If Ishmael, Why Not Isaak?
Posted on December 29, 2006
Filed Under Abraham, Ephraim (Multitude of Nations), Isaac, Ishmael, Israel (Jacob)
Genesis 17:20: “And as for Yishma?el, I have heard you. See, I shall bless him, and shall make him bear fruit, and greatly increase him. He is to bring forth twelve princes, and I shall make him a great nation (goy).”
Now isn’t that interesting? People see the above promise and most immediately accept it’s reality in the modern world. The consensus amongst many Arab nations, is that they descended from Ishmael. I too accept this reality. The Creator of the Universe promised it to Abraham without condition. It became so… without condition.
But why not the same consensus regarding Isaac’s promised descendants?
Genesis 17:21: “But My covenant I establish with Yitsak (Isaak), whom Sarah is to bear to you at this set time next year.”
Okay. What else?
Genesis 26:3-5:
3 “Sojourn in this land. And I shall be with you and bless you, for I give all these lands to you and your seed. And I shall establish the oath which I swore to Abraham your father.”
4 “And I shall increase your seed like the stars of the heavens, and I shall give all these lands to your seed. And in your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed,”
5 “because Abraham obeyed My voice and guarded My Charge: My Mitsvah, My Statutes, and My Torot.”
Ishmael’s seed was tremendously blessed because of his father’s righteousness. But Isaac received the brunt of Abraham’s reward.
Genesis 26:24: And Yehowah appeared to him [Isaac] the same night and said, “I am the Elohim of your father Abraham. Do not fear, for I am with you, and shall bless you and increase your seed for My servant Abraham’s sake.”
The Jews have become numerous and would likely have become even more numerous had their people not suffered as much as they have (i.e. the Holocaust). But the reality is, the Jews have never become as numerous as Arab populations (I’ve read estimates well over 200 million). “Nations” were simiply NOT promised to the House of Jew-dah, but Kings were (Genesis 49:10). See Two Sticks of Abraham
But there are people in “the West” who have become very numerous. And they are uniquely despised by Arabs. I hear very little hate language directed toward China and other East Asian populations. But oh those “White Devils in the West”!!
Isaak’s descendants did become a great multitude, just as it was prophecied. And it was said that by the name “Isaak”, “Ephraim and Manasseh” would be called.
Ephraim and Manasseh are a part of the Lost Ten Tribes and are largely NOT Jews, except for those who have mixed with Jewdah, which there is genetic evidence for.
Genesis 48:16: “the Messenger who has redeemed me from all evil – bless the youths! And let my name be called upon them [Ephraim and Manasseh], and the name of my fathers Abraham and Yitsak (Isaak). And let them increase to a multitude in the midst of the earth.”
Is it possible that Isaak’s descendants have become even more numerous than Ishmael’s? And is it possible, that the Creator of the Universe is not a Liar?
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