Jim Cassidy | The Seed of Abraham: Christ in the Patriarchs and the Promise
Release Date: 10/30/2025
The Book of Daniel, Part 10
Reformed Forum
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Vos Group #103 — Faith in the Gospel of John
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Communion with God in Prayer | Redemptive History and the Regulative Principle of Worship (Less. 10)
Reformed Forum
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Jonathan Master | The Shape of Faithful Ministry: Doctrine and Confessional Integrity
Reformed Forum
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Camden Bucey | The Lamb of God: Christ in Fulfillment and Consummation
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Dr. Camden Bucey speaks at the Reformed Forum Annual Theology Conference, held at Lakeland Church in Gurnee, Illinois on September 27, 2025. Dr. Bucey weaves together the themes of the previous lectures into one coherent narrative centered on Christ. The address establishes that the entire grand narrative of Scripture, from the promise of the serpent-crushing seed in Eden to the apocalyptic visions of Daniel, is converging on the single, brilliant point of Christ’s person and work. Dr. Bucey emphasizes that Christ’s incarnation, life, death, resurrection, and ascension constitute the...
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Daniel Ragusa | The Son in Exile: Christ as the Hope of Restoration
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Carlton Wynne | The Son of David: Christ in the Monarchy and the Prophets
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Reformed Forum
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Danny Olinger | Meredith G. Kline's Biblical-Theological Reading of the Book of Revelation
Reformed Forum
In this episode, Camden Bucey speaks with Danny Olinger, General Secretary of the OPC Committee on Christian Education, about his new book (Reformed Forum). Olinger traces how Kline’s covenantal and redemptive-historical reading of Revelation portrays the church’s transformation into the radiant Bride of Christ, moving from imperfection and suffering in the present age to consummate glory in the new creation. The discussion unfolds key themes of recapitulation, the conflict between Babylon and the Bride, and the covenantal drama of creation to consummation. Through rich...
info_outlineDr. James Cassidy speaks at the Reformed Forum Annual Theology Conference, held at Lakeland Church in Gurnee, Illinois on September 27, 2025.
The lecture, titled “The Seed of Abraham, Christ in the patriarchs and the promise” by Dr. James Cassidy, addresses the common theological perception that New Testament authors, particularly the Apostle Paul in Galatians 3, give a “surprise ending” to the Old Testament, seemingly reading it against its original intent. Dr. Cassidy argues against this view by showing that the Abrahamic Covenant is fundamentally a covenant of grace, centered on Christ as the singular “offspring” of promise. He explains that the promise is both individual (Christ himself) and collective (all those redeemed through him from every nation), a subtlety Paul rightly handles without misinterpreting Genesis. Crucially, the address highlights that the subsequent giving of the Mosaic Law 430 years later did not and could not annul the original promise of justification by faith, thereby maintaining the primacy and immutability of God’s covenant of grace.
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- 00:00 - Introduction
- 00:23 - Greetings and Reading of Galatians 3:15–20
- 02:20 - The “Surprise Ending” View of the New Testament Reading the Old Testament
- 04:13 - Three Parts of the Address: Paul’s Theology, Eschatology, and Primacy of the New Testament Reading
- 04:35 - Part 1: Paul’s Theology of Abraham’s Offspring (Galatians 3)
- 05:25 - Argument from the Lesser to the Greater: Human vs. Divine Covenants
- 07:13 - Paul’s Interpretation: Offspring is Singular (Christ) and not Plural (Ethnic Israel)
- 08:24 - The Grammatical Ambiguity of “Offspring” (Collective and Individual)
- 11:12 - The Individual and Collective Scope of the Offspring (Christ and the Church)
- 11:35 - The Law’s Function: It Did Not Annul the Promise to Abraham
- 13:30 - The True Seed of Abraham is Christ and Those In Him
- 14:13 - Part 2: The Eschatology of Abraham’s Promise
- 15:35 - The Delay in Fulfillment: Hope Against Hope (Romans 4)
- 18:24 - Abraham as the Archetypal Believer and the Nature of Saving Faith
- 20:18 - The Promised Land and the City Whose Builder is God (Heavenly Fulfillment)
- 22:15 - Christ is the Mediator of the Abrahamic Covenant
- 23:43 - The Abrahamic Covenant’s Fulfillment in the New Covenant
- 25:27 - **Part 3:** The Primacy of the New Testament’s Reading of the Old
- 26:40 - Reading the Old Testament Through the Lens of Christ
- 28:13 - The New Testament is the Proper Hermeneutical Key to the Old
- 30:17 - Application: Gospel Living and World Missions
- 32:00 - Conclusion and The Blessings to All Nations
- 35:55 - Final Exhortation