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LAND and
SEED
were
promised
to
GODS
PEOPLE!
The
FIRST
REFERENCE
to GOOD
NEWS of
redemption
was
given
immediately
after
the
Fall:
Gen.
3:15
And I
will put
enmity
between
thee and
the
woman,
and
between
thy seed
and her
seed; it
shall
bruise
thy
head,
and thou
shalt
bruise
his
heel.
The Word
of God
is full
of the
promise
that God
made to
His
people,
Israel
-- the
promise
of SEED
and LAND
are
inseparably
woven
throughout
the Old
Testament.
Consider
the
following,
by no
means an
exhaustive
collection;
however,
compelling
evidence
of Gods
promises
to
Israel:
Gen.
12:1
Now the
Lord had
said
unto
Abram,
Get thee
out of
thy
country,
and from
thy
kindred,
and from
thy
father's
house,
unto a
land
that I
will
show
thee:
2And I
will
make of
thee a
great
nation,
and I
will
bless
thee,
and make
thy name
great;
and thou
shalt be
a
blessing:
3And I
will
bless
them
that
bless
thee,
and
curse
him that
curseth
thee:
and in
thee
shall
all
families
of the
earth be
blessed.
Gen.
13:14
And the
Lord
said
unto
Abram,
after
that Lot
was
separated
from
him,
Lift up
now
thine
eyes,
and look
from the
place
where
thou art
northward,
and
southward,
and
eastward,
and
westward:
15For
all the
land
which
thou
seest,
to thee
will I
give it,
and to
thy seed
for
ever.
16And I
will
make thy
seed as
the dust
of the
earth:
so that
if a man
can
number
the dust
of the
earth,
then
shall
thy seed
also be
numbered.
17Arise,
walk
through
the land
in the
length
of it
and in
the
breadth
of it;
for I
will
give it
unto
thee.
Gen.
15:2
And
Abram
said,
Lord
GOD,
what
wilt
thou
give me,
seeing I
go
childless,
and the
steward
of my
house is
this
Eliezer
of
Damascus?
3And
Abram
said,
Behold,
to me
thou
hast
given no
seed:
and, lo,
one born
in my
house is
mine
heir.
4And,
behold,
the word
of the
Lord
came
unto
him,
saying,
This
shall
not be
thine
heir;
but he
that
shall
come
forth
out of
thine
own
bowels
shall be
thine
heir.
5And he
brought
him
forth
abroad,
and
said,
Look now
toward
heaven,
and tell
the
stars,
if thou
be able
to
number
them:
and he
said
unto
him, So
shall
thy seed
be. 6And
he
believed
in the
Lord;
and he
counted
it to
him for
righteousness.
7And he
said
unto
him, I
am the
Lord
that
brought
thee out
of Ur of
the
Chaldees,
to give
thee
this
land to
inherit
it.
Gen.
15:18
In the
same day
the Lord
made a
covenant
with
Abram,
saying,
Unto thy
seed
have I
given
this
land,
from the
river of
Egypt
unto the
great
river,
the
river
Euphrates:
Gen.
16:1
Now
Sarai
Abram's
wife
bare him
no
children:
and she
had an
handmaid,
an
Egyptian,
whose
name was
Hagar.
2And
Sarai
said
unto
Abram,
Behold
now, the
Lord
hath
restrained
me from
bearing:
I pray
thee, go
in unto
my maid;
it may
be that
I may
obtain
children
by her.
And
Abram
hearkened
to the
voice of
Sarai.
...4And
he went
in unto
Hagar,
and she
conceived:
and when
she saw
that she
had
conceived,
her
mistress
was
despised
in her
eyes....
7And the
angel of
the Lord
found
her ...
9 ...and
said
unto
her,
Return
to thy
mistress,
and
submit
thyself
under
her
hands.
10And
the
angel of
the Lord
said
unto
her, I
will
multiply
thy seed
exceedingly,
that it
shall
not be
numbered
for
multitude.
11And
the
angel of
the Lord
said
unto
her,
Behold,
thou art
with
child,
and
shalt
bear a
son, and
shalt
call his
name
Ishmael;
because
the Lord
hath
heard
thy
affliction.
12And he
will be
a wild
man; his
hand
will be
against
every
man, and
every
man's
hand
against
him; and
he shall
dwell in
the
presence
of all
his
brethren.
Gen.
17:8
And I
will
give
unto
thee,
and to
thy seed
after
thee,
the land
wherein
thou art
a
stranger,
all the
land of
Canaan,
for an
everlasting
possession;
and I
will be
their
God.
Gen.
17:15
And God
said
unto
Abraham,
As for
Sarai
thy
wife,
thou
shalt
not call
her name
Sarai,
but
Sarah
shall
her name
be.
16And I
will
bless
her, and
give
thee a
son also
of her:
yea, I
will
bless
her, and
she
shall be
a mother
of
nations;
kings of
people
shall be
of her.
17Then
Abraham
fell
upon his
face,
and
laughed,
and said
in his
heart,
Shall a
child be
born
unto him
that is
an
hundred
years
old? and
shall
Sarah,
that is
ninety
years
old,
bear?
18And
Abraham
said
unto
God, O
that
Ishmael
might
live
be-fore
thee!
19And
God
said,
Sarah
thy wife
shall
bear
thee a
son
indeed;
and thou
shalt
call his
name
Isaac:
and I
will
establish
my
covenant
with him
for an
everlasting
covenant,
and with
his seed
after
him.
20And as
for
Ishmael,
I have
heard
thee:
Behold,
I have
blessed
him, and
will
make him
fruitful,
and will
multiply
him
ex-ceedingly;
twelve
princes
shall he
beget,
and I
will
make him
a great
nation.
21But my
covenant
will I
establish
with
Isaac,
which
Sarah
shall
bear
unto
thee at
this set
time in
the next
year.
Gen.
22:17
That in
blessing
I will
bless
thee,
and in
multiplying
I will
multiply
thy seed
as the
stars of
the
heaven,
and as
the sand
which is
upon the
sea
shore;
and thy
seed
shall
possess
the gate
of his
enemies;
18And in
thy seed
shall
all the
nations
of the
earth be
blessed;
because
thou
hast
obeyed
my
voice.
Gen.
26:3
Sojourn
in this
land,
and I
will be
with
thee,
and will
bless
thee;
for unto
thee,
and unto
thy
seed, I
will
give all
these
countries,
and I
will
perform
the oath
which I
sware
unto
Abraham
thy
father;
4And I
will
make thy
seed to
multiply
as the
stars of
heaven,
and will
give
unto thy
seed all
these
countries;
and in
thy seed
shall
all the
nations
of the
earth be
blessed;
Gen.
35:10
And God
said
unto
him, Thy
name is
Jacob:
thy name
shall
not be
called
any more
Jacob,
but
Israel
shall be
thy
name:
and he
called
his name
Israel.
11And
God said
unto
him, I
am God
Almighty:
be
fruitful
and
multiply;
a nation
and a
company
of
nations
shall be
of thee,
and
kings
shall
come out
of thy
loins;
12And
the land
which I
gave
Abraham
and
Isaac,
to thee
I will
give it,
and to
thy seed
after
thee
will I
give the
land.
Gen.
48:3
And
Jacob
said
unto
Joseph,
God
Almighty
appeared
unto me
at Luz
in the
land of
Canaan,
and
blessed
me, 4And
said
unto me,
Behold,
I will
make
thee
fruitful,
and
multiply
thee,
and I
will
make of
thee a
multitude
of
people;
and will
give
this
land to
thy seed
after
thee for
an
everlasting
possession.
Ex.
32:11
And
Moses
besought
the Lord
his God,
and
said,
Lord,
why doth
thy
wrath
wax hot
against
thy
people,
which
thou
hast
brought
forth
out of
the land
of Egypt
with
great
power,
and with
a mighty
hand?
12Wherefore
should
the
Egyptians
speak,
and say,
For
mischief
did he
bring
them
out, to
slay
them in
the
mountains,
and to
consume
them
from the
face of
the
earth?
Turn
from thy
fierce
wrath,
and
repent
of this
evil
against
thy
people.
13Remember
Abraham,
Isaac,
and
Israel,
thy
servants,
to whom
thou
swarest
by thine
own
self,
and
saidst
unto
them, I
will
multiply
your
seed as
the
stars of
heaven,
and all
this
land
that I
have
spoken
of will
I give
unto
your
seed,
and they
shall
inherit
it for
ever.
Num.
34:1
And the
Lord
spake
unto
Moses,
saying,
2Command
the
children
of
Israel,
and say
unto
them,
When ye
come
into the
land of
Canaan;
(this is
the land
that
shall
fall
unto you
for an
inheritance,
even the
land of
Canaan
with the
coasts
thereof:)
Deut.
19:1
When the
Lord thy
God hath
cut off
the
nations,
whose
land the
Lord thy
God
giveth
thee,
and thou
succeedest
them,
and
dwellest
in their
cities,
and in
their
houses;...
8And if
the Lord
thy God
enlarge
thy
coast,
as he
hath
sworn
unto thy
fathers,
and give
thee all
the land
which he
promised
to give
unto thy
fathers...
Deut.
26:1
And it
shall
be, when
thou art
come in
unto the
land
which
the Lord
thy God
giveth
thee for
an
inheritance,
and
possessest
it, and
dwellest
therein;
2...thou
shalt
take of
the
first of
all the
fruit of
the
earth,
which
thou
shalt
bring of
thy land
that the
Lord thy
God
giveth
thee,
and
shalt
put it
in a
basket,
and
shalt go
unto the
place
which
the Lord
thy God
shall
choose
to place
his name
there.
Deut.
27:3
And thou
shalt
write
upon
them all
the
words of
this
law,
when
thou art
passed
over,
that
thou
mayest
go in
unto the
land
which
the Lord
thy God
giveth
thee, a
land
that
floweth
with
milk and
honey;
as the
Lord God
of thy
fathers
hath
promised
thee.
Josh.
23:5
And the
Lord
your
God, he
shall
expel
them
from
before
you, and
drive
them
from out
...; and
ye shall
possess
their
land, as
the Lord
your God
hath
promised
unto
you.
Neh.
9:32
Now
therefore,
our God,
the
great,
the
mighty,
and the
terrible
God, who
keepest
covenant
and
mercy,
let not
all the
trouble
seem
little
before
thee,
that
hath
come
upon us,
on our
kings,
on our
princes,
and on
our
priests,
and on
our
prophets,
and on
our
fathers,
and on
all thy
people,
since
the time
of the
kings of
Assyria
unto
this
day.
33Howbeit
thou art
just in
all that
is
brought
upon us;
for thou
hast
done
right,
but we
have
done
wickedly:
34Neither
have our
kings,
our
princes,
our
priests,
nor our
fathers,
kept thy
law, nor
hearkened
unto thy
commandments
and thy
testimonies,
wherewith
thou
didst
testify
against
them.
35For
they
have not
served
thee in
their
kingdom,
and in
thy
great
goodness
that
thou
gavest
them,
and in
the
large
and fat
land
which
thou
gavest
before
them,
neither
turned
they
from
their
wicked
works.
36Behold,
we are
servants
this
day, and
for the
land
that
thou
gavest
unto our
fathers
to eat
the
fruit
thereof
and the
good
thereof,
behold,
we are
servants
in it:
37And it
yieldeth
much
increase
unto the
kings
whom
thou
hast set
over us
because
of our
sins:
also
they
have
dominion
over our
bodies,
and over
our
cattle,
at their
pleasure,
and we
are in
great
distress.
Ezek.
37:24
And
David my
servant
shall be
king
over
them;
and they
all
shall
have one
shepherd:
they
shall
also
walk in
my
judgments,
and
observe
my
statutes,
and do
them.
25And
they
shall
dwell in
the land
that I
have
given
unto
Jacob my
servant,
wherein
your
fathers
have
dwelt;
and they
shall
dwell
therein,
even
they,
and
their
children,
and
their
children's
children
for
ever:
and my
servant
David
shall be
their
prince
for
ever.
26Moreover
I will
make a
covenant
of peace
with
them; it
shall be
an
everlasting
covenant
with
them:
and I
will
place
them,
and
multiply
them,
and will
set my
sanctuary
in the
midst of
them for
evermore.
Jer.
25:5
They
said,
Turn ye
again
now
every
one from
his evil
way...
and
dwell in
the land
that the
Lord
hath
given
unto you
and to
your
fathers
for ever
and
ever:
Jer.
30:3
For, lo,
the days
come,
saith
the
Lord,
that I
will
bring
again
the
captivity
of my
people
Israel
and
Judah,
saith
the
Lord:
and I
will
cause
them to
return
to the
land
that I
gave to
their
fathers,
and they
shall
possess
it.
Jer.
46:27
But fear
not
thou, O
my
servant
Jacob,
and be
not
dismayed,
O
Israel:
for,
behold,
I will
save
thee
from
afar
off, and
thy seed
from the
land of
their
captivity;
and
Jacob
shall
return,
and be
in rest
and at
ease,
and none
shall
make him
afraid.
28Fear
thou
not, O
Jacob my
servant,
saith
the
Lord:
for I am
with
thee;
for I
will
make a
full end
of all
the
nations...
but I
will not
make a
full end
of thee,
but
correct
thee in
measure;
yet will
I not
leave
thee
wholly
unpunished.
God has
never
taken
back His
promise
to His
people,
Israel.
Though
persecuted
more
than any
other
people
who have
ever
lived,
they
have
been
preserved
these
4,000
years.
God has
a
wonderful
plan for
them;
the
culmination
of His
covenant
with
their
father,
Abraham.
We are
seeing
it
unfolding
in these
last
days!
Jesus,
the
Messiah,
said,
This
generation
[of
Israel,
the seed
of
Abraham]
shall
not pass
away
till all
these
things
be
fulfilled
(Matthew
24:34).
If you
would
like
further
information
or would
like to
discuss
this
further,
feel
free to
contact
us:
Redwood
Christian
Center
6869
Highway
9,
Felton,
Calif.
(Mail:
P.O. Box
296,
Felton,
CA
95018)
831/464-0314
E-mail:
RichTofCA@charter.net
Pastor
Dick
Tennesen,
Spring,
2002
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