The main point of the Gospel accounts is the glorification of Christ. The point of the entire Bible is the glorification of God through the redemption of His people.
The accomplishment of this is chronicled from Genesis to Revelation through what is biblically referred to as, "the promise of a Seed."
Gen 3:15, And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed;"
As we saw last week, God's ongoing work of the glorification of Himself through redemption of His people came in the form of a “promise;” the promise of a seed.
Abraham received the promise in Gen 22:18, "And in your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice."
This promise of redemption through the Seed, which originates in Eve and is promised by God through Abraham and his descendents, is picked up again in the NT and fulfilled in the Promised Seed, the Messiah Jesus Christ:
In Acts 3:25, Peter reiterates the promise, "It is you who are the sons of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with your fathers, saying to Abraham, 'And in your seed all the families of the earth shall be blessed.'
A seed remains in a state of dormancy until it is placed in the ground and water and temperature cause it to germinate and come to life. A seed must first die in the ground before it begins to sprout new life that eventually pushes its way up through the soil.
Peter tells us that we who once were dead spiritually are now, because of our faith in the promised Seed, “born again” of a “seed” that is “imperishable” (1 Pe. 1:23).
The legacy of the promised Seed is implanted in all of us who believe in Christ by faith. |
