For It Is Written ... Stand Fast Therefore In the Liberty Wherewith Christ Hath Made Us Free - Part 1830

"My little children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ be formed in you, I desire to be present with you now, and to change my voice; for I stand in doubt of you. Tell me, ye that desire to be under the law, do ye not hear the law? For it is written, that Abraham had two sons, the one by a bondmaid, the other by a free woman.

But he who was of the bondwoman was born after the flesh; but he of the free woman was by promise, which things are an allegory: for these are the two covenants; the one from the mount Sinai, which genders to bondage, which is Agar. For this Agar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and answers to Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children.

But Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all. For it is written, "Rejoice, thou barren that bear not; break forth and cry, thou that travail not: for the desolate hath many more children than she which hath an husband.

Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are the children of promise. But as then he that was born after the flesh persecuted Him that was born after the Spirit, even so it is now. Nevertheless what saith the scripture? "Cast out the bondwoman and her son: for the son of the bondwoman shall not be heir with the son of the free woman." So then, brethren, we are not children of the bondwoman, but of the free." (Galatians 4:19-31)

As we know from the scriptures, there are two covenants. One covenant was issued from Sinai being a law and known as ‘the law of sin and death.’ This law in actuality is the tree of Knowledge of good and evil, which was the same tree that Adam and Eve partook of in the Garden of Eden.

It is also referred to as the covenant of the bondwoman in the book of Galatians wherein Paul summarizes our high calling. But I digress. Note that this was a covenant between God and man which laid out the pros and cons for humankind. For instance, if an individual did such and such then God would respond favourably. However, if the same person failed to uphold their end of the covenant, then God also would allow the punishments decreed within the covenant to come to pass. Today, we might liken this to a set of instructions.

Unfortunately, this roller coaster covenant gradually dissolved into people saying or professing one thing and doing another. The worship of stone idols, and the coveting of one another's possessions. So God walked out of this covenant relationship, stating that these people would never enter into His rest. Yes, God foreclosed on the covenant between the two parties because the human race had essentially failed miserably. This Sinai covenant being delivered to a people called Jews who resided in Jerusalem.

However, the good news is that there is also another covenant spoken of in Genesis 1 -- which was given to Abraham which precluded the Sinai covenant by 430 years. "Even as Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness. Know ye therefore that they which are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham. And the scripture foreseeing that God would justify the heathen through faith, preached before the gospel unto Abraham, saying, "In thee shall all nations be blessed." So then they which be of faith are blessed with faithful Abraham." (Galatians 3:6-9) [For more detail, please read Galatians chapters 2 and 3]

Continuing, in this latter covenant, a particular SEED is spoken of. Indeed, it is in this SEED that all the nations of the earth will be blessed. Note: this covenant spoken of to Abraham is completely apart from the Sinai covenant. There is no crossover in any form. The Sinai covenant is spoken of as a covenant temporarily added with time limits applied. That is, only UNTIL the promised SEED of blessing should be manifest.

In Galatians, we read about the SEED of the free woman Sarah, who naturally was incapable of childbearing until God opened her womb at the age of 90. At the same time, God resurrected Abraham's natural capabilities when he was 100 years old.

Note here that the SEED of promise given to Eve now resided in Sarah. Yes, God implanted into Abraham a new SEED, occurring at the same time as God resurrected Abraham's natural seed.

Thereafter, Sarah and Abraham brought forth Isaac from their natural seed. However, unbeknownst to them, the two other SEEDS of promise also passed into Isaac. The SEED continued passing from one generation to the next UNTIL the appointed time when the two SEEDS of promise being the SEEDS of a new blood line would be brought together in the womb of a Jewish girl who was to become the willing surrogate mother to the life of the holy Spirit SEEDS. In her womb, the child of the Holy Ghost was to be clothed in sin prone flesh.

The child inside her womb who was f/Fathered by the Holy Ghost was not a Jew for the SEED of God is not a Jew. However, the child bore the natural features of a Jew for the body was clothed in flesh within a Jewish surrogate mother. This child was the SEED of promise in which all the nations of the earth would be blessed. The child was GIVEN a name from God and the name GIVEN was JESUS.

One cannot change a given name although today, the Jews are endeavouring to apply a Jewish name. But confident in the scriptures, we can ignore their stubborn unbelief. Why? Because His Name is JESUS! (Matthew 1:18-23)

This is the other covenant - the covenant in which God covenanted with Himself!

Thus, if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise." (Galatians 3:29)

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