The Abrahamic Vision

Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day: and he saw it, and was glad (John 8:56)

Jesus made it clear that salvation is of the Jews (John 4:22), therefore we cannot be disconnected from our spiritual Hebraic ancestry in particular relation to the Covenant the Lord made with Abraham (Gen 12). The same gospel preached to Abraham (Gal 3:8) is still the same gospel we receive to leave the world (1 John 2:16) and to enter into His inheritance (Heb 4:3), as Jesus is the same from beginning of eternity to the end of eternity as though here is a beginning and end (Rev 22:10). Neither the Lord nor His message of salvation changed, so why do we need to alter or modify the gospel to suit today’s world?

This is the day which the LORD hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it (Psa 118:24)

Abraham saw and rejoiced, so we likewise need to see with our spiritual eyes the same Messianic Message our spiritual forefather saw, the glory of Him full of grace and truth (John 1:14). The ‘grace’ part we can quickly appreciate, but the ‘truth’ is where we need to grapple. Truth brings us to light (John 3:21) and in that light we have greater revelation (Psa 43:3). In the light everything is exposed, denying the light reaps condemnation (John 3:19). Truth is hard and confrontational to our character, morality, and all that can summed up as ‘self’; taken correctly in the light is our deliverance and in that light is Christ Himself (John 9:5). Eyes require light to see, if we are willing to see as our spiritual father saw we too will rejoice. There is a rejoicing that perpetuates because Jesus is the only cornerstone of our existence (Psa 118:22-24).

Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me (John 15:4)

The Abrahamic vision has to be constant in both the mountain top experiences and the valley of everyday living. Keep our eyes focused (Heb 12:2) by abiding in Christ and draw from His life, the pleasure of the Father (Mark 1:11). If we are baptized into Jesus Christ (Rom 6:3), than the boundary conditions of our lives is just that. Our thoughts, speech, doing and being have to found in Christ. Reckon that our past is concluded (Rom 6:11); hence we are able to ‘put off’ (Col 3:8) and begin to bear fruit (Gal 5:22). A life that is not submitted to the Spirit of God (Rom 8:1) cannot bear fruit of the Spirit and yielding to the flesh will yield its deadly fruit (Rom 6:16, 22).



If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning. (Psa 137:5)

Only we will honestly know if there if true joy reside hidden from man’s eyes. If not then check if we are attached to the root that bears the branch (Rom 11:18), ‘for if God spared not the natural branches, take heed lest he also spare not thee’ (Rom 11:21). Is there fruit of the imputation of righteousness? God is still the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. There is a continuance of the covenant, but have we aligned ourselves to the same which Abraham received or is there another god of our lives. The Hebraic life is one that is looking for the conclusion of the age whilst living as strangers and pilgrims on the earth (Heb 11:13), with 'next year in Jerusalem' uttered from our lips with great expectancy unto the second coming of our Messiah (1 Thess 4:16-18).