New Covenant Circumcision. Part 1.
By Abbot Joshua Sparks.
Abraham was called by the Lord to leave Haran and his kindred and his fathers to a land and in this land God would make of him a great nation and make his name great and cause him to be a blessing. God promised blessings upon those who blessed Abraham and cursings upon those who cursed Abraham. The Lord then declared that all of the families of the earth would be blessed in and through Abrahams seed(Genesis 12:1-3).
On his journey the Lord encouraged him along the way. In sichem (sychem) in the land or Morah the Lord appeared to Abraham and told him to your seed I will give this land and Abraham built an altar unto the Lord (Genesis 12:7). After Lot and Abraham seperated the Lord spoke and encouraged Abraham again and said lift up your eyes and look from the place where you are northward, southward, eastward and westward, all this land I will give to you and your seed(Genesis 13:14-15). The Lord told Abraham if you can number the dust of the earth then you can number your seed. The Lord included me and you that are saved into that number fo Abrahams seed.
So many who dont understand the identity of the Church, the Kingdom and Israel of God will fight and argue that the church is not Abrahams Seed. They deny that the church replaced the nation Israel and ignorantly try to seperate a people that God has made one, the gentiles being grafted into the Olive Tree(Romans 11) and they deny through their teaching that God tore down the middel wall of partition that seperated Jews and Gentiles (Ephesians 2:14-16). Paul wrote in (Galatians 3:28-29) 28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus. 29) And if ye be Christ’s, then are ye Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise.
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