Verse about Abraham and the Messiah

JohnClay said:

Hi in 2017 I created a book/ebook that can be read here:
An Uncensored Guide to the Christmas Stories

I'm working on an enhanced free ebook (including a memory game) and I was making it show the verses that it refers to... so I was looking up the verses I mentioned...

Twice I wrote this:

"The Messiah would be a descendent of Abraham (Genesis 12:13)"

I looked it up and it doesn't make sense. I looked through a lot of Genesis and can't find anything relevant. Perhaps the verse isn't even in Genesis but is somewhere else? I also tried looking at Genesis 12:1-3...

Thanks!

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Wasn't that the promise given to David?

Galatians 3:29 ? That's not a promise to Abraham about the Messiah though. But it's how we now share in thd promisd through Christ.

JohnClay said:

Yes... here is the full collection of them from the genealogies section:

The Messiah would be a descendent of Abraham (Genesis 12:13)
The Messiah would be a descendent of King David (2 Samuel 7:12-16, Psalm 89:3-4, Isaiah 9:7)
The Messiah would be a descendent of the governor Zerubbabel and his father Shealtiel (Haggai 2:23)

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You have a typo in the first bible reference

Hi you need to back up a bit as you are starting at the wrong point. The promise in the garden that the seed of the woman would crush the head of the serpent precedes Abraham and the genealogy is followed from ADam to Abraham which is the seed of promise. Then to Abraham his seed is now carrying another promise and this line is followed to David where the promise is expanded again. The seed is Jesus.

JohnClay said:

Thanks!

BTW I found this:
Genesis Chapter 12

i. And the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel to Abraham beforehand, saying, “In you all the nations shall be blessed.” So then those who are of faith are blessed with believing Abraham (Galatians 3:8-9).

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I found it very interesting when it spoke about the fall of nations after they acted badly towards Jerusalem. Thank you

JohnClay said:

Not sure how Jesus fits that but I guess that's what the experts say

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It is all about and for and through Yahushua Hamashiach, without Him no one is saved.

Forget the experts.

JohnClay said:

"The Messiah would be a descendent of Abraham (Genesis 12:13)"

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what you're looking for is
Genesis 12:1-3 ending with:
"and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you."

it's probably not such an explicit reference that you're looking for but this is a part of an unfolding prophecy of the Messiah.

Jesus died on the cross and rose again 3 days later in an act that defeated death and sin. Because of this act he allows us to have restored relationship with God through him and this is not just for Israel or the Jews but to all so this is why "all peoples on earth" are blessed through Abraham.

Genesis 12:13 is probably missing a hyphen, not 13 but 1-3.