The Abrahamic Covenant Part II. Review of Key Passages Gen 12:1-3 – Defined key elements of the...

The Abrahamic Covenant The Abrahamic Covenant Part IIPart II

Review of Key PassagesReview of Key Passages

• Gen 12:1-3 – Defined key elements of the covenant:– Land– Seed– Blessing

• Gen 15:1-21 – Two scenes which emphasized the “seed” and “land” aspects of the covenant. This passage also described the actual covenant ceremony.

Review of Key PassagesReview of Key Passages

• Gen 17:1-14 – A series of 5 speeches that God made to Abram:– Speech 1 (vv. 1-2) - God’s Self-Revelation and

Requirement of Obedience– Speech 2 (vv. 3-8) - God Changes Abram’s Name– Speech 3 (vv. 9-14) - Circumcision as the Sign of the

Covenant – Speech 4 (vv. 15-16) - God Changes Sarai’s Name– Speech 5 (vv. 19-21) - The Covenant Will Be through

Isaac

A Final Passage in Genesis:A Final Passage in Genesis:Gen 22:15-18Gen 22:15-18

• This is the last of the recorded conversations between God and Abraham, and follows Abraham’s obedience to God’s test of sacrificing his only son Isaac (Gen 22:1-14).

• Based on this obedience, God affirms His commitment to bless Abraham and to multiply his “seed.”

• He also states that Abraham’s seed “shall possess the gate of his enemies” (Gen 22:17). This is a reference to their taking of the Promised Land.

• Once again the Lord affirms that in Abraham’s seed “all the nations of the earth shall be blessed.”

The Essence of the Abrahamic The Essence of the Abrahamic CovenantCovenant

– The Lord promised to make of Abraham a great nation. This includes both a multitude of descendants and a particular piece of land for those descendants to inhabit.

– The Lord promised to bless Abraham personally. He did this via provision of livestock (Gen 13:2), granting of victory in battle (Gen 14:1-24), and sons who were born to Abraham (Gen 16:15; 21:2-3; 25:1-4). Toward the end of Abraham’s life Moses writes that “The Lord had blessed Abraham in every way” (Gen 24:1).

– The Lord promised to bless all the nations of the earth in Abraham and his descendants.

– The covenant was reaffirmed to both Isaac (Gen 26:1-5) and Jacob (Gen 28:12-15).

Outworking of the Abrahamic Covenant Outworking of the Abrahamic Covenant in Exodus through Deuteronomyin Exodus through Deuteronomy

• The children of Jacob/Israel become a great nation in the land of Egypt (Exod 1:7-9; Num 23:10).

• The Lord delivers this great nation from Egyptian bondage, again in accordance with the promises of the Abrahamic Covenant.

• The Lord brought the people out of Egypt in order that they might occupy the land promised to Abraham (Exod 6:3-5, 8).

Outworking of the Abrahamic Covenant Outworking of the Abrahamic Covenant in Exodus through Deuteronomyin Exodus through Deuteronomy

• Israel’s ongoing existence as a nation, despite her idolatry with the golden calf at Sinai, was due to the Lord’s commitment to Abraham (Exod 32:11-14).

• The blessings promised in the Mosaic Covenant are in part a fulfillment of the Abrahamic Covenant (Lev 26:4-12).

Categories of Blessing in Categories of Blessing in Lev 26:4-12Lev 26:4-12

• Productivity: (Lev 26:4-5) “then I shall give you rains in their season, so that the land will yield its produce and the trees of the field will bear their fruit. Indeed, your threshing will last for you until grape gathering, and grape gathering will last until sowing time. You will thus eat your food to the full and live securely in your land.”

• Genesis 27:28 (Isaac blessing Jacob) – “Now may God give you of the dew of heaven, And of the fatness of the earth, And an abundance of grain and new wine;”


• Peace & Power: (Lev 26:6-8) “I shall also grant peace in the land, so that you may lie down with no one making you tremble. I shall also eliminate harmful beasts from the land, and no sword will pass through your land. But you will chase your enemies, and they will fall before you by the sword; five of you will chase a hundred, and a hundred of you will chase ten thousand, and your enemies will fall before you by the sword.”

• Genesis 22:17 “indeed I will greatly bless you, and I will greatly multiply your seed as the stars of the heavens, and as the sand which is on the seashore; and your seed shall possess the gate of their enemies.”


• Population: (Lev 26:9) “So I will turn toward you and make you fruitful and multiply you, and I will confirm My covenant with you.”

• Genesis 15:5: “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.’”


• Provision: (Lev 26:10) “And you will eat the old supply and clear out the old because of the new.”

• Genesis 27:28 – “Now may God give you of the dew of heaven, And of the fatness of the earth, And an abundance of grain and new wine;”


• Presence: (Lev 26:11-12) “Moreover, I will make My dwelling among you, and My soul will not reject you. I will also walk among you and be your God, and you shall be My people.”

• Gen 17:7-8 “And 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. And 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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