<p>3:16 <i>Now to Abraham were the promises spoken, and to his seed. He did not say: And to seeds, in the plural, but in the singular: And to your seed, who is Christ</i>- A case can be made that the whole New Testament is a form of <i>Midrash</i> on the Old Testament, re-interpreting it in the light of Christ. Paul so often employs the same literary devices found in the rabbinic <i>Midrashim</i>, e.g. <i>al tiqra</i> read not thus, but thus- Gal. 3:16 is a classic example.</p><p>The promises were made to Abraham's future seed, the Lord Jesus. He did not personally pre-existed.</p>