The linage from Abraham to Moses is very interesting to those who are interested in the elect of God.
For there is an elect of God which will be taken by Jesus into heaven when Jesus returns to gather the elect of God from off this earth.
Matthew 24:31 And HE (Jesus) shall send HIS angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together HIS elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
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Abraham was chosen by God to be the father of many nations.
When
the apostles of the early church saw God give the Holy Spirit to the
Gentiles, they could trace the promise of the Gentiles back to Abraham,
for God said Abraham would be the father of "many nations."
Acts 13:48 And when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorified the word of the Lord: and as many as were ordained to eternal life believed.
Acts 26:20 and then to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, and do works meet for repentance.
Galatians 3:14 That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.
I Corinthians 12:13 For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit.
Isaiah 62:2 And the Gentiles shall see THY righteousness,
Isaiah 49:6 And
HE said, It is a light thing that thou shouldest be MY servant to raise
up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be MY salvation unto the end of the earth.
Abraham: "A father of many nations" (including the Gentiles)
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Genesis 12
2 And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:
3 And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.
4 So Abram departed, as the LORD had spoken unto him;
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Genesis 15
2 And Abram said, Lord GOD, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless, and the steward of my house is this Eliezer of Damascus?
3 And Abram said, Behold, to me THOU hast given no seed: and, lo, one born in my house is mine heir. (Eliezer at this point in time)
4 And, behold, the word of the LORD came unto him, saying, This shall not be thine heir; but he that shall come forth out of thine own bowels shall be thine heir.
5 And HE (God) brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and HE (God) said unto him, So shall thy seed be.
6 And he (Abram) believed in the LORD; and HE (God) counted it to him for righteousness.
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Genesis 17
2 And I will make MY covenant between ME and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly.
3 And Abram fell on his face: and God talked with him, saying,
4 As for ME, behold, MY covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations.
5 Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made thee.
6 And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will make nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee.
7 And I will establish MY covenant between ME and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee.
8 And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.
9 And God said unto Abraham, Thou shalt keep MY covenant therefore, thou, and thy seed after thee in their generations.
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Genesis 17
16 And I will bless her, and give thee a son also of her: yea, I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of people shall be of her.
17 Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a child be born unto him that is an hundred years old? and shall Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear?
18 And Abraham said unto God, O that Ishmael might live before thee!
19 And God said, Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son indeed; and thou shalt call his name Isaac: and I will establish MY covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with his seed after him.
The child of the promise of God is named by God as Isaac.
So the linage of the elect of God, the children of God, will go through the promised son, Isaac.
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Isaac had 2 sons by Rebecca: Jacob (the younger) and Esau (the elder).
Romans 9
11 (For the children being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of HIM that calleth;)
12 It was said unto her, The elder shall serve the younger.
13 As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated.
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Genesis 26 God speaks to Isaac
2 And the LORD appeared unto him (to Isaac), and said, Go not down into Egypt; dwell in the land which I shall tell thee of:
3 Sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all these countries, and I will perform the oath which I sware unto Abraham thy father;
4 And I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these countries; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed;
5 Because that Abraham obeyed MY voice, and kept MY charge, MY commandments, MY statutes, and MY laws.
(If
we want to be blessed by God, then we obey God's voice and keep the
commandments, the statutes, and the laws of God as set forth in the New
Testament Bible.)
6 And Isaac dwelt in Gerar:
6 And Isaac dwelt in Gerar:
Genesis 26
12 Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year an hundredfold: and the LORD blessed him.
(Sow in the land that is given to you by God. God gave me the land of radio, blog, books, Podcast, and Twitter. I sow in that land. What is the land given to you by God?)
13 And the man waxed great, and went forward, and grew until he became very great:
14 For he had possession of flocks, and possession of herds, and great store of servants: and the Philistines envied him.
13 And the man waxed great, and went forward, and grew until he became very great:
14 For he had possession of flocks, and possession of herds, and great store of servants: and the Philistines envied him.
Genesis 26
24 And the LORD appeared unto him the same night, and said, I am the God of Abraham thy father: fear not, for I am with thee, and will bless thee, and multiply thy seed for MY servant Abraham's sake.
25 And he (Isaac) builded an altar there, and called upon the name of the LORD, and pitched his tent there: and there Isaac's servants digged a well.
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Isaac had 2 sons: Jacob (the younger) and Esau.
Jacob, the son of Isaac, is the elect of God, chosen by God.
God named Jacob, Israel. And through Jacob will come the 12 sons of Israel, the 12 tribes of Israel. (Jacob will be renamed "Israel" by God.)
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Esau, Jacob's brother, marries a daughter of Canaan and this woman greatly grieves Isaac and Rebecca.
Genesis 27:46 And Rebekah said to Isaac, I
am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth: if Jacob take a
wife of the daughters of Heth, such as these which are of the daughters
of the land, what good shall my life do me?
So Isaac and Rebecca send their son Jacob (the elect of God) to
their own people so he can choose a wife of the daughters of their
people rather than from the daughters of Canaan who grieve them.
Genesis 28 (God speaks to Jacob as he travels to get his wife. We see God showing that Jacob is HIS elect because HE speaks to Jacob.)
10 And Jacob went out from Beersheba, and went toward Haran.
11 And he lighted upon a certain place, and tarried there all night, because the sun was set; and he took of the stones of that place, and put them for his pillows, and lay down in that place to sleep.
12 And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven: and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it.
13 And, behold, the LORD stood above it, and said, I am the LORD God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed;
14 And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.
15 And, behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee in all places whither thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land; for I will not leave thee, until I have done that which I have spoken to thee of.
16 And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely the LORD is in this place; and I knew it not.
11 And he lighted upon a certain place, and tarried there all night, because the sun was set; and he took of the stones of that place, and put them for his pillows, and lay down in that place to sleep.
12 And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven: and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it.
13 And, behold, the LORD stood above it, and said, I am the LORD God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed;
14 And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.
15 And, behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee in all places whither thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land; for I will not leave thee, until I have done that which I have spoken to thee of.
16 And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely the LORD is in this place; and I knew it not.
It
is one thing for your father on earth to say, "God spoke this to me."
But when God speaks directly to you by either word or by dreams, it is
another thing, for now God has chosen you and you know God because HE
spoke to you.
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Now we have 3 generations of the elect of God:
Abraham, Isaac, Jacob
God renames Jacob as "Israel" ... and by Jacob's 12 sons come the children of Israel, and one of those 12 sons is going to be that elect of God.
Genesis 35 (God renames Jacob)
10 And God said unto him, Thy name is Jacob: thy name shall not be called any more Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name: and HE called his name Israel.
11 And God said unto him, I am God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall be of thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins;
12 And the land which I gave Abraham and Isaac, to thee I will give it, and to thy seed after thee will I give the land.
13 And God went up from him in the place where HE talked with him.
God promised Abraham the land. God promises Isaac the land. God promises Jacob the land.
And they wait having faith in God not seeing the promise but later it comes.
Hebrews 11
14 For they that say such things declare plainly that they seek a country.
15 And truly, if they had been mindful of that country from whence they came out, they might have had opportunity to have returned.
16 But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for HE hath prepared for them a city.
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Genesis 37
2 These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brethren; and the lad was with the sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his father's wives: and Joseph brought unto his father their evil report.
3 Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age: and he made him a coat of many colours.
4 And when his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren, they hated him, and could not speak peaceably unto him.
(Notice in verse 2 we read these are the generations of Jacob ... but only Joseph is named though there are 11 other sons, the 12 tribes of Israel.)
Now we have 4 generations of the elect of God: Abraham, Isaac, Jacob (Israel) , Joseph
Genesis 46
1
And Israel took his journey with all that he had, and came to
Beersheba, and offered sacrifices unto the God of his father Isaac.
2 And God spake unto Israel in the visions of the night, and said, Jacob, Jacob. And he said, Here am I.
3 And HE said, I am God, the God of thy father: fear not to go down into Egypt; for I will there make of thee a great nation:
4 I will go down with thee into Egypt; and I will also surely bring thee up again: and Joseph shall put his hand upon thine eyes.
2 And God spake unto Israel in the visions of the night, and said, Jacob, Jacob. And he said, Here am I.
3 And HE said, I am God, the God of thy father: fear not to go down into Egypt; for I will there make of thee a great nation:
4 I will go down with thee into Egypt; and I will also surely bring thee up again: and Joseph shall put his hand upon thine eyes.
5
And Jacob rose up from Beersheba: and the sons of Israel carried Jacob
their father, and their little ones, and their wives, in the wagons
which Pharaoh had sent to carry him.
6 And they took their cattle, and their goods, which they had gotten in the land of Canaan, and came into Egypt, Jacob, and all his seed with him:
6 And they took their cattle, and their goods, which they had gotten in the land of Canaan, and came into Egypt, Jacob, and all his seed with him:
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The children of Israel (The 12 sons of Jacob who is now Israel)
Genesis 46
Reuben
Simeon
Levi
Simeon
Levi
Judah
Issachar
Zebulun
Gad
Asher
Issachar
Zebulun
Gad
Asher
Dan
Naphtali
19 The sons of Rachel Jacob's wife;
Joseph, and Benjamin.
(Joseph is the elect of God.)
Romans 9:6-9 Not as though the word of God hath taken none effect. For they are not all Israel, which are of Israel: Neither, because they are the seed of Abraham, are they all children: but, In Isaac shall thy seed be called. That is, They
which are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God:
but the children of the promise are counted for the seed.
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