Who would be blessed through Abraham's lineage in the Abrahamic covenant?
In the Abrahamic covenant, God promised that through Abraham's lineage all families of the earth would be blessed. The covenant declared that in him, meaning through the descendants coming from this man, blessing would extend to every family on earth, not just to Israel.
Les explains that Abram was from Ur of the Chaldees and was a Syrian, not a Jew, since the Jews were still unknown at that time. God made a special covenant with him in Genesis 12, promising to make of him a great nation, to bless him, to make his name great, and that he would be a blessing. God said, "I will bless them that bless thee, I will curse them that curse thee, and in thee." Les clarifies that this means through a lineage of people coming from this man, all the families of the earth would be blessed. This Abrahamic covenant was given to the man who would be the father of a race of people never before on earth. By His sovereignty, God instituted a new race or nation known as Israel. The Jews come as a result of this covenant made with this one man, and the covenant promises a nation of people. Implied is that a nation cannot function and operate unless they are in their own geographical area, a homeland.
Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father’s house, unto a land that I will shew thee:
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What does the Abrahamic covenant promise?
In latent form, the Abrahamic covenant promises a nation of people located in a geographical land, over which God would provide government in the person of the Messiah, the Son of God, Israel's king.