The Call of Abram
1Then the LORD said to Abram, “Leave your country, your kindred, and your father’s household, and go to the land I will show you.
2I will make you into a great nation,
and I will bless you;
I will make your name great,
so that you will be a blessing.
3I will bless those who bless you
and curse those who curse you;
and all the families of the earth
will be blessed through you.”
The Call and the Promise, notice how many times God says “I will”.
Notice verse 3, “I will bless those who bless you
and curse those who curse you;”
Why do you think that the United States has been so blessed? We have been one of the few modern nations that has truly been a friend of Israel.
“When the Greeks overran Palestine and desecrated the altar in the Jewish temple, they were soon conquered by Rome. When Rome killed Paul and many others, and destroyed Jerusalem under Titus, Rome soon fell. Spain was reduced to a fifth-rate nation after the Inquisition against the Jews; Poland fell after the pogroms; Hitler’s Germany went down after its orgies of anti-Semitism; Britain lost her empire when she broke her faith with Israel.” (Barnhouse)
“and all the families of the earth will be blessed through you.”
“There, you see, was the missionary character of the seed of Abraham, if they had but recognized it. God did not bless them for themselves alone, but for all nations: ‘In thee shall all families of the earth be blessed’” (Spurgeon).
Do you think God was happy when the United States finally recognized and declared Jerusalem the capital of Israel?
There you have it, the Call and the Promise, the blessing and the curse!
Blessings, David
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