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== Abrahamic Covenant == | == Abrahamic Covenant == | ||
[[File:Abraham's Journey (en).svg|thumb|Abraham's Journey to Canaan according to the Book of Genesis.|right|474x474px]] | |||
=== COVENANT: PROMISED LAND === | === COVENANT: PROMISED LAND === | ||
God makes three Covenants with Abraham: | |||
# Gen 15: To make of his descendants a great nation (promised land), which is fulfilled by Moses | '''# Gen 15: To make of his descendants a great nation (promised land), which is fulfilled by Moses | ||
# Gen 17: To make of his descendants a great kingdom (a son), which is fulfilled by David | # Gen 17: To make of his descendants a great kingdom (a son), which is fulfilled by David | ||
# Gen 22: that his descendants will be as plentiful as the sand and the stars and blessed by God, which is fulfilled in Jesus | # Gen 22: that his descendants will be as plentiful as the sand and the stars and blessed by God, which is fulfilled in Jesus''' | ||
Abraham is chosen by God to make God's "chosen people," the Israelites, through whom God wants to redeem the rest of mankind. The Israelites are not chosen because they are special, they are special because they are chosen by God. | |||
God knows, however, that the stain of original sin is yet upon his creation in man (from the Fall of Adam and Eve), to he confers his blessings as a reward for belief (faith). As such, God tests Abraham, who obeys God and thus earns God's promises for him and his descendants. | |||
In Romans Ch. 4, St. Paul says, | |||
<pre>What then can we say that Abraham found, our ancestor according to the flesh? Indeed, if Abraham was justified on the basis of his works, he has reason to boast; but this was not so in the sight of God. For what does the scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.” | |||
([https://bible.usccb.org/bible/romans/4:1|Rom 4:1-3]) | |||
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The full Abrahamic Covenant is fulfilled by Christ. As Paul explains to the Galatians, | |||
<pre>Thus Abraham “believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.” Realize then that it is those who have faith who are children of Abraham. Scripture, which saw in advance that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, foretold the good news to Abraham, saying, “Through you shall all the nations be blessed.” Consequently, those who have faith are blessed along with Abraham who had faith. | |||
The quotations Paul uses are from [https://bible.usccb.org/bible/genesis/15?6|Gn 15:6] and [https://bible.usccb.org/bible/genesis/15?6|Gn 22:18]) | |||
</pre> | |||
==== Abram: from Ur to Haran to Canaan==== | ==== Abram: from Ur to Haran to Canaan==== | ||
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