Does Genesis 12:3 Apply To The Jews Today?

Genesis 12:1-3, “Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew thee: And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing: 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.”

That is a good question. I've been waiting for someone to ask it. The answer in my humble opinion is "yes" and "no."

Yes, that verse applies today for every born-again child of God. Matthew 25:40, "And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me." Pastor Steven Anderson is right that "we" saints are the chosen, not a bunch of Christ-rejecting infidel Jews. Romans 2:28-29 teaches that he is only a "Jew" who is one inwardly. That is, a born-again Christian.

Unbelieving Jews were never blessed by God in the Old Testament. We read in Exodus 19:5-6 that God's promise of blessing upon the Jews is conditional. It was then, and it still is today. God's promises have always followed a line of faith. Also, see Deuteronomy chapter 28. When Israel sinned, God gave them over to heathen nations in judgment to be chastised (e.g., Judges 6:1).

No, Genesis 12:3 is not automatically for Jews today. I get so tired of hearing ignoramus preachers saying that Genesis 12:3 applies to unsaved rebellious Jews. No way! There is no promise in the Scripture for God to bless Christ-rejecting Jews, nor to curse those who curse them.

God chose Abraham because He knew that Abraham would teach his children to obey God, and he did. God chose the Jews as His people—to be His ambassadors to the world with the Gospel—a shining nation zealous of righteousness and truth. But the Jews went into idolatry worshipping false gods. So, God cut them off. In 586 BC God gave Israel into the cruel hands of the Babylonians for judgment. Wicked King Zedekiah's 70 sons were all murdered in front of him, and then his eyes put out by soldiers to blind him, so that this would be the last thing he ever saw. Oh how foolish was Zedekiah. Sadly, his stupid decision not to obey God caused all of Israel to be punished with him. The decisions of our nation's leaders affect all of us! President Joe Biden is destroying this country, making it easier for Russia and China to nuke us. Our military is weak, ridiculous and full of immoral idiots today.

Romans 11:19-22, "Thou wilt say then, The branches were broken off, that I might be graffed in. Well; because of unbelief they were broken off, and thou standest by faith. Be not highminded, but fear: For if God spared not the natural branches, take heed lest he also spare not thee. Behold therefore the goodness and severity of God: on them which fell, severity; but toward thee, goodness, if thou continue in his goodness: otherwise thou also shalt be cut off."

As we just read, God cut off the Jews because of UNBELIEF. Yet, the Lord promises to graff any Jew back into the promises He made to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, if they will simply BELIEVE on Jesus Christ as their Savior. Sadly, only 1.9% of Israel's 7,000,000 Jews claim to be a Christian (that includes the pseudo-Christian cults like Catholics, Mormons, Jehovah's Witnesses, Seventh-Day Adventist, Churches of Christ, et cetera, who are NOT saved).
Present-day Israel is NOT the fulfillment of Bible prophecy.

Hosea 3:4-5 teaches that Israel will return when the Israelites repent toward God, which hasn't happened yet. A remnant will return to God. When the Bible says in Romans 11:26b that “All Israel shall be saved,” it means all of the remnant of believing Jews will be saved. There is always a remnant. Elijah thought he was the Lone Ranger in Israel, but God told Elijah He had 7,000 more who hadn't bowed their knee to the god of Baal. There was a remnant. There is still a remnant today of Christian Jews scattered throughout the world. But God has included believing Gentiles in His plan too. Hosea 2:23, “And I will sow her unto me in the earth; and I will have mercy upon her that had not obtained mercy; and I will say to them which were not my people, Thou art my people; and they shall say, Thou art my God.” We serve a very good God. God's greatness ceases to amaze me.

Galatians 3:26-29 teaches that God is NOT a respecter of persons. There is neither male nor female, neither Jew nor Gentile, neither black nor white, neither free nor imprisoned—we are all ONE by faith in Jesus Christ.

I hope that answers your question. Many unlearned and ignorant preachers have wrestled the Bible to their own destruction (2nd Peter 3:16-17). The promise that God made to Abraham in Genesis 12:3 was made only to Abraham.

All the families of the earth have been blessed through Abraham, because God introduced the Gospel and the Savior to the world through Israel. When Jesus told the woman begging for food that the food was for the Jews, not the Gentiles; she said, yes, but the dogs eat the scraps. Jesus was not mistreating her because as a Jew He felt superior to her, God forbid. Jesus was emphasizing the importance of God's nation, Israel. 

Zechariah 2:8, “For thus saith the LORD of hosts; After the glory hath he sent me unto the nations which spoiled you: for he that toucheth you toucheth the apple of his eye.” The Bible is teaching here that Israel, the nation itself is the apple of God's eye, as He intended for it to be, a citadel of truth and righteousness. But the Jews ran the nation into the ground, so God took it away from them. It is the nation of Israel that is the apple of God's eye. When the Jews obeyed, God blessed them and protected them. But when the Jews rebelled and went into idolatry, God DID NOT bless them, he cursed them (Deuteronomy 28:15-68).

When the wicked Jewish Pharisees boasted to Jesus of their biological relationship to Abraham, being his fleshly descendants, the Lord told them "Big deal, God could raise up these rocks as Abraham's children." Jesus wasn't impressed with them being Jews! ...
Matthew 3:9, “And think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham.”

Being Jewish means nothing to God!!! Who is a Jew anyway? How much of your DNA needs to be Jewish to be considered a “Jew”? 10%? 25%? 75%? Pastor Steven Anderson had his DNA tested and of the several dozen ethnicities, "Ashkelon Jew" appeared first on his list. Interesting, his wife is German...lol. I think that's nice.

Who is a "Jew"? Is it a person who lives within the borders of Israel today? That would make someone a national Jew. There are African tribes who claim to be Jewish. There are cultural Jews, people who choose to live by Jewish customs and the Torah. Then there are also religious Jews, who follow the ungodly Talmud. So, who is a "Jew"? The Bible says in Galatians 3:29, “And if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.” Whether Jew or Gentile, if you are a born-again saint of God, you are a Jew in God's sight!

And finally, we read in Galatians 3:16, “Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ.” God's promises were not made to the Jews, but to Jesus! Only by faith in Jesus Christ will any human being (whether Jew or Gentile) be made HEIRS of God's promises to Christ. Again, please notice Galatians 3:29, “And if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.”