What did God promise Abram about his descendants?
God promised Abram that his descendants would become a nation of people who would be the only people on earth possessing a knowledge of the one true God. This promise began with Abram, who responded to God, and was later repeated to Isaac and Jacob.
Les teaches that God promised Abram he would have a nation of people who would be the only people on earth with a knowledge of the one true God. This promise began with Abram, whom God knew would respond, and the covenant was first given to Abraham, then repeated to Isaac and Jacob. Gentiles were strangers from the covenants of promise, having no part in them and being without God in the world. Les notes that the then-known world was steeped in paganism, as seen in ancient cities like Greece, Ephesus, and Corinth, with their temples to gods and goddesses, such as the Acropolis and Parthenon.