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The covenant with Abraham is fulfilled in Jesus, the heir of the Patriarch, including the possession of the Earth – Romans 8:1-30. In his Epistle to the Romans , Paul presents Abraham as the great exemplar of faith. God counted the Patriarch’s faith as righteousness while he was still uncircumcised, which means that the Patriarch was declared righteous without the deeds and rituals required by the Torah .

Through Jesus, we become heirs of Abraham and the promises, and the gift of the Spirit is the guarantee of our participation in the inheritance . God’s plan of redemption always envisioned something larger than the nation of Israel and the land of Canaan. With the arrival of Christ, “ the seed of Abraham ,” and the outpouring of the Spirit on the Day of Pentecost, the fulfillment of the promises began.

A través de Jesús, nos convertimos en herederos de Abraham y de las promesas, y el don del Espíritu es la garantía de nuestra participación en la herencia . El plan de redención de Dios siempre imaginó algo más grande que la nación de Israel y la tierra de Canaán. Con la llegada de Cristo, “ la simiente de Abraham ”, y el derramamiento del Espíritu en el Día de Pentecostés, comenzó el cumplimiento de las promesas.

Le retour à la juridiction de la Torah signifie la restauration des anciennes barrières sociales et religieuses entre Juifs et Gentils . Le troisième chapitre de la lettre de Paul aux Églises de Galatie est essentiel à son plaidoyer pour l'unité entre les croyants juifs et gentils. Les divisions entre Juifs et Gentils imposées par la Législation mosaïque sont inappropriées dans l'Église. Avec l'arrivée de la postérité d'Abraham, Jésus-Christ, “ il ne peut plus y avoir de Juif ou de Grec! ”- (Galates 3:28).

The gift of the Spirit is one of the blessings of Abraham promised by God to His covenant community, which is now implemented by Jesus . The Apostle Paul refers to the “ promise of the Spirit ” in his letter to the churches in Galatia. He identifies this gift with the blessings of Abraham for humanity. Jesus of Nazareth came to redeem us, so that “ the blessing of Abraham might come on the nations, that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith ” – (Galatians 3:13-14).