Before we get into the
message tonight, I just want
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to, I'll tell you a little
story. It was in April 1986,
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my wife and I and our two
small boys climbed down from
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the big jet at the Queen
Alia Airport in Amman, Jordan.
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We were going there to
do a Revelation Now meeting.
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We noticed a flurry of
activity in the skies overhead,
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helicopters, jets flying around
and armed guards just every
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few feet around the perimeter
of the airport after an
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incredibly stringent security
check, we finally got our
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baggage and we were greeted
at the curve by a van full of
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people that came to take us
to the place where we would be
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staying. And we finally, we got
our stuff loaded in the van and
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we were off on our way to the
apartment and the driver said
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we are kind of surprised
that they let you in. We said,
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surprised! Why? Well,
haven't you heard? Heard what?
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The Americans bombed Tripoli
today, and we think they got
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Gaddafi's daughter. And
suddenly we were wishing we
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were back in the
United States of America.
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But, you know the reason
I'm telling you this little
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story is because one of the
Arab ladies sitting in the van
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with us said, bravo! And I
thought, bravo! Where is the
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United Arab Brotherhood?
We weren't over there very
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long and we discovered that
the Jordanians were not that
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fond of the Palestinians and
the Egyptians didn't like the
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Jordanians, they didn't
like the, the Saudi Arabians and
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nobody liked the
Palestinians. It reminded me of
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a Bible text, Ishmael, father
of the Arab race, he will be
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a wild donkey of a man, his
hand will be against everyone
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everyone's hand against him,
and he will live in hostility
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against all of his brothers.
But you know no matter how much
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they fought, no matter how
much they dislike one another,
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they were united in one thing
and that was their hatred and
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animosity against that one
little country, small enough
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to drive across in half an
afternoon, Israel, twice in
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their past nearly totally
destroyed and now once again,
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Israel is a nation and
practically the whole Christian
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world is looking to Israel
and the Middle East as a sign of
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the end of this world's
history. What is the truth about
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Israel in prophecy?
Let's pray together.
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O' Lord we are about to
open your word and once again
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we can't, we can't even begin
without asking you to open our
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eyes, open our minds,
open our hearts, let us see and
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understand and believe the
truth that you have for us in
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these last days Lord, we want
to understand the truth about
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Israel in prophecy and
the rebuilding of the Temple
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we ask it in Jesus name, Amen.
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Rabbi Tsion Ben Judah, was a
Jew who converted over to Jesus
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after the rapture of the church
published his ministry on the
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Internet was a major player in
the Tribulation Force intending
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to reap a harvest, a
soul harvest of 144,000 Jewish
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evangelists to cover the world
with the Gospel of Jesus Christ
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and to publish on the
Internet his interpretations of
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the Prophecies as way marks,
as signs for people to see how
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they were progressing through
the great tribulation. That's
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a major player in the novel
series Left Behind. In the end,
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the Left Behind series,
one of the greatest signs that
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the whole world was looking
to was to indicate the end of
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time was the rebuilding of the
temple in Jerusalem. And then
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the antichrist would come
and defile the temple that was
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rebuilt. It's interesting,
Left Behind is a novel, it says
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so on the back, a novel
of of the Earth's last days.
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Practically the whole world
is following the lead of this
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novel series. In fact its
supposed to be based on the
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Bible when I was, when I bought
this particular copy of the
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book, I was in the airport
and a lady saw me with it in my
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hand as I was up at the
cash register and she said, oh!
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That's a wonderful book, every
word is based on the Bible.
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I said is that so, said it
says here, that it's a novel,
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but every word is based on
the Bible, you see the problem
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is that sometimes it's difficult
to know where the truth ends
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and the novel begins and
so today following the lead of
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Left Behind and many of
the popular evangelists and
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teachers practically the whole
Christian World is looking to
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the Middle East, to
Jerusalem, to the Temple and
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the rebuilding of the temple.
Because you see in A.D. 70
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the temple was destroyed, the
temple was the focal point of
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Israel's worship, it was
the place where Israel met
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with God, it was the place
where sacrifices were offered
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that were pointing forward
to Jesus, but then in A.D. 70,
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Titus, a Roman General marched
into Jerusalem, he destroyed
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the temple and just as Jesus
said, there was not one stone
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left standing on another. And
then taking the lead from the
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prophet Amos in the 9th
Chapter, in the 11th Verse,
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in that day the last day I will
restore David's fallen tent,
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I will repair its broken
places, I'll restore its ruins
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and build it as it used to be
and once again the whole world
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is looking, waiting for
the rebuilding of the temple as
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a sign of the end of this
world's history. Only problem
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is that today there is a
Muslim mosque standing on the
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spot were the temple is
supposed to go. And the rumors
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and speculations run rapid
as to how will that temple be
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rebuilt when the mosque is
there because the Arabs are
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not that interested in tearing
down their mosque to build
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a Jewish temple. There is
much speculation today about men
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seeking for just the slightest
little clue as to how the
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rebuilding of the temple is
going to take place, but I'm
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telling you tonight its crystal
clear from the word of God that
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the building of the temple
is going on right now as we sit
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here this evening and I'm going
to prove it to you tonight.
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As I began to study this
subject, rebuilding of the
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temple, years ago I found a
couple of what I call curious
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Bible texts, you ever find
a text that you read and it's
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just curious what does it
mean and I found, let me share
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with you both of them in
Revelation the 2nd Chapter
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Verse 9, Revelation Chapter 2
Verse 9, this is in the letter
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to the church in Smyrna,
he says in the ninth Verse,
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I know the slander of those
who say that they are Jews,
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but they are not, they are
synagogue of Satan. Now that
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was curious to me, who would
say I am a Jew when he is not
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a Jew. In fact not only
is he not a Jew, but he is
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a synagogue of
Satan, interesting, because
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the synagogue is a temple.
Who would say I'm a Jew when
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he is the temple of Satan?
Another curious text in Romans,
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this one, this time in Romans
the second Chapter, Romans
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Chapter 2 Verse 28, a man
is not a Jew if he is only one
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outwardly, nor is circumcision
merely outward and physical.
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No, a man is a Jew if he is
one inwardly and circumcision is
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circumcision of the heart,
by the Spirit and not by the
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written code. A man is not a
Jew if he is only one outwardly
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in other words it means that
it's possible for a person to
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be a physical Jew, but not be
a Jew at all because he is not
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one inwardly, spiritually,
and not by the written code.
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What does it mean? A Jew who
isn't a Jew, one who says that
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he is a Jew when he is
not, circumcision that's not
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circumcision, could it be
that perhaps these curious texts
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are telling us that may be
we are missing something very,
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very important about Israel
in prophecy today? And so what
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I want to do is go back to the
beginning, all the way back to
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Genesis in the very beginning,
we are gonna go from Genesis
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all the way through the
Revelation tonight, we are
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gonna cover a lot of Bible,
a lot of texts, not a lot of
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stories, we are going to go
deep into God's word, so fasten
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your seat belts and hold
on, because you are going to get
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so excited, you want to just
join and jump up out of your
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seats when you see the truth
about Israel. Let's take a look,
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what does the Bible say,
the best kept secret about
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Israel in Bible Prophecy,
Genesis Chapter three, Genesis
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the 3rd Chapter the 15th Verse,
we read it last night, lets
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look at it again, because
I told you we'd finish it
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tonight. In the
3rd Chapter 15th Verse
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God speaking to the Serpent,
who had just deceived the woman
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and Adam into plunging the
world into the depths of sin
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and despair and God was
there with a promise, he said,
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I would put enmity between you,
the Serpent and the woman and
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between your offspring and
between hers and he will crush
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your head and you will strike
his heel. Now we learned last
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night that the Serpent is
the devil and the seed of the
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Serpent is not baby snakes
running around on the ground,
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but the seed of the Serpent
is those who choose to follow
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after the devil. The Serpent,
the seed of woman is the one
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who has a bruise on the heel
then we learned last night that
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this was Jesus, he received
a bruise on the heel when he
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died on the cross, but three
days later he was raised up
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again ascended to heaven
and he is going to come back
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according to this
prophecy and crush the head of
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the Serpent. And remember
all of the rest of the Bible
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from Genesis 3:15, all the
way to Revelation Chapter 22,
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all the rest of the
Bible unpacks this one
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prophecy, answering the
question, how is God going to
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eventually crush the
head of the Serpent through
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Jesus Christ. How is he
going to do it? We got a clue,
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didn't we last night? Remember
the Lord God in Verse 21:4,
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garments of skin for Adam and
Eve and clothe them with skin,
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for the first time, we see
for the first time in all of the
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Universe, in the history of
eternity for the first time,
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an innocent life, innocent
blood had to be shed in order
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to cover sinful human beings
and here was just a little
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glimpse into the future
of how God would be crushing
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the head of the Serpent.
The seed of the woman would
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crush the head of the Serpent.
Now when God made that promise
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to Adam and Eve in the Garden
of Eden, there was only one
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woman on the planet and
that was Eve. They took God
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literally and interpreted his
promise to mean that they would
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literally have a son and
their son would literally be
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the one to crush the head
of the Serpent. They took it
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literally and named their
son Cain. Because Cain means
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acquired and they
thought that they had acquired
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the fulfillment of the
promise, they thought Cain would
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crush the head of the Serpent,
but you know that tragic story,
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don't you? Cain failed.
He murdered his own brother.
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And then they began to
understand that that promise
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was not to be in fulfilled
literally, but in a different
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way. Genesis Chapter 12, we see
the seed again, in Genesis the
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12th Chapter the 1st Verse,
the Lord said to Abram, leave
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your country, your people and
your father's household and go
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to the land that I will
show you. I will make you into
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a great nation and I will
bless you and your name will
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be great and you will be a
blessing and underline this,
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in Verse 3, all of the
people on Earth will be blessed
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through you Abram, whose name
was later changed to Abraham.
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What a promise! Leave your
home, leave your country go to
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a place that I'll show you,
he didn't even know where he
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was going when he left, he
just knew God, trusted God,
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followed God, and then God said
all of the people on the Earth
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will be blessed through you.
Underline it. Remember that,
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we are going to come back to
it in a few moments. Verse 6,
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Abraham traveled
through the land. At that time,
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the Canaanites were living
in the land. Verse 7, the Lord
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appeared to Abraham and
he said, to your offspring,
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to your seed I will give this
land and there is the promise,
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two-fold promise. Abraham,
through you all the nations of
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the Earth would be blessed and
to your offspring I will give
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this land, the Bible says.
The problem was Abraham had
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no offspring, he had no seed,
he was almost 100 years old,
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his wife almost 100 years old,
couldn't have children there
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was no hope for them to have
an offspring that could become
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a mighty nation. So Abraham,
his wife Sarah began to discuss
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the matter. And they decided
that God needed a little help
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from them to fulfill this
prophecy. So, Sarah got the
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idea, look, I can't have babies
and you are getting old, we
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better do something pretty
quick here, why don't you just
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take my maid, why don't you
take my maid Hagar, you go with
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her and let her have a child
and then God can fulfill his
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promise, while it made sense
to Abraham. So, Hagar conceived
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gave birth to a son, Ishmael.
Now Abraham had a son, now
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Abraham had a descendant,
now Abraham had a seed, now God
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could fulfill his promise
through Ishmael that he made
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to Abraham, but God said no,
your wife Sarah will conceive
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and bear a son and I'll fulfill
my promise through him. And
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she did, miraculously, by the
power of the Holy Spirit, Isaac
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was born in a miraculous
way and God said I'll fulfill my
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promise through Isaac and not
Ishmael. Question, an important
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question, why? Why did God say
yes to Isaac and no to Ishmael?
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Ishmael was Abraham's
descendent, God said, Abraham
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through your seed all
the nations of the Earth will
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be blessed. Abraham, your
seed will possess the land and
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Ishmael was a seed of Abraham.
Just as much as Isaac was
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in fact he was the first born,
he was even more entitled to
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the rights that come as a
descendant of Abraham. So,
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why did God say no to Ishmael
and yes to Isaac? Can't you see
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that already here in the
Old Testament the Bible is
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giving us a glimpse of the
fact that when God said Abraham
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through you all the nations
on the Earth will be blessed,
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when God said Abraham your seed
will be possess this land, God
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meant something more than
simply being a flesh and blood
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descendent of Abraham. If that
was the only criteria then it
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should have been Ishmael. Well,
what about Ishmael? Already
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read it, look at it again,
Chapter 16, Verse 12, he will be
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a wild donkey of a man, his hand
will be against everyone, and
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everyone's hand against him
and he will live in hostility
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towards all of his brothers,
Ishmael became the father of
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the Arab race and Ishmael
was the father of the Arab race,
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Isaac the father of the Jewish
race. You see Abraham instead
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of trusting God to fulfill
his promise, instead of having
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faith in God to fulfill his
promise he did it his own way
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by his own works, instead
of faith and grace and living
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under the grace of God, he did
it by works and we are paying
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the price for that yet today,
because Ishmael and Isaac are
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still fighting today. Listen,
everyday the battle rages.
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Everyday you see the tanks
rumbling through the streets of
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Jerusalem, Bethlehem, Jenin
or wherever there are. Everyday
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you see the news of the war
in the Middle East, it should
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be a reminder that we
are saved by grace through
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faith in Jesus Christ
and not by works, everyday.
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Isaac married Rebekah and
Rebekah bore two sons, Jacob
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and Esau, twins born from
the same womb at the same time.
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And yet God said, no
to Esau. Yes to Jacob.
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Again, why? If the
promise that God made
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to Abraham and his seed was
simply literal physical, flesh
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and blood descendants of
Abraham, it should have been
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Esau, because even though they
were twins, he was born first.
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It should have been Esau.
The fact that God said no to
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Esau and yes to Jacob
proves that that promise was
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something more than
literal physical descendants of
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Abraham, has to be something
else. Jacob, wrestled with
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an angel at the river Jabbok
came as a result of that had
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a new born again conversion
type experience with God and
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so God gave him a new name
to match his new character.
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God named him Israel. Israel,
a name coined by God himself.
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Israel, a name that had
spiritual significance from
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its very beginning, a
name that symbolize a new walk
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with God, a new life with
God, a name that symbolizes
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the grace of God, Israel.
And his family began to grow
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until a drought came into
the land and Israel fled out of
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the land down into Egypt
where they were slaves of
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Pharaoh for over 400 years.
Now think about it. God said
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Abraham you and your seed will
possess the land forever, but
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400 years went by and
the seed of Abraham was in
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Egypt. How could they possess
the land? Something else has
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to be entering into the picture
here, we are gonna see it
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in a moment. After 400 years
God raised up a leader, a man,
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Moses who parted the waters
of the Red Sea miraculously by
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the power of the Holy Spirit,
lead God's people through
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the Red Sea, across the
Sinai Peninsula 40 years
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until finally there they
are standing on the bank of
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the Jordan river and God
gave Moses his final, his last
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message for the people
of Israel, before they cross
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the Jordan to take possession of
the land that hundreds of years
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ago God had promised Abraham
and Moses comes down among
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the people to preach his
farewell sermon because he did
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not cross over the river.
He did not take possession of
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the land himself in Moses,
in Deuteronomy, Chapter 28
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Verse 1, Moses said to
the people and I want you to
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notice the key phrase that
keeps recurring over and over
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again, if you fully obey
the Lord your God and follow
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all of his commandments that
I give you today, then the Lord
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your God will set you
high above all the nations of
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the Earth and all of these
blessings will come upon you
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and accompany you if you
obey the Lord, your God, five
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times in this passage he
says that you will be blessed,
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you'll be blessed in
the country, you will be
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blessed in the city,
the fruit of your womb,
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your babies will be blessed,
your crops will be blessed, your
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livestock will be blessed,
if you obey the commandments of
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the Lord your God. Says if
you obey my commands I'll gather
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you into the land, I will
bless you in every way, why?
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Why did God want to
gather Israel into the land and
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bless Israel? Because you
see God wanted all of the other
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nations of the Earth to look
at Israel and see that Israel
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was stronger, that Israel's
corn grew taller, that her
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cows got fatter, that her
babies didn't get sick and die,
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that Israel was a wealthy
nation, a powerful nation,
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and they would want to come
to Israel to find her secret
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and when they came to
Israel to find her secret, there
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they would meet Israel's
God and all the nations of
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the Earth would be blessed.
But there was another side
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to that promise, just
like a coin that has two sides,
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and God said in Verse 15,
however if you do not obey
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the Lord your God and carefully
follow all of his commands and
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decrees I'm giving you
today, all of these curses will
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overcome you and overtake
you, and he list all the curses,
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I won't go through them
all now, but in Verse 64 then
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the Lord your God,
will scatter you among all
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the nations of the Earth
from one end of the Earth
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to the other. Now think about
it, if you obey my commands
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I will gather you into the land
and I will bless you, but if
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you disobey my commands I
will scatter you among all
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the nations of the Earth
and you will be cursed. Now
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please understand that
the curse was just as much
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a promise from God as
the blessing was. But that
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wasn't the last that God had
to say through Moses, because
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in the 30th Chapter in Verse
1, he says that when you are
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scattered, when you
are scattered among all
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the nations of the Earth,
wherever the Lord your God
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disperses you among the nations,
in Verse 2 when you and your
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children return to the
Lord your God with all of your
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heart and all of your
soul according to everything
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I command you today, then
the Lord your God will restore
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your fortunes and gather you
again back into the land from
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which he is scattered.
Praise God, he gives us
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another chance. He said
look if you follow me, if you
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keep my commands, I
will gather you in the land,
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I'll pour out a blessing
on you, you will be a mighty
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nation, a powerful nation,
a wealthy nation, a healthy
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nation and all the nations
of the Earth will be blessed
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through you, but if you disobey
my commands, I will curse you
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and scatter you among
the nations of the Earth, but
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even then it isn't over
I'm going to give you another
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chance, if you disobey
and you are cursed and you are
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scattered among the nations,
then if you turn to me with
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all of your heart
and all of your soul.
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