, [Deut 29:4] leaving a devouring enemy to roam around free, putting a stumbling block before us, [Isaiah 8:14] causing us to go astray, [Isaiah 63:17] hiding the truth from us, [Matthew 13:11] and being an invisible God who hasn’t seen fit to stop Adam’s evil generation from barreling down the road to destruction, even though he could straighten us all out in a heartbeat. After all that, it doesn’t seem fair to send us all off to eternal torment for failing to realize that there must be a God, or maybe for selecting a false god. But the kingdom of God allows all peoples to be blessed through descent from Abraham. Only the arrogant who defy God’s authority face eternal torment. The rest of us get reinstated as sons of man, and those found worthy are glorified to become the Sons of God..
Jesus will rule from Jerusalem;
What I do know beyond doubt is that God’s kingdom will be on earth, and Jesus will rule from Jerusalem. If you don’t understand this yet, my recommendation is to read the Law and the Prophets until you do. In the process you will learn much more besides;
The whole earth will be filled with the knowledge of the LORD. We will all obey the Law of Moses or suffer the consequences. The physical temple will be rebuilt and reconsecrated. That is where God will dwell among men forever, and where we will go to honor God. The temple will stand on the Holy mountain, Mount Zion. [Mount Zion is probably a relocated Mount Sinai – the sacred mountain, Mount Tabor is another possibility] There will be a River of Life coming out from the foundation of the temple. It will branch east to the Dead Sea [which will no longer be dead but full of fish] and west to the Mediterranean Sea. The land mass [continents] will be rejoined as in the beginning. Here are some prophecies for you to consider;
I heard someone speaking to me from inside the temple. [see Ezekiel 40,41,42 – the sanctuary] He said; Son of man, this is the place of my throne and the place for the soles of my feet. This is where I will live among the Israelites forever. Ezekiel 43:7
In the last days the mountain of the LORD’s temple will established as chief among the mountains; it will be raised above the hills and all nations will steam to it. Many peoples will come and say, “Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob. He will teach us his ways, so that we may walk in his paths.” The Law will go out from Zion, the word of the LORD from Jerusalem. He will judge between the nations and settle disputes for many peoples. They will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will not take up sword against nation, nor will they train for war anymore. Come, O house of Jacob, let us walk in the light of the LORD. Isaiah 2:2-5 [also Micah 4:1-3]
Then the survivors from all the nations that have attacked Jerusalem will go up year after year to worship the King, the LORD Almighty, and to celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles. [see Leviticus 23:33] If any of the peoples of the earth do not go up to worship the King, the LORD Almighty, they will have no rain….. the cooking pots in the LORD’s house will be like the sacred bowls in front of the altar….and all who come to sacrifice will take some of the pots and cook in them. Zechariah 14:16-21
And I, because of their actions and imaginations am about to come and gather all nations and tongues, and they will come and see my glory…. And they will bring all your brothers, from all the nations to my holy mountain in Jerusalem as an offering to the LORD…. They will bring them, as the Israelites bring their grain offerings, to the temple of the LORD in ceremonially clean vessels. And I will select some of them to be priests and Levites, says the LORD. As the new heavens and the new earth that I make will endure before me, so will your name and descendants endure. From one New Moon to another and from one Sabbath to another, all mankind will come and bow down before me. Isaiah 66:18-23
Foreigners who bind themselves to the LORD to serve him, to love the name of the LORD, and to worship him, all who keep the Sabbath without desecrating it and who hold fast to my covenant – these I will bring to my Holy Mountain and give them joy in my house of prayer. Their burnt offerings and sacrifices will be accepted on my altar; for my house will be called a house of prayer for all nations. The Sovereign LORD declares – he who gathers the exiles of Israel: I will gather still others to them besides those already gathered. Isaiah 56:6-8
The inhabitants of one city will go to another and say; “Let us go at once to entreat the LORD and seek the LORD Almighty. I myself am going.” And many peoples and powerful nations will come to Jerusalem to seek the LORD Almighty and to entreat him… In those days ten men from all languages and nations will take hold of one Jew by the hem of his robe and say, “Let us go with you, because we have heard that God is with you. Zechariah 8:21-23
Shout and be glad, O Daughter of Zion. For I am coming, and I will live among you, declares the LORD. Many nations will be joined to the LORD in that day and will become my people. I [Jesus] will live among you and you will know that the LORD Almighty has sent me to you. [Unlike last time, when no one knew who Jesus was or where he came from - John 8:14,19, Matthew 11:27] The LORD will inherit Judah as his portion in the holy land and will again choose Jerusalem. Be still before the LORD, all mankind, because he has roused himself from his holy dwelling. Zechariah 2:10-13
The LORD inherits Judah; see Ezekiel 48:7-22 – Judah’s portion and the Prince’s portion, also Isaiah 61:7, Zechariah 9:12, Job 42:10 – the double portion.
Huh?
What do you make of these scriptures? Are they as foreign to you as they were to me? This is not what I was taught in Sunday school, nor even in a church meeting – yet this is the kingdom of God!!! There are plenty more scriptures like this that make Christian doctrine look silly. Don’t miss reading all the Psalms. They are all concerned with the coming judgment and the kingdom of God, and they’re all foreign to Christian doctrine.
Let’s get back to basics;
This is what the LORD says: “Stand at the crossroads and look; ask for the ancient paths, ask where the good way is, and walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls.” But you said, “We will not walk in it.” I appointed watchmen over you and said, “Listen for the sound of the trumpet!” But you said, “We will not listen.” Therefore hear, O nations; observe, O witnesses, what will happen to them. Hear, O earth: I am bringing disaster on this people, the fruit of their schemes, because they have not listened to my words and have rejected my law. Jeremiah 6:16-19
This is what the LORD says. Do you get the sense that this advice applies to you today? I promise you that it does. It is a prophesy foretelling the future, not a collection of irrelevant words about the past, included in the bible as a reminder of how disobedient Israel were. This is how disobedient you and I are right now. With my study of the Law and the Prophets, I can hear the trumpet quite loudly already, even though life continues on as it has since these words were written. If you personally would like to avoid the disaster God is about to bring on us, you must urgently seek God now – and reject many of the premises of the Christian religion.
This message of getting back to basics is repeated in prophesy; Proverbs 8:1-11 – From where the paths meet wisdom calls out. Isaiah 28:11-15 – This is the resting place, but they would not listen. Job 8:5-22 – “Ask the former generations…” Isaiah 51:1,2 – look to Abraham, your father
Listen to me, you who pursue righteousness and who seek the LORD: Look to the rock from which you were cut and to the quarry from which you were hewn; look to Abraham, your father, and to Sarah, who gave you birth. When I called him he was but one, and I blessed him and made him many. Isaiah 51:1
In this article I want to point out what the promises to Abraham were, and show that the promises are put into effect through natural descent from Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob [Israel]. All mankind are Jacob’s descendants, and eligible for these promises. This is a foundation for understanding the truth from the Law and the Prophets. If you don’t understand this first, you are unlikely to hear what God is saying to you today. Also, at every opportunity I seek to undermine our adherence to the apostle Paul’s teachings, because they are false teachings. In this case, Paul said that the promise to Abraham’s offspring came to Jesus Christ only, and through him to us;
The promises were spoken to Abraham and his seed. The scripture does not say ”and to seeds,” meaning many people, but “and to your seed” meaning one person, who is Christ. [Galations 3:16] This teaching is false – as I hope to prove.
The promises of the kingdom of God that were made to Abraham;
I will make you into a great nation and I will bless you; I will make your name great, 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 LORD appeared to Abraham and said, “To your offspring [seed] I will give this land.” Genesis 12:2-7
Note: – Abraham met God and lived. This was Jesus meeting with Abraham, not God the Father. The Father visited us only once, to give us his Law, and he told Moses; “No one may see me and live.” [Exodus 33:20] By Paul’s rationale, we have the bizarre prospect of Jesus promising the land of Israel to Jesus.
Lift up your eyes from where you are [at Bethel] and look north and south, east and west. All the land that you see I will give to you and your offspring [seed] forever. I will make your offspring like the dust of the earth, so that if anyone could count the dust, then your offspring [seed] could be counted. Go, walk through the length and breadth of the land, for I am giving it to you. Genesis 13:14-17
Note: – In context, the word “seed” could be taken to mean one seed from the first promise, but not the second. These first two promises best match what Paul quoted; and to your seed [Galations 3:16] They’re well worth examining. Regardless of whether the promises come to Abraham’s natural descendants, or only to Jesus and those who have faith in him, the promise is to inherit the land of Israel forever. This is the Kingdom of God.
The word of the LORD came to him: “This man will not be your heir, but a son coming from your own body will be your heir.” He took him outside and said, “Look up at the heavens and count the stars – if indeed you can count them.” Then he said to him, “So shall your offspring be.” [seed – many] Abraham believed the LORD, and he credited it to him as righteousness. He also said to him, “I am the LORD, who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans to give you this land to take possession of it.” Genesis 15:4-7
Note: – Jesus could not have come from Abraham’s body, because he did not come from King David’s body; “If David calls [Christ] his Lord, how can he be his son? [Jesus] Matthew 22:45
To your descendants I give this land, from the Wadi of Egypt to the great river, the Euphrates… Genesis 15:18
Your name will be Abraham, for I have made you the father of many nations. I will make you very fruitful; I will make nations of you, and kings will come from you. I will establish my covenant as an everlasting covenant between me and you and your descendants after you for the generations to come, to be your God and the God of your descendants after you. The whole land of Canaan, where you are now an alien, I will give as an everlasting possession to you and your descendants after you; and I will be their God. Genesis 17:4-8
Note: – The everlasting covenant is for Abraham and his many descendants after him, to be their God.
Sarah said to Abraham, “Get rid of that slave woman and her son, for that slave woman’s son will never share in the inheritance with my son Isaac. God said….“Listen to whatever Sarah tells you, because it is through Isaac that your offspring will be reckoned.” Genesis 21:10-12 [So the Quran is incorrect when it says that the promise also came through Ishmael. All Muslims are descended from Israel – if they only knew.]
I will surely bless you and make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will take possession of the cities of their enemies, and through your offspring [seed] all nations on earth will be blessed, because you have obeyed me. Genesis 22:17,18
Note: – Here is the promise that assures us that we are all natural descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel. God scattered the tribe of Israel among the nations of their enemies. By marital integration, and by the process of time, the bloodline of Israel has completely taken over the cities of thier enemies. Now all nations on earth will be blessed by God’s promises to Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and to you and I, their descendants. It may require an intense study of the Law and Prophets before this truth will become a conviction for you, as it now is for me.
The promise to Isaac;
Stay in this land for a while, and I will be with you and will bless you. To you and your descendants I will give all these lands and will confirm the oath that I swore to your father Abraham. I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and will give them all these lands, and through your offspring [seed] all nations will be blessed, because Abraham obeyed me and kept my requirements, my commands, my decrees and my laws. Genesis 26:3-5 [So God's Laws were integral with his promise, even before the Mosaic covenant.]
The promise to Jacob [Israel];
I am the LORD, the God of your father Abraham and the God of Isaac. I will give you and your descendants the land on which you are lying. Your descendants will be like the dust of the earth, and you will spread out to the west and to the east, to the north and to the south. All peoples on earth will be blessed through you and your offspring [seed]. I am with you and will watch over you wherever you go, and I will bring you back to this land. I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you. Genesis 28:13-15
Note: -Now we see that all peoples on earth will be blessed through at least two seeds of Abraham; Jacob and at least one other. Jacob died in Egypt, so the fulfillment of this promise remains in Jacob’s future, in God’s kingdom.
God appeared to him again and blessed him…. your name will be Israel [meaning: - struggles with God]. And God said to him, “I am God Almighty; be fruitful and increase in number. A nation and a community of nations will come from you, and kings will come from your body. The land I gave to Abraham and Isaac I also give to you, and I will give this land to your descendants after you. Then God went up from him at the place where he had talked with him. Genesis 35:9-13 [Any remaining doubt who Jesus is?]
These are the promises to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. How did we ever fail to realize that the kingdom of God would be in the land of Israel, the promised land? This is conclusive proof that we have eyes but cannot see.
The kingdom of God, as a finished article, is described in the latter chapters of Ezekiel. The boundaries of Israel and the apportioning of land by tribe is found in Ezekiel 47 and 48. There is still a mystery regarding the land of Israel. Ezekiel puts the easternmost extremity of Israel as the Jordan river and the Eastern sea [the Dead sea]. But when Moses pleaded with God to be allowed to cross the Jordan to see the promised land, God instead told him to climb to the top of Mount Pisgah [already east of the Jordan] and view the land to the west, north, south, and east. [Deuteronomy 3:21-27] This suggests that God considers even the land outside the borders of the promised land to be Israel. One of Daniel’s prophesies supports this;
But the rock that struck the statue became a huge mountain and filled the whole earth…. The God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed, nor will it be left to another people. It will crush those kingdoms and bring them to an end, but it will itself endure forever. This is the meaning of the vision of the rock. Daniel 2:35-45
Reject the single seed doctrine;
The promises were spoken to Abraham and his seed. The scripture does not say ”and to seeds,” meaning many people, but “and to your seed” meaning one person, who is Christ. [Paul] Galations 3:16
In the promises we have looked at, it can be seen that the word “seed” has been used to describe many. God said that the eternal covenant is for Abraham and his descendants after him. [Genesis17:5]
There are other lines of reasoning you can use to reject Paul’s teaching. You probably know that Jesus was born of a virgin, owing no descent to his natural father Joseph. The story is given in Matthew 1:18-25, Luke 1:26-38, and Isaiah 7:14. If we knew that Jesus owed no natural descent from his mother Mary, we would know that he could not possibly be descended from Abraham;
Joseph son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife,because what is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. Matthew 1:20 Luke 1:35
Surely I was sinful at birth, sinful from the time my mother conceived me. Psalm 51:5
What is man, that he could be pure, or one born of woman, that he could be righteous? Job 15:14
How can a man be righteous before God? How can one born of woman be pure? Job 25:4
I tell you the truth: Among those born of women there has not risen anyone greater than John the Baptist; yet he who is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he. [Jesus] Matthew 11:11, Luke 7:28
I baptize you with water for repentance. But after me will come one more powerful than I, whose sandals I am not fit to carry. [John] Matthew 3:11
If David calls [Christ] his Lord, how can he be his son? [Jesus] Matthew 22:45
Jesus said John the Baptist was the greatest of those born of woman, yet Jesus was greater than John. So Jesus was not born of woman in the same way that we are. If he had been conceived of Mary he would have been a genetic sinner, like every other impure man, bound by the curse of Adam’s generation. We are told that Jesus was conceived by the Holy Spirit, so we have no reason to believe that Jesus originated from either a sperm cell or an egg cell in the natural way. Jesus said he was not descended from David, neither therefore from Abraham. If you are still unable reject Paul’s teaching, believing that it must be God’s word because it’s in the bible, I have a few more errors from Galations 3 to point out, just in case it tips the balance for you;
The promises were spoken to Abraham and his seed…. What I mean is this: The Law, introduced 430 years later does not set aside the covenant previously established by God and thus do away with the promise. [Galations 3:16,17] Error.
Here, Paul has made an error by quoting the period of Israel’s captivity to Egypt, 430yrs, copied from Exodus12:40, rather than giving the correct period between covenants, an additional 215 years. The promise first came to Abraham when he was 75. Isaac wasn’t born until Abraham was 100. Jacob wasn’t born till Isaac was 60. And Jacob didn’t go to Egypt until he was 130. The Mosaic Law was given after the Israelites came out of Egypt, after 430 years in captivity. So if all the numbers are correct from the writings of Moses, then Paul should have said that the Law was introduced 645 years later. So Paul made an easily understandable error, but it proves that this is not God’s word. It is not possible that God forgot how many years it was between these two covenants. He knows how many hairs are growing on your head.
An additional issue to consider from this verse is the claim that the Mosaic Law covenant does not do away with the covenant God had already established. This is absolutely correct, and yet most Christians easily accept that the New covenant [Jeremiah 31:31] will do away with the Mosaic covenant, as is claimed in Hebrews 8:13. This is absolutely false. Such is the shifting sand of Christian doctrine. It’s no use believing whatever “truth” you prefer. Find out which are God’s word’s and believe them. Find out which are not and reject them.
The Law was put into effect through angels by a mediator. Galations 3:19 False. We may agree that Moses was a mediator between God and man. But God put the Law into effect by his own visitation, writing the law for us by his own hand. The angels of God had nothing whatsoever to do with effecting the Law;
Then Moses led the people out of the camp to meet with God… Mount Sinai was covered with smoke, because the LORD descended on it in fire….. Then Moses spoke and the voice of God answered him. Exodus 19:17-19 Then the LORD spoke to you out of the fire. You heard the sound of words but saw no form; there was only a voice. He declared to you his covenant, the Ten Commandments, which he commanded you to follow and then wrote them down on two stone tablets. Deuteronomy 4:12,13
The LORD gave me two stone tablets inscribed by the finger of God. Deuteronomy 9:10
The tablets were the work of God; the writing was the writing of God, engraved on the tablets. Exodus 32:16
Before this faith came, we were held prisoner by the law, locked up until faith should be revealed. Galations 3:23
False. Faith did not suddenly occur with the advent of Jesus Christ, nor does the Law imprison us;
I will always obey your law, for ever and ever. I will walk about in freedom, for I have sought out your precepts. Psalm 119:44,45
Now that faith has come, we are no longer under the supervision of the Law. Galations 3:25 False. So is it OK to murder and steal now? Jesus obeyed the Law and told us to obey it also;
Do not think I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them… until heaven and earth disappear, not the smallest letter… will by any means disappear from the Law… Anyone who breaks one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do the same will be called least in the kingdom of heaven,… [Jesus] Matthew 5:17
You are all Sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus. Galations 3:26 False. No one is a Son of God yet.
Jesus replied, “The people of this age marry and are given in marriage. But those who are considered worthy of taking part in that age and in the resurrection from the dead will neither marry nor be given in marriage, and they can no longer die; for they are like the angels. They are God’s children, since they are children of the resurrection. [Jesus] Luke 20:34
I tell you the truth, everyone who sins is a slave to sin. Now a slave has no place in the family, but a Son belongs to it forever. [Jesus] John 8:34 [We are all still sinners, not yet Sons].
Paul’s work is stacked with error after error. I could go on and on all day. He did not disciple under Jesus, and his word is definitely not God’s word. You need to reject his teaching if you hope to find the truth in this life. You need to reject the single seed doctrine so that you can reexamine the scriptures with the understanding that God’s word for Israel is God’s word for you. God’s salvation always was and always will be for the descendants of Israel. [see Psalm 33:11] This means all of mankind because of the integration of Israel’s bloodline into all the inhabitants of the earth. This is why God says, “Blessed be Egypt – my people.” [Isaiah 19:25] The people of Egypt are descendants of Israel, just like everybody else. Only the tribe of Israel are God’s chosen people. [see Amos 3:1,2]
He told them another parable: The kingdom of heaven is like yeast that a woman took and mixed into a large amount of flour until it worked all through the dough.” [Jesus] Matthew 13:33
The yeast is the Holy People – Israel. [see Exodus 19:5] They were scattered throughout the earth and their bloodline was integrated into the nations, every man woman and child, to make dough, the kingdom of heaven. Is that so hard to believe? Here follows another story that’s even harder to believe;
Jacob’s flocks increase;
Jacob said, “Let me go through all your flocks today and remove from them every speckled or spotted sheep, every dark colored lamb and every spotted or speckled goat. They will be my wages…” “Agreed,” said Laban. Jacob took fresh cut branches from poplar, almond and plane trees and made white stripes on them by peeling the bark and exposing the white inner wood of the branches. Then he placed the peeled branches in all the watering troughs, so that they would be directly in front of the flocks when they came to drink. When the flocks were in heat and came to drink, they mated in front of the branches. And they bore young that were streaked or speckled or spotted… In this way the man grew exceedingly prosperous and came to own large flocks… Genesis 30
This is not accepted farming practice. This is God’s hand at work, blessing Jacob’s flock at the expense of Laban’s flock. This is a parable of what happened to Israel when they went to Egypt. Only seventy Israelites went into Egypt, but by the time they left they were two great nations – Israel and Egypt.
The day Israel went up to Egypt – a short story;
Egypt was a superpower 3700 years ago, when 70 Israelites went up to Egypt. At first Israel was no threat to mighty Egypt. But the Israelites bred like bunnies, because God had blessed them to be fruitful, so the king of Egypt was afraid. He decided that he could tip the scales in Egypt’s favor by killing off every boy child of Israel. A generation of Israelite boys were wiped out, and a generation of Israelite girls had no husbands to choose from their own people. The Egyptian boys saw that the Israelite girls were very beautiful, so they took them as wives, second and third wives, or as unmarried concubines. These Israelite girls bred like bunnies, and bore many fine Egyptian boys and girls, all of whom were Israelites.
After many years God sent Moses and Aaron to the next king of Egypt, who had his own ideas about what to do with the Israelites. He defied the living God, so God struck down the firstborn son of every Egyptian. The firstborn son was the heir, born of the Egyptian wife, not the Israelite second wife or concubine, so all the Egyptian / Israelite kids survived, praise God. The king had had enough, and told Israel to get going. After they had gone, the king changed his mind and sent his army to get them back. Israel escaped across the sea, and the Egyptian army went into the sea to pursue them, but they all drowned. A mighty army died that day, all of whom were Egyptians, being the second, third, and forth sons of the Egyptian wife, not the Israelite second wife or concubine, so all the Egyptian / Israelite kids survived, praise God.
When the waves had finally settled, the Egyptians breathed a huge sigh of relief. They said, “Thank goodness those horrible holy Israelites have gone, and their Almighty cantankerous God. Why did he harden the king’s heart to think evil thoughts, so that God destroyed the flower of Egypt’s manhood?” “A took for a took,” says God, “You took my kids, so I took yours.” After all these setbacks, Egypt was still a superpower, and continued to be for the next 1500 years, going out to explore brave new worlds, and populating the earth with it’s people. But unbeknown to everyone – except Almighty God, who alone sets the course of human history, who uproots and destroys kingdoms, who builds up and plants kingdoms, just as he pleases – Egypt was no longer Egyptian. “Blessed be Egypt – my people,” says God.
The End
Israel is special – of all the families of the earth, God only chose them to be his inheritance, his holy people. [Amos 3:1,2]
Rise up O God, judge the earth, for all the nations are your inheritance. Psalm 82:8
Blessed be Egypt my people, Assyria my handiwork, and Israel my inheritance. Isaiah 19:25
Assyria is a story for another day. See “God’s plan for Israel – God’s plan for you” on this website for a brief outline, or read the history of Israel to find out what became of the ten tribes of the northern kingdom of Israel [Ephraim], the ones who aren’t Jews. If you want to skip to the end of the story, read about how they will return to the land of Israel and rejoin the Jews when Jesus comes back to stay;
Ezekiel 37:15-28, John 10:16, 11:51,52, Jeremiah 3:17,18, 31:1,27, 50:4-8, Isaiah 11:12, Micah 5:3, Hosea 1:10,11, Revelation 7:4-8, 14:1-5, 2 Esdras [Ezra] 13:39-47 [apocrypha]