Rajinder Nijjhar
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Hi Brethren,
Abram = Adam, Sarah = Eve and the Promised Land = Garden of Eden living in the company of?
Abram = Adam, Sarah = Eve and the Promised Land = Garden of Eden living in the company of?
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Hi Brethren,
Abram = Adam, Sarah = Eve and the Promised Land = Garden of Eden living in the company of?
If everyone is descended from Adam, then shouldn't everyone be the chosen people?
I agree with the ^ above^, and I find that 1 John 1:7 shows Jesus did die for everyone descended from father Adam and mother Eve ( that's us). However, because some will end up rejecting Jesus (Hebrews 6:4-6; Matthew 12:32) is why Matthew 20:28 says that Jesus' ransom (his life for us) covers MANY and does Not say all.
Unlike faithful Abraham (Abram) and unfaithful Adam, unlike faithful Sarah and unfaithful Eve, Unfaithful Adam and Eve lost the promised land ( to live forever on Earth )starting in a beautiful paradisical Garden of Eden.
Whereas with faithful Abraham and faithful Sarah God promised through them the Earth becoming a Promised Land ( a land meaning an Earth flowing with milk and honey ). Mankind will see the return of the Genesis ' tree of life ' on Earth for the 'healing' of earth's nations as promised at Genesis 12:3; Genesis 22:18; Revelation 22:2.
I'd rather not thanks.Hi Brethren,
Abram = Adam, Sarah = Eve and the Promised Land = Garden of Eden living in the company of?
It really is just a lot of self-serving anthropomorphic drivel, ain't it?I'd rather not thanks.
Hi Brethren,
Abram = Adam, Sarah = Eve and the Promised Land = Garden of Eden living in the company of?
If everyone is descended from Adam, then shouldn't everyone be the chosen people?
Crazy but somewhat amusing.It really is just a lot of self-serving anthropomorphic drivel, ain't it?
What about the people living between Adam & Jesus, Why didn't God hang himself on the tree of good & evil in Eden instead of waiting 4000 years?
I'd rather not thanks.
It was not just talking about the Earth as a whole, but to a specific region, the land of Canaan ( Gen 12:5) , for these 'special chosen people' to live in that region, those Canaanite people had to be evicted and till this day, Canaanite-Philistine people are still being evicted. ( crime, born in the wrong place syndrome)
Hi Brethren,
Abram = Adam, Sarah = Eve and the Promised Land = Garden of Eden living in the company of?
If you were granted a house, but it took you many years before you could occupy it, does that mean the house is Not yours. We might Not have all the details about that 'land flowing with milk and honey' that belonged to the Israelites, but that land (house) was theirs. I think we can trust that under Messiah's coming 1,000-year governmental rule over Earth that all things will be taken care of because as Revelation 22:2 says there will be 'healing' for earth's nations.
I agree.
The "promished land" is a concept which stems from the Creation Story (of which there are numerous cultural tellings besides the biblical one) but it is misused as an religious and political excuse for overtaking land which belongs to other cultures.
The mythical telling of "Eden" really counts for ALL human beings and the creation of everything in the ancient known world picture, and this is made by the same divine forces for ALL human beings, no matter what these deities are named in different cultures.
If Canaan belonged to Israelis then where do the Canaanites belong?
Where these 'Israelis' self-hating Canaanites, ethnically, they are Canaanites with a Canaanite language worshipping Canaanite deities ( El & Yahweh), Israeli archaeologically is unable to distinguish 'Canaanite' with 'Israelite' and there was never an ethnically distinct “Canaanite” population that the “Israelites” displaced.
Zionism is an invalid claim.
If Canaan belonged to Israelis then where do the Canaanites belong?
Where these 'Israelis' self-hating Canaanites, ethnically, they are Canaanites with a Canaanite language worshipping Canaanite deities ( El & Yahweh), Israeli archaeologically is unable to distinguish 'Canaanite' with 'Israelite' and there was never an ethnically distinct “Canaanite” population that the “Israelites” displaced.
Zionism is an invalid claim.
You might want to reread the history. I strongly recommend it.
Abraham came from Ur. His male descendants Isaac & Jacob did not even take a wife from the Canaanites. The Israelites displaced all the people in the promised land. The Israelites were/are not Canaanites. One reason why the countries around Israel hate Israelites is because the Israelites took the land of Israel from them.