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Noah and the beginning
of three basic streams of mankind
Genesis 9:24 When
Noah awoke from his wine and found out what his youngest
son had done to him, 25 he said, "Cursed be Canaan! The lowest of slaves
will he be to his brothers." 26 He also said, "Blessed be the LORD, the God
of Shem! May Canaan be the slave of Shem. 27 May God extend the territory
of Japheth; may Japheth live in the tents of Shem, and may Canaan be his
slave." NIV |
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Jehovah visited Abraham
in his tent
Genesis 18:1-2 The LORD
appeared to Abraham near the great trees of Mamre while
he was sitting at the entrance to his tent in the heat of the day. 2 Abraham
looked up and saw three men standing nearby. 8 He then brought some curds
and milk and the calf [not quite kosher according to Rabbis] that had been
prepared, and set these before them. While they ate, he stood near them under
a tree. 9 "Where is your wife Sarah?" they asked him.
"There, in the tent," he said. 10 Then the LORD said, "I will surely return
to you about this time next year, and Sarah your wife will have a
son."NIV
Jehovah created a
people (his hometeam) in their own land (home stadium)
2 Samuel 7:23 And who
is like your people Israel--the one nation on earth that God went out to
redeem as a people for himself, and to make a name
for himself, and to perform great and awesome wonders by driving
out nations and their gods from before your people, whom
you redeemed from Egypt? 24 You have established your people Israel as your
very own forever, and you, O LORD, have become their God. |
(1) A People
to bring forth (and test) the Laws for the game of Life and
Salvation
Psalms 147:19 He has
revealed his word to Jacob, his laws and decrees to
Israel
Isaiah 2:3 " The law will go out from Zion, the word of the LORD from
Jerusalem."
Isaiah 12:6 Shout aloud and sing for joy, people of Zion, for great is
the Holy One of Israel among you.
Romans 9:4 The people of Israel. Theirs is the adoption as sons; theirs the
divine glory, the covenants, the receiving of the law, the temple worship
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(2) A People to be
Jehovah household
Exodus 25:8 "Then have
them make a sanctuary for me, and I will dwell among them.
9 Make this tabernacle and all its furnishings exactly like the pattern I
will show you. Exodus 26:7 "Make curtains of goat hair for the tent over
the tabernacle--eleven altogether.
Exodus 27:21 In the Tent of Meeting, outside the curtain that is in front
of the Testimony, Aaron and his sons are to keep the lamps burning before
the LORD from evening till morning. This is to be a lasting ordinance among
the Israelites for the generations to come.
2 Samuel 7:6 I have not dwelt in a house from the day I brought
the Israelites up out of Egypt to this day. I have been moving from place
to place with a tent as my dwelling. NIV
Psalm 78:59 When God heard them, he was very angry; he rejected Israel
completely. 60 He abandoned the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent he had
set up among men. NIV |
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(3) God
(Messiah) on earth as a Jew
Genesis 49:10
The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the ruler's staff from between
his feet, until he comes to whom it belongs and the obedience of the nations
is his
Isaiah 11:1 A shoot will come up from the stump of Jesse; from his
roots a Branch will bear fruit.
Isa 49:6 "It is too small a thing for you to be my servant to restore
the tribes of Jacob and bring back those of Israel I have kept.I will also
make you a light for the Gentiles, that you may bring my salvation to the
ends of the earth." NIV
Jeremiah 23:5 "The days are coming," declares the LORD, "when I will
raise up to David a righteous Branch, a King who will reign wisely and do
what is just and right in the land
Micah 5:2 "But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, though you are small among
the clans of Judah, out of you will come for me one who will be ruler over
Israel, whose origins are from of old, from ancient times.
Romans 1:3 Regarding his Son, who as to his human nature was a descendant
of David
Romans 9:5 Theirs are the patriarchs, and from them is traced the
human ancestry of Christ, who is God over all, forever praised! Amen.
Hebrews 7:14 For it is clear that our Lord descended from Judah, and
in regard to that tribe Moses said nothing about priests.
Revelation 5:5 Then one of the elders said to me, "Do not weep! See,
the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has triumphed. He is able
to open the scroll and its seven seals.
Revelation 22:16 "I, Jesus, have sent my angel to give you this testimony
for the churches. I am the Root and the Offspring of David, and the bright
Morning Star. |
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(4) Messiah to
rule the world from Jerusalem (Zion)
Psalms 2:6 "I
have installed my King on Zion, my holy hill... 12 Kiss the Son, lest he
be angry and you be destroyed in your way, for his wrath can flare up in
a moment. Blessed are all who take refuge in him
Isa 24:23 "…the LORD of hosts shall reign in Mt. Zion, and in
Jerusalem…"
Jer. 3:17 "At that time they shall call Jerusalem the throne of the
Lord: and all the nations shall be gathered unto it, to the name of the Lord,
to Jerusalem…"
Romans 15:12 And again, Isaiah says, "The Root of Jesse will spring
up, one who will arise to rule over the nations; the Gentiles will hope in
him.
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Our earthly
Bodies are Tents
Isaiah 38:12 Like
a shepherd's tent my house has been pulled down and taken from me. Like
a weaver I have rolled up my life, and he has cut me off from the loom; day
and night you made an end of me. NIV
2 Corinthians 5:1 Now we know that if the earthly tent we live in
is destroyed, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not
built by human hands. NIV |
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Restoration
of Israel
Isaiah 54:1 "Sing,
O barren woman, you who never bore a child; burst into song
(Jerusalem), shout for joy, you who were never in labor; because more
are the children of the desolate woman than of her who has a husband," says
the LORD. 2 "Enlarge the place of your tent,
stretch your tent curtains wide, do not hold back; lengthen your cords,
strengthen your stakes. 3 For you will spread out to the right and to the
left; your descendants will dispossess nations and settle in their desolate
cities. NIV
Amos 9:11 "In that day I will restore David's fallen tent.
I will repair its broken places, restore its ruins, and build it as it used
to be, 12 so that they may possess the remnant of Edom and all the nations
that bear my name," declares the LORD, who will do these things. NIV
Acts 15:15 The words of the prophets are in agreement with this, as
it is written: 16 "'After this I will return and rebuild David's fallen
tent. Its ruins I will rebuild, and I will restore it, 17 that the remnant
of men may seek the Lord, and all the Gentiles
who bear my name, says the Lord, who does these things' NIV
Acts 15:16 'Afterwards' [says the Lord ], 'I will return and renew
the broken contract with David, 17 so that Gentiles, too, will find the Lord-all
those marked with my name.' TLB
Genesis 18:18 Abraham will surely become a great and powerful nation,
and all nations on earth will be blessed through him.
Galations 3:8 The Scripture foresaw that God would justify the Gentiles
by faith, and announced the gospel in advance to Abraham: "All nations will
be blessed through you." NIV |
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(1) The role of the
Jews territorially and spiritually
John 4:4 Now he had to
go through Samaria. 5 So he came to a town in Samaria called Sychar, near
the plot of ground Jacob had given to his son Joseph. 6
Jacob's well was there, and Jesus, tired as he
was from the journey, sat down by the well. It was about the sixth hour.
Note the specific mention of it being
near a plot Jacob had given to to his son Joseph, implying it was his to
give. The relevance is that the blessing Jehovah said Abraham will be for
the nations is not just spiritual (...salvation is from the Jews - verse
22 below), but also territorial:
Deut 32:8 "When
the Most High gave the nations their inheritance, When He separated the sons
of man, He set the boundaries of the peoples According to the number of the
sons of Israel. NAS
Therefore nations' possession of land
depends on the way they treat Israel and is it the God of Israel's sovereign
right to increase Israel's blessings as he pleases.
Joel 3:19 But
Egypt will be desolate, Edom a desert waste, because of violence done to
the people of Judah, in whose land they shed innocent blood.
Isaiah 10:13 "By
the strength of my hand I have done this, and by my wisdom, because I have
understanding. I removed the boundaries of nations, I plundered their treasures;
like a mighty one I subdued their
kings."
Isaiah 61:7 Instead of their shame my people will receive a double portion,
and instead of disgrace they will rejoice in their inheritance; and so they
will inherit a double portion in their land, and everlasting joy will be
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(2) The
irrelevance of tradition in
salvation
Jesus first of all broke with tradition
in speaking to a Samaritan. It is clear also, from other instances where
he acted unconventionally, that he forcefully showed the people that salvation
cannot be attained through legalism. His saying to the woman
"If you knew the gift
of God and who it is that asks you for a drink," points to the
first step that needs to be taken to be saved: YOU HAVE TO MEET THE ONE WHO
CAN SAVE YOU! One cannot be saved by being part of a religion by birth, rituals,
pilgrimages, feasts, formal conversion, "trying to keep laws, studying at
a seminary, yeshivah, etc.
7 When a
Samaritan woman came to draw water, Jesus said to
her, "Will you give me a drink?" 8 (His disciples had gone into the town
to buy food.) 9 The Samaritan woman said to him, "You are a Jew and I am
a Samaritan woman. How can you ask me for a drink?" (For Jews do not associate
with Samaritans.) 10 Jesus answered her, "If you knew the gift of God and
who it is that asks you for a drink, you would have asked him and he would
have given you living water." 11 "Sir," the woman said, "you have nothing
to draw with and the well is deep. Where can you get this living water? 12
Are you greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well and drank from
it himself, as did also his sons and his flocks and herds?"
Ps 36:7 How precious is your constant love, O God! All humanity takes refuge
in the shadow of your wings. 8 You feed them with blessings from your own
table and let them drink from your rivers of delight. 9 For you are the
Fountain of life; our light is from your light. 10 Pour out your unfailing
love on those who know you**! Never stop giving your blessings to
those who long to do your will.** TLB ** Shows that God's love
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(3) The
PRICE of salvation
After meeting the Savior personally,
there is a price to pay in the form of recognition of guilt, repentance and
a willingness to norms that conform to scripture and spiritually
correct norms - even of nature. In Jeremiah
31:31-33 we see that these norms is called a New
Covenant. In the woman's case a major change to acquire the "living water"
Jesus could give her, was to confess that her "free love" lifestyle was wrong
and needed to change.
13 Jesus answered, "Everyone
who drinks this water will be thirsty again, 14 but whoever drinks the water
I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in
him a spring of water welling up to eternal life." 15 The woman said to him,
"Sir, give me this water so that I won't get thirsty and have to keep coming
here to draw water." ...22 You Samaritans worship what you do not know; we
worship what we do know, for salvation is from the Jews. NIV
Jer 31:36 "I am as likely
to reject my people Israel as I am to do away with these laws of
nature! TLB
Romans 1:18 The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven
against all the godlessness and wickedness of men who suppress the truth
by their wickedness, 19 since what may be known about God is plain to them,
because God has made it plain to them. 20 For since the creation of the world
God's invisible qualities-his eternal power and divine nature-have been clearly
seen, being understood from what has been made, so that men are without
excuse. NIV |
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