Jesus Foretold: Seed Of Abraham (MP 58)

What kind of man would knife his own son,
Just because an unseen voice told him to?
Abraham, of course! So he would have done,
Had God, the voice, in time, bade him not do!
God was testing how well he would obey,
For Abraham was to be the key:
To father two worlds, of spirit and clay;
To father his Father, his Savior be!
Jesus, second Adam, was born of him;
To men, He offered life, to all of them;
To those who love Him, and to those who don’t;
The first to heaven; the next could, but won’t!
Bless Israel, his offspring, and God’ll bless you,
But curse Abram’s seed—and you’ll be cursed, too!

Scripture Quoted (NIV) [Brackets added]
Prophecy Made: Genesis 12:1-3—“The Lord had said to Abram [Abraham], ‘Leave your country, your people and your father’s household and go to the land I will show you. I will make you into a great nation and I will bless you; I will make your name great, and you [through your descendant Jesus] will be a blessing. I will bless them who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse; and all people on earth will be blessed through you {Jesus, Abraham’s seed, will redeem all from sin].’ “ (Written in the 14th century B.C.)

Prophecy Made: Genesis 18:18—“ ‘Abraham will surely become a great and powerful nation, and all nations on earth will be blessed through him.’ “ (Written in 14th century B.C.)

Prophecy Fulfilled: Acts 3:25-26—“ ‘… he [God] said to Abraham, through your offspring [Jesus, who had lived, been crucified, resurrected, and ascended to heaven a few weeks before] all people on earth will be blessed. When God raised up [sent] his servant [Jesus], he sent him first to you to bless you by turning each of you from your wicked ways.’ “ (Apostle Peter preaching to Jews in the temple; written in the 1st century A.D.)


Commentary On: “Jesus Foretold: Seed Of Abraham”
God’s Master Plan for mankind included a method of redeeming all men and women, who desired it, to be saved from condemnation brought on them by Adam. God planned to come to earth as a man, because Adam was a man, living a sinless life, then dying in order to pay the penalty incurred when Adam disobeyed. He would be the “second Adam”, standing where Adam fell, and He would offer by His grace to all men and women redemption from death and condemnation. He planned to be born as a baby named Jesus, and He chose Abraham to be His original “father”, or ancestor. God called Abraham and promised that he would be a “blessing to all nations”, the blessing being that Jesus of Nazareth would be among his seed.

The prophecy is contained in the fact that it was written down by Moses (in Genesis 3 above) more than 1400 years before Jesus was born. How could Moses know when he wrote the words, unless God revealed it to him, that 14 centuries later the Messiah, Jesus of Nazareth, would be born as a descendant of Abraham? The “blessing to all the earth” is described by the apostle Peter in the passage quoted above of Acts 3, written by Luke after the death of Jesus in 32 A.D., when Peter tells Jews in the temple at Jerusalem that what God promised Abraham, who is their ancestor also, that they have been taught, is now fulfilled by the blessing that Jesus has come to turn them from sin to righteousness. Instead of looking forward to an eternal separation from God, Jesus brought them the good news that they can now look forward to eternal life in heaven.

There are events, other than the genealogy of Jesus, in the poem and scriptures above, and they are as factual as the prophecy. For example, the warning about “cursing”, or doing harm, to Israel, is apropos for today’s world, also. Nations or individuals that harm Jews will be punished by God.

“For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him will not die, but have everlasting life.” (John 3:16)

“That if you confess with your mouth, ‘Jesus is Lord’, and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.” (Romans 10:9)