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Originally Posted by OBW
Overextension and overapplication. Israel is Israel. Remember that Ishmael was also born of Abraham. And he has become many nations as well. But to presume a blessing upon Ishmael's descendents in the same way as Israel is a serious misunderstanding.
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I have no idea what you mean by overextension and overapplication. I made no application. If you are going to respond, it would be nice if you would respond to what I actually wrote in my post.
It strikes me wrongly for you to ask me to remember something that I had already pointed out in the post (about Ishmael).
Please do not ascribe ideas to me that I did not write and characterize them as a "serious misunderstanding." I made no comment, had no thought, and made no presumption about blessing (whatever you mean by that) on Ishmael's descendants.
My point was that God's promise to Abraham was not to make him "a" nation, as you had written.
I also pointed out that Jacob's blessing on Ephraim was that he would become a multitude of nations.
As I said, I do not know what this means, but it means something.
My post contained straightforward observations about the words of the Bible, and as I said, it was food for thought. Of course, I would be interested in what anyone thought about those verses.
Thankful Jane