Hello everybody, it's ministertell23 back with another video. This is the second video in the
series where I talk about commonly misunderstood, misused, twisted,
misinterpreted scriptures. Last time I talked about Acts 2 38. Today I'm going
to be talking about Genesis chapter 12 verse 3. It says,
And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee. And in thee
shall all families of the earth be blessed. Now this passage, this verse
right here, is used by people to try and say that America and everybody in
America and all the Christians here need to bless the modern-day nation of Israel
established in 1948. And they teach, people like John Hagee and so on, they
teach that you need to support Zionism, you need to support Israel, and you need
to bless their nation, bless their people, and you will receive blessings
yourself and your nation will be blessed. First of all, I want to make the point
that this promise is not being made to Israel or to the nation of Israel, it's
being made on to Abraham. It's said unto Abraham. It says in Genesis 12 verse 1,
only two verses earlier, Now the Lord had said unto Abraham, Get thee out of thy
country and from thy kindred and from thy father's house unto a land that I
will show thee. So God is talking to Abraham, he's not talking to Israel or
making a promise about Israel. Promises later did come to the nation of Israel
in the Bible, but the blessings and the promises that were given to them were
conditional upon following after God. It says in Deuteronomy chapter 28 verse 1
to 2, And it shall come to pass if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice
of the Lord thy God to observe and to do all his commandments which I command
thee this day, that the Lord thy God will set thee on high above all nations of
the earth and all these blessings shall come on thee and overtake thee if thou
shalt hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God. And in Deuteronomy chapter 28
verse 15, it says, But it shall come to pass if thou wilt not hearken
unto the voice of the Lord thy God to observe to do all his commandments and
his statutes which I command thee this day, that all these curses shall come
upon thee and overtake thee. So in Deuteronomy chapter 28 it says that the
curses and blessings which come upon Israel are conditional upon whether or
not they follow after God, whether or not they put their faith in God and do God's
commandments. In Romans chapter 2 verse 8 to 11 it says, But unto them that are
contentious and do not obey the truth but obey unrighteousness, indignation and
wrath, tribulation and anguish upon every soul of man that doeth evil of the Jew
first and also of the Gentile, but glory honor and peace to every man that worketh
good to the Jew first and also to the Gentile, for there is no respect of
persons with God. God is not a respecter of persons, there's no special treatment
of the physical nation of Israel just because they're the physical nation of
Israel. The New Testament teaches also that the physical Israel has no real
meaning but that it's through faith that every nation receives the blessings and
becomes of Israel. In Romans chapter 9 verse 6 it says, For they are not all
Israel which are of Israel. In Galatians chapter 3 verse 7 and 9 it says, Know ye
therefore that they which are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham. And
the scripture foreseeing that God would justify the heathen through faith
preached before the gospel unto Abraham saying, In thee shall all nations be
blessed. So then they which be of faith are blessed with
faithful Abraham. So this refers back to Genesis chapter 12 verse 3 and also
Genesis 18 18 which says, All nations of the earth shall be blessed in him.
Referring to Abraham. It's not about Israel but it's about Abraham and his
seed. It says also in Galatians 3 16, Now to Abraham and his seed were the
promises made. He saith not and to seeds as of many but as of one and to thy seed
which is Christ. Acts 3 25 says, Ye are the children of the prophets and of the
covenant which God made with our fathers saying unto Abraham, And in thy
seed shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed. So it's referring of course
to Abraham and his seed referring to Jesus Christ. Those who are of those who
are the heathen those are of the other nations apart from Israel but who put
their faith in Jesus Christ and are thus saved are the true Israel. They become
Israel and it teaches this also in Romans chapter 2 verse 28 to 29 where it
says that that he is not a Jew who's so outwardly and also in 1st Peter chapter
2 verse 9 to 10 which says, But ye are a chosen generation a royal priesthood a
holy nation a peculiar people that ye should show forth the praises of him who
hath called you out of darkness into his marvelous light which in time past were
not a people but are now the people of God which had not obtained mercy but now
have obtained mercy. Now it's referring to the people who in time past were not
a people because they're from all nations. They're people from all nations
the Gentiles and the Jews who have come together in faith in God in faith in
Jesus Christ and have become a holy nation unto God. So it has nothing to do
with the physical nation of Israel and has especially nothing to do with the
modern-day nation of Israel which wasn't even around at that time and had nothing
to do with what promises were made to Abraham. So when God said that whoever
blesses thee will be blessed or whoever curses thee will be cursed it has nothing
to do with Israel has to do with Abraham and the promises are given to Abraham
and his seed those who put faith in Jesus Christ those who actually follow
after Jesus Christ not the unbelieving Jews in the nation of Israel today but
the people who are of the church people who believe in Christ they are made the
children of Abraham they are made they are given the promises of Israel they
become of Israel so that's what Genesis chapter 12 verse 3 and verses like it
are teaching it has nothing to do with the modern-day nation of Israel. So thank
you everybody for watching. Goodbye.