Genesis 12:3; “And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in
thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.”
Acts 3:25, 26; “Ye are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying unto Abraham, And in thy seed shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed. 26 Unto you first God, having raised up his Son Jesus, sent him to bless you, in turning away every one of you from his iniquities.”
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As Abraham’s seed, will bless all nations … It was probably hard for Abraham to imagine how God would accomplish what He promised, but Abraham was faithful. He trusted God and did as he was told. Even though he encountered a few bumps in the road when he tried to do things his own way, like David, he was a man after God’s own heart. He believed God and He counted it as righteousness.
I would imagine he had no idea just how many people God was talking about when He promised that He’d bless all the nations, or in what capacity those blessings would show up. I used to think the same thing as a Mormon.
Have you ever stopped to wonder…how many people has God saved? How many tribes/nationalities are amongst those who God plucked from utter destruction? How many tongues have confessed Christ? How many colors of people are represented in ‘all families of the earth’?
I’m not one of those who can say they’ve met untold thousands of people from all over the earth. I can, however, tell of the numerous people I’ve met through God’s blessing. Black, white and brown, Jew and Gentile, old and young; my list of friends is too numerous for here.
As I traveled further away from Utah, I began wondering…
Why would God hate everyone but those with white skin in Utah? What does the LDS Church do with the numerous statements in the Bible like the ones we see in this fulfilled prophecy? The pictures above are of my daughters. One goes to Ethiopia and the other to the Philippines to serve the Lord and thus far, you can see how God has fulfilled His promises throughout the earth.
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Alma 3:6, 8; “And the skins of the Lamanites were dark, according to the mark which was set upon their fathers, which was a curse upon them because of their transgression and their rebellion against their brethren, who consisted of Nephi, Jacob, and Joseph, and Sam, who were just and holy men. 8 And this was done that their seed might be distinguished from the seed of their brethren, that thereby the Lord God might preserve his people, that they might not mix and believe in incorrect traditions which would prove their destruction.”
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