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Through the Bible with Les Feldick
LESSON 1 * PART 4 * BOOK 24
ROMANS 9:4-5
Now let's turn to Romans Chapter 9 again, and we might just finish verse 5 in this lesson. So now let's get back into the Book in Romans Chapter 9, for just a moment, and remember we're still in verse 5. Romans 9:5
"Whose are the fathers, and of whom as concerning the flesh Christ came, who is over all, God blessed for ever. Genesis 3:15
"And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it (the seed of the woman) shall bruise thy head, (the serpent) and thou shalt bruise his heel."
Now that sounds like gobbledy-gook to the casual reader, but you want to remember that the "Seed of the woman" as the Book of Galatians explains is Christ, and He's speaking to the serpent so the Seed of the woman is going to bruise the head of the serpent. Well at the Cross. Beginning with Eve, God promised that through the woman of the human race would come the Messiah. The blood of the mother never courses through that fetus or baby in her womb, but rather the blood comes from the father. So Christ as the, "Seed of the woman" then had to be virgin born otherwise the blood would have come from a human father which would have tainted His divine ability to die for the sins of the world. The blood system comes from the sire. That Christ's Blood was divine because it came from His Father Who was God Himself. "The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham. Abraham begat Isaac; and Isaac begat Jacob;..." and so forth.
Luke 1:30,31
"And the angel said unto her, Fear not, Mary: for thou hast found favour with God. And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name JESUS."
Let's go on to the Book of Romans again, Chapter 1.
Romans 1:1,2
"Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God, (Which he had promised afore by his prophets in the holy scriptures.)"
Romans 1:3
"Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, which was made of the seed of David..."
The "Seed of the woman" in Genesis 3:15 is going to come right up through these Jewish Patriarchs, through the little Nation of Israel, and all the Covenant promises that I have been talking about for the past four lessons are based on God's promise of the coming of the "Seed of the woman." which is Christ. Reading verse 3 again:
Romans 1:3,4a
"Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, which was made of the seed of David according to the flesh;" (That's why He was the God-Man. Now verse 4:) And declared to be the Son of God with power,..."
Matthew 8:25
Matthew 8:27
Matthew 14:30
Matthew 17:27
John 21:5,6
"Then Jesus saith unto them, `Children, have ye any meat?' Romans 1:4a
And declared to be the Son of God with power,..."
He's declared to be the Son of God after the seed of David in verse 3, but with power. And never underestimate that power. And now I want to show you in Galatians that it is Christ who is the "Seed of the woman." Galatians 3:13-14a
That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles (How?) through Jesus Christ;..." Because the "Seed of the woman" would be coming through Abraham. Galatians 3:14,15
I Corinthians 15:1-4) Verse 15. Galatians 3:16
which is Christ."
So when you see that term the "Seed of the women" it's always a reference to Jesus Christ the One Who was promised way back in Genesis Chapter 3. Romans 9 verse 6:
Romans 9:6
"Not as though the word of God hath taken none effect. "Not all Israel are Israel." Now go back to Genesis Chapter 17. Ishmael was after the flesh, and Isaac was the "son of promise."
God kept promising and promising. Now Abraham is 86 years old. God didn't come through with His promise of a son until Abraham was 100. In due time he will have a son, but not every child of Abraham was the promised son.
Genesis 17:18,19a
"And Abraham said unto God, `O that Ishmael might live before thee!' And God said, `Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son indeed; and thou shalt call his name Isaac:'"
Whenever God said, "I will" that was a promise. Now even though Abraham and Sara may have lost sight of it, yet it was God's promise and it was going to happen. Now man doesn't go on God's time table, we get impatient, but with God, Who is eternal, time doesn't mean anything. Just remember with God time isn't all that important. Now reading verse 19 again:
Genesis 17:19,20
"And God said, `Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son indeed; and thou shalt call his name Isaac: and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with his seed after him. (Now verse 20; remember Ishmael is a son of Abraham.) Has God done it? Yes! Now verse 21, and 22.
Genesis 17:21,22
So going back to Romans 9:6 Not all the children of Abraham are children of the promise.