What will be an amazing discovery to many who grasp this study, is that the 'seed of Promise' does not include only the Nation which we call Israel in the middle east today, nor the Jewish Diaspora (the scattering of Judah after the return from Babylon), for that 'seed of Isaac' is elsewhere in the world today also.

The Second Promise To Abraham

       In Genesis 22, Abraham proves his 'faith' in God's Promises by obeying The LORD in His command to offer up his son Isaac upon the altar. God stopped Abraham, for it was a test of faith only as God does not approve of Molech worship.

Leviticus 18:21.

 For Abraham's obedience, God gave him another Promise:

Gen 22:15   And the angel of the LORD called unto Abraham out of heaven the second time,
16    And said, "By Myself have I sworn, saith the LORD, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son:
17    That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;
18    And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed My voice."

 A seed as numerous 'as the stars of the heaven and as the sand which is upon the sea shore' covers a lot more of the Promise seed than just those over in the Nation Israel today. There's not enough room in the State of Israel to house a 'seed' this numerous. Wonder where they are today? (Hint: these outside of the Israel state today are not all Jews either).

It's recorded in the Book of Ezra that only about 44,000 from the tribe of Judah returned back to Jerusalem from the Babylonian captivity, and nothing about the other tribes of Israel. The census taken before that time of the captivities accounted for much more than 44,000 between all the twelve tribes;

II Chron.25: Read All. for a war census of just Judah, circa 714 B.C.. Another important part of this Promise is in Gen.22:18 with: "...in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed...” Again, don't make the mistake of thinking this is referring to the Jewish Diaspora only, as we'll discover throughout this study.

       God also promised to Abraham that this particular 'seed through Abraham' would 'possess the gate of his enemies'. Again, this 'seed' is of Isaac, not Ishmael, Medan, Midian, etc. Wonder what nations have that kind of power? Doesn't appear to be happening in the nation state of Israel today with all the land giveaways, does it? The Nation of Israel does pretty well for holding its own today, but we will find out later that this applies to other nations today as well.

       After Abraham's wife Sarah died, he took another wife by the name of Keturah .

Gen.25:1. Then again Abraham took a wife, and her name was Keturah.

 He bare other sons, Medan and Midian which made up the lands of the Medes and Midianites .