Galatians 3:17 My point is this: the law, which came four hundred and thirty years later, does not annul a covenant previously ratified by God, so as to nullify the promise.
I know you probably do not spend a lot of time in your life worrying about Jewish-Christian relations and how we as Christians think about the relationship of the Jews with God. But if you ever do, this passage from Galatians is very helpful. I think it's also helpful for us who are Christians. Simply put, it says this - God promised something to Abraham - that Abraham's descendants (the Jews) would be God's people forever. And nothing can break that promise - not even God's law, which came to Moses 430 years after the promise to Abraham. So the promises God made to the Jews over the years are still good.
What this means for us is even simpler: God's promises are always good. Even when God sent Jesus into the world and everything changed, the promises of God did not change. The promises that God makes - the promises of baptism and the promise of the presence of the Spirit made at Pentecost - those promises never get old. Those promises do not have an expiration date. God is still with you. Every day.
In Christ,
Pastor Seth
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