“The greatest danger in life is the misconstruing of a concept”. - Dr. Myles Munroe There was not a single prophet before Abraham, please check your Bible and why this? A careful study of the promise will show that the promise was made “to” the nations “through” Abraham. This promise was the material for the introduction of prophets to the world. All the prophets of the Old Testament were raised up primarily to continually proclaim this promise of the coming messianic king, who would restore the Kingdom our father, Adam lost. Abraham had a son of promised, Isaac, who had two sons named Jacob and Esau. Jacob was chosen by God to be the line for the seed of the Messiah King and his name was changed by God Himself to Israel, which means “prince with God.” Perhaps this was to confirm the royal line of descendants. Israel had 12 sons who became known as the 12 tribes or clans of Israel and collectively as the Israelites. The He...
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