><>...Greetings Robert...><>
Gen 17:4-7
4 As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations.
5 Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made thee.
6 And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will make nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee.
7 And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee.
Let it be noted that this covenant it is said it Hebrews 6:13-20 that because God had sworn to it by an oath and because God cannot lie, the covenant is immutable.
This covenant was unalterable, unchangeable, and everlasting, which means it must still exist today. Read the entire covenant in Gen. Chapter 17. You will find that it not only concerned the ownership of all the Land from the river Euphrates to the river Nile, but, overshadowing all else, it was a covenant "to be unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, in their generation for ever and ever.
Note that the covenant was made not only with Abraham for his lifetime, but also with his seed forever, through Isaac (Gen.17:8-24 and Rom.9:7-9)and through Isaac's son Jacob.
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The covenant which you speak of is a national covenant which was conditional, and not the Abrahamic covenant which was not conditional.
At Mount Sinai, God gave His people a code of laws, Statutes, judgments,
commandments and ordinances (the latter ceased with the crucifixion and resurrection of
our Lord Jesus Christ) by which His kingdom on earth would be administered.
The people of Mt. Sinai entered into a solemn covenant with their God and King, for
they said."All that the Lord has spoken we will do" (Ex.24:7-8)..That is the First
National Covenant and must not be confused with the Abrahamic Covenant!
Here God has laid before His people the conditions of this national covenant.If they
keep His laws blessed would they be in all their undertakings, blessed in the city and
blessed in the field, and so on and so on...
But if they did not keep those laws then the opposite would be the result....All their
undertakings would be cursed, their crops would fail,disease in the cattle and in their
own bodies, poverty and sickness would overtake them and their enemies would
overtake them in battle....Deut.28 And Lev.26
Here God warned Israel that if they persisted in breaking His laws, not only would
curses come upon them He would punish them for seven times, ( a time being 360 yrs.,
seven times would be 2520 yrs.) AND wouldbanish them among the heathens (like
lost sheep) Lev.26:28-46
For many years all went well, but soon they began to tire and wanted to be like other
peoples. First they wanted an earthly king and God said that although in doing so, they
had rejected Him, He would give them permission (1 Sam. 8:7-22) Saul was then
appointed as Israel's first earthly king.
He was removed sometime later because of sin, and God Himself appointed David (of
the tribe of Judah) to be king over all Israel. God then established the Throne of David
FOREVER...(2 Sam.7:11-17 and Psalm 89:3-4) making an everlasting Covenant with
David that his throne and his house would endure forever and that there would
always be one of David's seed of lineage to reign upon that throne over the House of
Israel for Ever. (Jer> 33:17-26)...The throne would endure as long as the sun and the
moon endured in the heavens.(Ps.89:29-37)
So we have:
1. The everlasting Covenant made with Israel forever, through their forefathers
Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, who is now called Israel.
2.The Kingdom of Israel established for ever.
3. The throne of the House of david established as the Monarchical system over the
House of Israel forever.
So the House of Israel, the throne of David, and the Everlasting Covenant must be in
existence today.
Have a good evening Robert
Shalom...><>
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