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The Promise

Moreover to Abraham were spoken a promise and to the seed of him, it does not say, And to the seeds, as of many, but as of one and to the seed of you which is Christ.1

This promise was to a seed, an offspring, not many seeds nor offsprings. In you shall all the nations be blessed. This was a preaching of the gospel beforehand to Abraham, before the law. It was a promise of redemption, of justification by faith that the scriptures spoke of. It was a promise of God pouring out his spirit on all people, of a replacing of our hearts of stone with a heart, circumcised by his Spirit. In Christ we are sealed with his spirit as a guarantee of our inheritance as sons, in which we cry Abba, Father! It was a promise of eternal life that the law could never give. It was a promise of a new covenant; for by Grace have we been saved through faith. This gift was given, the promise through a savior, accomplished through Christ Jesus. So then, those who are of faith are blessed along with Abraham, the man of faith.2

But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord: I will put my law within them, and I will write it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they shall be my people. And no longer shall each one teach his neighbor and each his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ for they shall all know me, from the least of them to the greatest, declares the Lord. For I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.”3

All indeed, are sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus.4 Abraham believed God and it was counted unto him as righteousness. "In your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed."5 All the nations, the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles through faith, preached before the gospel unto Abraham, saying, In you shall all nations be blessed.6 This is a blessing to all nations, not one nation, and it is through the seed of one. And to Isaac, I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and will give them all these lands, and through your offspring all nations on earth will be blessed,7 To all these lands the blessing comes through one offspring, the Christ opens up the blessing to all people, of all nations; one offspring would bless many nations.

 The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, of the fathers, glorified his servant Jesus. He is the word of God, who created all things, he is the author of life, author of faith, the bread of life, and living water, his words are of eternal life. His name, faith in his name makes men strong, by his stripes they are healed. What God foretold by the mouth of prophets, that this Christ would suffer, he thus fulfilled. This Prophet was raised up, prophesied by Moses, and spoken of by all the prophets, and this is the promise they spoke of; "And in your seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed." God raised up his servant, sending him to the Jew first, to bless them and turn them from their ways, they had gone astray.8 The prophecy "In you all nations shall be blessed" is fulfilled in Christ Jesus.
Therefore, be sure that it is those who are of faith who are sons of Abraham. And the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel beforehand to Abraham, saying, “In you shall all the nations be blessed.” So then, those who are of faith are blessed along with Abraham, the man of faith.10

Abraham believed God and it was counted unto him as righteousness. Cursed be everyone who does not abide by all things written in the Book of the Law, and do them.11 No man but Jesus has ever continued in all things of the law. Abraham in disbelief brought about a son in the flesh, his belief with Sarah brought a son in the spirit, this is symbolic of bondwoman and freewoman. Ishmael and Isaac, flesh and spirit, Jerusalem now in bondage and the free Jerusalem, which is above, the spiritual Jerusalem, mother of us all.12 The scriptures speak of this city, descending from heaven where the dwelling place of God will be with man. He will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them as their God.14 Now He is with us, and in us by his spirit, we are heirs through the Seed, Christ.

 Under the law the Jews were in bondage to elemental principles, but God sent forth his son to redeem those under the law (not for a future time, no, today is the day of salvation). In speaking of a new covenant, he makes the first one obsolete. And what is becoming obsolete and growing old is ready to vanish away.15 Christ is the mediator of this new covenant, this one of promise. For all the promises of God find their Yes in him. That is why it is through him that we utter our Amen to God for his glory. Christ has redeemed us from the curse by becoming a curse for us, dying on a tree. No one is justified by works of the law, for it is written, "the just shall live by faith."16

 The law is not of life, nor is it of faith. The promise was made to Abraham and his offspring, before the Law had been ratified or made into a covenant some 430 years after the promise and doesn't annul the promise. The inheritance of God's people is not through the Law. Life is through the offspring, the seed, which is Christ. And this is the promise that he made to us—eternal life.1 This Christ is the Word of God, he is bread of life and living water. Those who are of faith are sons of God. And it is God who establishes us with you in Christ, and has anointed us, and who has also put his seal on us and given us his Spirit in our hearts as a guarantee.17 

 Why the Law? it was added after the promise, because of transgression, until the offspring, the seed, Christ should come to whom the promise had been made.18 Is the Law contrary to the promise? No, the law could not give life, if it had, righteousness would indeed be by the Law, but Scripture imprisoned everything under sin, so the promise by Faith in Jesus Christ would be given to those who believe. The promise of this inheritance is not of an earthly kingdom, Jesus said those who follow him will inherit eternal life. These who inherit by Faith in Jesus, these are the remnant, these are the sons of God. The promise, it is a matter of inheritance.
In Christ Jesus you are all sons of God, through faith. For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ. There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is no male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. And if you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's offspring, heirs according to promise.20

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