In you shall all the nations be blessed

There are huge things going on in God's kingdom in Acts 9-11. Not that there aren't always big things happening, but in this passage we find something especially significant.

In Genesis 12:3 we find that God makes a promise to Abraham. He says this

I will bless those who bless you, and him who dishonors you I will curse, and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.

In Acts 9-11, God is fulfilling this promise. Until then the chosen race were the Jews. What is important in this passage is that the chosen race becomes all those who place their faith in Jesus Christ for salvation. Jews and now Gentiles as well.

Know then that it is those of faith who are the sons of Abraham. And the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the Gospel beforehand to Abraham, saying "In you shall all the nations be blessed." So then, those who are of faith are blessed along with Abraham, the man of faith. (Galatians 3:7-9)

You and I are sons of Abraham. And in this passage (Acts 9-11) we see the beginning of the new covenant in which all those who put their faith in Christ, Jews and Gentiles, shall be saved.

What great news! God could have excluded us be he chose, in his infinite wisdom, to include us into his family.

God is in the heavens and he does all that he pleases. Thank Him that he was pleased to save us for his glory.