who is abraham's seed?

First read Genesis 12 and Genesis 13 to find the section where God is promising Abraham about his descendants. Next read Galatians 3:15-21: When Abraham was promised the land to be inhabited by his descendants, there is a correction: Scripture doesn’t say “to his children,” as if it meant many descendants. Rather, it says “to his child”—and that, of course, means Christ. Using the concordance link (left sidebar) read again the parts you found in Genesis, specifically the word descendants (Strong's number 2233). So what appears to have...

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gender specific messages

introduction The use of terms referring to gender occur throughout the bible (e.g. mother, father, son, daughter, wife, husband).  Some apply to specific people.  Others provide information about a principle.  For instance: Characteristics of a wife … (Ps 31) How women should behave in church meetings … (1Co 14:34-35) Definition of a widow … (1Tim 5) How fathers need to treat their children … (Eph 6) But how does reading Galatians...

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