Yahweh Elohim of Your Fathers,the God of Abraham,the God of Isaacand the God of Jacob

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Promises to Abraham, Isaac & Jacob

• Yahweh’s Name declared – Exodus 3:6,15• 3 Men Singled Out for the Same Promise– Abraham – Genesis 12:2,3• In thee shall all families of the earth be blessed• (Gen. 13:16; 22:17,18; Abraham’s seed a

multitude)– Isaac – Genesis 26:2-4• In thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be

blessed

Promises to Abraham, Isaac & Jacob

• 3 Men Singled Out for the Same Promise– Jacob – Genesis 28:13,14• In thee and in thy seed shall all the

families of the earth be blessed• (Gen. 35:11; 48:3,4; multiply thee)

• 3, Just 3, Subsequent Generations, not even Joseph! – Why did it end at Jacob?

Old Testament Usage

• 1 Chron. 29:18 – David– Yahweh Elohim of Abraham, Isaac & Israel

• 1 Kings 18:36 – Elijah– Yahweh Elohim of Abraham, Isaac & Israel

• 2 Chron. 30:6 – Hezekiah– Yahweh Elohim of Abraham, Isaac & Israel

New Testament Usage

• Luke 20:36-38 – Christ– The God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac,

and the God of Jacob• Acts 3:13 – Peter– The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of

Jacob, the God of our fathers• Acts 7:32 – Stephen– I am the God of thy fathers, the God of

Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob

Hebrews 11

• Vs. 8,9 – Abraham dwelt with Isaac & Jacob, heirs with him of the same promise

• Vs. 15,16 – they came out of Ur–Called (surnamed) their God– I am the God of . . . – tremendous honour

on Abraham, Isaac & Jacob

Hebrews 11:8, 9, 15, 16

• Why them?–Abraham as a father– Isaac in 1 special son – you will see

who I am– Jacob out of the son springs a

multitude of mighty ones – through a multitude

Abraham – as a Father

Genesis 17:4,5

• Fatherhood• Abraham = a father

of many nations

Romans 4:1, 11, 12, 16-19• Father of all that

believe• Father of us all• Father of many

nations

Isaac – in a Son

Genesis 21:2-5, 7;22: 2, 12-18; 24:6; 25:6, 11, 19

• Son• Only son

James 2:21Hebrews 11:17, 18

• Abraham our father offered Isaac HIS son

• His only begotten son

Jacob – Through a Multitude

Genesis 23:3, 13, 14; 35:9-11; 48:3, 4• Fruitful• Multiply• A Multitude of

People

Acts 7:6-8, 14-18

• Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and 12 patriarchs

• Beginning of multitudinous seed

The Multitude of Abraham, Isaac & Jacob

• Yahweh was to be manifest as a Father, in 1 special son, through a multitude–Abraham, the Father; Isaac, the son & Jacob

– father of 12 tribes• All of that multitude will be a manifestation of

the son who is a manifestation of Yahweh– Yahweh Elohim – “He will be” manifested

through a multitude of “mighty ones”

The Multitude of Abraham, Isaac & Jacob

• Abraham, Isaac and Jacob’s Multitude–Gen. 28:3 – multiplication into a multitude–Gen. 46:3 – to be made in Egypt!

• Israel multiplied in Egypt– Ex. 1:1-7 – Israel fruitful, multiplied, waxed

exceeding mighty–Deut. 26:5 – fulfilled in land of spiritual

darkness–Acts 7:6-8,14-17

The Multitude of Abraham, Isaac & Jacob

• Gentiles to be of the multitude– Spiritual Mighty Ones of Abraham, Isaac &

Jacob can be developed in Egypt, wherever that is, ie., in the world of sin.– John 17:11,14,15 - I pray that you take them

not out of the world, for they are in the world, not of it