2 AND I WILL MAKE OF THEE A GREAT
NATION, AND I WILL BLESS THEE, AND
MAKE THY NAME GREAT; AND THOU
SHALT BE A BLESSING:
3 AND I WILL BLESS THEM THAT BLESS
THEE, AND CURSE HIM THAT CURSETH
THEE: AND IN THEE SHALL ALL FAMILIES
OF THE EARTH BE BLESSED.
Now look at Galatians 3:7-9:
7 KNOW YE THEREFORE THAT THEY
WHICH ARE OF FAITH, THE SAME ARE THE
CHILDREN OF ABRAHAM.
8 AND THE SCRIPTURE, FORESEEING THAT
GOD WOULD JUSTIFY THE HEATHEN
THROUGH FAITH, PREACHED BEFORE THE
GOSPEL UNTO ABRAHAM, SAYING, IN THEE
SHALL ALL NATIONS BE BLESSED.
9 SO THEN THEY WHICH BE OF FAITH ARE
BLESSED WITH FAITHFUL ABRAHAM.
You and I, Partner, are of faith! We are
BLESSED with faithful Abraham.
Then go to verses 13-14:
13 CHRIST HATH REDEEMED US FROM THE
CURSE OF THE LAW, BEING MADE A CURSE
FOR US: FOR IT IS WRITTEN, CURSED IS
EVERY ONE THAT HANGETH ON A TREE:
14 THAT THE BLESSING OF ABRAHAM
MIGHT COME ON THE GENTILES THROUGH
JESUS CHRIST; THAT WE MIGHT RECEIVE
THE PROMISE OF THE SPIRIT THROUGH
FAITH.
I am absolutely jumping up and down
on the inside! Look at verse 17:
17 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.
Now go down to verses 26-29:
26 FOR YE ARE ALL THE CHILDREN OF GOD
BY FAITH IN CHRIST JESUS.
27 FOR AS MANY OF YOU AS HAVE BEEN
BAPTIZED INTO CHRIST HAVE PUT ON
CHRIST.
28 THERE IS NEITHER JEW NOR GREEK,
THERE IS NEITHER BOND NOR FREE,
THERE IS NEITHER MALE NOR FEMALE:
FOR YE ARE ALL ONE IN CHRIST JESUS.
29 AND IF YE BE [IN] CHRIST'S, THEN ARE
YE ABRAHAM'S SEED, AND HEIRS
ACCORDING TO THE PROMISE.
Let's look at those verses in the AMPC:
26 FOR IN CHRIST JESUS YOU ARE ALL
SONS OF GOD THROUGH FAITH.
27 FOR AS MANY [OF YOU] AS WERE
BAPTIZED INTO CHRIST [INTO A SPIRITUAL
UNION AND COMMUNION WITH CHRIST,
THE ANOINTED ONE, THE MESSIAH] HAVE
PUT ON (CLOTHED YOURSELVES WITH)
CHRIST.
28 THERE IS [NOW NO DISTINCTION]
NEITHER JEW NOR GREEK, THERE IS
NEITHER SLAVE NOR FREE, THERE IS NOT
MALE AND FEMALE; FOR YOU ARE ALL ONE
IN CHRIST JESUS.
29 AND IF YOU BELONG TO CHRIST [ARE IN
HIM WHO IS ABRAHAM'S SEED], THEN YOU
ARE ABRAHAM'S OFFSPRING AND
[SPIRITUAL] HEIRS ACCORDING TO
PROMISE.
Now back to 1 Timothy 2:4-6:
4 WHO WILL HAVE ALL MEN TO BE SAVED,
AND TO COME UNTO THE KNOWLEDGE OF
THE TRUTH.
5 FOR THERE IS ONE GOD, AND ONE
MEDIATOR BETWEEN GOD AND MEN, THE
MAN CHRIST JESUS;
6 WHO GAVE HIMSELF A RANSOM FOR ALL,
TO BE TESTIFIED IN DUE TIME.
