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That’s a misreading of Galatians 3:16.
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What Galatians 3:16 Actually Says:
“Now the promises were made to Abraham and to his offspring… who is Christ.”
Paul’s point: The ultimate fulfillment of the promises is found in Christ — not that the promises exclude Israel.
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Key Clarifications:
Paul is addressing how salvation comes — through faith in Christ, not by law or ethnicity.
He is not canceling the national, land, and kingdom promises to Israel.
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Romans 15:8 proves the promises still stand:
“Christ became a servant to the circumcised to show God’s truthfulness, in order to confirm the promises given to the patriarchs.”
Not cancel. Not replace. Confirm.
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Galatians 3 is about justification by faith, not the reassignment of Israel’s covenants.
To say the promises no longer belong to ethnic Jews is to contradict Romans 9–11, where Paul affirms Israel’s future.
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Galatians 3:16 says the promises are fulfilled in Christ, not that ethnic Jews are cut off from them.
Jesus is the mediator of the promise — not the terminator of Israel’s destiny.
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