Ye are the children of the prophets
Of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, who are called prophets, ( Psalms
105:15 ) being lineally and naturally descended from them; to
them belonged the prophecies of the Old Testament concerning the
Messiah, and the promises of him; they were heirs of them;
and of the covenant which God made with our
fathers;
so the phrase (tyrb ynb) ,
"children of the covenant", is used by the Jews, as peculiar to
themselves; (See Gill on Romans
9:8) and so (Nyyrwa
rb) , "a son of the law" F14, is also used by them in a
like sense; the law, the covenant, and the promises, externally
belonging to them:
saying unto Abraham,
( Genesis
22:18 )
and in thy seed shall all the kindreds of the earth be
blessed;
meaning the Messiah, that sprung from him, and is called the son
of Abraham; in whom, not only all Abraham's spiritual seed among
the Jews, or the elect of God in that nation, and who were truly
the children of Abraham, and of the promise, but even all the
chosen of God among the Gentiles, in every nation, and of every
kindred and family among them, are blessed in Christ, with all
spiritual blessings; with peace, pardon, righteousness,
redemption, and salvation: for this is not a form of blessing the
Gentiles would use, when they blessed themselves, or others;
saying, God bless thee, as he blessed Abraham's seed; for no one
instance can be produced, when the Gentiles ever used such a form
of blessing as this; but a prophecy of the calling of the
Gentiles by the Messiah, and of their being blessed in him; see (
Galatians 3:16 ) and
though this sense is departed from by modern Jews, it was what
the ancient synagogue gave into F15.