Our next stop on the road to Bethlehem is in Genesis 12. In this chapter, God is making a promise to Abram (who is later known as Abraham). Let's read.
1 The LORD had said to Abram, "Leave your country, your people and your father's household and go to the land I will show you.
2 "I will make you into a great nation and I will bless you; I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing.
3 I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse; and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you."
Genesis 12:1-3
- This passage is where God tells Abram to move and go to the promised land. God promises him that he will have many descendents, though he was old and did not have any children. The promise ends with "all peoples on earth will be blessed through you."
- What do you think is meant by this?
- This gets mentioned a little later in the Bible.
8The Scripture foresaw that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, and announced the gospel in advance to Abraham: "All nations will be blessed through you." 9So those who have faith are blessed along with Abraham, the man of faith.
Galatians 3:8-9
- Here, the Apostle Paul tells us that the promise in Genesis is referring to Jesus.
- Who does Paul say will be blessed? those who have faith
- Who does that include? Us
- Abraham lived almost 2,000 years before Jesus was born and yet God told him about Jesus. Like Adam and Eve before him, he may not have understood it fully, but we know that he had faith. We again have the advantage of having seen this promise fulfilled in Jesus.
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