There is no
iota of Biblical truth that the Promised Land was for Jacob’s (Israel)
generations. Isaac; the forefather of the Jews was not even born when the
promise was made to Abraham and his son Ishmael. Abraham was 99 years old and
his son Ishmael was 13 years of age when they were circumcised (as a seal of
the covenant). The yet to be born Isaac was never a party to the covenant
in fact God who is the sole possessor of eternity did not even saw it fit to
wait until Isaac is born; a puzzle I cannot comprehend unless God meant it to
be for a reason.
THE BIBLE
Genesis 17:1 “I will establish
my covenant as an everlasting covenant between me and you and your descendants
after you for the generations to come, to be your God and the God of your
descendants after you. The whole land of Canaan where you are now an alien, I
will give as an everlasting possession to you and your descendants after you,
and I will be their God.”
Genesis 17:10 “This is my
covenant with you and your descendants after you; the covenant you are to keep:
every male among you shall be circumcised: you are to undergo circumcision, and
it will be the sign of the covenant between me and you.”
Genesis 17:23 “On that very day
Abraham took his son Ishmael and all those born in his household or bought with
his money every male in his household and circumcised them as God told him.”
Genesis 17:24 “Abraham was 99
years old when he was circumcised and his son Ishmael was 13. Abraham and his
son were both circumcised on that same day.”
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