17 January 2017: I had been having a significant problem of late with the concept
espoused by many of 'remedial judgment' coming down from our God, who has always known the end from the beginning, as some sort of Divine spitball for
this or that perceived injustice (cursing) against Israel according to
the Genesis 12:3 formula.
It
occurs to me that Genesis 12:3 has two parts, both a blessing and a cursing
based upon how Abram would be treated by others because from His seed
the whole Earth was to be blessed in the future (Jesus our Messiah)
(Jacob's prophecy of Genesis 49:8-12).
Many in this pre-70th Week era use Genesis 12:3 in application only
to Israel, yet they mindlessly forget that Ishmael was also the
physical progeny of Abram. Are we subject to God's cursing for our
cursing of Ishmael's progeny's prophetic assault upon the whole
non-Islamic world?
I
do not see where God distinguished in this covenant with Abram which of
his descendants were worthy of blessing or cursing based upon how they
they're treated in perpetuity to the end of time as we have known it. I see something else entirely. I see that God said to Abram, Genesis 12:7 (Geneva Bible): "Unto thy seed will I give this land."
Then I see that the Spirit-filled apostle Paul, in Galatians 3:16 (Geneva Bible), gave us the true meaning of Genesis 12:7: "Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, and to the seeds, as speaking of many: but, And to thy seed, as of one, which is Christ." I would encourage one and all to invest some time in studying Galatians 3 in-depth.
Beyond
this we are commanded to love our enemies, despite the fact that
virtually all of Abram's descendants through Ishmael are our, and
Israel's, existential enemies.
And also even beyond that, Jesus said in John 5:22 (Geneva Bible), "For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son..."
And
then there's the blessing part of Genesis 12:3 which should be in equal portion to the
cursing. What, given that so many people have been taught what I now consider to be an erroneous meaning
of Genesis 12:3, will be said during the Trump Administration when
Israel is extremely and greatly blessed like she hasn't been in over 25
years, and something like a Katrina or Andrew visit our fair shores, or
the New Madrid Fault shakes our national core, or the San Andreas Fault
creates oceanfront property near Barstow? How could America be cursed by
God amidst such blessings upon Israel?
On a near daily basis of late I am seeing great fear, yes real fear, among our brethren bride of Christ here in the US and in Europe; they fear because they have been taught incorrectly the meaning of Genesis 12:3.
For
my part I will no longer teach Genesis 12:3 as it had been taught to myself. I
will teach that ALL nations receive judgment during the 70th Week,
including Israel, as the angel Gabriel prophesied to Daniel (9:24); that
God will send no "remedial judgment" on the bride of Christ for the
sins of those whose names may not be written in the Book of Life, but
rather that we are looking up for the Father to send His Son for our
Harpazo.
