THE DNA OF ABRAHAM

 

  Now for the DNA of Abraham, but first consider Adam a moment for comparison: When Adam “sinned,” his only knowledge was good. He had no evil intended because he did not know evil. His problem was not that he sinned, because without the Law there is no sin (Rom 4:15). Look at the command God made to Adam: 

¹⁶ And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: ¹⁷ But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die. (Gen 2:16-17) 

 Of course, the Hebrew word tsahvah means “command” but that would make it a Law, and with Law there is a sin. Adam could not break the Law because there was none. Was tsahvah a command or was it a “Constitution” as its Strong’s Dictionary defines it. Earlier, I wrote that the Ten Words of God (Jesus) were not commands but articles of His Constitution, and that they were measures of patriotism, or fidelity, to God. The same holds true for Adam.

  Adam did not sin because there was no Law. He transgressed God’s Constitution, and what He had constituted was reverence to Him and His creatures. Adam was to honor God and Eve, and he did neither. As the royal priest in the Kingdom of God, he should have confronted the Serpent, but Eve did. He allowed her to infringe on his responsibility.

  Possibly a better description than “original sin,” as there was no Law at that time, is “original transgression.” That would be more appropriate. Because there was no law, then eating from the forbidden tree was an offense against God. In other words, Adam offended God, not by eating, but hearkening unto Eve rather than God (Gen 3:17).

  It seems the Devil got into Eve as he did the Serpent. Regardless, either way, Adam obeyed the Serpent and disregarded God. That was offensive to God, and perhaps “original offense” would be the best description of diminishing God. Whatever it is called, any offense against God is diminishing God, and that is what Lucifer does to gain prestige and power (Isa 14:13). Satan, or Lucifer (aka the Serpent) becomes the “god” when God is diminished. Elevating Satan to the level of God offends God. By hearkening to Eve, Adam made her voice (Gen 3:17), greater than the Voice of God (Gen 2:16; Gen 3:8). Of course, the “Voice” of God is the “Word” and the Word is Jesus (John 1:1-14).

  With that, the voice of Eve was perceived as greater than the Word of God, and Satan laughed at the ease in beguiling and how innocent those new creatures were. They learned the knowledge of evil from Satan in the tree but would later understand the knowledge of God when Jesus said His Ten Words. With the knowledge of good, then mankind was responsible for their offenses, and voila, sin!

  Eating the forbidden fruit was certainly wrong, but the greater offense was hearkening unto Eve who hearkened unto Satan. Eve did not offend. God told her nothing. God revealed to Adam His Will, and him alone. That made him the royal priest in the Garden of Eden, but he listened to the voice of Eve whose role was not the same as Adam’s, to wit: “To dress and keep” the Garden, or rather to “serve and preserve” who the trees represent — the souls of others to come.

  Adam’s “seed,” or those of his DNA, continued to offend God, but they were not held accountable by Law. God understood what they did was the will of Satan, later called the “doctrine of sin,” but “sin” had not come yet because there was no Law. Then came Abram. “Abraham” also offended God, but he also defended God. He destroyed the statues that his father made, and instead, recognized the True God, when he heard the Words of Yahweh, “He (God) said, Behold, here I AM” (Gen 22:1), Those Words was Jesus speaking, and unlike Adam, Abraham hearkened unto Jesus, not other “gods.” Why are women to remain silent in the Church? Because their words offended God. Silence is their punishment.

  Abraham elevated God above Satan when he listened to no voices but God’s Voice. His love for God was tough-love because he was willing to sacrifice his only remaining son as God would do His only Son. (Ishmail had been emancipated previously and those of his DNA would become Muslims.)

  Abraham carried new DNA but there were two very different chromosomes Throughout the Bible, the seed of Ishmael was a curse to the seed of Isaac, and the curse is still there with Islam. It is in their genes because God made their voices loud and offensive and their Qu’ran cunning.

  Now consider the words of Paul: He quoted the Old Testament: “Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness” (Rom 4:7-8; Psalm 32:1-2). The “faith of Abraham” was a new beginning for those who would have that type of faith.

  Who did Abraham trust? The sacrificial blood of Jesus. The DNA of Abraham has great significance, because it is written, “Now that the dead are raised, even Moses shewed at the bush, when he calleth the Lord the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob” (Luke 20:37). When the dead — those deprived of God’s Spirit — was the Covenant for whom the seed (DNA) of Abraham was made.

  God had grace on Adam because he did not know the wage of his offense; and that was death. Death was unknown until God killed a lamb for his coat of skin. Finally, Adam understood the wage of his offense; that some blood must be shed, and someone must die. He knew it would be the Lamb of God, Jesus.

  Abraham knew that as well. Abraham trusted God although he had not been circumcised. Because of Abraham’s faith a Covenant was written. Even Abram had offended God, but with new knowledge of God, Abram became a new creation and he went from the name Abram to Abraham — from “exalted father” to “their strength or their protection” (Abarim Publications).

  Throughout the Old and New Testament, Yahweh is represented as the “God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.” Adam’s gene had been replaced with Abraham’s genetic predisposition by grace and the faith of Abraham. God signed a living document with him for it to be forever. That Covenant is the Old Testament and remains the New Testament. It was sealed with circumcision, but as Paul wrote: 

⁸ Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin. ⁹ Cometh this blessedness then upon the circumcision only, or upon the uncircumcision also? for we say that faith was reckoned to Abraham for righteousness. ¹⁰ How was it then reckoned? when he was in circumcision, or in uncircumcision? Not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision. 11 And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had yet being uncircumcised: that he might be the father of all them that believe, though they be not circumcised; that righteousness might be imputed unto them also. (Rom 4:8-11) 

  Circumcision sealed the deal, but it was not obedience. It was something Abraham voluntarily subjected himself as a demonstration of fidelity. Still, there was no law. The Law came with Moses. God had implied with Abraham that the Law was forthcoming, but he did not provide the Ten Articles of the Covenant until Moses faced God at the burning bush. Circumcision did not invoke a promise to obey the Law because laws, at that time, did not exist. The Covenant was to not offend God.

  Abraham understood that fidelity was the agreement. He would revere God (“I will be your God and you will be my people”) because He promised a Savior who would redeem his offenses toward God. The typical Jew did not understand that, and they continued to offend God. They would need more knowledge about what is offensive and not offensive. And then along came God and provided more knowledge. The Ten Words were a list of what would and would not offend God, and still are Ways not to offend the writer of those Words. God’s “finger” (Deut 9:10) is the manifestation of God, and that person WAS and IS Jesus.

  Jesus fulfilled the Law how? Did he write new Laws? No! He revealed that He wrote them (John 1), and then explained to them; that they are articles of righteousness, or how to love God and others.

  The First Covenant was the Edenic. The Noahic Covenant was explanation of the Edenic Covenant, and that was done by regenerating the world with Noah’s biological DNA. The Abrahamic Covenant was more graceful. Abraham had faith and trusted God. New seed (DNA) was generated. Those who adhered to the Abrahamic Covenant were of Abraham’s DNA through Isaac and Jacob (Israel). Christians have their “spiritual DNA” but not through men and women, but from God.

  As always, there are two types of DNA — righteous and unrighteous. Adam’s DNA was inherited through the flesh; Abraham’s DNA is inherited through his spirit — the Spirit that he inherited from God. His chromosome was righteousness and it was passed down through Isaac and Jacob. His biological chromosome was passed down through Ishmail. We call the Abrahamic Covenant the “Old Testament” but it remains in effect to this day! What Jesus did was to extend the promise of the Old Testament to the New to include all DNA — all of Adam’s DNA — and then Jesus explained the intent of the Covenant with the Greatest Commandment. The Ten Words were Ways to love both God and men.

  The New Testament is the fulfillment of the Abrahamic Covenant from the Old Testament. They are the same Covenant extended to all. Paul referred to that as the “Mystery of God” (1 Cor 2:7).

  The Ishmailic Covenant is written in the Koran and Muslims are the unrighteous seed of Abraham.

  Previous commentary was speculation. This commentary is based on scripture. You test what is written and decide for yourselves what Plan God had for you since the beginning. Is your DNA as important as it seems to God? I believe it is.

(picture credit: Scott LaPierre)