Abraham's Promise looked beyond the Law to Jesus, wider than Israel to all nations, and extends further than this world into the next.
Abraham rejoiced to see my day: and he saw it, and was glad.
And the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the heathen through faith, preached before the gospel unto Abraham, saying, In thee shall all nations be blessed.
For he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God.
The Promised-blessing which Abraham saw was made accessible through Jesus, to all nations - and extends to etenity. Although the blessing is received in this life, its ultimate experience will come at the return of Christ.
The focus of the Promise was not earthly Jerusalem, but the heavenly. The constituents of the heavenly Kingdom would be not only the physical descendants of Abraham only, but all nations. The source of this blessing would not be Abraham's seeds, plural, but his seed, singular, which is Christ.
The Promise presupposes the prior removal out of the way, of the Law - for the Law had been a barrier to the Gentiles, and also the condemning disqualifier of the Jews.
The Promise eliminates any need for the continuing practise of the Law, and especially of modern Judaism.
The Promise makes it unneccesary for a literal, physical Kingdom in earthly Jerusalem to become the future focus in order to fulfil Bible-Prophecy, not even during some future millennium.
The blessed hope which all of Scripture points to is the resurrection of the dead, the appearing of the Kingdom of God, the coming of Christ - and it includes all nations without distinction - and it's accessible in-principle now, only through Jesus Christ.
Abraham rejoiced to see my day: and he saw it, and was glad.
And the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the heathen through faith, preached before the gospel unto Abraham, saying, In thee shall all nations be blessed.
For he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God.
The Promised-blessing which Abraham saw was made accessible through Jesus, to all nations - and extends to etenity. Although the blessing is received in this life, its ultimate experience will come at the return of Christ.
The focus of the Promise was not earthly Jerusalem, but the heavenly. The constituents of the heavenly Kingdom would be not only the physical descendants of Abraham only, but all nations. The source of this blessing would not be Abraham's seeds, plural, but his seed, singular, which is Christ.
The Promise presupposes the prior removal out of the way, of the Law - for the Law had been a barrier to the Gentiles, and also the condemning disqualifier of the Jews.
The Promise eliminates any need for the continuing practise of the Law, and especially of modern Judaism.
The Promise makes it unneccesary for a literal, physical Kingdom in earthly Jerusalem to become the future focus in order to fulfil Bible-Prophecy, not even during some future millennium.
The blessed hope which all of Scripture points to is the resurrection of the dead, the appearing of the Kingdom of God, the coming of Christ - and it includes all nations without distinction - and it's accessible in-principle now, only through Jesus Christ.
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