“Now the Lord said to Abram, ‘Go from your country and your kindred and your father’s house to the land that I will show you. I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you, and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, and the one who curses you I will curse; and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed’” (Gen. 12: 1-3). Later, God renews this promise and also makes a small addition to it: “He [God] brought him [Abram] outside and said, ‘Look toward heaven and count the stars, if you are able to count them.’ Then he said to him, ‘So shall your descendents be.’ And he believe the Lord; and the Lord reckoned it to him as righteousness” (Gen. 15: 5-6). Clearly, God begins to take action in Abraham’s life right from the start. And, because of Abraham’s overwhelming faith, God sets him as the leader of His “chosen” people, the Israelites. The conditional covenant that defines the relationship between God and Abraham (and, therefore, between the chosen people as well) extends through Genesis and Exodus, the first two books of the Bible.

In the covenant that God makes with Abraham, we find him

God calls upon Abraham to sojourn, and to be a pilgrim, bringing him into the land of Canna where He promises him that his seed would inherit the land. Yet, as Abraham becomes old, and without any children to become his heirs, he wants more assurance that God will indeed keep his promise: “But he [Abram] said, ‘O Lord, God, how am I to know that I shall possess it [the Promised Land]?” (Gen. 15:8) He wanted a greater certainty, rather than merely the word of promise. This is exactly the reason that God would make a covenant with him, a word more assuring than a law or promise.

God’s own knowledge of his predestining decrees assures Him of what the future will certainly be. In remarkable detail, God tells Abraham that his descendants will be enslaved for four hundred years, and then go out to possess the land of promise (Gen 15: 13-14). And indeed, by reading the story of the Exodus (in the book of Exodus), we find that God’s covenant is fulfilled right down to the very last detail. God remained mercifully patient, and waited until the iniquity of the Amorites was complete before he afflicted them with the invasion of Abraham’s bountiful descendents.

revealing more definitely his saving purposes, and building upon what he has already promised before in the time of Adam and of Noah. We are struck with the aspect of God's sovereignty in this covenant. God does not ask Abraham to enter into a covenant agreement with him he, decrees it. This powerful commanding tone is repeated in God

Some topics in this essay:
Covenant Abraham, Testament Church, Lord Abram, Abraham God’s, Land” Gen, Covenant Grace, Lord Lord, Seed Abraham, Exodus God’s, God Abraham, god’s covenant, gen 15, abraham’s life, land canna, covenant god, seed abraham, chosen people, genesis exodus, god abraham, abraham children,