Chapter 8 - The Children Of Promise

Question 1

“Nor because they are his descendants are they all Abraham’s children. On the contrary, “It is through Isaac that your offspring will be reckoned.” In other words, it is not the children by physical descent who are God’s children, but it is the children of the promise who are regarded as Abraham’s offspring. For this was how the promise was stated: “At the appointed time I will return, and Sarah will have a son.” Not only that, but Rebekah’s children were conceived at the same time by our father Isaac. Yet, before the twins were born or had done anything good or bad—in order that God’s purpose in election might stand: not by works but by him who calls—she was told, “The older will serve the younger.” Just as it is written: “Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.””

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Answer 1

Romans 9:7-13

Question 2

Who are the children of promise?

Answer 2

Those to whom the promise was given through the prophesies before their birth.

Question 3

“But my covenant I will establish with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you by this time next year.””

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Answer 3

Genesis 17:21

Question 4

“The Lord said to her, “Two nations are in your womb, and two peoples from within you will be separated; one people will be stronger than the other, and the older will serve the younger.””

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Answer 4

Genesis 25:23

Question 5

When is a Church considered a child of promise?

Answer 5

If the church is prophesied by the OT prophets

Question 6

If a church is not the child of promise, what is it?

Answer 6

A child of the flesh

Question 7

Which prophet/verse testifies about the last church and last prophet?

Answer 7

Malachi 4:5-6
““See, I will send the prophet Elijah to you before that great and dreadful day of the Lord comes. He will turn the hearts of the parents to their children, and the hearts of the children to their parents; or else I will come and strike the land with total destruction.””
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Question 8

“From the east I summon a bird of prey; from a far-off land, a man to fulfill my purpose. What I have said, that I will bring about; what I have planned, that I will do.”

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Answer 8

Isaiah 46:11

Question 9

In these last days, only the church that fulfills what can be the child of promise?

Answer 9

The mission of Elijah

Question 10

What is the number of the children of promise?

Answer 10

144,000

Question 11

“Then the dragon was enraged at the woman and went off to wage war against the rest of her offspring—those who keep God’s commands and hold fast their testimony about Jesus.”

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Answer 11

Revelation 12:17

Question 12

““Lord, they have killed your prophets and torn down your altars; I am the only one left, and they are trying to kill me”? And what was God’s answer to him? “I have reserved for myself seven thousand who have not bowed the knee to Baal.” So too, at the present time there is a remnant chosen by grace.”

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Answer 12

Romans 11:3-5

Question 13

Some say the rest of the woman’s offspring in Rev 12:17 indicate the 7th day Adventist church. What two verses do they use to support their claim?

Answer 13

Rev 12:17

Rev 19:10
“The testimony of Jesus is the Spirit of Prophecy.”

However- it is the apostles that received this

Question 14

What is the testimony of Jesus?

Answer 14

The HS the apostles received on the Day of Pentecost

Question 15

What verse shows the origin of the woman in Rev 12:17?

Answer 15

Ge 3:15

Question 16

Why was Jesus prophesied to be the offspring of a woman and not a man?

Answer 16

Because Jesus was conceived by the HS and born of a woman without a husband.

Question 17

““Sing, barren woman, you who never bore a child; burst into song, shout for joy, you who were never in labor; because more are the children of the desolate woman than of her who has a husband,” says the Lord.”

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Answer 17

Isaiah 54:1

Question 18

How did Apostle Paul interpret Isaiah 54:1?

Answer 18

Only those born of the Spirit can be God’s children and be saved (Gal 4:27-29).

Question 19

“She gave birth to a son, a male child, who “will rule all the nations with an iron scepter.” And her child was snatched up to God and to his throne.”

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Answer 19

Revelation 12:5

Question 20

The children of promise are born of the Spirit.

Answer 20

Romans 9:9
“For this was how the promise was stated: “At the appointed time I will return, and Sarah will have a son.””
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Galatians 4:28

Question 21

When we study certain prophesies, we can understand that our Church is the remnant of the woman’s offspring. What 3 prophesies did Father mention?

Answer 21

Mal 4:5
(I will send you the prophet Elijah…)

Rev 7:2-3
(Another angel from the east)

Isaiah 46:11
(From the east a bird of prey)

Question 22

The church of God fulfills Revelation 12:17- “obey Gods commands and remain faithful to the testimony of Jesus.” How?

Answer 22

The church that obeys Gods commands is the one that fulfills the mission of Elijah by completely restoring the New Covenant, once broken, beginning with the 1st commandment, the Passover. And those who hold to the testimony are those who receive the HS that testifies about Jesus

Question 23

““When the Advocate comes, whom I will send to you from the Father—the Spirit of truth who goes out from the Father—he will testify about me.”

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Answer 23

John 15:26

Question 24

What verse shows the HS enables us to speak the words of God?

Answer 24

Acts 2:4
“All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them.”
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Question 25

“But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all the truth. He will not speak on his own; he will speak only what he hears, and he will tell you what is yet to come. He will glorify me because it is from me that he will receive what he will make known to you.”

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Answer 25

John 16:13-14

Question 26

“because the Holy Spirit had not yet come on any of them; they had simply been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. Then Peter and John placed their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.”

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Answer 26

Acts 8:16-17

Question 27

Why will God pour out the HS on us?

Answer 27

So we can be fully armored for a battle against the dragon when he is enraged and makes war

Question 28

““ ‘For I will take you out of the nations; I will gather you from all the countries and bring you back into your own land. I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean; I will cleanse you from all your impurities and from all your idols. I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh. And I will put my Spirit in you and move you to follow my decrees and be careful to keep my laws. Then you will live in the land I gave your ancestors; you will be my people, and I will be your God.”

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Answer 28

Ezekiel 36:24-28

Question 29

“I will give them an undivided heart and put a new spirit in them; I will remove from them their heart of stone and give them a heart of flesh. Then they will follow my decrees and be careful to keep my laws. They will be my people, and I will be their God.”

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Answer 29

Ezekiel 11:19-20

Question 30

““But you, Israel, my servant, Jacob, whom I have chosen, you descendants of Abraham my friend, I took you from the ends of the earth, from its farthest corners I called you. I said, ‘You are my servant’; I have chosen you and have not rejected you. So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand. “All who rage against you will surely be ashamed and disgraced; those who oppose you will be as nothing and perish. Though you search for your enemies, you will not find them. Those who wage war against you will be as nothing at all. For I am the Lord your God who takes hold of your right hand and says to you, Do not fear; I will help you. Do not be afraid, you worm Jacob, little Israel, do not fear, for I myself will help you,” declares the Lord, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel. “See, I will make you into a threshing sledge, new and sharp, with many teeth. You will thresh the mountains and crush them, and reduce the hills to chaff. You will winnow them, the wind will pick them up, and a gale will blow them away. But you will rejoice in the Lord and glory in the Holy One of Israel.”

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Answer 30

Isaiah 41:8-16