Why is understanding the Abrahamic Covenant necessary for understanding the Bible?
Understanding the Abrahamic Covenant is necessary because it is one of the Old Testament's most important portions. Without it, the rest of the Bible remains like a mist and cannot be seen clearly. Once this covenant is understood, everything falls into place, including the promised seed of the woman.
Les explains that the Abrahamic Covenant, found in Genesis chapter 12, is one of the most important portions of the whole Old Testament. He teaches that if a person does not understand this covenant, the rest of the Bible is just sort of like a mist, and you just cannot see it clearly. But once a person gets an understanding of this covenant, everything falls in place. He also ties it to the earlier promise in Genesis 3:15, the seed of the woman, which he follows all the way through Scripture. That promised seed points to Christ, who as the seed of the woman finished the work of the cross and defeated Satan, making him powerless, though Satan would bruise his heel.
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: