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Study: How Long was the Dispensation of Promise?

Ge 15:13 And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall se

 

 

THESIS: THE DISPENSATION OF PROMISE SPANS A TIME OF 645-plus YEARS.

An explanation of the seemingly contradictory records of time of Genesis 3:15 and Exodus 12:40.

Genesis 15:13 And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years;

Exodus 12:40 Now the sojourning of the children of Israel, who dwelt in Egypt, was four hundred and thirty years.

Exodus 12:41

Acts 7:6 And God spake on this wise, That his seed should sojourn in a strange land; and that they should bring them into bondage, and entreat them evil four hundred years.

 

 

EXPLANATION:

2 DIFFERENT THINGS:

  1. The Hebrews were in bondage for 400 years.
  2. The Hebrews were in Egypt for 430 years.

 

1). Abraham’s call to Leaving Haran = _??___.

2). Leaving Haran to Isaac’s birth      = 25 years.

3). Isaac’s birth to Jacob’s birth = 60 years.

4). Jacob’s birth to entering Egypt = 130 years.

5). Entering Egypt to Start of Affliction = 30 years.

6). Affliction to Exodus = 400 years.

645+ years

 

 

 

IN RETROSPECT:

Ga 3:17 And this I say, that the covenant, that was confirmed before of God in Christ, the law, which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot disannul, that it should make the promise of none effect.

 

THIS SCRIPTURE CANNOT BE INTERPETED TO MEAN THAT ONLY 430 YEARS EXPIRED BETWEEN THE CALL OF ABRAHAM AND THE HEBREW EXODUS.

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