Webas many writers have indicated, this covenant includes seven provisions: (1) the promise of a great nation through abraham; (2) personal blessing on abraham; Webthe promise has been realized, and god has kept the promise that he gave to abraham. Webthe promise is rooted in god’s commitment to abraham and extends to encompass a broader divine blessing through christ, the ultimate seed of abraham. Webchapter 2 outlines god’s plan during the patriarchal and mosaic eras. God’s promises of blessing through abraham and his seed—both the plural “succession of representatives” and christ who is “both part of that succession and the final consummation” of it (p. Webgod originally promised abraham that he would make the patriarch great, give him many descendants, and make him the agent through which all the families of the earth will. Webthe lord’s covenant with abraham was the fountain from which flowed all of his redemptive purposes for israel and for mankind as a whole. The main provisions of the. Webgod made marvelous promises to the patriarch of the chosen nation. He would be the father of a famous nation; His name would be great because his life would. Webit is this type of unilateral covenant that began god’s plan to bless the world. It is called the abrahamic covenant. Webas recorded in both the old and new testament, israel’s history as a nation bears testimony to the outworking of god’s promise of salvation made first to adam and.
