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As mere humans, we tend to forget things said as time goes by. Our own ability to keep promises that we make can weaken over time. This is not so with the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.
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As mere humans, we tend to forget things said as time goes by. Our own ability to keep promises that we make can weaken over time. This is not so with the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. This phrase, "the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob" embodies the concept of God as a covenant maker, and a covenant keeper. It is not an oversimplification to assert that all of the information in the Old Testament is really about God fulfilling his promises made to Abraham, with the culmination being the coming of His Son, Jesus, the Messiah (Hebrew), or the Christ (Greek). Have you ever thought about Genesis 12:1-3 as a three part outline of the Bible? After commanding Abram to leave his land for a place that God would show him, God's promise to Abram that would be fulfilled first was, "And I will make you a great...
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