{"id":4662,"date":"2024-09-03T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-09-03T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/handstotheplow.org\/reading-plan\/september-3\/"},"modified":"2025-09-03T07:32:13","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T12:32:13","slug":"september-3","status":"publish","type":"reading-plan","link":"https:\/\/handstotheplow.org\/om\/reading-plan\/september-3\/","title":{"rendered":"September 3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Insight from Galatians<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe reference in 3:16 to plural \u2018promises \u2026 made to Abraham and to his offspring\u2019 immediately sends us back to Genesis and suggests the likelihood of multiple promise texts in Paul\u2019s mind. It is true that the inclusion of the conjunction in the phrase &#8216;and to your seed&#8217; implies that Paul is indeed quoting Gen 13:15; 17:8; and\/or 24:7\u2014 the only texts in the LXX [i.e., Greek translation of the Old Testament] of Genesis that include the entire phrase and that address Abraham\u2026 The most likely candidate of these three is 17:8, for the mention of Abra(ha)m becoming \u2018the father of a multitude of nations\u2019 in the immediate literary context anticipates the inclusion of Gentiles in the people of God.\u201d <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jason S. DeRouchie and J. C. Meyer, \u201cChrist or Family as the \u2018Seed\u2019 of Promise? An Evaluation of N. T. Wright on\u202fGalatians 3:16,\u201d <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Southern Baptist Journal of Theology<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u202f14.3 (2010): 38.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cChrist takes center stage as the promised \u2018seed\u2019 in both 3:16 and 19. The family of faith comes into clear view in 3:29 only through Christ as the promised singular \u2018seed\u2019 of Abraham. In other words, Jesus\u2019 appearance in 3:16 and 19 is what allows the \u2018family\u2019 to come into the picture in verse 29.\u201d Jason S. DeRouchie and J. C. Meyer, \u201cChrist or Family as the \u2018Seed\u2019 of Promise? An Evaluation of N. T. Wright on\u202fGalatians 3:16,\u201d <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Southern Baptist Journal of Theology<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u202f14.3 (2010): 42.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIn Galatians 3, Paul confronts claims that, for Gentiles to become full inheritors of God\u2019s Old Testament promises, they need to submit to circumcision and, with that, the Mosaic law. In contrast, the apostle asserts that, while the old covenant law served as a \u2018guardian until Christ came,&#8230; now that [the age of] faith has come, we are no longer under a guardian\u2019 (Gal. 3:24\u201325). Furthermore, he stresses that only identifying with Christ Jesus by faith secures inheritance rights for Jew and Greek alike.\u201d DeRouchie, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kakuu Moofaatti Gammachuu<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, 155.<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"give_campaign_id":0,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_crdt_document":""},"class_list":["post-4662","reading-plan","type-reading-plan","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/handstotheplow.org\/om\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/reading-plan\/4662","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/handstotheplow.org\/om\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/reading-plan"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/handstotheplow.org\/om\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/reading-plan"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/handstotheplow.org\/om\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4662"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}