Lesson 6 July 4
Prophecy Basics
F. Who is the
seed?? (4 aspects of this)
1. It can refer to the physical seed
only.
Gen
2. There are seen in
the OT those who are physical and spiritual descendants of
- a
physical seed and within that group a spiritual seed Rom 9:6-7
3. Third group is
made up of those who are of the spiritual seed only.
- This would include Gentile
believers; you
and me. Gal. 3:6-9
4. The Singular seed, is Christ. Gal
3:16
G.
If the seed of Abraham is the one with whom the covenant is made, is the
covenant going to be fulfilled to just the natural seed of
To answer these questions we need to look at and answer
another question, Who are Israelites?
H.
Who are Israelites?
What does it mean to be God's select
and chosen people?
The passage to look at is Rom 9.
To get a handle on this passage we need to understand 3
things:
#1 To grasp
that Paul has a problem.
#2 In vs:1-3
due to this problem Paul expresses tremendous personal pain.
#3 This
pain is based on the fact that
And what Paul very emphatically says
is that NO He hasn't and
in ch 9, 10, 11 he goes on to prove
just that! The program for
The very character of God is at
stake here.
Now if God was not faithful to the
Jews in what He has promised in these eternal covenants, how do we know that He
will be faithful to us in the Church, in the body of Christ?
9:4-5 helps to answer what is a
Jew!
#1 "to whom
belongs the adoption";