Posted on 11/20/2021 3:19:13 AM PST by Kaslin
She may or may not win an Earthly title but she’s already got the “Crown of Life” in Jesus...not that I’m an ultimate judge of such matters. Proverbs 31 lady...definitely!
“The Genesis story of Abraham says nothing about Israel.”
Yes that is technically true...Genesis says that his Grandson Jacob was renamed Israel by the angel he wrestled with and told that thru him God would build a great nation.
It is also true that God would take the actual seed of Abraham and that of the gentiles and through the spirit of adoption join them all together as one nation in the spiritual sense. The Bible says that, too!
I think you must have been staring at pictures of Jumping Hot Flash Whoopie and Michelle the Wookie too long.
That lady is not ugly but the photo and angle don’t show her in the best light!
Genesis 12:…”2I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, so that you will be a blessing. 3I will bless those who bless you and curse those who curse you; and all the families of the earth will be blessed through you.” 4So Abram departed, as the LORD had directed him, and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he left Haran.…”
Says nation...not seed...but both words are technically correct. Paul in the NT reconciles the physical with the spiritual showing how Jesus Christ was that “seed of Abraham” thru which all the nations were blessed and that Gentiles and Jews were to be made one nation and one spiritual seed by the spirit of adoption, ‘according to the promise” made to Abraham!” The House(of God) always wins....three cheers for that!
“The promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed. Scripture does not say “and to seeds,” meaning many people, but “and to your seed,” meaning one person, who is Christ.” - Galatians 3:16
Genesis 12:3 I will bless those who bless you,
And I will curse him who curses you;
And in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.”
Now how Abraham were all families of the earth to be blessed or all nations per other translations?
Interesting you cite Galatians 3...Now lets show the rest of the chapter...
“15Brethren, I speak in the manner of men: Though it is only a man’s covenant, yet if it is confirmed, no one annuls or adds to it. 16Now to Abraham and his Seed were the promises made. He does not say, “And to seeds,” as of many, but as of one, “And to your Seed,” who is Christ. 17And this I say, that the law, which was four hundred and thirty years later, cannot annul the covenant that was confirmed before by God [e]in Christ, that it should make the promise of no effect. 18For if the inheritance is of the law, it is no longer of promise; but God gave it to Abraham by promise.
Purpose of the Law
19What purpose then does the law serve? It was added because of transgressions, till the Seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it was appointed through angels by the hand of a mediator. 20Now a mediator does not mediate for one only, but God is one.
21Is the law then against the promises of God? Certainly not! For if there had been a law given which could have given life, truly righteousness would have been by the law. 22But the Scripture has confined all under sin, that the promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe. 23But before faith came, we were kept under guard by the law, [f]kept for the faith which would afterward be revealed. 24Therefore the law was our [g]tutor to bring us to Christ, that we might be justified by faith. 25But after faith has come, we are no longer under a tutor.
Sons and Heirs
26For you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus. 27For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ. 28There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus. 29And if you are Christ’s, then you are Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise.
Now note Verse 29!
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