WHAT DOES GENESIS 12:3 MEAN?
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Gen 12:3
I will bless them that bless you, and curse him that curses you and in you shall all families of the earth be blessed.
In biblical hermeneutics we do not take one verse and make a doctrine out of it.
What happens between Abraham and God?
God chose and speaks to Abraham, to leave his people and land and go to the land of Canaan/Israel today. Then Abraham responds to God in faith. like Noah builds an Ark
Where does this contention of Gen 12:3 blessing and curse start?
Let us go to the beginning,
When God created the heavens and the earth, He also made man, and man responds to God, to steward the earth.
Isaiah 14 and Ezekiel 28 gives us some understanding of revolt, chaos, rejection in heaven by Lucifer/Satan/devil, which may have been the reason the earth was without form and void.
So in Genesis 3 Satan comes in subtly and deceives Adam and Eve to sin, and stole the right of stewardship of the earth. That is why Satan says he can give the nations of the world to Jesus, and Jesus didn’t deny it.
Yet God wins, when he took a substitute sacrifice to bleed and die for Adam and Eve, so they live and makes promise to man for His redemption of man and earth. (Kinsman-redeemer)
Gen 4 What happens between Cain and Abel? Eve had named Cain, because the name means possessor, where she thought Cain would possess the seed of the redeemer.
But what happens, Both Cain and Abel were taught about a substitute sacrifice of blood for redemption, because the life is in the blood, Gen 9:4 and Hebrews 9:22 without shedding of blood is no remission of sin.
When Cain and Abel both came to show respect and honor to God, Abel brought proper sacrifice in faith of the seed of redeemer, and Cain brought the best of his crops, giving what he believes his works, his seed can do to redeem self. He assumed he could bring his own judgment, honor, before God the judge and would be accepted
Cain took out his anger upon Abel, rather than Obey God to master over the sinful nature, Cain succumbed to sin and killed Abel shedding his blood.
Cain was furious because Abel was accepted, chosen and himself rejected. This is the blessing and cursing as being accepted or rejected by God.
The Cain syndrome is the world system of envy of God choice, and approval of Abel and responding to God by faith.
Satan thought he had Enoch to destroy the promised redeemer as Enoch lived a contrary life to God, but when he had a son named Methuselah (when he dies it will come) or judgment, Enoch responded to walk with God.
4 years after Methuselahs death, the flood came.
Noah responded to God and His family was saved by the ark, while the world rejected God and Noah’s preaching of a flood for judgment and were drowned.
So when God chose Abraham, it was like placing a target on Abrams back, for being cursed and hated by the world and Satan.
Now Abram when traveling to the land of Canaan/Israel today, Abram became fearful and fled to Egypt because the land of Canaan was in famine, while Egypt was prosperous.
Abraham being fearful of death, by the wicked who killed and stole mens wives, sought Sarah to lie about marriage.
Pharaoh hearing these words, of Sarah brother, to Abraham, took Sarah, God cursed Pharaoh and Egypt to protect His covenant with Abraham, and wouldn’t allow Sarah to be defiled, for His seed to come through.
This caused Egypt to hate Abraham a Hebrew and later the nation of Israel as they are descendants of Hebrews.
Gen 43:22 Egyptians might not eat bread with the Hebrews; for that is an abomination unto the Egyptians.
Now Egypt is a picture of the world system, cain Syndrome which hates people God has chosen to fulfill His will, no matter what failures of Abraham or how evil Jacob/Israel can be. This just shows, no matter what God can redeem.
that is what “I Am that IAM” means “covenant keeper” means, Therefore Iam , no matter what, I am therefore.
or The I AM will keep my covenant despite, the failure of man or my servant because I AM.
Now Abraham had done the same lie to of Sarah to Abimelech in land of Gaza.
God had again cursed to protect his promise, and threatened death to Abimelech if doesn’t release Sarah. So Abimelech went out and rebuked Abraham. Then seeing Abraham was blessed by God and wanted the same.
The same thing happen with Abimelech during Isaac, as Abimelech was cursed, when Isaacs wells were stolen, he came out and made covenant with Isaac for blessings.
But before this happened, Isaac had traveled to Abimelechs land of Gaza and in fear of evil, had Rebekah lie about being his wife, so as Abimilech looked out and saw Isaac and Rebekah flirting, He confronted Isaac of the deception and rebuked Isaac.
Abimelech did what was right, he understood man is but flesh and fears, and made league with Isaac, and told his people to stay clear of Isaac and Rebekah, that is blessings and not cursing, contrary to Cain and Egypt.
Now let’s go to Jacob/Israel. Gen 26-32
When Rebekah was with children or twins, there was a war in her womb, and by word of Lord, “the older was to serve the younger.
Esau was firstborn, but Jacob was clinging to Esau heel, which is a picture of seed of Satan bruising the seed of woman, and as Satan stole the stewardship of earth, Jacob means heel catcher, deceiver, subtle just like Satan, or a sinner, just like all of us.
So later as Esau was firstborn and would be possessor of promised seed of woman or messiah/redeemer/Christ.
So one day Cain was unsuccessful in hunting, and while starving on the return, Cain saw Jacob with stew, and sought to eat. But Jacob sought the birthright and instead of giving his brother food of generosity, he used it as a mechanism to trade for the birthright and Esau fell for it. Just as Adam and Eve fell for Satans subtle lie. Notice Esau, thought living for this world, was more important, than the birthright and blessing.
Then when Isaac was to give the blessing to the firstborn, Isaac didn’t know, or didn’t care that Esau sold the birthright to Jacob.
so Rebekah and Jacob deceived Isaac for the birthright/blessing.
Esau became angry because Jacob stole his right, but refused, to recognize his failure to love the promise of God, he sold it for stew.
so Esau says what, Gen 27:41 “The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then will I slay my brother Jacob”. So Esau is hating brother, like Cain.
Because God is covenant keeper and Omnipotent or All knowing, He knows who will respond to Him. Cain didn’t, while Abel did. Esau didn’t because he sold the birthright and Jacob desired it. Will Jacob respond?
Isaac and Rebekah send Jacob to Rebekah’s brother Laban for wife. and Laban meaning “a false/flicker light”, is a bigger deceiver, manipulator than Jacob. Laban promises Rachel to Jacob for 7 years of service, and then Laban gives Leah to Jacob in deception to cause 7 more years for Rachel as Laban knew he was blessed because of Jacobs presence.
After 2 seven years periods for 2 wives, Jacob wants to build his own business and support of family. Laban wants more from Jacob, so makes another covenant, That Laban would keep the best majority white flock, and Jacob would take the least minority herd, striped, speckled, dark flocks. Like Abraham offered land to Lot, and would have taken the least.
Just as Nation of Israel does today as giving Gaza and West Bank to Palestinians for peace, but peace never comes.
Evil is never satisfied until they have it all.
Laban is the same, he really has no intention for Jacobs prosperity. Jacob takes sticks, stripes and spots them and places them as a test to God blessing him, to the feeding troths where the herd was breeding before the sticks, they would birth spotted, and streaked, herd.
Laban saw this and noticed his blessing was going to Jacob. so Laban changed the contracts again, again and again,
Ten times Laban changed the contract/covenant. Jacob finally comes to terms of his own evil of deception against his brother, realizes his life is at stake, as Laban’s and sons have no good intentions and would seek to kill Jacob. So Jacob flees in secret away from Laban. Gen 31
Laban was cursed because he cursed Jacob, with breaking covenants. Just as the world wants to break the May 14th 1948 contract with Israel being a sovereign nation.
World always say “state” because they want to say it is revokable. but God gave this land to Israel, promised to Abraham gen 15, and it will always belong to Israel, as God created the heavens and earth and belongs to him and shall give it to whom he pleases.
Gen 32 is Jacob’s conversion to God. Jacob wrestles with God for the blessing, like what Jesus and Apostle talk about being a Christian, Abide, continual, contend for the faith, do not let go of Christ until you receive the change, the blessing. This is why God changes Jacob’s name from heel catcher/deceiver to Israel /Prince with God.
Then Jacob keeps his contract with God and returns to Luz/bethel in gen 29 and makes His fathers, Abraham’s and Isaac’s God his God.
God sees the end before the beginning Isa 46:10, so He knew Jacob before birth, would convert and respond to him.
So time and God giving Esau the lust of his eyes, flesh and pride of life, comes and blesses Israel, Esau was content with gaining the world, was prosperous, big family and becomes a nation. But where is the nation of Esau/Edom? no one knows, they are forgotten in world, as Israel still exist.
Esau gained the whole world and forfeited soul.
Satan takes out his hate even more as God gave prince hood to Jacob/Israel, and took it away from Satan/Lucifer, because he had revolted in heaven, so we have Rev 12, the dragon against Israel.
Blessing Israel, is not hating or envying Gods choice, for his promises and purpose.
The world will to be cursed because it hates and envies Israel.
The world is reprobate, like Cain and Esau, as they seek the present world more than the promise of life in Christ.
Ted Cruz and Tucker Carlson cannot answer these questions because they do not have enough Bible understanding, though if you took what Jesus said about blessing and cursing. they would not hate or have an answer.
Matt 5:44-45 Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you; That you may be the children of your Father which is in heaven.
Let us say Israel is the problem and enemy, why curse them instead of blessing them with hope of redemption through Christ.
Tucker Carlson should be looking to bless his enemy, and hope that Israel converts to Christ, instead of cursing Israel as if thy are not Israel.
Why does the world and some of the church hate Israel, and not bless Israel, because they are envious.
Tell me who sends in food, to enemy, Hamas or Israel? who sends in fliers to tell the people stand clear of Hamas in battle. Does Israel purposely attack the people, over the military. Does Israel go in rape, strip, and violently take people hostages? No, But Hamas does.
The Arabs were asked outside Israel and within Israel, what would happen to Israel if they submitted themselves to Palestinians? The reply was, “Israel would cease to exist.
This battle of chosen by God plays into Christianity also as the world says, “You call yourself a Christian” Christians had responded to what Christ had done for them on the cross, purchasing their lives for salvation, redemption, a future hope of not living under the wrath of God, so the world condemns the church for failure, sin, instead of blessing them like America has done, with freedom of religion , so the gospel moves forward.
ISRAEL is no more to blame for the problems and evils of the world, any more than all mankind, or Christians which disobey God. Just as Israel is no more to blame for Crucifying Christ than all mankind, as we all would Crucify Christ, because we do not want His ways, and will not respond to his work,
Replacement theology is not consistent with Bible, since God keeps his contract/covenant as “Iam that Iam” means, then gen 15, 2sam 7 must be fulfilled, Israel having land from river nile to Euphrates, and a Son of David sitting on a throne in Jerusalem/Israel forever.
Prove to me Israel isn’t Israel, Israel has been hated since the days of Abraham, to this day, they have been sanctioned, separated, partitioned, so Gentiles wouldn’t mix or marry with them, hated world wide, by the english, french, Germans, Spain for centuries, even hated by the church and then murdered in inquisitions, and holocaust. was Hitler murdering the wrong Jews, or Israelites, as they all were tagged with star of David? if they were not jews and Israel why would they confess to be ? Many of those survivors fled to Israel after the Holocaust. So how are they not Israel?
Israel is still Israel, they kept their heritage, kept the scriptures, festivals and then restored their language, just as scriptures speak,
Land was restored to Israel, just as Bible Isa 66:5 said, fulfilled on May 14th 1948 and more scriptures of it, Deut, Isa, Eze, jeremiah, etc.
Jews are proven also by the Kohen DNA gene, as well as genealogical records. Kohen means anointed, chosen, just as Israel was chosen by God and Egypt rejected. Israel responded to Moses speaking for God with blood upon door post, while Egypt rejected with no blood, just as Abel brought blood and cain rejected to bring blood.
There are no saints in Israel as perfect, for all have sinned, just as all mankind has, but God is looking for man to respond to him, his justice and be chosen in Christ, and if you do not come to God through Christ, there is no hope of change or redemption, no matter what you do, to try to earn your own justice.
Do you want to be Satans puppet, or live in God’s freedom?
Paul wrote:
2 Cor 4:4 the god of this world has blinded the minds of them which believe not, less the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.
What is your response?
God created all, and by Him all exist, or will ever exist. He is God, he is judge and chooses whomever he pleases
