I: 2024 W: 2023-2024 H: 2023 General, Theory, Spirit
Introduction
This post goes over God’s spiritual intervention in the birth of Abraham and Sarah’s son Isaac. It looks at how the intervention made it possible for Isaac to be born and how it made the lineage after him through Israel (Jacob) God’s son too. It also looks at why God chose Israel, by looking at DNA, lineage from Abraham’s father Terah, and being in alignment with traits God prefers. Additionally, it looks into what God is trying to achieve beyond and alongside this plan.
Abraham and Sarah’s names are Abram and Sarai originally until God changes them to Abraham and Sarah. I’ll be using Abraham and Sarah throughout for simplicity, except for in the overview and summary.
Overview and Summary
Overview Intro – This is a general overview of God’s sanctioning to Abraham having a son through Sarah who will bless the nations with a great many descendants, and his giving of the land of Canaan (present day Israel) to their seed to possess (Ge 15:7). Abraham is introduced in Genesis chapter 11 and dies in Genesis chapter 25. There is more that happens throughout this text but this post will focus on these elements of it.
Genesis 12 – At 75 years old, Abram is told by God to leave his hometown to go to a land that he will show him and he will make him a great nation, bless him, and make his name great. Abram does so with his nephew Lot and wife/half-sister Sarai (Ge 12:5, 20:12). “I will bless those who bless you, and him who dishonors you I will curse, and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.”(Ge 12:1-3)
Genesis 13 – God shows Abram the land Canaan (present day Israel) (Ge 13:12) and says all the land he sees he will give to his offspring forever, which will be as great in number as the dust of the earth. (Ge 13:14-18)
Genesis 15 – Abram expresses his heartache to God that he is childless and that he’s without an heir. God tells him he will have a son who will be his heir (Ge 15:2-4). Later in the chapter, God specifies to him, but not by name, that his heir will be through Israel (Jacob) born from Isaac, through his description of Abraham’s descendants being in slavery which ends up happening in the future (Ge 15:13-14, Ex 6:5-6). God is referring to Abraham and Sarah’s heir that will be a large great blessed nation in a covenant with him, that will bless all the nations of the earth with the assistance of his blessing. This is interpreted from looking at what God says in those mentioned verses along with what he says and does in others: (Ge 12:2-3, 17:15-16, 19, 18:10, 14, 17-18, 21:1-3, 12, 22:17-18). Also, there is the obvious factor that God creates a covenant with Abraham to his offspring and later continues and expands upon it with his descendant nation Israel: (Ge 15:18-19, Ex 34:10, 27). God also shows Abram another part of the promised land, which is included in what he said would be for his descendants to possess (Ge 13:12-15), so he gets a better view of it all. Israel ends up possessing the land he refers to, which is further confirmation of who he’s talking about. I was wondering why God was saying this again to Abram, as he said it in chapter 13 which appears to be not too long before, and he expressed to me when I awakened in the night it’s because he was showing him a different part of the land. Looking at it closer, it continues on the prelude of Ge 13:17, so he would have had a more complete picture at this time. He also goes into further specification after Abram has this more complete picture of the land (Ge 15:18-21). A very important thing that happens in this chapter is God tells Abram to bring specific animals to sacrifice and God visually reveals his presence to him as “a smoking fire pot and a flaming torch” (Ge 15:17) as a sign to Abram by his request, that he will fulfill the things he’s said to him (Ge 15:8-9). I can only assume he saw the pillar of fire and smoke like the Israelites later did many times throughout the Exodus (Ex 13:21, 19:9, 40:38 Nu 9:15), and as he revealed himself in the first temple, as the latter, at its start after its completion (1 Ki 8:10-11). I think this can be determined as the earliest point of Zion. The first sacrifice and the first Levite, in an unofficial capacity, by the forefather of the seed Israel. This is an important chapter.
Genesis 16 – Abram is now between 85 and 86 years old (Ge 16:3, 16:16). Sarai, who at first thinks she’s to have the promised son, concludes God doesn’t want her to be the one because of her inability to be impregnated. As a result, she tells Abram to conceive a child with her servant Hagar which he does with her permission. After Hagar conceives, she looks at Sarai with contempt and Sarai deals harshly with her. This causes Hagar to flee (Ge 16:1-6) until she returns at the request of the angel of the Lord. Hagar has a son and he’s named Ishmael, also at the request of the angel of the Lord (Ge 16:7-15).
Genesis 17 – Abram is now 99 years old (Ge 17:1). God changes Abram’s name to Abraham which means father of many (Ge 17:5). God briefly mentions the expansion of the covenant that’s to come down the line through Israel, and more specifically sets the terms of the start of it which he’ll be God to them and give them Canaan (Ge 17:7-8). It’s a covenant pertaining to circumcision of every male, of specifications, in his tribe (Ge 17:9-14). God changes Sarai’s name to Sarah. He tells Abraham, for the first time, he will have a son with Sarah, to name him Isaac, and the covenant will be with his, Isaac’s, offspring (Ge 17:15-16, 19). Abraham upholds his side of the covenant (Ge 17:27).
Genesis 18 – God tells Abraham he (God) will visit Sarah at an appointed time next year and she will have a son (Ge 18:14). Sarah laughs at this because of her age of ninety years old (Ge 17:17). God contemplates if he should hide from or tell Abraham, that his seed through Israel (Jacob) will become a great and mighty nation which the nations of the earth will be blessed through. This suggests Abraham is in a state of oblivion to what God is actually doing and its magnitude, as he’s said this to him before. So the question is rather, should he reveal it to him so that he can comprehend it (Ge 18:17-18). Reading all God’s interactions with Abraham makes it clear that here he’s talking about his descendants through Israel (Jacob) (Ge 12:1-3, 15:13-14, 17:19) and in Ge 17:16 God says he will bless Sarah.
Genesis 21 – God visits Sarah like he said he would, and she conceives and has a child named Isaac (Ge 21:1-3). Abraham is one hundred years old when Isaac is born. Building on the prior Genesis 18 paragraph, God says to Abraham “through Isaac shall your offspring be named (Ge 21:12).
Genesis 22 – God tells Abraham to sacrifice his son, Isaac (Ge 22:1-2). Right when he’s about to, the angel of the Lord tells him to stop, and reaffirms the covenant (Ge 22:10-12, 15-18).
Sarah’s Infertility and God’s Intervention
It’s clear Sarah was past menopause when she had Isaac (Ge 17:17, 18:10-12). They lived longer in those days, so menopause may have happened later in life for a woman, but regardless, Ge 18:11 is clear she was past menopause. Ge 16:2 could be her referring to her menopause. It suggests she passed menopause during that approximately 10 year period from God telling Abraham he’ll have a son until Sarah tells Abraham to have a child with her servant Hagar. What isn’t stated as clearly, but is very strongly implied, is Sarah was infertile throughout their marriage, which she would have been at the oldest 65 years old at its start (Ge 12:4-5, 17:17). The implication is they tried to have a child earlier in their marriage but weren’t able to which comes across when Abraham expresses his aching heart to God about not having a child, when he’s between seventy-five and eighty-six years old (Ge 15:2). That Ge 15:2 verse suggests it’s something she wanted and tried for when she was younger. In this scenario, Sarah was infertile two times over when she had Isaac, which I think is the case. It’s also clear the infertility was with Sarah and not Abraham because it’s listed he had seven other children. Six with a new wife after Sarah’s death (Ge 25:1-2) and the other at Sarah’s request with her servant Hagar (Ge 16:1-4). What is certain is she couldn’t have a child under normal circumstances. What can be said is his birth was a miracle. But to go further, what can be said is he was born of God’s spirit. To go even further than that, he’s God’s son. What makes a person a child of another is being conceived by them. In the case of Isaac, he was conceived by Abraham, Sarah, and God. His conception wouldn’t have been possible without God’s direct intervention. He has three parents. This third parent is in part the reason for the blessing.
The Proof Is in the Pudding
Examining if what God said regarding Israel came true or not is a way to verify if there was a physical blessing put on them. God said to Abraham that in him the nations of the earth will be blessed and he will bless Sarah (Ge 12:3, 17:15-16, 22:18). This has come to pass and continues to this day.
In short, people who have incorporated the teachings and writings of the Jewish people into their lives carry most of the world’s wealth, which is a blessing. The 2023 World Happiness Report top ten countries have mostly Jewish or Christian people in them. The Jewish people have made a major contribution to the world’s inventions, innovations, and discoveries, which is disproportional to their size. Also, USA, built on Biblical ideology and populating half of the world’s Jewry, has performed very well on various fronts.
I wrote another post about the impact that the Jewish people have had on the planet and how God’s statement about Israel being a blessing has come true:
God’s Blessing Through Israel Proven True: A People and Ideology of Great Positive Impact
Israel Is God’s Firstborn Son
God said to Moses:
Then you shall say to Pharaoh, ‘Thus says the Lord, Israel is my firstborn son, Exodus 4:22
Isaac couldn’t have been born without God’s intervention in his conception. The text is clear God visited Sarah and this visit is the reason for her conceiving a son with Abraham (Ge 18:10, 21:1-2). He later refers to Israel as his firstborn son.
In terms of God having a child, it’s more difficult to understand than a human having a child. Especially when you’re dealing with an entire nation of descendants. What makes a human the child of two humans, is 50% of their DNA is from their father and 50% of their DNA is from their mother. But how do you scientifically verify if a person is the child of a father, mother, and God, in the case of Isaac? As the nature of God and DNA aren’t fully understood, it makes it difficult to fully examine this.
God’s DNA is in all humans and he sees all of spacetime similar to how we see the present:
God’s DNA Is in Humans / The Nature of God’s Existence
How God Sees 4D Spacetime / A Look at Dimensional Perspective
His DNA being in humans gives insight into how another species can have a human child. Regardless of him having DNA, his actual DNA code isn’t available so it can’t be cross-referenced. As for how he views spacetime, it gives insight into how he could view a human child differently than a human would. Such as he rather looks at the whole overlaying unification sameness of DNA as his son, as opposed to the individual’s, in this case.
Israel in that Ex 4:22 verse is referring to all the descendants of Israel in that time as it happens before the law is given which includes a law for non-Israel descendants to join them (Lev 19:34, 24:22, Ex 12:49). While at the same time that law had entered its early days in Abraham’s time (Ge 17:11-14) but wasn’t official yet.
The first main difference in God referring to a son to note is he is referring to a people of approximately 2.4 million being his son (estimation based on four demographic quadrants based on one counted quadrant of able-bodied men in Nu 2:32).
“Listen to me, O house of Jacob, all the remnant of the house of Israel, who have been borne by me from before your birth, carried from the womb; Isaiah 46:3
Also, if it’s based on a lineage from a physical blessing put on Isaac, then wouldn’t this include Esau’s descendants? Because Esau fell out of the line God worked with, this says lineage is one component along with others.
The Continuation of God’s Blessing to Jacob (Israel)
Other components include the lineage from Abraham’s father Terah and being in alignment with the qualities God prefers. These other components will be looked at more later in this post.
What Is God Trying to Achieve?
Beyond God wanting Israel to be a blessing to the planet, what is he aiming to do? What’s the goal beyond this objective?
To understand this, first, the timing of his endorsement has to be looked at. The timing of when this spiritual blessing is given is impeccable in a respect. It happens when God’s spirit is on its way out of people and by the time it’s nearly out, the Israelites are established with some 2 million people, the tabernacle in their midst, and the progression to building the temple. God’s foothold on the earth was dwindling so this was his way of replanting it. See Ge 6:3. For example, why not pass the spiritual blessing through Enoch and his wife (Ge 5:22)? Or why not through Noah and his wife (Ge 6:8-9)? I go over the course of God’s spirit leaving people in this post:
How Long It Takes for God’s Spirit to Leave People and Enter People
As you continue reading through the history of Zion, it shows Isaac being born of God’s spirit isn’t the only time it happens. The same thing appears to happen to Samuel and maybe his siblings (1 sa 1:5-6, 1:19-20, 2:21). Later it happens again to Jesus, with the difference of that there isn’t a biological father. With Samuel’s mother Hannah, it’s suggested she was either just infertile or both infertile her entire life and past menopause. Samuel and Jesus were both descended from Isaac and were prominent figures in spirit. Samuel was essentially like the Moses of Israel of his time, in that he was God’s main point of contact to give direction to the nation. It was also rare in his time to hear from God (1 sa 3:1). Jesus performed many miracles. Their spiritual prominence leads me to believe there was a spiritual blessing put on them at the conception level. This suggests being descended from someone born from the spirit is an ongoing process that has to be renewed, that one time isn’t enough, as they are descended from Isaac. Similar to a lot of things in life that have to be nurtured such as skill sets, knowledge, and fitness. For example, if renewals weren’t necessary then the bones of Israel wouldn’t be dry as Ezekiel saw (Ezekiel 37).
What appears this could be is part of a long haul process for God to eventually put his spirit back into all humankind. Baking his spirit into people at the conception level as a means of returning it into people. The assumption is it would be a long process as his spirit leaving people was, as discussed in the linked post above in this section.
Jesus said to enter the kingdom of heaven one must be born of spirit and water (Jn 3:3-8). His reference to water being a reference back to “water” in the creation story in Genesis. Water being reference to the hydrogen atom, its best description at that time. To enter the kingdom of heaven one must be born of spirit and matter. Born physically with God’s aid in the conception. God’s kingdom is where he resides and reigns.
The Water in the Genesis Creation Story Is the Hydrogen Atom
The seed of Israel is carrying something but it’s hard to figure out exact specifics. Zechariah paints a picture of a time of heightened awareness of this blessing among the nations:
Thus says the Lord of hosts: In those days ten men from the nations of every tongue shall take hold of the robe of a Jew, saying, ‘Let us go with you, for we have heard that God is with you.’” Zechariah 8:23
That verse strikes a similarity to Jesus letting off energy (Luke 8:42-46) so there’s a possible implication that the seed of Israel will let off energy at this time as the verse says “let us go with you”. I say seed because it appears that’s who God is calling his son, so they would have the spiritual blessing.
Why Abraham and Sarah?
For God to endorse a line and house like this is a big deal and there should be reason for him choosing them. This section looks at the qualities of Abraham and Sarah to show why it was their seed God endorsed. His intention in selecting them is to establish a strong seed and house with the qualities he wants as this is the line he’ll work through. It connects to DNA which is gotten into more in the DNA section after this one. These are some of their qualities:
Abraham
Loyal – This quality should be looked at in tandem with the next intelligent quality. Abraham’s willingness to sacrifice his son Isaac showed his loyalty toward God. The implication is God knew he would and he would stop him (Ge 15:13-14). In this case, the event still had to happen so it would exist. It doesn’t make sense on a level for God to have asked Abraham to sacrifice his son after sanctioning his birth and being responsible for it happening. Why he asked for him to do this was to determine if Abraham would remain loyal despite him asking him to do something that doesn’t make sense, is inconvenient, and hurtful for him. Abraham had more reason to not sacrifice his son. This is a quality to be passed down to his seed. It shows they will be loyal to God even when things don’t make sense because it’s ingrained within them. The Jewish people have arguably had much more reason to leave their faith, identity, and the covenant throughout history by conforming into the majority but have rather remained loyal. God is basically saying, things aren’t always going to make sense following me, and it may be inconvenient and hurtful to you at times, but I need to know you will remain loyal.
Intelligent – While the action and intent of Abraham to sacrifice Isaac might seem absurd at the surface, it’s important to note the prior events. Abraham saw a supernatural event with his own eyes when he sacrificed animals in Canaan (Ge 15:17-18). He also likely would have known about, at least, or witnessed, God’s destruction of Sodom (Ge 19:24-26). Most importantly, he witnessed the miracle birth of Isaac. Without God’s intervention, Isaac wouldn’t have been born in the first place, so Isaac is really God’s son too which he appears to affirm in his own way in Ex 4:22. The point of this is Abraham didn’t just hear a voice which told him to sacrifice his son but witnessed the power of this being first hand with his own eyes. When Abraham made the decision to sacrifice Isaac, he first recognized Isaac was also God’s son but also recognized God as the sovereign parent. This is what God wanted. So while loyalty is important, it’s not much without a sound mind.
Successful – He was a successful person which is illustrated in different areas in the text. He had livestock, gold/silver, and servants (Ge 12:5, 24:34-35). He also purchased property (Ge 23:16-18). This doesn’t mean that God likes successful people and doesn’t like unsuccessful people. But the attribute of being able to succeed was important because it helps to avoid oppression and domineering from others. Succeeding is important in executing God’s plan. Also, a tendency in society can be that nice people are treated the worst. This is why God said to Abraham “your offspring shall possess the gate of his enemies” (Ge 22:17).
Monogynist – This is when a person has one partner at a time. Abraham was a monogynist up until the point he had a child with Hagar which ironically illustrates how hardcore of a monogynist he was, as he did this at the order of his wife Sarah (Ge 16:2). When I had waken in a different night, God expressed to me the point of Abraham being uncircumcised, in relation to his monogyny and his fondness of him (See Guide for the Perplexed 3:49 by Maimonides – keyword search “as regards circumcision” for specific paragraph if direct paragraph link doesn’t work). He was circumcised at the age of 99 (Ge 17:24). Ge 15:2-3 illustrates Abraham’s desire to have had children where he expresses to God his heartache for being childless and that someone else’s child in his house who isn’t his offspring will be his heir (Abraham is between 75 and 86 years old at this time). If he wasn’t a monogynist then this wouldn’t be a problem as he could have a child with another woman, to the point. Ge 25:1-2 illustrates Abraham took another wife named Keturah after Sarah’s death who he had six children with. If there’s any part of the text that gives ambiguity toward his monogamy, it’s Ge 25:6 which says “to the sons of his concubines” which seems to imply he had concubines. The way it’s worded is he has concubines with sons but it doesn’t specify if they’re his. It comes across pretty clear Abraham is a monogynist up until Sarah’s death and then this verse comes up after. At the time of Sarah’s death, Abraham would have been 137 years old (Ge 17:17, 23:1, 37 years added to 100), which means if they were his concubines and his children, he would have been over that age. The idea of him becoming a raging playboy all of a sudden at the age of 137 seems pretty implausible. One possibility is the concubine’s sons are of others in his house and it says they’re Abraham’s for brevity. One example is his brother Nahor having a concubine who has children (Ge 22:20-24). Another is he was running some kind of a prostitution ring and the concubines had children who grew up and were looked after in his house. Because he’s the head of the house, they’re referred to as his concubines. In this scenario, it’s a very strong assumption these concubines would be willing employees as opposed to against their will when you look at Abraham’s nature throughout (ex. Ge 18:27-33). It’s hard to say for sure what the deal is here because it doesn’t get into specifics.
Respectful of others’ space – This is illustrated in Ge 16:4-6 where he respects Sarah’s independence to deal with her servant Hagar.
Sarah
Cares for humanity – In chapter 12 (Ge 12:1-3) God tells Abraham for the first time he will make of him a great nation that will bless the earth. He says the seed this will happen through will come through him but doesn’t specify who the woman will be. The assumption is it’s Sarah as she’s his wife which they interpret it as, but God doesn’t say this. It appears Sarah believes God will give her the ability to have children (the text implies she’s already infertile). Approximately 10 years pass and there’s a suggestion Sarah passes menopause during this time (Ge 17:17, 18:10-12). She concludes this seed won’t come through her, considering God’s silence, his inaction, and her inability to have children (Ge 16:2). She tells Abraham to have a child with her servant Hagar so the blessing prophecy (Ge 12:1-3) can come to pass. The reason I’m saying she said for Abraham to do this so the blessing prophecy could happen, is because if she did it for the purpose of her having a child, she could have done so at a much earlier point in time. If it was for her, then it doesn’t add up. She had nothing to gain from it. Rather it was a selfless action meant for the blessing prophecy to happen regardless of it not happening through her. And this is exactly why God afterward issues the blessing prophecy to come through Sarah through Isaac, that she made it about the blessing prophecy and not about her. It could have also been in part out of her affection for Abraham. It appears Sarah and Abraham were in cahoots on the idea of him having a child with Hagar to receive the blessing prophecy, while at the same time, it was also ultimately Sarah’s call. In Ge 17:18-19 this appears clear when God says to Abraham for the first time, that he and Sarah will have a child who he will bless and Abraham laughs because of their age. Abraham follows up by saying for it to be Ishmael to “live before you” which implies that he and Sarah had agreed for him to have a child with Hagar so the blessing prophecy could happen. This displays why God didn’t originally tell Abraham it would be through Sarah, so she could be tested. She could have been bitter and taken a stance of that if the blessing prophecy weren’t to come through her then it shouldn’t come at all, but she didn’t. Her decision showed she viewed the blessing prophecy to the earth as more valuable than herself, which ultimately made her worthy to carry the blessing prophecy. This also gives insight into why Sarah was upset with Hagar. Sarah experiences infertility her whole life (implied) and has a glimmer of hope she will have a child when God tells Abraham he’d have a son which she thought would be hers. After 11 years pass, she hits menopause (suggested) and concludes it will be impossible to conceive. As a result, she decides to let Hagar have a child with Abraham so the blessing prophecy can come. This must have been extremely painful for her, so when Hagar “looked with contempt on her” (Ge 16:4-5), it probably would have been like hitting her open wound. And there’s a similar situation with Hagar when her son Ishmael laughs at her son Isaac (Ge 21:8-10).
Forgiving – After Sarah releases Hagar from being her servant after Hagar looked at her with contempt because she conceived and Sarah didn’t, you see Hagar is back with them after Isaac is born. This means Sarah forgave her at some point in between and she came back to be her servant again (Ge 21:8-10). Whether Hagar could stay or not was entirely up to Sarah (Ge 16:6, 21:9-10). The point is Sarah had the capacity to forgive people on her own accord rather than getting into forever conflicts. And it appears she forgave Hagar pretty quickly, assuming Hagar returned soon after the angel of the Lord spoke to her (Ge 16:7-9). It also implies the angel of the Lord knew Sarah’s heart that she would forgive her.
Grounded – When Sarah heard God say to Abraham that she would bear a son at age 90, she laughed (Ge 18:12). The God of Israel at this time was unproven in that they hadn’t seen what he was capable of. This happened before God destroyed Sodom. It’s not clear in the text if they had access to the information in Genesis that precedes Abraham. This is a quality Abraham had too as he also laughed at an earlier time (Ge 17:17). It’s an important trait because if someone always has their head in the clouds, they can become disconnected from reality. While it’s fine to believe the miraculous exists, branching out too far into the implausible can make it difficult for a person to navigate reality due to a disconnection from it.
DNA Influence
If God is choosing a lineage to bless based on these two individuals traits then DNA plays an important factor. Given they will die and this will be passed to their descendants. They both had the same father, Terah (Ge 11:27, Ge 20:12). It appears God also saw something in Terah when you examine the lineage. There’s not much known about him though. He’s descended from Noah’s son Shem. Also, Isaac took a wife from Abraham’s hometown and household, Rebekah, at Abraham’s orders (Ge 24:2-4), which plays back into the DNA factor. Rebekah was the granddaughter of Abraham’s brother Nahor so she’s also descended from Terah (Ge 11:26, 22:20-23). The relation between Rebekah and Isaac is they’re second cousins. Leah and Rachel were also descended from Terah (Ge 24:29, 28:5, 29:5, 16, 11:26). I drew the family tree below to show a visualization of everything. The bold line signifies the person is both descended from Terah and is part of the chosen line.
References: Terah children (Ge 11:26, 20:2,12). Abram children (Ge 16:15, 21:1-3, 25:1-2). Haran children (Ge 11:27). Nahor/Milkah children (Ge 22:20-23). Nahor/Reumah children (Ge 22:24). Lot wife/children (Ge 19:15). Ishmael children. (Ge 25:13-14, 28:8-9, 36:2-3). Isaac wife/children (Ge 24:67, 25:21, 24-26). Esau wives (Ge 28:8-9, 36:2-3). Rebekah lineage (Ge 24:15). Laban lineage (Ge 24:29, 28:5, 29:5). Laban children (Ge 29:16). Israel/Leah children (Ge:29:32-35; 30:16-21). Israel/Bilhah children (Ge 30:3-8). Israel/Zilpah children (Ge 30:8-13). Israel/Rachel children (Ge 30:22-24; 35:16-18).
The significance of DNA being linked to Terah, and its importance in general, is perhaps no more apparent than in the tribe land allotment in Ezekiel’s vision of Zion (Ezekiel 48).
Dan
Asher
Manasseh
Ephraim
Reuben
Judah
Levi – Temple territory
Benjamin
Simeon
Issachar
Zebulun
Gad
Three of four tribes born from Leah and Rachel’s servants (Dan, Asher, and Gad) are placed at the far outskirts of the land. The fourth tribe, Naphtali, has no land allotted to them. The rest of the tribes, descended from Terah from both parents (Manasseh/Ephraim = Joseph Ge 46:20), are placed in the inner part of the land. They’re located closer to the temple which is the heart.
Studies have shown DNA has an influence on a person’s cognitive function to an extent. This means the traits of Terah, Abraham, and Sarah, to a degree, would be passed down through biological inheritance. The study of DNA is a complex field. Some areas to look at for more information on the topic are epigenetics, nature vs nurture, genetics vs genomics, and alleles.
What’s also important to note about God’s choices regarding DNA, is he values science. Understanding this trait helps to understand the choices he makes in general and why things are the way they are.
The selection of these people as the ancestors comes with the idea of putting a best foot forward and building on that. It plays a role but it doesn’t guarantee continued alignment.
That aside, it does appear there’s something God baked into them at the conception level which this post has gone over.
God’s Excitement Shows in the Narrative
When you look at Ge 18:17-18 you can see God’s excitement coming out in what he’s saying as he contemplates if he should tell Abraham what’s to come of his seed Isaac. The birth of Isaac is a big moment for God to be able to endorse a line like this. It’s the line he would incarnate in and the line that will uphold Zion which is where he resides on earth. Humanity’s redemption depends on the existence of this line and it also plays a part in the greater redemption which is far more important.
Conclusion
God passing on a spiritual blessing like he did is a very good thing. More people being blessed like this would be even better. In perspective, you have a being that operates outside of space and time, of a level of power not seen in history, helping the planet by passing on this blessing.
As illustrated above, in the proof is in the pudding section, this blessing has come to pass and will continue to. Looking at human history, there hasn’t been a matched level of spiritual ability outside of the house of Israel, which is another reason why I’m saying there is a spiritual blessing on them. So there has been a specific blessing passed onto the seed and it appears the same specific blessing will eventually be passed onto everyone on the earth. Ultimately playing a role in the process of God’s spirit returning to live in all people.
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