All the Blessings Taken Together Prove the Case!
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Continued from Military Power in Context.
Blessings -1. Lineage and Bequest.
Proof of Israelite Descent.
The Promised Blessings began with Abraham. He was the first Patriarch and to him was it promised to become, "A GREAT NATION, AND IN YOU WILL ALL THE FAMILIES OF THE EARTH BE BLESSED" (Genesis 12:2-3).
The son of Abraham was Isaac and it was promised that Isaac would inherit the blessing of Abraham (Genesis 17:21) . Isaac begat the twins Esau and Jacob but the blessing was given to Jacob (Genesis 28:2-3).
Jacob would become a community of peoples (Genesis 28:2-3). The name of Jacob was changed to Israel (Genesis 32:8, 35:10). Jacob had 12 sons (Genesis 36:22).
Out of the 12 sons the 2 major ones were Judah and Joseph. (1-Chronicles 5:1-2).
The sons of Israel were divided into 2 sections concerning the Blessings. Judah was to bring forth the Messiah and be the spiritual leader BUT the Material Blessings were to come mainly through Joseph.
See Also:
Genealogy of the Blessings.
https://hebrewnations.com/articles/biblical-proof/genb.html
1-Chronicles (TCT) 5:
1 AND THE SONS OF REUBEN, THE FIRSTBORN OF ISRAEL, FOR HE WAS THE FIRSTBORN, BUT WHEN HE DEFILED HIS FATHER'S BED, HIS BIRTHRIGHT WAS GIVEN TO THE SONS OF JOSEPH THE SON OF ISRAEL, BUT NOT TO BE RECKONED IN THE GENEALOGY AS FIRSTBORN.
Jacob gave Joseph a separate blessing of his own:
Genesis (TCT) 49:
26 THE BLESSINGS OF YOUR FATHER SURPASSED THE BLESSINGS OF MY PARENTS, THE ENDS OF THE EVERLASTING HILLS. MAY THEY COME TO JOSEPH'S HEAD AND TO THE CROWN (OF THE HEAD) OF THE ONE WHO WAS SEPARATED FROM HIS BROTHERS.
The descendants of Israel, especially Joseph, would number hundreds of millions: These blessings came through the Forefathers:
To Abraham,
Genesis 13:16, 15:5, 22:17.
To Rebecca, wife of Isaac, and mother of Jacob, Genesis 24:60.
To Jacob Genesies 32:13.
All other peoples would be blessed through them (Genesis 12:2-3, 18:18, 22:18, 26:4, Isaiah 61:9).
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Genesis (TCT) 12:
2 AND I WILL MAKE YOU INTO A GREAT NATION, AND I WILL BLESS YOU, AND I WILL AGGRANDIZE YOUR NAME, AND [you shall] BE A BLESSING.
3 AND I WILL BLESS THOSE WHO BLESS YOU, AND THE ONE WHO CURSES YOU I WILL CURSE, AND ALL THE FAMILIES OF THE EARTH SHALL BE BLESSED IN YOU.
Genesis (TCT) 12:
18 AND ABRAHAM WILL BECOME A GREAT AND POWERFUL NATION, AND ALL THE NATIONS OF THE WORLD WILL BE BLESSED IN HIM.
19 FOR I HAVE KNOWN HIM BECAUSE HE COMMANDS HIS SONS AND HIS HOUSEHOLD AFTER HIM, THAT THEY SHOULD KEEP THE WAY OF THE LORD TO PERFORM RIGHTEOUSNESS AND JUSTICE, IN ORDER THAT THE LORD BRING UPON ABRAHAM THAT WHICH HE SPOKE CONCERNING HIM."
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Through righteousness and judgment all nations of the earth would be blessed in him.
Genesis (TCT) 22:
16 AND HE SAID, "BY MYSELF HAVE I SWORN, SAYS THE LORD, THAT BECAUSE YOU HAVE DONE THIS THING AND YOU DID NOT WITHHOLD YOUR SON, YOUR ONLY ONE,
17 THAT I WILL SURELY BLESS YOU, AND I WILL GREATLY MULTIPLY YOUR SEED AS THE STARS OF THE HEAVENS AND AS THE SAND THAT IS ON THE SEASHORE, AND YOUR DESCENDANTS WILL INHERIT THE CITIES (Hebrew "shaar" i.e. GATE) OF THEIR ENEMIES.
18 AND THROUGH YOUR CHILDREN SHALL BE BLESSED ALL THE NATIONS OF THE WORLD, BECAUSE YOU HEARKENED TO MY VOICE.
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To Isaac:
Genesis (TCT) 26:
4 AND I WILL MULTIPLY YOUR SEED LIKE THE STARS OF THE HEAVENS, AND I WILL GIVE YOUR SEED ALL THESE LANDS, AND ALL THE NATIONS OF THE EARTH WILL BLESS THEMSELVES BY YOUR SEED,
5 BECAUSE ABRAHAM HEARKENED TO MY VOICE, AND KEPT MY CHARGE, MY COMMANDMENTS, MY STATUTES, AND MY INSTRUCTIONS.
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Judah in the End Times would also share in these blessings:
Isaiah (TCT) 61:
9 AND THEIR SEED SHALL BE KNOWN AMONG THE NATIONS, AND THEIR OFFSPRING AMONG THE PEOPLES; ALL WHO SEE THEM SHALL RECOGNIZE THEM THAT THEY ARE SEED THAT THE LORD BLESSED.
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All nations would be dependent upon them (Genesis 48:19, in the Hebrew).
They were to rule over other nations (Genesis 27:29, 48:19).
They would become the major world power (Jeremiah 51:20).
They were to become exceedingly prosperous (Genesis 15:5, 22:17, 24:60, 32:12; Numbers 23:10; Deuteronomy 1:11; Isaiah 10:22, 24:16, 26:15; Hosea 1:10).
They would possess vast natural resources (Genesis 27:28, 49:25; Deuteronomy 33:13-16; Hosea 2:8).
The only peoples existing in the world today in whom ALL these blessings have been fulfilled are the English-speaking peoples together with kindred nations such as Finland, Sweden Norway, Denmark, Ireland, Britain, Netherlands, Belgium, France, and Switzerland.
cf.
How Strong is US Military in 2024?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FRx2LsYvvk