Is Jesus the "seed" of Abraham that blesses all nations? ~ Cross reference of Acts 3:25 to Genesis 22:18, Genesis 26:4


Peter while addressing the Jews in the temple court makes a bold claim that Jesus is the very seed that god promised Abraham in Genesis 22.

The issue with this assertion is that the word "seed" always is plural in Tanakh and never used in singular form.

So the true meaning of G-d's promise to Abraham is that though his descendants all the nations will be blessed. The blessing is going to be terrestrial not saving people from sins.

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All Greek Text references are from NIV and Tanakh references are from Chabad.

This post is not intended to offend anyone's faith but for those people who are Seeking the truth of THE ONE TRUE G-D of the universe to who we owe all our love, gratitude & devotion.

My encouragement to you is that you read the whole chapter of Tanakh that the Greek text quotes so you get the context and understand what G-d actually said.

G-d Bless and Seek THE Truth.

Acts 3:25 And you are heirs of the prophets and of the covenant God made with your fathers. He said to Abraham, ‘Through your offspring all peoples on earth will be blessed.’[b] 26 When God raised up his servant, he sent him first to you to bless you by turning each of you from your wicked ways.”

Genesis 22:18 And through your children shall be blessed all the nations of the world, because you hearkened to My voice." 

Genesis 26:4 And I will multiply your seed like the stars of the heavens, and I will give your seed all these lands, and all the nations of the earth will bless themselves by your seed,
  • Seed appears 100+ times in Tanakh. Why does Peter refer to Genesis 22:18  to mean seed = 1 = Jesus. This is not wrong?
  • All this verse is saying is that G-d will bless Israel and that is exactly what he did by driving out all the pagans from Cannan and giving the land to Israel. Also through Israel the whole earth will be blessed to know who the ONE TRUE G-D of the universe is.
  • The Greek text uses this to say this seed is Jesus when clearly the word seed means children [plural].
  • According to Acts 3 Jesus turned a lot of Jews from their wicked ways because of his teachings. Poor people followed him for healing and food. 
  • Also what did he teach that is not already in the Tanakh? How was Jesus a blessing to the Jews? After his time the Christians persecuted the Jews and have been hurting them for the last 2000 years.
  • The verse is talking about the seed getting the land. So what does this have to do with Jesus? In Galatians 3:29 Paul uses Seed to refer to all Christians who believe in Jesus. As per Galatians 3:15 should this also not be referring to Jesus alone?
  • We are seeing this happen in our times where Israel has bounced back and is being a blessing to the world in so many ways. G-d’s blessing to the world is that Israel will be the priests of G-d Most High and will teach the nations who the ONE TRUE G-D of the universe is.




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