“As he spake to our fathers, to Abraham, and to his seed for ever.”
To Abraham and his descendants forever, just as he promised our ancestors — the Magnificat closes by grounding the present action in the Abrahamic promise (Genesis 12:1–3, 17:7, 22:17–18). The promise to Abraham and his descendants forever is the covenant foundation — the promise that all nations will be blessed through Abraham's offspring. Just as he promised: the faithfulness to the ancient promise is the reason for the present joy. The Magnificat is Luke's thesis statement: everything in the Gospel that follows is the fulfillment of what God promised to Abraham.
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