(This is in the Christian DIR)
This is a question thread...
I’ve been doing some reading about the biblical covenants. And I don’t quite understand some of it; indeed I’ve become stuck!
I admit that my understanding is rudimentary
Galatians 3:14 says (talking about Jesus):
He redeemed us in order that the blessing given to Abraham might come to the Gentiles through Christ Jesus, so that by faith we might receive the promise of the Spirit.
So Jesus (as a Jew) made the Abrahamic covenant apply to the gentiles who followed him? How on Earth does this work?
I don’t understand – how did the Abrahamic covenant come to apply to gentiles??? How did Christians come to be sons (and daughters???) of Abraham? - how does the Abrahamic covenant fit into Christianity?
I’m assuming “blessings” (in the passage) is synonymous with “covenant” - or promises (such as in Genesis 12:3)
(I cannot think of Abraham without thinking of this, from my childhood, played on a guitar evangelical style)
This is a question thread...
I’ve been doing some reading about the biblical covenants. And I don’t quite understand some of it; indeed I’ve become stuck!
I admit that my understanding is rudimentary
Galatians 3:14 says (talking about Jesus):
He redeemed us in order that the blessing given to Abraham might come to the Gentiles through Christ Jesus, so that by faith we might receive the promise of the Spirit.
So Jesus (as a Jew) made the Abrahamic covenant apply to the gentiles who followed him? How on Earth does this work?
I don’t understand – how did the Abrahamic covenant come to apply to gentiles??? How did Christians come to be sons (and daughters???) of Abraham? - how does the Abrahamic covenant fit into Christianity?
I’m assuming “blessings” (in the passage) is synonymous with “covenant” - or promises (such as in Genesis 12:3)
(I cannot think of Abraham without thinking of this, from my childhood, played on a guitar evangelical style)