Yes, He Really Means It!

Yes, He Really Means It!

Genesis 12: NKJV
I will bless those who bless you, And I will curse him who curses you;
And in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.

Bereishit Chapter 12: 3 Jewish Tanakh
And I will bless those who bless you, and the one who curses you I will curse, and all the families of the earth shall be blessed in you."
ג. וַאֲבָרֲכָה מְבָרְכֶיךָ וּמְקַלֶּלְךָ אָאֹר וְנִבְרְכוּ בְךָ
כֹּל מִשְׁפְּחֹת הָאֲדָמָה

   A couple weeks ago I wrote about a conditional promise from God.  He set the condition of: “IF My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways,” only then would He make good on His promise: “then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land.”  This promise hangs on an action on our part.
   In Genesis He gave a promise to Abraham that has no condition attached to it.  I have read and researched this pretty extensively over many years and no one can find a condition that this promise hangs on.  The best way to look at this promise is that God said it, and He really means it, and He’s going to do it.  So what’s this promise really say?
   In my opinion – and I stress this is my opinion, God watches over His people who are the descendants of Abraham and inherit the blessings bestowed on him by God.  I read an article recently about someone trying to make the blessings of Abraham apply to the Arabs who were descendants of Abraham through Ishmael.  But if you read the Biblical account of Abraham, this is not so.  God’s promises and blessings went from Abraham through Isaac and down to the Jewish people, not to the Arabic peoples.  And if that offends you, take it up with God, He wrote the book, I didn’t.
   And this promise is, again in my humble opinion, an important one to learn.  “I will bless them that bless you...” pretty straightforward here.  If you bless Abraham or his descendants, (the Jewish people,) He will bless you.  So if we as individuals or we collectively as a nation bless Israel, God will bless us.  Warning!  Brief history lesson here.  The United States was instrumental in the establishment of the nation of Israel after WW II.  We supported them and were the first to officially recognize them as a nation in 1948.  The history of the US shows how much we were blessed of God during the 50s through the 80’s.  Our support of Israel began to erode after 1988 and we as a nation have sunk into turmoil and degradation unseen in the world since the declining years of the Roman Empire.  Coincidence?  I doubt it.
   Here is where the second half of this promise comes into play.  “I will curse those who curse you.”  Again, pretty straightforward here.  If someone causes harm or withholds help to Abraham or his descendants, the Jewish people, God will bring a curse on them.
   Oh, come now Steve!  Really!  A curse from God - the loving Father Who loves us?  Yes, a curse from God, Himself.  Again, history will confirm this.
   Know someone who’s been to Egypt?  THE power in the known world.  Also known for its high level of knowledge and science.  And they blessed Israel for a season then enslaved them.  When they fell, they fell hard.
   Assyria, who attacked and enslaved the Ten Tribes of Israel, had an empire that stood for about 241 years.  They’re gone as well.
   Babylon’s army marched where it wanted to.  The world leader in culture and science in its time.  Today, Iraq is a poor, hurting nation.
   Persia overthrew Babylon and extended the borders.  They were experts in law and brought their unique government to thousands.  They began by blessing the Jews then turned against them.  Iran is a small country with many problems.  
   Greece conquered the known world and famous as the cradle of democracy and learning.  They, too, began to persecute the Jews and were conquered by a more barbaric people.
   Rome ruled from the Atlantic in the west to the Black Sea in the east and from Britain in the north to the sands of the Sahara desert in the south.  Check out a map and you won’t believe how big an empire they were, all without electricity or cell phones!  And they also cursed Israel.  Today, Rome is broken into dozens of pieces.
   Nazi Germany rose and their manufacturing was the world leader.  They had huge universities in Germany before WW II.  Then Hitler decided to exterminate the Jews.  God exterminated the Nazi leaders and their 1000 year Reich fell in 12 years of blood and destruction.
   The British boasted, “The sun never sets on the British Empire.”  What that meant was that Britain ruled colonies and protectorates around the world.  Today, it is nearly bankrupt and in turmoil and has been nearly overrun by Moslems and the Islamic influence.
   All these great powers have in common the fact they cursed the Jews.  Don’t take my word for it, look up the facts.  See how each treated the Jews, and learn from their example.  “I will bless them that bless you, and will curse them that curse you – and He really means it.
   I don’t think it’s too late for the USA to turn things around, but we are sliding over the edge and on the very brink of disaster.  I urge you to open your eyes to the danger we’re facing.  Turning our national policy against Israel is a poke in the eye of El Elyon, God Most High.  I would say, “God help us” if we do, but of course, He won’t.

  Stephen Cram                               September 4, 2011                 Colossians 2:8

Beware lest anyone cheat you through philosophy and empty deceit, according to the tradition of men, according to the basic principles of the world, and not according to Christ.  Colossians 2:8

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