“Yea, and all the prophets from Samuel and those that follow after, as many as have spoken, have likewise foretold of these days.”
And you are heirs of the prophets and of the covenant God made with your ancestors. He said to Abraham, 'Through your offspring all peoples on earth will be blessed.' — the audience's inheritance (kleronomos, heirs) of the prophets and covenant is both privilege and responsibility. The Abrahamic covenant (diathēkē, covenant, last will and testament) promise is now fulfilled in Abraham's seed (sperma, offspring, descendant, singular = Christ, cf. Galatians 3:16). The blessing (eulogeo, bless, speak well of) of all peoples (ethnē, nations, peoples, all humanity) through Abraham's offspring is now realized through the gospel's universal offer.
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