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Genesis 12 1-3 " I will cause you to become the father of a great nation."
I will bless you and make you famous, and I will make you a blessing to others. I will bless those who bless you and curse those who curse you. All the families of the earth will be blessed by you."
Gen 16:4 Your servant will not be your heir, you will have a son of your own to inherit everything I am giving you. Look up into the heavens and count the stars if you can. Your descendants will be like that- too many to count.
Gen 17:7 I will continue this everlasting covenant between us, generation after generation. It will continue between me and your offspring forever. And I will always be your God and the God of your descendants after you. Yes I will give all of this land of Canaan to you and your offspring forever. And I will be their God.
So there are a lot more than 3 promises given to Abraham, but God spoke to him 3 different times.
Primarily he was given
the promise of fatherhood of a vast nation- the jews
The promise of a son
the promise of the land of canaan
the promise that the whole earth would be blessed through him
the promise that God would be his God and his decendants God forever
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 13y ago1) - The Kingdom of God, which is coming to rule the world:
"For the promise, THAT HE SHOULD BE HEIR OF THE WORLD, was not to Abraham, or to his seed, through the law, but through the righteousness of faith." (Rom.4:13)
2) - Through him would come the salvation of the worldthrough Jesus Christ:
"...the scripture, foreseeing that God would JUSTIFY THE HEATHEN THROUGH FAITH, preached before the gospel unto Abraham, saying, IN THEE SHALL ALL NATIONS BE BLESSED. So then THEY WHICH BE OF FAITH ARE BLESSED WITH FAITHFUL ABRAHAM." (Gal.3:8-9)
"And IF YE BE CHRIST's, THEN ARE YE ABRAHAM's SEED, AND HEIRS ACCORDING TO THE PROMISE." (verse 29)
The "main" promises to Abraham were "TWO"... to inherit the world-ruling Kingdom of God; and the salvation of the world through his future "SEED" [Jesus Christ].
Speaking to a hypocritical "religious leader" of His day... Jesus told him:
"There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when YE SHALL SEE ABRAHAM, Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, IN THE KINGDOM OF GOD, and you yourselves thrust out." (Luke 13:28)
"...to Abraham and his Seed were the promises made. He saith NOT, And to seed(S), as of many; but as of ONE, And to thy SEED, which is Christ." (Gal.3:16)
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∙ 14y agoHe would father a son, he would make him the father of nations, and he would give him an inheritance of the promised land.
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