{"id":5349,"date":"2018-07-01T05:02:10","date_gmt":"2018-07-01T09:02:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cristolaverdad.com\/?p=5349"},"modified":"2023-12-13T09:31:29","modified_gmt":"2023-12-13T14:31:29","slug":"who-is-abrahams-seed-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cristolaverdad.com\/?p=5349","title":{"rendered":"Who is Abraham&#8217;s Seed, Pt. 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"seriesmeta\">This entry is part 1 of 6 in the series <a href=\"http:\/\/cristolaverdad.com\/?series=abrahams-seed\" class=\"series-52\" title=\"Abraham's Seed\">Abraham's Seed<\/a><\/div><p>God made promises to Abraham (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Gen.12%3A1-3%2C+17%3A7&amp;version=AKJV\">Gen.12:1-3, <\/a>&amp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Gen.17%3A7&amp;version=AKJV,MEV,RVA,OJB,ASV\">17:7<\/a>) &amp; his&#8217; Descendan<strong>t<\/strong>\/The See<strong>d<\/strong>&#8216;. Christ, the Messiah was coming from Abraham&#8217;s lineage, but some Jews stumbled on this (<span class=\"text Rom-9-33\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Isaiah%2028%3A16&amp;version=NKJV;AKJV;RVR1960;MEV;OJB\">Isaiah 28:16<\/a><\/span>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Romans%209%3A30-33&amp;version=NKJV;AKJV;RVR1960;MEV\">Rom. 9:33<\/a>), they misinterpreted it &amp; took it the blessings were just for all Abraham&#8217;s descendants <strong>in the flesh, Israelites<\/strong>. Sadly many Jews still believe that today! <span id=\"en-MEV-29123\" class=\"text Gal-3-20\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"yiv5667499488yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1474974827219_31480\"><span id=\"yiv5667499488yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1474974827219_5843\"> In the Old Testament the Hebrew word <a id=\"yiv5667499488yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1474974827219_5844\" href=\"http:\/\/studybible.info\/strongs\/H2233\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">H2233<\/a>\u00a0Zera, = &#8220;<span id=\"yiv5667499488yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1474974827219_11810\"><b id=\"yiv5667499488yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1474974827219_11809\">seed<\/b><\/span>&#8221; is a <span style=\"color: #800000;\">singular<\/span> noun that can also mean <strong>offspring <\/strong>(collective). <\/span>Many modern bibles translate or change the Hebrew word &#8220;<span id=\"yiv5667499488yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1474974827219_11810\"><b id=\"yiv5667499488yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1474974827219_11809\">seed<\/b><\/span>&#8221; as &#8220;descendant<b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">s<\/span><\/b>,&#8221; &#8220;children,&#8221;\u00a0 (plural only), see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Genesis%2017%3A7-8&amp;version=AKJV,MEV,NKJV,RVA,OJB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gen.17<\/a>. The Hebrew text could have used a plural form, like the word &#8216;Generations&#8217; (plural) in Hebrew is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kingjamesbibledictionary.com\/StrongsNo\/H1755\/generations\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">H1755<\/a>= dore, or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kingjamesbibledictionary.com\/StrongsNo\/h6631\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">H6631<\/a>=descendants, offspring, or the word &#8216;mishpachan&#8217;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kingjamesbibledictionary.com\/StrongsNo\/h4940\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> H4940<\/a>, etc, if wanted to make clear it was plural. This miss translation makes it difficult to understand, altering the scriptures &amp; the doctrine.\u00a0 In Greek language there are distinct words for seed (<em>spermati<\/em>) &amp; seed<strong>s<\/strong> (<em>spermasin<\/em>).<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"yiv5667499488yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1474974827219_31480\">To know if &#8216;seed&#8217; in Hebrew has singular or collective meaning we need to read in context. Also we find in Gen 21:12, &#8220;for in Isaac shall thy<span style=\"color: #800000;\"> seed<\/span> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>be called<\/strong>.<\/span>&#8221; (Physical offspring are not &#8220;called&#8221; out).<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>We can also notice through out the Old Testament that <span style=\"color: #800000;\">the seed<\/span> is a <strong>He<\/strong> (singular) &amp; not them.<\/p>\n<p>In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Gen.3%3A15&amp;version=ESV;AKJV\">Gen.3:15<\/a> &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=genesis%204%3A25&amp;version=NKJV;AKJV;RVR1960;MEV;OJB\">4:25<\/a> said &#8220;<em>and I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her <span style=\"color: #993300;\">seed<\/span>; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #993300; text-decoration: underline;\">his<\/span><\/span> <\/strong>heel.<\/em>&#8221; &amp; 4: &#8220;<span id=\"en-AKJV-105\" class=\"text Gen-4-25\"><sup class=\"versenum\">25\u00a0<\/sup><em>And Adam knew his wife again; and she bare a son, and called his name Seth: For God, said she, hath appointed me another<span style=\"color: #993300;\"> seed<\/span> instead of Abel, whom Cain slew.<\/em><\/span>&#8221; These passages are using the word<strong> seed<\/strong> as singular, for one person alone.<\/p>\n<p>Same in 2 Samuel 7:12 God&#8217;s word to King David &#8220;<em><span id=\"en-AKJV-8193\" class=\"text 2Sam-7-12\">And when thy days be fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will set up <span style=\"color: #993300;\">thy seed<\/span> after thee, which shall proceed out of thy bowels, and I will establish <strong><span style=\"color: #993300;\">his<\/span><\/strong> kingdom. <\/span><\/em><span id=\"en-AKJV-8194\" class=\"text 2Sam-7-13\"><em><sup class=\"versenum\">13\u00a0<\/sup><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #993300; text-decoration: underline;\">He<\/span><\/span><\/strong> shall build an house for my name, and I will establish the throne of <strong><span style=\"color: #993300;\">his<\/span><\/strong> kingdom <strong>for ever<\/strong><\/em>.<\/span>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Even the enemies of Jesus knew correctly: &#8220;<span id=\"en-MEV-26371\" class=\"text John-7-42\"><sup class=\"versenum\">42\u00a0<\/sup><em>Has the Scripture not said that <span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>the Christ<\/strong> comes from the<strong> seed<\/strong> of David<\/span>, out of the town of Bethlehem where David was?<\/em>\u201d <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=john%207%3A42&amp;version=AKJV,NKJV,MEV,RVA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jn.7:42<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0 Though they were waiting for the Christ, sadly many rejected Him.<\/p>\n<p>The Samaritans (which only accepted the first 5 books) also knew: &#8220;<span id=\"en-NIV-26182\" class=\"text John-4-25\"> <em>The woman said, \u201cI know that Messiah\u201d (called Christ) \u201cis coming. When <strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">he<\/span><\/strong> comes, <strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">he<\/span><\/strong> will explain everything to us<\/em>.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=john%204&amp;version=NIV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jn.4:25<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Jesus Himself teach us how this seed goes from a singular to a plural seed:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>But Jesus answered them, saying, \u201cThe hour has come that <span style=\"color: #800000;\">the Son of Man<\/span> should be glorified. 24 Most assuredly, I say to you, <span style=\"color: #800000;\">unless a grain of wheat falls into the ground and dies<\/span>, it remains alone; <strong>but if it dies, it produces much grain<\/strong> (John 12:23-24)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The apostle Paul, was a Jew &amp; also a pharisee who knew well the Law <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Philippians%203%3A1-11%20&amp;version=AKJV;NKJV;MEV;RVR1960\"><span id=\"en-MEV-29428\" class=\"text Phil-3-6\">Phil.3:5-<strong>8<\/strong><\/span><\/a> (who from<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> early age<\/span> studied the Old Testament under the great Pharisaic teacher, Gamaliel)<span id=\"en-MEV-29428\" class=\"text Phil-3-6\"><\/span>, &amp; who persecuted the church but later had an encounter with Jesus (Acts 9:4). He explains about <strong>the &#8216;Seed&#8217; of Abraham<\/strong> (Gal.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Galatians+3%3A16&amp;version=ESV;NKJV;ASV;OJB;YLT\">3:16<\/a>)<span id=\"en-MEV-29123\" class=\"text Gal-3-20\"> &amp; also does the apostle Peter, another Jew <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Acts+3%3A11-26&amp;version=AKJV;MEV\">Acts 3:24-26<\/a>.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The SEED of Abraham can have 3 meanings, but most importantly, according with the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Scriptures<\/span> <strong>only <span style=\"color: #993300;\">2<\/span><\/strong> of these have to do with the &#8216;<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Promise<\/strong><\/span>&#8216; made to <strong>Abraham<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">1\/<\/span> <span style=\"color: #993300;\">Jesus Christ<\/span><\/strong> is the Promised &#8216;<strong>Seed of Abraham<\/strong>&#8216; who gives eternal life, the blessings &amp; the promise of the <strong>Holy Spirit!<\/strong> to those who believe in Him!<span id=\"en-MEV-28162\" class=\"text Rom-9-6\"><span id=\"en-MEV-28037\" class=\"text Rom-4-14\"><span id=\"en-AKJV-28036\" class=\"text Rom-4-13\"> &#8220;. .<span id=\"en-AKJV-29113\" class=\"text Gal-3-10\"><span id=\"en-AKJV-29117\" class=\"text Gal-3-14\"> <em>that<strong> the blessing<\/strong> of Abraham might come on the Gentiles <span style=\"color: #993300;\">through Jesus Christ<\/span>; that we might receive <strong>the promise of the Spirit<\/strong> through <span style=\"color: #993300;\">faith<\/span>&#8220;<\/em>.<\/span><\/span> Gal 6: 14.\u00a0 &#8211; <span id=\"en-AKJV-28163\" class=\"text Rom-9-7\"><\/span><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">All<\/span> the nations <\/strong>would be<strong> blessed in <span style=\"color: #993300;\">Him<\/span>.<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span id=\"en-AKJV-563\" class=\"text Gen-22-15\">&#8220;And the angel of the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord<\/span> called unto Abraham out of heaven the second time, <\/span> <span id=\"en-AKJV-564\" class=\"text Gen-22-16\"><sup class=\"versenum\">16\u00a0<\/sup>and said, <strong>By myself have I sworn, saith the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord<\/span><\/strong>, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">thine<strong> only <\/strong><\/span><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">son<\/span><\/strong>: <\/span> <span id=\"en-AKJV-565\" class=\"text Gen-22-17\"><sup class=\"versenum\">17\u00a0<\/sup>that in blessing <strong>I will bless thee<\/strong>, and in multiplying <strong>I will multiply <span style=\"color: #993300;\">thy seed<\/span><\/strong> as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and <strong><span style=\"color: #993300;\">thy seed<\/span><\/strong> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">shall possess the gate of his enemies<\/span>; <\/span> <\/em><span id=\"en-AKJV-566\" class=\"text Gen-22-18\"><em><sup class=\"versenum\">18\u00a0<\/sup>and <strong><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">IN<\/span> thy seed<\/span><\/strong> shall <strong>all the nations of the earth be blessed<\/strong>; <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">because thou hast <strong>obeyed<\/strong> my voice<\/span><\/em>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Genesis%2022%3A%2015-18&amp;version=AKJV;MEV;NKJV;YLT;RVR1960\"><span class=\"text Rom-9-6\"><span class=\"text Rom-4-14\"><span class=\"text Rom-4-13\">Gen.22:15-18\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span id=\"en-MEV-29119\" class=\"text Gal-3-16\">16 Now<strong> the promises were made to Abraham and<\/strong> <span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong>his Seed<\/strong><\/span>. He does <strong>not<\/strong> say, \u201cand to seed<strong>s<\/strong>,\u201d meaning many, but \u201cand to your <strong>Seed,\u201d meaning <span style=\"color: #993300;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">one<\/span>, who is Christ<\/span>.<\/strong>. . .\u00a0<\/span><span id=\"en-MEV-29120\" class=\"text Gal-3-17\">\u00a0<\/span> <span id=\"en-MEV-29121\" class=\"text Gal-3-18\"><sup class=\"versenum\">18\u00a0<\/sup>For <strong>if<\/strong> the <strong>inheritance<\/strong> comes from the <span style=\"color: #000080;\">law<\/span>, it no longer comes from <strong><span style=\"color: #008080;\">the promise<\/span>.<\/strong> But God gave it to Abraham through a promise.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"en-MEV-29122\" class=\"text Gal-3-19\"><sup class=\"versenum\">19\u00a0<\/sup><strong>What purpose then does the <\/strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">law<\/span><strong> serve?<\/strong> It was added because of transgressions, <span style=\"color: #993300;\">until <strong>the Seed<\/strong><\/span> should <strong><span style=\"color: #993300;\">come<\/span> <span style=\"color: #993300;\">to whom the promise was mad<\/span><span style=\"color: #993300;\">e<\/span><\/strong>. . .<\/span><span id=\"en-MEV-29123\" class=\"text Gal-3-20\">.\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Galatians%203&amp;version=AKJV;NKJV;MEV;RVA\">Galatians 3:16-19<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>2\/<\/strong><\/span> &#8220;<span id=\"en-MEV-29109\" class=\"text Gal-3-6\"> <\/span><span id=\"en-MEV-29110\" class=\"text Gal-3-7\"><em>Therefore know that <span style=\"color: #800000;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">those who are <strong>of faith <\/strong><\/span>are the sons <\/span><\/em>(<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20230203060829\/https:\/\/studybible.info\/strongs\/G5207\">G5207<\/a> =son, descendent -birth or adoption)<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em> of Abraham<\/em><\/span><span style=\"color: #993300;\">.<\/span><\/span>&#8221;\u00a0 (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Galatians%203%3A%206-7&amp;version=MEV;AKJV;YLT\">Gal 3: 6-7<\/a>).\u00a0 <span style=\"color: #000080;\">T<\/span><span id=\"en-AKJV-29113\" class=\"text Gal-3-10\"><span id=\"en-AKJV-29115\" class=\"text Gal-3-12\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">he<strong> law<\/strong> <\/span><span style=\"color: #993300;\">is not <strong>of faith<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Gal.3%3A12&amp;version=MEV;AKJV;YLT\">Gal.3:12<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>The seed of Abraham means also the <span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>believers<\/strong> justified by <strong>FAITH<\/strong><\/span> in the promised Seed, Jesus the Messiah. From that promise made to Abraham, hundreds of years later came about <strong>2 covenants<\/strong>, the old one (provisional) &amp; the new one. But the promise &amp; initial plan never changed:<\/p>\n<p><strong>a\/<\/strong> <span style=\"color: #800000;\">Old Covenant believers in Messiah<\/span>\/The Seed, since the beginning, <span style=\"color: #800000;\">Jews<\/span> &amp; gentiles (Tamar, Rahab, Ruth were gentiles), &amp; <strong>through out the<\/strong> <strong>Old Covenant (<\/strong>\u201c<em><span id=\"en-AKJV-5057\" class=\"text Deut-5-3\">The <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord<\/span> made <strong>NOT <\/strong>this covenant with <strong>our fathers,<\/strong> <span style=\"color: #993300;\">but with us<\/span><strong>, <\/strong>even us, who are <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">all of us here alive this day<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/em>\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Deuteronomy%205%3A1-22&amp;version=NKJV;AKJV;MEV;RVA\">Deut.5:1-3<\/a>). All the <strong>believers in the Old Covenant that were justified by faith<\/strong> <span style=\"color: #800000;\">before Messiah&#8217;s<\/span> coming <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=hebrews%2011&amp;version=AKJV;MEV;NKJV;RVR1960\">Hebrew 11.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<span id=\"en-AKJV-30186\" class=\"text Heb-11-13\"><em><strong>These all<\/strong> died <span style=\"color: #993300;\">in faith<\/span>, not having received the promises, but having seen them<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> afar off<\/span>, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong> confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the<span style=\"color: #993300; text-decoration: underline;\"> earth<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">.<\/span><\/span>&#8221; vs.13. &#8220;<em><span id=\"en-AKJV-30212\" class=\"text Heb-11-39\">And <strong>these all<\/strong>, having obtained a good report <span style=\"color: #993300;\">through<\/span> <strong><span style=\"color: #993300;\">faith<\/span><\/strong>, <strong>received <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">not<\/span> <span style=\"color: #993300;\">the promise<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/em>&#8221; vs. 39. And they had remission of their sins by the blood of innocent animals (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Hebrews%209&amp;version=AKJV;NKJV;MEV;OJB;RVR1960\">Hebrew 9<\/a>). But this was a provisional, imperfect covenant, until Jesus the perfect sacrifice (the Seed) should come.<span id=\"en-AKJV-28163\" class=\"text Rom-9-7\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>b\/<\/strong> <span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>New Covenant<\/strong><\/span> <span style=\"color: #993300;\">believers<\/span> (Jews &amp; gentiles)<strong>,<\/strong> the ones\u00a0 <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/cristolaverdad.com\/?m=201805\">born again<\/a> of the Spirit of God <\/strong>by faith in Jesus Christ, that through Jesus inherit the promises &amp; blessings, because we <strong>all<\/strong> <strong>are one in Him<\/strong>.\u00a0 Once believers are united to Christ by faith they form <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>one body<\/strong><\/span> with <span style=\"color: #993300;\">Him<\/span> &amp; He is the head of that body. We are not Jew not gentiles anymore, but a<strong> new creature<\/strong>. The body of Christ, the Church.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 439px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20181204084808\/https:\/\/proxy.duckduckgo.com\/iu\/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gracepointdevotions.org%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2011%2F02%2Fisraeliteencampment.jpg&amp;f=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"429\" height=\"225\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">The 12 of Israel positioned in their camps. Num.2<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>The Old Testament faith looked forward to a future event<\/strong>, (the Seed, <strong>the Messiah<\/strong>) the Lamb of God, which God progressively revealed more and more, until Jesus finally came. Our faith today looks back on a<strong> past event from\u00a02,000 years ago<\/strong>. &#8211; God&#8217;s provision on our behalf, which the world now knows to be <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">the same Messiah,<\/span> <strong>Jesus&#8217; death on the cross<\/strong>. Old Testament believers were not permanently indwelled by the Holy Spirit as believers today, this began on the Day of Pentecost (Acts 2 ). God instituted the church on that day, &amp; those who believed in Jesus became spiritually born again. <strong>Salvation has always been a matter of receiving God&#8217;s provision in belief (by <span style=\"color: #800000;\">faith<\/span>).<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span id=\"en-AKJV-29109\" class=\"text Gal-3-6\">6 Even as <strong>Abraham <span style=\"color: #993300;\">believed<\/span><\/strong> <strong>God<\/strong>, and it was accounted to him for<span style=\"color: #993300;\"> righteousness. <\/span><\/span> <span id=\"en-AKJV-29110\" class=\"text Gal-3-7\"><sup class=\"versenum\">7\u00a0<\/sup>Know ye therefore that <strong>they which <\/strong><span style=\"color: #993300;\">are <strong>of faith<\/strong><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #993300;\">,<\/span> the same are the children of Abraham<\/strong>. <\/span> <span id=\"en-AKJV-29111\" class=\"text Gal-3-8\"><sup class=\"versenum\">8\u00a0<\/sup>And the scripture, foreseeing that God <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">would justify the heathen through faith<\/span>, preached before the gospel<strong> unto Abraham<\/strong>, <i>saying<\/i>, In thee shall <strong>all nations<\/strong> be blessed. <\/span> <span id=\"en-AKJV-29112\" class=\"text Gal-3-9\"><sup class=\"versenum\">9\u00a0<\/sup>So then they which be of faith are blessed with faithful Abraham. <\/span> <span id=\"en-AKJV-29113\" class=\"text Gal-3-10\"><sup class=\"versenum\">10\u00a0<\/sup>For as many as are <strong>of the works of the <\/strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">law<\/span><strong> are<\/strong> under the curse:. . .<span id=\"en-AKJV-29115\" class=\"text Gal-3-12\"><sup class=\"versenum\">12\u00a0<\/sup>And <span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong>the <span style=\"color: #000080;\">law<\/span><\/strong> <strong>is not of faith<\/strong><\/span>: but, The man that doeth them shall live in them. <\/span> <span id=\"en-AKJV-29116\" class=\"text Gal-3-13\"><sup class=\"versenum\">13\u00a0<\/sup><strong><span style=\"color: #993300;\">Christ<\/span> <\/strong>hath <strong>redeemed us from the curse of the <\/strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">law<\/span>, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed <i>is<\/i> every one that hangeth on a tree: <\/span> <span id=\"en-AKJV-29117\" class=\"text Gal-3-14\"><sup class=\"versenum\">14\u00a0<\/sup><span style=\"color: #993300;\">that<strong> the blessing<\/strong> of Abraham might come on the Gentiles <strong>through Jesus Christ<\/strong>; that we might receive <strong>the promise of the Spirit<\/strong> through faith.<\/span> \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 . . .<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"en-MEV-29123\" class=\"text Gal-3-20\"><span id=\"en-NKJV-29124\" class=\"text Gal-3-21\"><strong><i>Is<\/i> the <\/strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">law<\/span><strong> then against the promises of God?<\/strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> Certainly not!<\/span> For if there had been<strong> a <\/strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">law<\/span><strong> given which could have given <\/strong><span style=\"color: #993300;\">life<strong>,<\/strong><\/span> truly righteousness would have been by the <span style=\"color: #000080;\">law<\/span>. <\/span> <span id=\"en-NKJV-29125\" class=\"text Gal-3-22\"><sup class=\"versenum\">22\u00a0<\/sup>But the Scripture has confined all under sin, that <strong>the promise <span style=\"color: #993300;\">by faith<\/span> in Jesus Christ<\/strong> might be given to <strong>those<\/strong> <strong>who believe<\/strong>. <\/span> <span id=\"en-NKJV-29126\" class=\"text Gal-3-23\"><sup class=\"versenum\">23\u00a0<\/sup>But <span style=\"color: #993300;\">before faith came, we were kept under guard by the <span style=\"color: #000080;\">law<\/span>,<\/span> kept for the faith which would afterward be revealed. <\/span> <span id=\"en-NKJV-29127\" class=\"text Gal-3-24\"><sup class=\"versenum\">24\u00a0<\/sup><strong>Therefore <span style=\"color: #993300;\">the <\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">law<\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #993300;\"> was our tutor<\/span> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><i>to bring us<\/i> to Christ<\/span>, that we might be justified <span style=\"color: #993300;\">by faith<\/span><\/strong>. <\/span> <span id=\"en-NKJV-29128\" class=\"text Gal-3-25\"><sup class=\"versenum\">25\u00a0<\/sup>But <strong>after faith has come, we are no longer under a tutor.<\/strong> \u00a0<span id=\"en-AKJV-29129\" class=\"text Gal-3-26\">For ye <strong>are <span style=\"color: #993300;\">all the children of God <\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #993300;\">by faith <strong>in Christ Jesus<\/strong><\/span>. <\/span> <span id=\"en-AKJV-29130\" class=\"text Gal-3-27\"><sup class=\"versenum\">27\u00a0<\/sup>For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ <strong>have put on Christ. <\/strong><\/span> <span id=\"en-AKJV-29131\" class=\"text Gal-3-28\"><sup class=\"versenum\"><strong>2<\/strong>8\u00a0<\/sup>There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for <span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong>ye are all <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">one<\/span> in<\/strong> Christ Jesus<\/span>. <\/span> <span id=\"en-AKJV-29132\" class=\"text Gal-3-29\"><sup class=\"versenum\">29\u00a0<\/sup><strong>And if ye <i>be<\/i> Christ\u2019s, then are ye <\/strong><span style=\"color: #993300;\">Abraham\u2019s<\/span><strong> <span style=\"color: #993300;\">seed<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #993300;\">,<\/span> and <span style=\"color: #993300;\">heirs according to the promise<\/span>.<\/span><\/span> <\/span><span id=\"en-MEV-29123\" class=\"text Gal-3-20\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Galatians%203&amp;version=AKJV;NKJV;MEV;RVA\">Gal. 3:6-29<\/a><\/span><span id=\"en-MEV-29123\" class=\"text Gal-3-20\"><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\">3\/<\/span> And also could be used for Abraham&#8217;s descendants in the flesh, which means the<strong> physical<\/strong> seed, the original of next passage is in Greek but in the Old Testament (Hebrew) &#8216;thy seed&#8217; was almost exclusively used for the Messiah &amp; those who<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong> are called<\/strong><\/span> to belong to Jesus Christ (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Rom.1%3A6&amp;version=AKJV;MEV;NKJV;RVR1960\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rom.1:6<\/a>) :<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8216;<span id=\"en-MEV-26415\" class=\"text John-8-33\">They answered Him<\/span> <span class=\"text John-8-33\">\u201cWe are <strong>Abraham\u2019s seed<\/strong> and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">have never been in bondage<\/span> to anyone. Why do You say, <span class=\"woj\">\u2018You shall be set free\u2019<\/span>? . . . 37<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u00a0<\/span><span id=\"en-AKJV-26419\" class=\"text John-8-37\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #800000; text-decoration: underline;\">I know that ye are<\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #800000; text-decoration: underline;\"> Abraham\u2019s seed<\/span>;<\/strong><\/span> <strong>but ye seek to kill me<\/strong>, because my word hath no place in you.<\/span> . . 39 <\/span><span class=\"text John-8-39\">They answered Him, <strong>\u201cAbraham is our father.\u201d<\/strong><\/span><span class=\"text John-8-39\"> <span class=\"woj\">Jesus said to them, <span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>If<\/strong> you were Abraham\u2019s<strong> children, <\/strong><\/span><strong>you would do the works<\/strong><\/span><\/span><span class=\"text John-8-39\"><span class=\"woj\"> (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kingjamesbibledictionary.com\/StrongsNo\/G2041\/followers\">G2041<\/a>= Deeds, doing, occupation, business) <\/span><\/span><span class=\"text John-8-39\"><span class=\"woj\"><strong>of Abraham.<\/strong><\/span> <\/span> <span id=\"en-MEV-26422\" class=\"text John-8-40\"><sup class=\"versenum\">40\u00a0<\/sup><span class=\"woj\">But now you seek to kill Me,. .\u00a0<\/span> <\/span> <span id=\"en-MEV-26423\" class=\"text John-8-41\"><sup class=\"versenum\">41\u00a0<\/sup><span class=\"woj\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">You are doing the works of your father<\/span>. <span class=\"text John-8-41\">Then they said to Him, \u201cWe were<strong> not<\/strong> <strong>born<\/strong> of sexual immorality. <span style=\"color: #993300;\">We have one Father: <strong>God<\/strong><\/span>.. . <span id=\"en-MEV-26424\" class=\"text John-8-42\">Jesus said to them<\/span>. .<span id=\"en-MEV-26426\" class=\"text John-8-44\"><strong>You are of <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">your father the <span style=\"color: #993300; text-decoration: underline;\">devil<\/span><\/span><\/strong>, and you want to do <strong>the desires<\/strong> of your father. He was a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">murderer<\/span> from the beginning, and does <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">not stand in the truth,<\/span> because there is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">no truth in him<\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span id=\"en-MEV-26415\" class=\"text John-8-33\">&#8220;<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=John+8%3A33-59&amp;version=NKJV;MEV;YLT;RVR1960;AKJV\">John 8:33-47<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Jesus recognized these Jews were the<strong> physical seed of Abraham<\/strong>, but <span style=\"color: #800000;\">spiritually<\/span> they were children of the devil because they didn&#8217;t received Him &amp;<strong> wanted to kill<\/strong> Him.<span id=\"en-MEV-6492\" class=\"text Josh-24-15\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>All of Abraham&#8217;s descendants are not necessarily the children of God which receive the promises made to Abraham, because<strong> God&#8217;s children<\/strong> <strong>are<\/strong> <strong>not of the flesh<\/strong>.<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">It is a spiritual family<\/span>.<\/span> Abraham<span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> believed<\/span> <\/strong>God<\/span>, that&#8217;s the reason he is called the<strong> father of<span style=\"color: #993300;\"> Faith<\/span><\/strong>. Those <strong>Jews that didn&#8217;t <span style=\"color: #993300;\">believe<\/span> Christ<\/strong> were <span style=\"color: #800000;\">not<\/span> children of faith, nor children of God.<span id=\"en-MEV-28162\" class=\"text Rom-9-6\"><span id=\"en-MEV-28164\" class=\"text Rom-9-8\"><\/span><\/span> <span id=\"en-AKJV-28163\" class=\"text Rom-9-7\"><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"line\"><span id=\"en-MEV-28162\" class=\"text Rom-9-6\"><span id=\"en-MEV-28037\" class=\"text Rom-4-14\"><span id=\"en-AKJV-28036\" class=\"text Rom-4-13\"><span class=\"text Rom-4-13\">9.<span class=\"text Rom-4-9\"><i>Does<\/i> this blessedness then <i>come<\/i> upon the circumcised <i>only,<\/i> or upon the uncircumcised also? For we say that<span style=\"color: #993300;\"> faith was accounted to Abraham for righteousness.<\/span> . . F<\/span>or the <strong>promise<\/strong> that <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">he would be the heir of the world <\/span><i>was<\/i><strong> not to Abraham<\/strong> or to his seed <span style=\"color: #000080;\">through the<strong> law<\/strong><\/span>, but through the righteousness <strong><span style=\"color: #993300;\">of faith<\/span><\/strong>. <\/span> <span id=\"en-NKJV-28037\" class=\"text Rom-4-14\"><sup class=\"versenum\">14\u00a0<\/sup>For if those who are of the law <i>are<\/i> heirs, faith is made void and the promise made of no effect, <\/span> <span id=\"en-NKJV-28038\" class=\"text Rom-4-15\"><sup class=\"versenum\">15\u00a0<\/sup>because the law brings about wrath; for where there is no law <i>there is<\/i> no transgression<\/span>or <strong>the promise,<\/strong> <strong>that <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">he should be the heir of the world<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">,<\/span> <strong><i>was<\/i> <span style=\"color: #993300;\">not<\/span><\/strong> to Abraham, or to his <strong>seed<\/strong>,<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #000080;\"> through the <strong>law<\/strong><\/span>, <strong>but<\/strong> through the righteousness<strong> <span style=\"color: #993300;\">of faith<\/span><\/strong>. <\/span> <span id=\"en-AKJV-28037\" class=\"text Rom-4-14\"><sup class=\"versenum\">14\u00a0<\/sup>For <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>if<\/strong> they which are of the <strong><span style=\"color: #000080; text-decoration: underline;\">law<\/span><\/strong> <strong><i>be<\/i> heirs<\/strong>, <strong><span style=\"color: #993300; text-decoration: underline;\">faith<\/span><\/strong> <span style=\"color: #993300; text-decoration: underline;\">is made void<\/span>, and the <strong>promise<\/strong> made of<strong> none effect:<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><span id=\"en-MEV-28039\" class=\"text Rom-4-16\"> <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Romans+4&amp;version=MEV;AKJV;NKJV;RVA\"> Romans 4:<strong>9-<\/strong>16<\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"en-AKJV-28162\" class=\"text Rom-9-6\"><sup class=\"versenum\">6\u00a0<\/sup>Not as though the word of God hath taken none effect. For they <i>are<\/i> not all Israel, which are of Israel: <\/span> <span id=\"en-AKJV-28163\" class=\"text Rom-9-7\"><sup class=\"versenum\">7\u00a0<\/sup>neither, because they <strong>are<\/strong> the<strong> seed of Abraham<\/strong>, <strong><i>are they<\/i> all children<\/strong>: but,<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> In Isaac shall<span style=\"color: #993300; text-decoration: underline;\"> <strong>thy seed<\/strong><\/span> be called.<\/span> <\/span> <span id=\"en-AKJV-28164\" class=\"text Rom-9-8\"><sup class=\"versenum\">8\u00a0<\/sup>That is, They which are <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #993300; text-decoration: underline;\">the children of the <strong>flesh, these <i>are<\/i> not the children of God<\/strong><\/span>:<\/span> but <strong>the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">children of the promise are counted for the <span style=\"color: #993300; text-decoration: underline;\">seed<\/span><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #993300;\">. <\/span><\/span><span id=\"en-MEV-28162\" class=\"text Rom-9-6\"><span id=\"en-MEV-28164\" class=\"text Rom-9-8\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=romans+9%3A6-8&amp;version=AKJV;RVA;YLT\">Roman 9:6-8<\/a><\/span><\/span><span id=\"en-MEV-28164\" class=\"text Rom-9-8\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"line\">&#8220;<span class=\"text Rom-9-30\"><sup class=\"versenum\">30\u00a0<\/sup>What shall we say then? <strong>The Gentiles<\/strong>, who did not pursue righteousness, have <strong>attained<\/strong> <strong>righteousness<\/strong>, even the <strong>righteousness which is<span style=\"color: #993300;\"> by faith<\/span><\/strong>, <\/span> <span id=\"en-MEV-28187\" class=\"text Rom-9-31\"><sup class=\"versenum\">31\u00a0<\/sup>but <strong>Israel<\/strong>, pursuing <span style=\"color: #000080;\">the law<\/span> of righteousness,<strong> did not attain<\/strong> the law of righteousness. <\/span> <span id=\"en-MEV-28188\" class=\"text Rom-9-32\"><sup class=\"versenum\">32\u00a0<\/sup>Why not? <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Because they did not seek it <span style=\"color: #993300; text-decoration: underline;\">by faith<\/span><\/strong>, but by the <strong>works<\/strong> of the<span style=\"color: #000080; text-decoration: underline;\"> <strong>law<\/strong><\/span><\/span><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">.<\/span>\u00a0<\/strong> For<span style=\"color: #993300;\"> they stumbled<\/span> over the stumbling stone. <\/span> <span id=\"en-MEV-28189\" class=\"text Rom-9-33\"><sup class=\"versenum\">33\u00a0<\/sup>As it is written:<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"line\"><span class=\"text Rom-9-33\">\u201cLook! I lay in Zion <strong>a stumbling stone<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"indent-1\"><span class=\"indent-1-breaks\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"text Rom-9-33\">and <strong>rock of offense,<\/strong><\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"text Rom-9-33\">and <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #993300; text-decoration: underline;\">whoever<\/span><\/span> believes<span style=\"color: #993300;\"> in Him<\/span><\/strong> will not be ashamed.\u201d \u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Romans%209%3A30-33&amp;version=NKJV;AKJV;RVR1960;MEV\">Romans 9: 30-33<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Isaiah%2028%3A16&amp;version=NKJV;AKJV;RVR1960;MEV;OJB\">Isaiah 28:16<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Isaiah+8&amp;version=NKJV;AKJV;RVR1960;MEV\">Isaiah 8:14<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span id=\"yiv5667499488yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1474974827219_31480\">People who\u00a0 don&#8217;t accept that Jesus Christ is &#8216;<span style=\"color: #800000;\">the Seed<\/span>&#8216; <strong>according to the Scriptures<\/strong>, or don&#8217;t want to accept that a seed can also be spiritual &amp; not only physical, then they will use extra biblical doctrines to explain it. A small doctrinal error can have a big effect on other doctrines, like a domino effect.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Same as with Adam &amp; Eve we <strong>all choose<\/strong> whom to believe, or God or the serpent. &#8220;. . <span id=\"en-MEV-6492\" class=\"text Josh-24-15\"><em>then<strong><span style=\"color: #993300;\"> choose today<\/span> whom you will serve<\/strong>, . . . Yet as for me and my house, we will serve the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord<\/span><\/em>.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Joshua%2024%3A1-15&amp;version=NKJV;AKJV;MEV;RVR1960\">Jos.24:15<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"yiv5667499488yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1474974827219_31480\">One teaching that is becoming popular among some religious groups today (with some variations) is the heresy of the &#8216;<strong>Serpent Seed<\/strong>&#8216; doctrine. This teaching twists <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Gen.3%3A15&amp;version=ESV;AKJV\">Gen.3:15<\/a> to contradict the Word of God,\u00a0 e.g. Gen.4:1 &#8220;<span class=\"text Gen-4-1\"><em>Now <strong>Adam knew Eve<\/strong> his wife, <strong>and she conceived and bore Cain<\/strong>, and said. .<\/em>\u201d And it <\/span>teaches that Eve mated with the serpent (Satan), to produce Cain. This teachings appeared in <strong>early <span style=\"color: #993300;\">Gnostic<\/span> writings<\/strong> such as the Gospel of Philip (c. 350); &amp; it is important to note this doctrine was explicitly<span style=\"color: #993300;\"> rejected as<strong> heresy<\/strong><\/span> by Irenaeus (c. 180) and later by mainstream Christian theologians.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"yiv5667499488yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1474974827219_31480\"><strong>Rabbi<\/strong> of Reform Judaism, David Max Eichorn in one of his book traces the origin of this teaching back to early <strong>Jewish <span style=\"color: #993300;\">Midrashic<\/span><\/strong> texts and identifies many rabbis who taught that Cain was the son of the union between the serpent and Eve. This doctrine is also found in the <span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong>Talmud<\/strong><\/span> (circa 400-500 AD Talmud Bavli aka Babylonian Talmud: <i>Yebamoth 103a, Abodah Zarah 22b, etc)<\/i> as well as in<span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong> Kabbalah <\/strong><\/span>(Rabbinic Jewish mysticism\u2019s text <strong><i>Zohar<\/i>)<\/strong>. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"yiv5667499488yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1474974827219_31480\">So please, be aware of any so called &#8216;Christian&#8217; teachers propagating this doctrine, and for your sake, the sake of your family &amp; those who listen to you, avoid them <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Romans%2016%3A17&amp;version=NKJV;MEV;AKJV;YLT;RVR1960\">Romans 16:17<\/a>, avoid Jewish fables <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Titus+1&amp;version=AKJV\">Titus 1:14<\/a> , &#8216;<em><span class=\"text Titus-3-9\">avoid foolish disputes,<strong> genealogies<\/strong>, contentions, and strivings about <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>the law<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/em>&#8216; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Titus+3%3A4-15&amp;version=MEV;AKJV;NKJV;RVR1960\">Titus 3:9-11<\/a>, &amp; <strong>have<\/strong> <strong>not<\/strong> <span id=\"en-YLT-30657\" class=\"text 2John-1-11\">fellowship with evil works or that are contrary to the teachings of Christ\u00a0<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=2+John+1%3A4-11&amp;version=NKJV;MEV;AKJV;YLT;RVR1960\">2 John 1:9-11<\/a>.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p>You can see more about the Serpent Seed :<\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\">Short Video<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=kbrA5D8lK3c\"> &#8211; Serpent Seed Examined<\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.letusreason.org\/current126.htm\">The Serpent seed, teaching &#8220;from the Serpent&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"seriesmeta\">This entry is part 1 of 6 in the series <a href=\"http:\/\/cristolaverdad.com\/?series=abrahams-seed\" class=\"series-52\" title=\"Abraham's Seed\">Abraham's Seed<\/a><\/div><p>God made promises to Abraham (Gen.12:1-3, &amp;17:7) &amp; his&#8217; Descendant\/The Seed&#8216;. Christ, the Messiah was coming from Abraham&#8217;s lineage, but some Jews stumbled on this (Isaiah 28:16, Rom. 9:33), they misinterpreted it &amp; took it the blessings were just for all Abraham&#8217;s descendants in the flesh, Israelites. Sadly many Jews still believe that today! 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