What is the Abrahamic covenant built on?
It is built on God's Genesis 3 promise of a Redeemer through the woman—her seed, Christ, who would bruise Satan's head. That foundational promise carries forward so that through Abraham and his offspring the seed of the woman would come.
Les teaches that in Genesis 3, after Adam and Eve ate and plunged the human race under the curse, God made a covenant with Adam that included the curse's ramifications—weeds, thistles—but at its center was the promise of a Redeemer. God told Satan He would put enmity between him and the woman, and between his seed and her seed, which is Christ. There would be a running battle; the seed of the woman would bruise Satan's head at the cross, while Satan would bruise Christ's heel through His suffering at Calvary. Les explains that from this Genesis 3 promise of a Redeemer through the woman, the Abrahamic covenant is built: it would be through Abraham and his offspring that the seed of the woman would come.
And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.
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What are God's covenant promises based on?
All the covenant promises that God made through the four programs are based on His promise of the coming of the seed of the woman, who is Christ.