What did God promise about being Israel's government in the Abrahamic covenant?
God promised in the Abrahamic covenant that at a future day He would come and be Israel's government. That government would be epitomized in the King, the Messiah. This was part of the oath sworn to Abraham, along with making them a nation and placing them in the promised land.
Les teaches that the promise God made to Abraham in the covenant back in Genesis 12 included several elements. One day they would become a nation of people out of Abraham and Sarah, and He would put them in a geographical area of land, which is why it is called the promised land. Then at some future day He would come and be their government, as spoken of in Isaiah chapter 7, or 7 or 9. Les explains that their government would be epitomized in the King, the Messiah. He summarizes this as the Abrahamic covenant brought down into a nutshell. This covenant is described as the oath which He swore to our father Abraham.
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What was God's purpose for Israel in the Genesis 12 covenant?
In the Genesis 12 covenant with Abraham, Israel was supposed to become a nation living in the land under God's sovereign kingship.
What did God promise Abraham in Genesis 12?
God's promise to Abraham in the Genesis 12 covenant was that Abraham and Sarah would become a nation and that God would place them in a geographical area of land.