According to Galatians 3:17, how and by whom was the covenant confirmed?
According to Galatians 3:17, the covenant was confirmed beforehand by God in the person of Christ. This covenant is the Law, an agreement God made that He could never change or withdraw, given 430 years after the promise to Abraham.
Les explains that the covenant Paul refers to is the Law. It was confirmed before of God, but in the person of Christ. The Law was a covenant, just like the Abrahamic and Davidic covenants. It was an agreement God made that He could never change or withdraw, and it settled forever because God made it. This covenant, the Law, came 430 years after the promise to Abraham that out of him would come the seed. Les notes that 430 years later Israel came out of Egypt and received the Law at Sinai. He also addresses the apparent contradiction where Scripture mentions 430, 400, and 490 years, stating there is no contradiction.
And this I say, that the covenant, that was confirmed before of God in Christ, the law, which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot disannul, that it should make the promise of none effect.
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What covenant is Paul talking about in Galatians 3:17 when he says the covenant was confirmed before of God in Christ?
The covenant Paul speaks of in Galatians 3:17, which was confirmed beforehand by God, is the Law.
What does it mean that the covenant was 'confirmed before of God in the person of Christ' in Galatians 3:17?
In Galatians 3:17 the covenant Paul says was confirmed before of God, was confirmed by God in the person of Christ.
Which covenant is Paul talking about in Galatians 3:17?
The covenant Paul is talking about in Galatians 3:17 is the Law.