...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...

...Mary, — and blessed is the fruit of thy -womb; alluding, I suppose, to the child's being the promised seed, in whom all the families of the earth were to be blessed, and who for that reason was blessed himself, Psal. Ixxii. 17. 43. And whence is this honour to me,...

...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...

...being born of a barren woman, was a forerunning item, that the birth of the Purifier, the Messiah, the seed in whom all the families of the earth were to be blessed, was to be wholly supernatural. Isaac also was married twenty years, and his wife was barren, and he...

...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...