393 - Les Feldick Bible Study - Lesson 3 - Part 1 - Book 33 - The True Intent Of The Law

https://lesfeldickbiblestudy.com Through the Bible with Les Feldick LESSON 3 * PART 1 * BOOK 33 THE TRUE INTENT OF THE LAW Galatians 3:13-15 That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through (not through Israel as the Old Testament had promised, but through) Jesus Christ; (in other words that finished work of the Cross) that we (as Gentiles) might receive the promise of the Spirit through (not through the Law but) faith. 15. Brethren, (Paul was speaking to Gentile believers up there in central Turkey in Galatia, and Paul says -) I speak after the manner of men; Though it be but a man's covenant, yet if it be confirmed, no man disannulleth, (or can cancel) or addeth thereto." All right, but since it's a covenant, and remember a covenant in Scripture is always a one way street. Every covenant in Scripture begins and ends with God, and men can't touch it. Galatians 3:15 So if it be confirmed,) no man disannulleth, or addeth thereto." Because it's a covenant, and God will never go back on His word, and He has promised that through the line of David coming down through Solomon and Nathan would one day would come the King, the Messiah, and it had to happen regardless of what Israel did in the mean time, the covenant stands secure. Now coming back to Galatians chapter 3. Remember there are all kinds of covenants in the Old Testament. You have the Palestinian that promised Israel the land of Palestine. Now let's move on to verse 16. Galatians 3:16 "Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, (plural) as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, (that is the Seed of Abraham in this case)which is Christ." God says to Satan - Genesis 3:15 "And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; (see the language? Now if you will come to Genesis chapter 12, and let's look at a portion of scripture that most of you have worn out your Bible on, and we call it the Abrahamic Covenant. Genesis 12:1 "Now the LORD had said unto Abram, (in Genesis 11:31) Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew thee: Remember when God says, "I will" what is that? Now verse 2. Genesis 12:2-3 "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 (I will) curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed." Abraham became a great man. He's still thought of as one of the great men of history. The scriptures uphold him as a great man. God blessed him in his progeny, and God has blessed those who bless Israel. God has cursed those who cursed Israel, and if you think I'm stretching the point, then you don't know human history. Just a blimp on history, and so it's always been with every empire that has turned on the Jew, down they go, and it all comes back to this covenant promise, that, "He will bless them that bless the Nation of Israel, and He would curse them who curse the Nation of Israel." Oh I love that chapter. Well I hope you have seen the promises of I will, I will, I will and all the way up through Abraham's life God is constantly promising. Genesis 21:12 Well it's the same way with seed in the Hebrew. Is the Scripture speaking of the many which would be the offspring of Israel, the tribes, and multitudes of people or is it speaking of the singular the "Seed" which was Christ! Genesis 21:12b "...hearken unto her voice; for in Isaac shall thy (singular) seed be called." So we have this constant promise according to the Abrahamic Covenant that through Abraham and Isaac, and Jacob, and the 12 sons would come the Messiah. Not through Ishmael, but through Isaac. Galatians 3:16 "Now to Abraham and his seed (the singular seed, Isaac, and not the whole nation in this setting) were the promises made. Now let's move on to verse 17. Galatians 3:17 "And this I say, that the covenant, that was confirmed before of God in (in the person of) Christ, (and now he's talking about) the law, (the Law was a covenant just like the Abrahamic or Davidic Covenant were covenants. It's settled forever, because God made it, and this Law covenant) which was four hundred and thirty years after,..." Here God is speaking before Abraham's name was changed. Genesis 15:13 "And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed (now here seed is plural, God is talking about the whole Nation of Israel.) Now let's come over to Exodus chapter 12:40. Exodus 12:40-42a Stephen in this chapter is rehearsing the whole history of Israel. Remember at Ur when God first spoke to Abraham it would seem that Abraham was at that time 50 years old. So 25 years after the promise God made to Abraham, he still doesn't have a child. #lesfeldick #biblestudy #bible