Genesis 22:18 And in your seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because you have obeyed my voice. I. SOME OF THE REASONS FOR GIVING THIS DESCRIPTION OF THE MESSIAH: "The seed of Abraham." 1. Christ is called the seed of Abraham because He was to assume human nature; to be truly man; a man like ourselves. 2. Christ was called the seed of Abraham, that additional evidence of His claims as Messiah might be given when He came into the world. 3. There is a third reason why He is called, why, in fact, He was made, the seed of Abraham. There is, after all, a peculiar relation between Christ and the Jews, as His brethren after the flesh. II. Let us now consider THE IMPORT OF THE DECLARATION, "In thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed." 1. In the first place, there is its Divinely revealed truth. 2. The religion of Christ is calculated to produce human happiness, because it exhibits the Divinely-prescribed method by which the guilty may obtain pardon; in other words, that great doctrine of human hope and joy, that of justification by faith in the atonement and intercession of the Saviour. 3. In further examining this Divine system, to discover its adaptation to human happiness, we find the great, the singular, promise of the Holy Spirit. 4. Another adaptation to human happiness in Christianity is found in its explicit enforcement of those relative duties on which the welfare of society so much depends. 5. The last of these adaptations is, the kind and merciful spirit of the Gospel. (R. Watson.) Parallel Verses KJV: And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.WEB: In your seed will all the nations of the earth be blessed, because you have obeyed my voice." |
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