Month: January 2026

IS GEN. 15 SE GRONDGEBIED VIR EWIG

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Gen. 15:18  Op dié dag het JaHUaH met Abram ‘n verbond gesluit en gesê:  Aan jou nageslag geeEk hierdie land, van die rivier van Egipte af tot by die groot rivier, die Eufraatrivier:

Die evangelie in die Nuwe Testement rus op hierdie Verbond in Gen. 15 as ‘n fondasie en word dit dan ‘n “Ewige Verbond” genoem.  

Maar kom ons kyk na die woordjie ‘ewig’.  Dit is die Hebreeuse woord ‘olam’ en het nie altyd die betekenis van ‘n oneindigheid wat nooit ophou nie, maar dit  beteken heel partykeer ‘n langdurige tyd wat “buite sig” is, in ander woorde: ‘n onbepaalde lang tyd. 

Orals waar ‘Olam’ gebruik is, beteken dit dan nie noodwendig bloot ‘oneindigheid’ nie.    As iets wel oorgedra is vanuit die O.T. na die N.T., ja dan is dit wel ter sprake.  As dit nie oorgedra is nie, dan word daardie aspek in die N.T. egter geestelik vervul, soos hier met die geografiese gebied wat aan Abraham en sy nageslag belowe is.

In die Nuwe Testament sien ons dat die fokus  vanaf ‘n geografiese gebied verskuif het na …. ‘n Persoon, nl. JaHUsha Messias en Hy het die Hemelse koninkryk verkondig … nie die aardse nie.  Die Koninkryk van die Hemel is geestelik, net soos wat die “sterre van die hemel”-nageslag geestelik is.  Die dissipels het gesukkel om dit te verstaan.

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IS THE TERRITORY OF GEN. 15 ETERNAL

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Gen. 15:18  In the same day YaHUaH made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates: 

This covenant was sealed with blood (verse 9 – 12), and there was also a promise of offspring who would be “like the stars of heaven” (verse 5).  In Gen. 17:7 this is called an everlasting covenant.

But let us look at the word “everlasting.”  It is the Hebrew word ‘olam’, which does not always mean an infinity that never ends, but it can also mean a long duration of time that is “out of sight,” in other words, an indefinite long period.

Wherever ‘olam’ is used, it does not necessarily then simply mean ‘infinity’.   But if something is indeed carried over from the Old Testament to the New Testament, then it applies.  If it is not carried over, then that aspect is spiritually fulfilled in the New Testament –  as it is the case with the geographical territory promised to Abraham and his descendants.

In the New Testament the focus shifts from a geographical territory to … a Person, namely YaHUsha the Messiah.  He proclaimed the Heavenly kingdom … not an earthly one.  The Kingdom of Heaven is spiritual, just as the “stars of heaven” offspring is spiritual.  The disciples struggled to understand this.

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