What did God promise Abram?
God promised Abram the nation of Israel. He sovereignly pulled Abram out of the mainstream of humanity and, by an act of a sovereign God, brought about the nation of Israel through him. This promise was not accidental; it was a sovereign act of God.
Les teaches that after the tower of Babel, where God scattered the nations and every false religion has its roots, another 200 years went by. Then God did something totally different: He sovereignly pulled Abram out of the mainstream of humanity and promised him the nation of Israel. This did not happen accidentally. God brought about the nation of Israel through Abram, as he was first called, by an act of a sovereign God.