God’s covenant with Abraham
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· 3 viewsGod’s gracious promise made to Abraham, and repeated to his descendants, to bless both them and, through them, the whole world. In response God calls for faithful obedience, expressed particularly in the outward sign of circumcision.
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Features of the Abrahamic covenant
Features of the Abrahamic covenant
The covenant is based upon God’s gracious promise
The covenant is based upon God’s gracious promise
For if the inheritance is based on law, it is no longer based on a promise; but God has granted it to Abraham by means of a promise.
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The covenant was confirmed by sacrifice
The covenant was confirmed by sacrifice
So He said to him, “Bring Me a three year old heifer, and a three year old female goat, and a three year old ram, and a turtledove, and a young pigeon.”
Then he brought all these to Him and cut them in two, and laid each half opposite the other; but he did not cut the birds.
The birds of prey came down upon the carcasses, and Abram drove them away.
Now when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and behold, terror and great darkness fell upon him.
God said to Abram, “Know for certain that your descendants will be strangers in a land that is not theirs, where they will be enslaved and oppressed four hundred years.
“But I will also judge the nation whom they will serve, and afterward they will come out with many possessions.
“As for you, you shall go to your fathers in peace; you will be buried at a good old age.
“Then in the fourth generation they will return here, for the iniquity of the Amorite is not yet complete.”
It came about when the sun had set, that it was very dark, and behold, there appeared a smoking oven and a flaming torch which passed between these pieces.
On that day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying,
“To your descendants I have given this land,
From the river of Egypt as far as the great river, the river Euphrates:
The covenant was given in perpetuity
The covenant was given in perpetuity
“I will establish My covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be God to you and to your descendants after you.
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God’s promises to Abraham
God’s promises to Abraham
And I will make you a great nation,
And I will bless you,
And make your name great;
And so you shall be a blessing;
And I will bless those who bless you,
And the one who curses you I will curse.
And in you all the families of the earth will be blessed.”
God promised the land of Canaan
God promised the land of Canaan
“I will give to you and to your descendants after you, the land of your sojournings, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.”
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God promised that Abraham would be the father of a nation
God promised that Abraham would be the father of a nation
And He took him outside and said, “Now look toward the heavens, and count the stars, if you are able to count them.” And He said to him, “So shall your descendants be.”
See also ; The change of name from Abram to Abraham is a sign of God’s covenant with him; ; ;
God promised a relationship with himself
God promised a relationship with himself
“I will give to you and to your descendants after you, the land of your sojournings, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.”
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The requirements of the covenant
The requirements of the covenant
Obedience
Obedience
Circumcision is the sign of Abraham’s commitment to God’s covenant with him;
See also ; by contrast, the consequences of disobedience; ;
Faith
Faith
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God’s faithfulness to the covenant
God’s faithfulness to the covenant
God remembers his promise
God remembers his promise
For He remembered His holy word
With Abraham His servant;
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God shows compassion for his people
God shows compassion for his people
But the Lord was gracious to them and had compassion on them and turned to them because of His covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and would not destroy them or cast them from His presence until now.
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The scope of the covenant
The scope of the covenant
The covenant continued through Isaac, not Ishmael
The covenant continued through Isaac, not Ishmael
But God said, “No, but Sarah your wife will bear you a son, and you shall call his name Isaac; and I will establish My covenant with him for an everlasting covenant for his descendants after him.
“As for Ishmael, I have heard you; behold, I will bless him, and will make him fruitful and will multiply him exceedingly. He shall become the father of twelve princes, and I will make him a great nation.
“But My covenant I will establish with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you at this season next year.”
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The covenant confirmed through Abraham, Isaac and Jacob
The covenant confirmed through Abraham, Isaac and Jacob
then I will remember My covenant with Jacob, and I will remember also My covenant with Isaac, and My covenant with Abraham as well, and I will remember the land.
See also Isaac
Jacob:
Jacob:
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The people of Israel are heirs to the covenant
The people of Israel are heirs to the covenant
that you may enter into the covenant with the Lord your God, and into His oath which the Lord your God is making with you today,
in order that He may establish you today as His people and that He may be your God, just as He spoke to you and as He swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
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All nations will be blessed through Abraham
All nations will be blessed through Abraham
since Abraham will surely become a great and mighty nation, and in him all the nations of the earth will be blessed?
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