Wick Stick
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Reading in Galatians 3.
As nearly as I can tell, Paul claims that Abram's covenant is the same covenant that believers now enter (v.7,17). Am I wrong?
If it's a separate covenant, is Paul appropriating the blessings of an obsolete covenant for the believer (v.9)? And then is this then a 3rd plan? 3P3P?
But if it's NOTa separate covenant, then why is the NEW covenant called NEW?
Finally, verse 8 says that Abraham got the gospel early:
The Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel beforehand to Abraham, saying, “ALL THE NATIONS WILL BE BLESSED IN YOU.”
How can the gospel have been kept a secret until Paul, if it was preached to Abraham before the law even existed?
As nearly as I can tell, Paul claims that Abram's covenant is the same covenant that believers now enter (v.7,17). Am I wrong?
If it's a separate covenant, is Paul appropriating the blessings of an obsolete covenant for the believer (v.9)? And then is this then a 3rd plan? 3P3P?
But if it's NOTa separate covenant, then why is the NEW covenant called NEW?
Finally, verse 8 says that Abraham got the gospel early:
The Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel beforehand to Abraham, saying, “ALL THE NATIONS WILL BE BLESSED IN YOU.”
How can the gospel have been kept a secret until Paul, if it was preached to Abraham before the law even existed?