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Christians will inherit God's promises to Abraham, according to the new testament, e.g. to become fruitful, become numerous as the stars, to spread across the globe, to create great nations, become kings, etc.
We've already seen that happen. Promise fulfilled!
But I was curious to who Abraham's actual genetic descendants are -- are they modern day Jews?
I happened to stumble across an old sermon on youtube by a Pastor Peter J. Peters who suggests that Jews may not be the actual descendants of Abraham, e.g. Israelites, but he suggests that many Israelites ended up in Europe after the Northern kingdom of Israel was destroyed by the Assyrians.
I was curious if any historians, archaeologists, theologians agree with this pastor's suggestions?
Did the Israelites just die out, or become mixed in with the Assyrian people, or did many of them escape into Europe?
It is clear that no one is justified before God by the law, because `The righteous will live by faith` .... The law, however, is not based on faith on the contrary ` the man does 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 in the law of Moses ``Cursed is everyone who hung on a tree``....... God redeemed us in order that the blessing promised to Abraham would come to the Gentles in Christ Jesus, so that by faith we might receive the promise of the Spirit ``... Galatians 3:12-14 ..... See God through the law that rejects Jesus Christ through Moses, Then God rejects the laws of Moses in preference to faith where people who receive the spirit of Christ are the descendants of the Abraham blessing, As Abraham lived by faith and was promised He would be the father of many nations whose numbers were counted like the sand in the sea ................... The defendants of Abraham are people who walk in faith and receive the Spirit of God
Christians will inherit God's promises to Abraham, according to the new testament, e.g. to become fruitful, become numerous as the stars, to spread across the globe, to create great nations, become kings, etc.
We've already seen that happen. Promise fulfilled!
But I was curious to who Abraham's actual genetic descendants are -- are they modern day Jews?
I happened to stumble across an old sermon on youtube by a Pastor Peter J. Peters who suggests that Jews may not be the actual descendants of Abraham, e.g. Israelites, but he suggests that many Israelites ended up in Europe after the Northern kingdom of Israel was destroyed by the Assyrians.
I was curious if any historians, archaeologists, theologians agree with this pastor's suggestions?
Did the Israelites just die out, or become mixed in with the Assyrian people, or did many of them escape into Europe?
Jesus' promises to all - gentiles - go beyond anything that God the father in the older days promised to the Jews, with their covenant.
We all equally have access to the benefits and glory now. No one is excluded or separated.
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