Genesis 22:18
Genesis 22:18 (see also Luke 2:10)
“In your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice.”
Because of Abraham’s faithfulness, through his seed, namely Jesus Christ, everyone would be blessed. We see this played out at Luke 2:10 which states: “But the angel said to them, ‘Do not be afraid; for behold, I bring you good news of great joy which will be for all the people.’”
Now what does this do to the Calvinist doctrine of Unconditional Election, which teaches that only some of the families shall be blessed? If Calvinism was true, would we need to revise this verse to say: “In your seed all the Calvinisticly elect of the earth shall be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice.”
Dave Hunt comments: “Paul preached the same ‘good tidings of great joy...to all people’ announced by the angel of the Lord (Luke 2:10). Yet those predestined to eternal torment find no ‘joy’ in knowing that Christ came to save others--but not them! Calvinism limits to an elect the joy the angel said was for all. ... The Calvinist claims that the angel didn’t mean ‘all people’ but ‘all kinds of people.’” (Debating Calvinism, p.365)
