What did the Abrahamic covenant promise concerning Israel and the Messiah?
The Abrahamic covenant contained, in latent form, the promise of a nation of people placed in a geographic land, with God providing their government through the Messiah, the Son of God and Israel’s king. God moved Israel forward so this king could appear, using the law to prepare the nation for the covenant’s fruition.
Les explains that the Abrahamic covenant held within it, in latent form, a promise of a nation of people located in a geographical area of land, over which God would provide government in the person of the Messiah, the Son of God, Israel’s king. He connects this to Matthew chapter 1, where the genealogy only goes back as far as Abraham because Matthew depicts Christ as the king. Les says God has been continuously, ever since Genesis chapter 12, moving the nation of Israel forward to the time when the king could make his appearance. When Israel receives the law in Exodus, its purpose is to prepare the nation for the fruition of this covenant; she had to be a prepared people, and God chose the system of law to teach them.
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 promises does the Abrahamic covenant contain in latent form?
The Abrahamic covenant contains in latent form the promise of a nation of people located in a geographic land where God would provide government through the Messiah, Israel's king.
Who was the Abrahamic covenant given to?
The Abrahamic covenant was given to the man who would be the father of a race of people who had never been on the earth before.