1. God has promised, and confirmed it with an oath, that, In
Abraham and his seed all the families of the earth shall be blessed.
2. This promise and oath is to be understood in the literal
sense of the words in which it is made.
3. This promise and oath is not yet fulfilled in its
fullness.
4. Therefore, there is to be an age, or "ages to come," in
which its fulfillment will be perfectly accomplished.
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(1.) Did God mean what the words express in the promise and
oath?
(2.) Has that promise and oath had a fulfillment in the past?
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 HESE are the
two questions at issue. We have answered the first in the
affirmative; and the second in the negative.
No argument will avail any thing, in our mind, that evades either of
them. Even if it can be shown that we are mistaken in our exposition
or explanation of some texts of Scripture, that will not prove our
general view of the promise and oath is incorrect.
We regard the subject as one of first importance. If the kingdom of
God is soon to be developed, we desire to know all that can be known
about it, while preparing for it; and just how reliable God’s
promises are. We wish to know if we are to receive them literally,
or are to construe them figuratively or hyperbolically. This
knowledge must deeply affect our faith; and, therefore, is highly
important at this near approach of the kingdom of God. Se we regard
it.
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