All the Blessings Taken Together Prove the Case!
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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.
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 would number hundreds of millions:
Genesis (TCT) 15:
5 AND HE TOOK HIM OUTSIDE, AND HE SAID, "PLEASE LOOK HEAVENWARD AND COUNT THE STARS, IF YOU ARE ABLE TO COUNT THEM." AND HE SAID TO HIM, "SO WILL BE YOUR SEED."
Genesis (TCT) 22:
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 OF THEIR ENEMIES.
Rebecca was the wife of Isaac and mother of Jacob.
Genesis (TCT) 24:
60 AND THEY BLESSED REBECCA AND SAID TO HER, "OUR SISTER, MAY YOU BECOME THOUSANDS OF MYRIADS, AND MAY YOUR SEED INHERIT THE CITIES {SHAAREI" - GATES] OF THEIR ENEMIES."
Genesis (TCT) 32:
13 AND YOU SAID, 'I WILL SURELY DO GOOD WITH YOU, AND I WILL MAKE YOUR SEED [AS NUMEROUS] AS THE SAND OF THE SEA, WHICH CANNOT BE COUNTED BECAUSE OF MULTITUDE.'"
All other peoples would be blessed through them (Genesis 12:2-3, 18:18, 22:18, 26:4, Isaiah 61:9).
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, Britian, Netherlands, Belgium, France, and Switzerland.
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Continued at: Blessings in Context..