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Clear searchChrist the promised Seed, Gentile inheritance, and Paul's final blessing
Are Abraham's Seed and the Israel of God the Church? Christ the promised Seed, Gentile inheritance, and Paul's final blessing Galatians contains two of the strongest arguments for identifying the Church a…
Read article →Unity in Christ and distinction in God's purpose
…hes, and grounds the entire arrangement in the holiness of the root. What about Abraham's seed? All who belong to Christ are Abraham's seed and heirs according to the promise (Galatians 3:29). This is glorious inclusion. Gentile believers receive the blessing of Abraham in Christ…
Read article →Election within Abraham's family, the believing remnant, and the future of the nation
…mise Paul explains his statement through Abraham's family: "Neither, because they are the seed of Abraham, are they all children: but, In Isaac shall thy seed be called." —Romans 9:7 Abraham had more than one physical son. Ishmael was genuinely Abraham's descendant and received a…
Read article →The covenant son and the sacrifice that points to Christ
…saac: and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with his seed after him" (Genesis 17:19). After affirming Ishmael's blessing, God repeats the distinction: "But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, which Sarah shall bear unto thee at this set t…
Read article →What 'yea and Amen' in Christ means for Israel and the covenants
…fferent corporate recipient. The argument contains substantial truth. Christ is Abraham's Seed, David's Son, Israel's Messiah, and mediator of the new covenant. The Church possesses a genuine inheritance in Him. Gentile believers are not spectators looking through the window at a…
Read article →Circumcision of the heart and the identity of Paul's inward Jew
…e work in Israel: "And the LORD thy God will circumcise thine heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, that thou mayest live." —Deuteronomy 30:6 Jeremiah repeats the command to Judah and Jerusalem, calling them to cir…
Read article →Fulfilment in Christ, the inclusion of the Gentiles, and Israel's future mercy
…hey were always intended to be fulfilled. The argument runs like this: Christ is the true Seed of Abraham and the fulfilment of Israel's story. Those who belong to Christ are Abraham's seed. The Church receives Israel's covenant titles, the kingdom is taken from unbelieving Israe…
Read article →Why Israel's failure cannot make the word of God fail
…to the fixed order of the sun, moon, and stars. Only if those ordinances depart will "the seed of Israel also cease from being a nation before me for ever" (Jeremiah 31:35-37). Jeremiah 33 makes the point again: "Thus saith the LORD; If my covenant be not with day and night, and…
Read article →Conditional blessing, irrevocable promise, and fulfilment in Christ
…ties walking together. God places its ultimate certainty upon Himself and says: "Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates." —Genesis 15:18 Genesis 17 calls the covenant everlasting and again joins Abraham's descendant…
Read article →The question reaches beyond prophecy to the faithfulness of God
…g under Messiah. Christ is not an alternative to those promises. He is Abraham's promised Seed and David's promised Son. Through Him the blessing reaches the nations. The dispute concerns what fulfilment in Christ does to the other things God said. Does a promise become more fait…
Read article →A response to Michael Horton on the land promise, Amos 9, and the people of God
…un, moon, and stars: “If those ordinances depart from before me, saith the LORD, then the seed of Israel also shall cease from being a nation before me for ever.” —Jeremiah 31:36 A Christian reading must recognise the new covenant's present blessings in the Church. It must also a…
Read article →What God's faithfulness to Israel means for everyone who trusts His promises
…ises This series has examined covenants, prophecies, apostles, thrones, tribes, branches, seeds, kingdoms, and the difficult words upon which the debate turns. We have tried to hear the strongest opposing arguments, concede what they genuinely establish, and refuse conclusions wh…
Read article →Regathering, national rebirth, and the spiritual renewal still to come
…o the created order: "If those ordinances depart from before me, saith the LORD, then the seed of Israel also shall cease from being a nation before me for ever." —Jeremiah 31:36 The sun, moon, stars, sea, and heavens serve as witnesses to God's commitment. Israel's sin is not ig…
Read article →One Messiah, one gospel, and God's continuing purpose for Israel
…phesians 2:13-18). Christ stands at the centre of every covenant purpose. He is Abraham's Seed, David's Son, Israel's Messiah, the true and obedient Servant, and mediator of the new covenant. Every divine promise is yea and Amen in Him. The Church genuinely inherits in Christ. Ge…
Read article →Born, begotten and firstborn in the eternal identity and saving work of the Son
…was named. The following verse supplies the controlling explanation: “In Isaac shall thy seed be called” (Hebrews 11:18). Thus monogenēs cannot safely be reduced to the wooden idea of “the only child ever biologically generated.” It marks uniqueness within the filial relationshi…
Read article →Defining the position before testing it
…e centre of God's purpose. No covenant promise can be fulfilled apart from Him. He is the Seed of Abraham, the Son of David, the mediator of the new covenant, and the One in whom all God's promises are yea and amen (Galatians 3:16; Luke 1:32-33; Hebrews 9:15; 2 Corinthians 1:20).…
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