Could God break His covenant promises with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob?
God could not break His covenant promises with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. This is substantiated by Scripture, which presents Jesus as the Son of David and Son of Abraham, the fulfillment of those promises. Matthew traces Christ's lineage only back to Abraham because that is where everything begins for Israel.
Les explains that God could not break His covenant promises with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and Matthew chapter 1 verse 1 substantiates this. The genealogy is the book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the Son of David. Remember what the Syrophoenician woman said: Thou Son of David, the Son of Abraham. It does not go back to Adam, only from Christ's birth back to Abraham. Les raises the question why, and the reason is that Matthew presents Him as the King of the nation of Israel, Israel's Messiah, the fulfillment of the covenant promises made to Abraham. So there is no need to go further back because this is where everything begins as far as Israel is concerned. Then John the Baptist announces, Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand, which sounds heavenly, but that heavenly Kingdom will be on the earth.
The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.