The twofold result of our Lord's obedience unto death, the justification of the Gentiles, and the gift of the Spirit, through faith.

Christ having satisfied the Law in its most minute demands, has abolished it as a condition of salvation, and has thus removed the wall of separation between Jew and Gentile. "They which are of faith are blessed with faithful Abraham", Galatians 3:9.

the blessing of Abraham Justification by faith, Galatians 3:9.

the promise of the Spirit This takes us back to the question of Galatians 3:2. The -promise" is of course not the promise spoken, but the promise fulfilled. So in Acts 1:4, where to wait for the promise is to await its fulfilment.

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