Yahweh's promise to Abraham was

Answer 1

God promised Abraham that he (Abraham) would have descendants that were as many as the stars! Isn't that the truth! Answer: And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written,

1. Abraham was promised a countless progeny(Genesis 12:3; 15:5);

2. This promise was given to Isaac (Genesis 26:2-5);

3. To Jacob (Genesis 28:3);

4. To Joseph (Genesis 48:3,4);

5. To Ephraim (Genesis 48:13-20);

6. Ephraim was Jacob's firstborn heir (Deuteronomy 21:17; 1 Chronicles 5:1,2;Ezekiel 37:19);

7. Ephraim's seed was to become "melo hagoyim" meaning "a fullness of gentiles" (Genesis 48:19; Romans 11:25; Isaiah 8:14); the word fullness is also used in Psalm 24:1;

8. Israel was divided into Two Houses - Ephraim/Israel and Judah (1 Kings 1:11; 11:31-35; 12:15 - "the cause was from the Yahweh"; 12:24 "for this thing is from Me");

9. Ephraim was later sent into captivity in Assyria for their idolatry (2 Kings17:6-18,24; 1 Chronicles 5:25,26; 1 Kings 14:15);

10.Ephraim became "LoAmmi" - meaning "not a people" (Hosea 1:9) and was swallowed up among all nations. Thus they lost touch with their Yisraelite identity.

11.Yisrael is forever chosen to choose; they must choose to follow the Holy One of Yisrael (Deuteronomy 28:1-68; 30:19; Joshua 24:15 );

12.There is an eternal call on all descendants of Yisrael; the facts about one's biological heritage cannot be changed based on one's faith [or even a lack thereof] (Exodus 19:4-6; Deuteronomy 4:37; 7:6,8; 10:15; Jeremiah 31:37;33:25,26; Romans 11:28,29);

13.Though scattered, like Judah, Ephraimites continue to be physical Israelites (Jeremiah 31:20; 2 Kings 17:23; Daniel 9:7; Ephesians 2:17; Hosea 5:3; 8:8; Amos 9:9; Jeremiah 31:20);

14.Ephraim has been "lost" to, or ignorant of, his Yisraelite heritage (Hosea 1:6; 3:4; 31:18,19);

15.As to Ezra's sacrifice for "all' Yisrael. "all" defines those present, and does not serve to prove that all biological Yisraelites were there (Ezra 8:25; 1 Kings 12:20);

16.Reunited Yisrael will be sinless, will not be uprooted from the Land, and Yahshua will reign over them (Isaiah 11:11-14; Jeremiah 3:14-18; 50:4,5,20; Zechariah 8:3,7,13; 9:13; 10:7,8,10; Hosea 11:10; Obadiah 1:18; Ezekiel 37:22-26; Isaiah 27:9;)

17.Ephraim and Judah are Yehowah's Two Chosen Families (Jeremiah 33 23-26);

18.The Chosen people of Yisrael are Yehowah's witnesses (Isaiah 43:8-13; 44:8);

19.Yehowah divided His witnesses into Two Houses (2 Chronicles 11:4; Revelation 11:3,4; Zechariah 4:11,14);

20.Messiah Yahshua is also called Yisrael (Isaiah 42:6,7; 49:1-6; Matthew 2:15);

21.Yahshua made His Brit Hadashah with the children of Yisrael

22.Yahshua has one flock and He is one with the Father; together They have one people (Matthew 2:6; 15:24; John 10:16, 27-30; 17:11, 20,21; Ezekiel 34:11-16);

23.In ancient Yisrael foreigners joined Yisrael by observing circumcision, Passover and sojourning; thereafter they were considered as natives of the Land (Leviticus 19:34; Numbers 9:14; 15:15,16; Deuteronomy 18: 15-19; Isaiah 56:3,6-8; Ezekiel 47:23);

24.Yisrael's three citizenship rules were continued in the Brit Hadashah Yisrael as (A) circumcision of the heart, (B) Yahshua's Passover of Bread and Wine and (C) living in harmony with those of His Kingdom (Matthew 21:43; Luke 12:32; 22:30; John 1:29; Acts 1:6; 1 Peter 1:1,2; 2:9; Hebrews 7:12, 27; 9:12; 10:10; 1 Corinthians 5:7; Revelation 3:20; Jeremiah 4:4;Acts 15:21; Jeremiah 31:33; Ephesians 2:11-22);

25.In the Brit Hadashah non-Jewish believers are considered to be "former gentiles". They are no longer "heathens" but instead are Israelites (Ephesians 2:11-22);

26.The "Assembly" or "ekklesia" was in the wilderness and therefore cannot be "separate from Yisrael" as is often taught (Acts 7:38; Hebrews 4:2);

27.Believers belong to Yahshua's "ekklesia of the firstborn" (Hebrews 12:23);

28.The olive tree of Yisrael has two major branches, Ephraim and Judah. The Root of the tree is Yahshua (Jeremiah 11:10,16; Isaiah 8:13,14;Revelation 22:16);

29.Believers in Messiah are not to be arrogant toward the Jewish branches that were broken off for unbelief. Instead, in a positive way, believers are to provoke them to jealousy, that they might be grafted in again (Obadiah 1:12; Joel 2:32; Luke 13:1-5; Romans 11:11, 18-21);

30.Ephraim is jealous of Judah and Judah vexes Ephraim (Isaiah 11:13);

31.Ephraim repents of his youthful sins when instructed (Jeremiah 31:18,19);

32.Ephraim is called to be a watchman (Hosea 9:8; Jeremiah 31:6);

33.Ephraim is called to return to righteousness (Jeremiah 31:21; Ezekiel 37:23);

34.The first example of two witnesses who gave a good report about the Elohim of Yisrael were Caleb and Joshua - a Judahite and an Ephraimite (Numbers13:2,6-8);

35.Yahshua gives His two witnesses the power to prophesy and He describes them as two olive trees (Revelation 11:3,4);

36.Yahshua's two witnesses are called two lampstands. Lampstands are "ekklesias", "assemblies", "congregations" (Revelation 1:20);

37.Yehowah is calling forth two congregations of peoples - Judah and Ephraim - and He is making these two sticks (trees) one in His hand (Ezekiel 37:15-28; Jeremiah 3:18; Hosea 11:10);

38.Judah will believe in Messiah when he sees Ephraim properly representing both the Messiah and Yehowah's Torah. Even as Judah has been blind to the Messiah and Ephraim has been blind to the truths of Torah, so both must begin to see. It is the "wild branch Ephraim" who must bring this to pass (Matthew 23:37-39; Isaiah 8:14; Romans 11);

39.When Ephraim and Judah are united in Yehowah they become an invincible army - one that is empowered to fight the battles of the Elohim of Yisrael (Isaiah 11:14; Zechariah 9:13; 10:10; Hosea 1:10,11)." Let us return to our Yisrael roots and to the Root and Offspring of David.

two olive trees - The olive tree of Yisrael has two major branches, Ephraim and Judah. The Root of the tree is Yahshua (Jeremiah 11:10,16; Isaiah 8:13,14;Revelation 22:16);

two lampstands - Psalm 1: "Blessed is the man...[whose] delight is in the Law of the Yahweh...he shall be like a tree"

- Jeremiah 17:7 & 8, "Blessed is the man that trusteth in the Yahweh and whose hope the Yahweh is. For he shall be a tree

Zechariah saw TWO olive trees. But he didn't understand what they represented, so he asked,REv. 14"Then said he, These are the Sons of oil, that stand by the Yahweh of the whole earth."

Standing before the Yahweh of the earth identifies them as the Yahweh's witnesses, and the voice saying "I will grant authority to my two witnesses" must then be the voice of the Yahweh. They are the Yahweh's witnesses and therefore a part of His Assembly, regardless of who they are. Their witness is a demonstration of the Assembly at the end of the age operating in the full power and authority of Yahshua . Nevertheless, they are physically overcome by the power of Satan. But, as we have seen, that is the primary call of the Bride at the end of the age. The ultimate demonstration of power and authority at the end of the age will be evidenced by the wisdom of the cross of Yahshua which crushes Satan underfoot.

Yahshua told His disciples that they would be His witnesses when they had received power from the Holy Spirit. Their ministry was then to begin in Jerusalem and extend to all of Judea, to Samaria, and then to the remotest parts of the world. We are in the days of witnessing to the remotest parts of the world. We can only be His witnesses when we receive power from the Holy Spirit, and to the extent we have not received that power, we cannot be His witnesses. At the three and one-half year point of the final seven years of the age, in Revelation Chapter 12:10, there is indication of a great outpouring of power from the Holy Spirit. It is this outpouring of the Spirit that will empower the final thrust of world evangelism and trigger the beginning of the witness period of 1260 days of the two witnesses.

And I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying, "Now the salvation, and the power, and the kingdom of our Elohim and the authority of His Messiah have come, for the accuser of our brethren has been thrown down, who accuses them before our Elohim day and night" (Revelation 12:10).

And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in the whole world for a witness to all the nations, and then the end shall come (Matthew 24:14).

And I saw another angel flying in midheaven, having an eternal gospel to preach to those who live on the earth, and to every nation and tribe and tongue and people . . . (Revelation 14:6).