Part 1 - God's Puzzle Solved

242 God’s Puzzle Solvedson, your only son: 17 That in blessing I will bless youand in multiplying I will multiply your seed as thestars of the heaven and as the sand which is upon thesea shore; and your seed shall possess the gate of hisenemies; 18 And in your seed shall all the nations of theearth be blessed; because you have obeyed my voice.Notice that “ 15 the angel of the Lord called to Abraham outof heaven the second time.” The first time, it was a physicalcovenant with physical promises of prosperity. Godis affirming all this. Remember how The Law requirestwo witnesses. The two witnesses here are 1) God and 2)the fact that God cannot lie. Combined, these are the twowitnesses, “By myself have I sworn, said the Lord, for becauseyou have done this thing.” The covenant is past history.Abraham’s covenant with circumcision is also pasthistory.The covenant with Abraham was based upon physicalpromises, which were The Land of Canaan, kingship, nationsand prosperity. Then God said, “ 17 That in blessingI will bless you and in multiplying I will multiply your seedas the stars of the heaven and as the sand which is upon thesea shore [this is the whole world]. 18 And your seed shallpossess the gate of his enemies [Israel will be the gatekeeperin New Jerusalem]. And in your seed shall all the nations ofthe earth be blessed; because you have obeyed my voice.”Abrahamic CovenantThe Abrahamic Covenant had two parts: 1) a physicalpart that required circumcision or physical works and 2)a spiritual part which never required works (absolutely