Israel: The Kingdom’s 42nd Immortal Generation
Today’s Focus: We are Israel Part 3: Parallels
Scripture: Psalm 80:8; Deuteronomy 6:13, 6:16; 8:3; John 15:1; Exodus 19:5,6
Greetings Kingdom Citizens
Let us continue looking at these parallels in scripture:
Wilderness Experience:
We know that the children of Israel, after being delivered from the hands of the Egyptians were in the wilderness for 40 years. In the wilderness the devil tempted them. Of course we know they continued to fall into sin at the hands of the tempter through false god worship. Now remember and this is important that they had the Law of Moses during their wilderness trial.
Spiritual Israel, Jesus was led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. Hmm, sounds familiar. After the 40 days fast, the Lord was tempted but instead of failing like physical Israel, Spiritual Israel passed all of the tests but this is what is unique about how the Lord passed the tests. Jesus quotes the Word of God to the devil from the very book that was given to the physical children of Israel, Deuteronomy. The scriptures quoted in Matthew 4 are Deuteronomy 8:3; 6:13 and 6:16.
The Vine:
In Psalm 80:8 Israel is called the vine that comes out of Egypt. In John 15:1, Jesus, Spiritual Israel says that He is the true vine
The Seed of Abraham
Isaiah 41:8: But thou, Israel art my servant Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend.
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
Galatians 3:29: And if ye be Christ’s then are ye Abraham’s Seed (Israel) and heirs according to the promise.
After all of these parallels that have been presented in these past messages there is overwhelming truths to the fact that since we are of Christ, then we are the children of Spiritual Israel. We are the chosen people of God because we have accepted the first covenant of promise that was made to Abraham and His seed who is Christ and all that call on the name of the Lord are beneficiaries of that covenant. Remember in Exodus 19:5,6 God said IF YOU OBEY MY VOICE AND KEEP MY COVENANT THEN. So this is a conditional scripture in the sense that if you do not obey His voice and keep His commandments then YOU ARE NOT HIS HOLY NATION OR KINGDOM OF PRIEST. To be an heir of the promise requires one to make Jesus Lord and believe that God has raised Him from the dead and be baptized by the Spirit in the Body of Christ.
We will continue to show the proof that we, as the sons of God, are the true Jews of God and the Spiritual Israel of God.
Peace, Love and Grace from the Father,
Calvin Calhoun, Jr.
