A Study of The Seed Covenant of Abraham applied to Matthew 24:31

Howdy Everyone! I wanted to take this opportunity to look at Matthew 24:31 and show everyone something that is very important in my opinion if I may. Let us take look at this verse...

Matthew 24:31 And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.

In order to understand Matthew 24:31, A good understanding of the Seed Covenant of Abraham is essential. Someone might ask...What is the Seed Covenant of Abraham? This Seed Covenant is a Covenant that God gave to Abraham regarding his seed in the Old Testament as well as his future seed in the New Testament. And, This Seed Covenant of Abraham is Eternal.

So, Let us take a look at this Covenant...Abram's seed would be multiplied as the...

---------------------------The Seed Covenant of Abraham-----------------
------------------------------Abraham's Seed Multiplied---------------------
---------------------------I----------------------------------------------I---------------
--------As the Dust of the Earth-----------As the Stars of the Heaven
--------------Genesis 13:16---------------------------Genesis 15:5

Now, Looking at the graph above, This is the FULL COVENANT. God then takes this Seed Covenant that He gave to Abraham and divides this Covenant between Isaac and Jacob. How does God do this? Very simple. Watch carefully...

1) Isaac's Seed is Multiplied as the Stars of the Heaven. See Genesis 26:4.
2) Jacob's Seed is Multiplied as the Dust of the earth. See Genesis 28:14.

The Stars of the Heaven and Dust of the earth are once again Jewish Idioms written in the Hebrew language that have very specific meanings. An Idiom is a peculiar expression of a particular language that is not readily understandable by the meaning of its parts.

The Dust of the earth points to Abraham's physical seed or lineage through Isaac and Jacob. The Stars of the Heaven point to Abraham's Faith Seed, Galatians 3:7, Ephesians 5:27 and Acts 15:14, and Isaac's Seed in the New Testament, Romans 9:7, The Promised Seed. The Faith Seed of Abraham, Ephesians 5:27, and Promised Seed of Isaac, Romans 9:7, are all New Testament believers in Jesus Christ.

And, Isaac and Jacob are members of Abraham's seed multiplied as the Dust of the earth. In other words, They are part of Abraham's lineage.

The Jewish Idiom Stars of the Heaven points to a place and time when this seed of Abraham and Isaac are in Heaven. See 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17, 1 Corinthians 15:51-52, Revelation 4:1, Revelation 5:3 and Hebrews 12:23. The General Assembly and Church of the First Born. The Promised Seed of Isaac and the Faith Seed of Abraham, respectively.

The Jewish Idiom of Dust of the earth points to a place and time when the Jews inherit their land promise given to Abraham. See Genesis 13:14-17, Matthew 24:31, Zechariah 14:4-5, and Revelation 20:4-6. The Seed of Jacob multiplied as the dust of the earth inherit their land promise after the Tribulation period.

The Idiom Dust of the earth literally means that these Jewish people will not see Heaven by virtue of the Idiom which is Dust of the earth. This is why there is no rapture and or gathering in the air in Matthew 24:31.

But, There is a gathering of the Jewish people, which is the seed of Jacob multiplied as the Dust of the earth, at the foot of the Mount of Olives, Where they will prepare to enter into the Millennial Kingdom with Jesus Christ and inherit their land promise.

They will enter in after Christ fulfills the Feast of the Great Day of Atonement in the Tabernacle of David which was rebuilt by these Jews at the beginning of the Tribulation Period under the watchful eye of Elijah and the other witness of Revelation 11 and after the completion of the Judgment of the Nations. Matthew 25:31-46.

Once again, The Jewish Idiom Dust of the earth literally points to there is no rapture or gathering in the air after the Tribulation period. IN CONTRAST, The Jewish Idiom Stars of the Heaven points to a rapture and gathering in the air in the New Testament before Revelation 6:1 occurs. This is yet another reason why the Feast of Trumpets is fulfilled by Christ before the Tribulation period begins. There is no rapture after the Tribulation period.

Rev. Dr. Michael Dickson, Th.D.

The Old Testament is the New Testament concealed. The New Testament is the Old Testament revealed.