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To: RJR_fan; Dr. Eckleburg; topcat54
The whole theme of the bible is the Plan of Salvation and who in it, inherits the spiritual blessings from God, not Abraham.

That line goes from Abraham to Christ, to Christ's people. the whole dna thing is so ridiculous as to be absurd to begin with. Abraham was a gentile, only God's Spirit made him any different to begin with.

then add to that all the descendents thru his other wives than Sarah, the concubines, etc, and you have a world full of people, the seeds and few of them are spiritual people, most today are probably Moslems.

and there's little "racial purity" in the line anyway. Joseph's wife was Egyptian, and here you have Ephraim inheriting a "double portion", and why? because he rec'd God's blessing, a spiritual blessing.

Ruth figures prominently in Christ's line, also a gentile. There are all sorts of wives from everywhere having children by the Israelites. by now, all of us in the world must be related somewhere by these people. then the whole world will have to be saved, if it's salvation by dna.

That is not what the bible teaches.

178 posted on 12/03/2010 12:38:21 PM PST by 1000 silverlings (everything that deceives, also enchants: Plato)
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To: 1000 silverlings

“... add to that all the descendents thru his other wives than Sarah, the concubines, etc, and you have a world full of people, the seeds and few of them are spiritual people, most today are probably Moslems.”

There is a very important Scriptural fact you ommitted:

“In Isaac shall your seed be called.”-Hebrews 11:18

Not through Ishmael as well.

The promises to Israel were to the seed of Isaac.-the Jews.

And they stiil are. Gentiles who have embraced the Jewish Messiah Yeshua [Jesus], have been grafted in, made partaker of the Salvation that Yeshua plainly says in John 4:22 is “of the Jews”.


189 posted on 12/03/2010 5:35:32 PM PST by Amerisrael
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