what did God prophesy to Abraham about his offspring in the Abrahamic Covenant?
God prophesied that Abraham’s offspring would become a great nation, yet would end up in a land not their own, where they would be enslaved for 400 years. This delay occurred because the iniquity of the Canaanites was not yet full.
Les explains that in the Abrahamic Covenant, God told Abraham He would make of him a great nation. One of the first prophecies in the Bible was that Abraham’s offspring would end up in a land that was not theirs, and they would be there in slavery for 400 years. God also gave the reason the children of Abraham would have to stay out of Canaan: the iniquity of the Canaanites was not yet full. In other words, God gave the Canaanite people 400 years to straighten up, but instead they went deeper and deeper into wickedness. Finally, when Joshua came across the Jordan River, God told Joshua and the children of Israel to destroy the Canaanites and not spare a single one, because they had gone down so far. Les warns that the Gentile world is fast approaching the same place, even though God is patient, gracious, and kind, letting man take his own way.