Abram and Abraham, Two Different Covenants (Article 13)
Article Thirteen - Abram - One Nation. Abraham - Many Nations
God said to Abraham, "...thou shalt be a father of many nations...for a father of many nations have I made thee." Genesis 17:4 & 5
The scripture above makes it very clear that God promised Abraham,Mbt Fanaka GTX Schuhe Verkauf, along with his descendants, that they would become many nations.
Let us compare the language between what God spoke to Abram, and what He spoke to Abraham, concerning their descendants becoming nations in the earth.
(1) God told Abram: "... I will make of thee a great nation..." in Genesis 12:2, and
(2) He told Abraham that He had already made him the father of many nations: "...a father of many nations have I made thee" in Genesis 17:4 & 5.
The words: "...a father of many nations have I made thee" were spoken to Abraham after Ishmael was born, but before Isaac was born. Therefore, God's promise to Abram and his descendant [Ishmael] would only become one nation of the many nations that God proclaimed to be manifested, in Genesis 17:4 & 5. But the promise proclaimed to Abraham,mbt zum Verkauf, Isaac, and to Isaac's descendants, God proclaimed that they would become numerous nations in the future.
The words: "...a father of many nations have I made thee" were also words of faith spoken by God to Abraham,Mbt Schuhe Haraka, because Isaac had not been born yet. This statement was not just a statement of faith, but it was a statement that became a reality at the very same moment that God spoke it!
Let me show you what I mean, just to clear up any confusion:
God informed Abraham that He had instantly made him a man who would be called the father of many nations through the bloodline of Abram's descendant [Ishmael], in conjunction with the bloodline of Abraham's descendants [Isaac and his descendants]. Therefore,Mbt Schuhe Kipimo, Abraham became the father of many nations through the adoption of Abram's child, and through the pure bloodline of his own child and his children, at the very moment that God informed him that he will be the father of many nations in Genesis 17:4 & 5.
Both descendants of Abram and Abraham began to call Abraham their father,MBT Shuguli Schuhe, and both bloodlines currently call Abraham their forefather to this very day. When in fact, he is not the forefather of Ishmael and his descendants according to the promise. I have already discussed this topic in an earlier Article titled,billige MBT Schuhe, "Abram and Abraham, Two Different Covenants (Article 7), but I will give a short review of why Ishmael and his descendants are not descendants of Abraham.
Abram and Ishmael
After God changed Abram to Abraham, Ishmael began to call him Abraham too. He didn't know his birth certificate would always read: FATHER OF CHILD: Abram.
Abraham and Isaac
Isaac always knew his father's name was Abraham, and he was aware from the beginning that his birth certificate read: FATHER OF CHILD: Abraham.
A symbolic new birth
God caused Abram to experience a symbolic new birth situation without causing him to go back through his mother's womb to be born again!
God gave Abram the name Abraham, because Abram had to have a new name to match the new spiritual change.
The new birth of Abraham is the method whereby he inherited his own land, and it made him a stranger in his own land too.
Abraham could not take possession of the land until after Abram physically died. But when Abram actually died a physical death, Abraham died a physical death also. Therefore, neither man took possession of the promised land, and Abraham remained a stranger in his own land for his entire life on the earth.
"For where a [last will and] testament is,MBT Schuhe Amali, there must also of necessity be the death of the testator [will maker]. For a testament is of force after men are dead: otherwise it is of no strength at all while the testator liveth." Hebrews 9:16 & 17
The new birth that Christians experience today is the perfect example of what Abram and Abraham experienced back then.
When you are born-again, you become a new creature in Christ Jesus, but the new man takes possession of the old body, and then your name is changed to Christian, like Abram's name was changed to Abraham.
"For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision, but a new creature." Galatians 6:15
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