“Ye are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying unto Abraham, And in thy seed shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed.”
When God raised up his servant, he sent him first to you to bless you by turning each of you from your wicked ways.' — the raising up (anistēmi, raise up, stand up) is the resurrection and exaltation. Sending (apostellō, send) him first to Israel (hēmin, to you) honors the covenant priority; Israel receives the gospel first (Romans 1:16, 'to the Jew first'). The blessing (eulogeo, bless) comes through turning (apostophē, turning away) from wickedness (ponēria, evil, malice). Repentance is the condition for blessing.
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