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Originally Posted by mfblume
Do you think that Israel can be blessed naturally with the promise in Gen 12 of whoever blesses them will be blessed, even though Paul said those under the law are under a curse? Could that mean Israel cannot even be blessed naturally while under Law since Christ came or only not blessed spiritually?
I am wondering if Paul meant they were blessed naturally before the cross, but upon rejection of Christ they lost even the natural blessings since they chose to retain law-keeping at a time when law-keeping ended at the cross.
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From what I read in the Word which could be documented in many places, the promise to Abraham and his seed was both natural and spiritual. This is seen as God called Abraham's attention to both the stars of the heaven and the sands of the sea. One is spiritual seed as understood by the heavenly stars and the natural seed as understood being earthly sand of the sea.
There is blessing conferred upon Abraham's seed in both instances, one is spiritual or heavenly and the other is natural or earthly. It seems that the blessings upon natural Israel is perpetual since the words "unto all generations" is used in conjunction with both a command and blessings...the great distress and desolation of the Jewish nation notwithstanding.
It seems that both distress and blessings are in view and seemingly a paradox. But, consider what would have happened to the Jews by now had the blessings of Abraham in the natural sense had not been conferred upon them. No other blood line or nation of people has been able to exist through the generations as they have. Any other people would have long ago been lost into almost oblivion. Not only have the people been preserved and watched over, but so has their customs, laws, language, and religion. Now, their land has been restored since 1948. Nothing short of a miracle of the Phoenix can anything else be so compared. It must be the fulfillment of Ezekiel's vision of the valley of dry bones.
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