The Seed Promise

The seed promise was fulfilled starting almost 2000 years after the time of Abraham. The fulfillment began when Mary a virgin gave birth to a baby boy, named Jesus (Matt. 1:18-25), just as the prophet Isaiah had predicted (Isa. 7:14). He was born in the town of Bethlehem (Matt. 2:1) as the prophet Micah had foretold (Mic. 5:2).

Jesus was the Christ (the Anointed One) and the Son of God: But when the fullness of the time had come, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the law, to redeem those who were under the law, that we might receive the adoption as sons. (Gal. 4:4-5). Jesus was the seed God promised to Abraham in Gen. 22:18: Now to Abraham and his Seed were the promises made. He does not say, "And to seeds," as of many, but as of one, "And to your seed," who is Christ. (Gal. 3:16).

The mere birth of Christ did not completely fulfill the seed promise. The promise stated that through the seed all the families of the earth would be blessed. It was only after He was crucified, died for the sins of the world, and was raised from the dead that all nations could be blessed through Him. The era of international blessings through Christ, the Christian dispensation, was ushered in when the apostles of Christ began to preach the gospel of salvation from sin a few days after Jesus left the earth and returned to heaven (Acts 1-2).