"And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice."
Obeying the voice is gospel, the compound number Twelve is made up of blessings in heaven andon earth as stipulated inthe Covenant which is by the Law of the Spirit is ratified. Faith of Abraham was tested and he proved in his obedience that it worked. So the Angel of the Lord blessed,"And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed".
The Spirit in vv.20-24 presents Nahor's posterity. "Nahor has twelve sons, eight by his lawful wife, and four by his concubine. So Jacob has twelve sons, eight by two lawful wives, and four by two concubines. Lastly, Ishmael has twelve sons. These coincidences are curious". Jacob similarly has Twelve in number. The number Twelve indicates the Covenant is applied to the seed of Abraham. Before God judged the old world as the spirit tells us the generation of man set in context of multiples of 12. " My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years."(Gen.6.3)
The Law of the Spirit ratifies the Covenant and set the two worlds of the Spirit and of the body on the basis of the gospel. Obedience is the key to explain faith with works. Either you abide in Christ and produce fruits or you scatter the. Either Or.
"And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice."
Obeying the voice is gospel, the compound number Twelve is made up of blessings in heaven andon earth as stipulated inthe Covenant which is by the Law of the Spirit is ratified. Faith of Abraham was tested and he proved in his obedience that it worked. So the Angel of the Lord blessed,"And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed".
The Spirit in vv.20-24 presents Nahor's posterity. "Nahor has twelve sons, eight by his lawful wife, and four by his concubine. So Jacob has twelve sons, eight by two lawful wives, and four by two concubines. Lastly, Ishmael has twelve sons. These coincidences are curious". Jacob similarly has Twelve in number. The number Twelve indicates the Covenant is applied to the seed of Abraham. Before God judged the old world as the spirit tells us the generation of man set in context of multiples of 12. " My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years."(Gen.6.3)
The Law of the Spirit ratifies the Covenant and set the two worlds of the Spirit and of the body on the basis of the gospel. Obedience is the key to explain faith with works. Either you abide in Christ and produce fruits or you scatter the. Either Or.
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