It's the same thing in the OT Greek as it is in the OT Hebrew. Spermati is dative singular and is used to refer to either one or many. In Genesis 15:18 זֶרַע (zera) is used in the Masoretic Text and σπέρματί (spermati) is used in the LXX.
Israel.
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It's the same thing in the OT Greek as it is in the OT Hebrew. Spermati is dative singular and is used to refer to either one or many. In Genesis 15:18 זֶרַע (zera) is used in the Masoretic Text and σπέρματί (spermati) is used in the LXX.
Read the book of Revelation and find out how God deals with Israel. It is horrific. No one I know of is claiming that Israel is some kind of righteous and godly paradise. Far from it. However, it is God's covenant nation. At the risk of repeating myself, the sun still rises and the moon still orbits the earth. God's covenant with Israel has not been rescinded. You deny God's word - why?
No, it is not. The old covenant has been abrogated and superseded by the new covenant.
Your missing the point;
Genesis 3:15 - And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed (zar·‘ă·ḵā seed - offspring /descendants) and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.
seed above talks about Eve – does see have 1 or more seed - regardless of the language?
You deny this.
In that he saith, A new covenant, he hath made the first old. Now that which decayeth and waxeth old is ready to vanish away. Hebrews 8:13
But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light: 1 Peter 2:9
Why are you going on about this? I have said that the word can mean singular or plural depending on the context.
And are you saying God can’t take it away?
I presume your going to say it’s 'unconditional' & 'forever (olam)' - completely wrong.
Very briefly;
1) Strong's Concordance 5769
olam: long duration, antiquity, futurity
Original Word: עוֹלָם
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Transliteration: olam
Phonetic Spelling: (o-lawm')
Definition: long duration, antiquity, futurity
le’olam - denotes a very long period of time, but nonetheless has an end point.
ad olam – forever (possibly)
olam - long duration, antiquity, futurity
Jeremiah 31:32 they broke my covenant (cant be everlasting if broken)?
Matt 21:43 “Therefore I tell you that the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people who will produce its fruit.
Which covenant(s)? The unconditional ones? So you are now calling God a liar? Do you know what unconditional means?
The old covenant, as the verse says. The covenant that was governed by the law of Moses
Fine. Quote scripture that supports you and ignore the rest. That is the basis of many heresies. I have stated why you are wrong, but you refuse to take note. Read Jeremiah 31 and let me know when God's covenant with Abraham was rescinded.
That is not the covenant that God made with Abraham. There was no law until Moses. Your ignorance is amazing. There are at least 5 covenants, depending on how you define them. I'll leave you research that for yourself.
I'm not ignoring the Jeremiah verse you love to quote. It was and is being fulfilled in the holy nation of God that was born from above on the day of Pentecost. You are the one ignoring that spritual reality.
God made 2 covenants with Abraham. The first in Genesis 15 in which he unconditionally promised to give the land to Christ; and the second in Genesis 17 in which he promised to make Abraham a father of many nations based on the condition of circumcision. The first has been fulfilled and the second has been abrogated and superceded by the new covenant of spiritual circumcision.
Lol - I presume you going to ignore this one as well
And are you saying God can’t take it away?
I presume your going to say it’s 'unconditional' & 'forever (olam)' - completely wrong.
Very briefly;
1) Strong's Concordance 5769
olam: long duration, antiquity, futurity
Original Word: עוֹלָם
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Transliteration: olam
Phonetic Spelling: (o-lawm')
Definition: long duration, antiquity, futurity
le’olam - denotes a very long period of time, but nonetheless has an end point.
ad olam – forever (possibly)
olam - long duration, antiquity, futurity
Jeremiah 31:32 they broke my covenant (cant be everlasting if broken)?
Matt 21:43 “Therefore I tell you that the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people who will produce its fruit.
They broke the covenant made at Mt Sinai (Horeb), but God made another covenant with them in Moab in which he vowed to destroy them off the land if they didn't keep the law
These are the words of the covenant, which the LORD commanded Moses to make with the children of Israel in the land of Moab, beside the covenant which he made with them in Horeb. Deuteronomy 29:1
Cant make a new covenant if the previous one was unconditional / everlasting!
Jeremiah 31:31 - Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah:
Jeremiah 31:31 - Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah:
The covenant that God made with Israel in the land of Moab completely undoes the "I will bless them that bless you and curse them that curse you" mantra, because in it God himself pronounced 12 curses on Israel if they did not obey the law. The 12th curse is what Paul referred to in Galatians
Cursed be he that confirmeth not all the words of this law to do them. And all the people shall say, Amen. Deuteronomy 27:26
For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them. Galatians 3:10
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