“Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ.”
The promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed. Scripture does not say 'and to seeds,' meaning many people, but 'and to your seed,' meaning one person, who is Christ. — Paul's striking hermeneutic, focusing on 'seed' (singular, sperma) rather than 'seeds' (plural): the Abrahamic promise flows through a singular heir, Christ, not through multiplied Abrahamic descendants; this Christological reading subordinates ethnic Israel to Christ as the true 'seed' of Abraham.
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