Vol.I No.III Pg.5
March 1964

Use Your Bible ......

Robert F. Turner

THE ABRAHAMIC PROMISES: (Gen. 12:1-3)

  1. PHYSICAL PHASE -- "I will make of thee a great nation"

    1. Many descendents (a great people) Gen. 15:1-5

    2. Certain lands, as a home territory. Gen. 15:18-21

  2. SPIRITUAL PHASE -- "In thee (thy seed -- Gen. 22:18) all nations of the earth blessed." (See Gen. 26:4 28:14)

    1. Inspiration assures us that this refers to blessings in Christ. (Read Gal. 3:8, 13-16. Acts 3:25)

FULFILLMENT OF THE PHYSICAL PHASE OF THE PROMISE:

  1. JOSHUA, and fulfillment. Josh. 21:43-45 "There failed not aught"
  2. SOLOMON, and fulfillment. 1 Kings 4:21-24 2 Chron. 9:26 Neh. 9:7-8

Conditional Nature Of The Physical Promise:

  1. JOSHUA, and conditions. Josh. 23:14-16 "and ye shall perish from the good land"
  2. SOLOMON, and conditions. 1 Chron. 28:6-8 "if he be constant" "that ye may possess"

Israel's Sins, And The Results:

  1. Compromise with the enemy. Judges 1:21 (Cf. Josh. 23:11-13)
  2. Israel "broke the covenant" with God. Judges 2:1-4
  3. Lesson of Broken Potter's Vessel: Jer. 19:1-11, 15 "Because they have forsaken me--- I will break this people"

SPIRITUAL PHASE OF ABRAHAMIC PROMISE IS SURE, IN CHRIST. (Heb. 6:13-20)

  1. By whom Jewish remnant redeemed. Isa. 1:9 4:2-4 10:20-23 11:10
  2. By whom Gentiles also redeemed. Isa. 49:5-6 56:6-8 62:2 66:18f.

Jesus Christ, Fulfillment Of Prophecy And The Only Hope For All Nations

Read carefully Rom. 11:1-f. with above outline in mind. The Jews, as a nation, were broken. A remnant was preserved so that Christ could come of the seed of Abraham, as promised: but the "redemption" in righteousness, as promised in Isaiah, etc., refers to salvation for Jew AND Gentile, through individual acceptance of Jesus as the Christ, and obedience to Him. Heb. 5:9.