The Kingdom of God, Student Workbook, SW02

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d. Those cursing Abram would be cursed.

e. All of the families of the earth would bless themselves in his person.

2. Jesus of Nazareth is the Seed of Abraham.

a. Gal. 3.13-14

b. The promise of Abraham renewed, Gen. 15.5

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B. The covenant promise of Abraham is renewed in the patriarchs: Isaac and Jacob.

1. Promise of the righteous Seed to restore the reign of God

2. Renewed in Abraham’s sons, Isaac and Jacob, as heirs of the Promise

C. The Promise identified and specified: the tribe of Judah

1. Jacob’s prophetic attestation of the coming Warrior with Judah’s tribe, Gen. 49.8-10

2. The Scepter will not depart out of Judah until the Kingdom is made real for all humankind.