In Thy Abrahams Seed Shall All the Kindreds of the Earth Be Blessed

Alan C. Miner

It should be noted that Paul identifies Christ as the seed of Abraham that will bless all nations. In Galatians 3:15-20:

Brethren, I speak after the [covenant] manner of men; Though it be but a man's covenant, yet if it be confirmed, no man disannulleth, or addeth thereto.

Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ.

And this I say, that the covenant, that was confirmed before of God in Christ, the law, which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot disannul, that it should make the promise of none effect.

For if the inheritance be of the law, it is no more of promise; But God gave it to Abraham by promise.

Wherefore then serveth the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator.

Now a mediator is not a mediator of one, but God is one.

[Alan C. Miner, Personal Notes]

1 Nephi 15:18 Which covenant the Lord made to our father Abraham ([Illustration]): Abraham on the Plains of Mamre. Artist: Harry Anderson. [S. Michael Wilcox, "The Abrahamic Covenant," in The Ensign, January 1998, p. 43]

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