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Mark 10:29-30 – We Are Spiritual Abrahams
Never have I made this connection this way. I suggest such “seeing” only comes from familiarity through time which makes God’s word always revealing His lessons. Inspiration keeps telling the same narratives repeatedly, which is a teaching mechanism to show unity. While Galatians teaches we are children of Abraham by faith (Gal.3), we also by faith repeat his first recorded encounter with the Yahweh.
Notice:
“The LORD said to Abram:
Go out from your land, your relatives, and your father’s house to the land that I will show you. I will make you into a great nation, I will bless you, I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing.” (CSB’17 Genesis 12:1-2)
Focus on what and who Abraham left and the promise of who and what he would receive.
Now notice what Jesus said to His apostles (and we are included in the promise):
“Truly I tell you,” Jesus said, “there is no one who has left house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or fields for my sake and for the sake of the gospel, who will not receive a hundred times more, now at this time — houses, brothers and sisters, mothers and children, and fields, with persecutions — and eternal life in the age to come.” (CSB’17 Mark 10:29-30)
No wonder we are children of Abraham by faith. By faith we too are commanded to leave possessions and family as our primary focus, by putting God first. Then by promise God will give us a brand-new family and possessions beyond our own as we share with others, including the promised seed of Abraham, Jesus Christ. I’m thankful for finally seeing this! Now let us walk by Abraham’s faith as our own.
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