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†. Gen 26:5 . . inasmuch as Abraham obeyed Me and kept My charge: My
commandments, My laws, and My teachings.
It's sincerely believed by some that the statement above serves to include
Abraham in the covenant that Yhvh's people agreed upon with God as per
Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy. But the statement below
clearly excludes him.
"The Lord our God made a covenant with us in Horeb. Not with our
forefathers did the Lord make this covenant, but with us, we, all of whom
are here alive today." (Deut 5:2-3)
I think we can be pretty sure that Abraham was excluded from the covenant.
The reason I feel that way is because God promised to curse whosoever
curses Abraham.
"I will bless those who bless you, and the one who curses you I will curse,"
(Gen 12:3}
The problem is: Abraham was married to his half sister (Gen 20:12)
The covenant prohibits marrying, and/or sleeping with, one's half sister. (Lev
18:9, Lev 20:17)
Under the terms and conditions of the covenant; men who sleep with their
sisters are cursed the moment they do so because "cursed be he" is
grammatically present tense; no delay and no waiting period; viz: the curse
is immediate.
"Cursed be he who lies with his sister, his father's daughter or his mother's
daughter." (Deut 27:22)
The covenant also prohibits lies (Lev 19:11). Abraham was known to be
dishonest from time to time about his relationship to Sarah. Were he
included in the covenant, God would have to slam him with a curse for that.
"Cursed is the man who does not uphold the words of this law by carrying
them out." (Deut 27:26)
Well; it seems to me that were God to slam Abraham with a curse for lies
and for sleeping with his sister, then God would be obligated to slam Himself
with a curse in return as per Gen 12:3.
Gen 26:4-5 reveals that the promises God made to Abraham as per Gen
12:2-3 and Gen 17:8 were not sustained by Abraham's piety; rather,
Abraham's piety up to that point deserved them. In other words: once God
made those promises, neither Abraham nor his posterity can ever lose
them because they are unconditional
"For if the inheritance is based on law, it is no longer based on a promise;
but God has granted it to Abraham by means of a promise." (Gal 3:18)
That should be really good news to Abraham's posterity because it means
that no matter how many times, nor now often, the Jews lose control of that
land due to their non compliance with the covenant; they will never lose
their entitlement to it.
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†. Gen 26:5 . . inasmuch as Abraham obeyed Me and kept My charge: My
commandments, My laws, and My teachings.
It's sincerely believed by some that the statement above serves to include
Abraham in the covenant that Yhvh's people agreed upon with God as per
Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy. But the statement below
clearly excludes him.
"The Lord our God made a covenant with us in Horeb. Not with our
forefathers did the Lord make this covenant, but with us, we, all of whom
are here alive today." (Deut 5:2-3)
I think we can be pretty sure that Abraham was excluded from the covenant.
The reason I feel that way is because God promised to curse whosoever
curses Abraham.
"I will bless those who bless you, and the one who curses you I will curse,"
(Gen 12:3}
The problem is: Abraham was married to his half sister (Gen 20:12)
The covenant prohibits marrying, and/or sleeping with, one's half sister. (Lev
18:9, Lev 20:17)
Under the terms and conditions of the covenant; men who sleep with their
sisters are cursed the moment they do so because "cursed be he" is
grammatically present tense; no delay and no waiting period; viz: the curse
is immediate.
"Cursed be he who lies with his sister, his father's daughter or his mother's
daughter." (Deut 27:22)
The covenant also prohibits lies (Lev 19:11). Abraham was known to be
dishonest from time to time about his relationship to Sarah. Were he
included in the covenant, God would have to slam him with a curse for that.
"Cursed is the man who does not uphold the words of this law by carrying
them out." (Deut 27:26)
Well; it seems to me that were God to slam Abraham with a curse for lies
and for sleeping with his sister, then God would be obligated to slam Himself
with a curse in return as per Gen 12:3.
Gen 26:4-5 reveals that the promises God made to Abraham as per Gen
12:2-3 and Gen 17:8 were not sustained by Abraham's piety; rather,
Abraham's piety up to that point deserved them. In other words: once God
made those promises, neither Abraham nor his posterity can ever lose
them because they are unconditional
"For if the inheritance is based on law, it is no longer based on a promise;
but God has granted it to Abraham by means of a promise." (Gal 3:18)
That should be really good news to Abraham's posterity because it means
that no matter how many times, nor now often, the Jews lose control of that
land due to their non compliance with the covenant; they will never lose
their entitlement to it.
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