...God's tall, illustrative of his faith in the divine word. , -March ,3. The promised seed of Abraham, in whom all the families of the earth were to be blessed, proved to be Mc-ssiah, and fulfilled in Jesus of Nazareth. April 7. The deliverance of Isaac, the son...

...preserved by a series of miracles from one end of it to the other, till that seed nf Abraham came, in whom all the families of the earth were to be blessed ; who himself foretold the destruction of the Jewish nation, which was accomplished in a very few years...

...characters of the Messiah was fulfilled in him ; the principal promises concerning the great personage, in whom all the families of the earth were to be blessed, having been made to those patriarchs in quality of hia progenitors ; first to Abraham, Gen. xxii. 18....

...Wherefore, since it is reasonable to suppose that Zacharias now interceded for the coming of the Messiah, in whom all the families of the earth were to be bles.sed, we may consider the angel's word as having a reference to such a prayer, thus : ff The Messiah, for...

...called the Messenger of the covenant. He was eminently the Seed promised in the covenant with Abraham, in whom all the families of the earth were to be blessed. And he was the Messiah ; and as the Messiah was included in the promises of the covenant, so Christ...

...of his seed, ver. 2; and a spiritual blessing in confirming the promised seed to him and his family, in whom all the families of the earth were to be blessed. And it is a thing most absurd, and contrary to the whole design of scripture, and the dispensation...

...of his seed, ver. 2; and a spiritual blessing in confirming the promised seed to him and his family, in whom all the families of the earth were to be blessed. And it is a thing most absurd, and contrary to the whole design of scripture, and the dispensation...

...covenant Jehovah glories in, and makes a revelation of it to Abraham and Isaac, in the promise of a seed in whom all the families of the earth were to be blessed. And this is now confirmed to Jacob by the Lord God; which shews the peculiar care and attention which...

...righteousness ; but on account of hi? faith in the promises of God, among which, that of the Mediator, or seed in whom all the families of the earth were to be blessed, was a principal one. The consequence is evident, thai as Abraham was justified, without circumcision...

...knowledge of the Divine unity, which must otherwise have been wholly lost ; and to prepare the way for Him, in whom all the families of the earth were to be blessed ; and it appears from this concise detail, that both these purposes were served as much by the captivities...