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Yahweh Elohim of Your Fathers,the God of Abraham,the God of Isaacand the God of Jacob
I Beseech Thee, Show Me Thy GloryClass 3
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