What covenant promises did God make to Abram?
God promised to make Abram a great nation—Israel—to bless him materially and spiritually, to make his name great, to bless those who bless him and curse those who curse him, and to bless all families of the earth in him.
Les explains that the Abrahamic Covenant is the benchmark of everything we rest on by faith and faith alone, and he calls it the most important part of the whole Old Testament. In Genesis 12, God first told Abram to leave his country, kindred, and father’s house for a land God would show him. Then God promised to make of Abram a great nation—the nation of Israel—to bless him materially and spiritually, to make his name great, to make him a blessing, to bless those who bless him and curse those who curse him, and that in Abram all families of the earth would be blessed.
And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:
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