All the nations of the earth will be blessed by your seed, because you have obeyed my voice.”
Genesis 22:18 · WEBRead the whole chapter →
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The Scripture echoesGalatians 3:16
Paul notices that the promise speaks of a singular seed, and says that seed is Christ.
“Now the promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed. He doesn’t say, “To seeds”, as of many, but as of one, “To your seed”, which is Christ.”
The Scripture echoesActs 3:25
Peter tells the crowd they are heirs of the covenant God made with Abraham.
“You are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying to Abraham, ‘In your seed will all the families of the earth be blessed.’”
Fulfilled hereRevelation 7:9
A multitude from every nation, the blessing finally reaching all the families of the earth.
“After these things I looked, and behold, a great multitude, which no man could number, out of every nation and of all tribes, peoples, and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, dressed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands.”