Abrahamic Covenant
3 The Abrahamic Covenant as formed (Gen. 12:1-4) and confirmed (Gen. 13:14-17; Gen. 15:1-7; Gen. 17:1-8) is in seven distinct parts:
(1) "I will make of thee a great nation." Fulfilled in a threefold way:
(a) In a natural posterity?"as the dust of the earth" (Gen. 13:16; John 8:37), viz. the Hebrew people.
(b) In a spiritual posterity?"look now toward heaven ... so shall thy seed be" (John 8:39; Rom. 4:16, 17; Rom. 9:7, 8; Gal. 3:6, 7, 29), viz. all men
of faith, whether Jew or Gentile,
(c) Fulfilled also through Ishmael (Gen. 17:18-20).
(2) "I will bless thee." Fulfilled in two ways:
(a) temporally (Gen. 13:14, 15, 17; Gen. 15:18; 24:34, 35);
(b) spiritually (Gen. 15:6; John 8:56).
(3) "And make thy name great." Abraham's is one of the universal names.
(4) "And thou shalt be a blessing" (Gal. 3:13, 14).
(5) "I will bless them that bless thee." In fulfilment closely related to the next clause.
(6) "And curse him that curseth thee." Wonderfully fulfilled in the history of the dispersion. It has invariably fared ill with the people who have persecuted the Jew, and well (As with America) with those who have protected him. The future will still more remarkably prove this principle (Deut. 30:7; Isa. 14:1, 2; Joel 3:1-8; Mic. 5:7-9; Hag. 2:22; Zech. 14:1-3; Matt. 25:40, 45).
(7) "In thee shall all the families of the earth be blessed." This is the
great evangelic promise fulfilled in Abraham's Seed, Christ (Gal. 3:16; John 8:56-58).
It brings into greater definiteness the promise of the Adamic Covenant
concerning the Seed of the woman (Gen. 3:15).
NOTE.?The gift of the land is modified by prophecies of three dispossessions and restorations (Gen. 15:13, 14, 16; Jer. 25:11, 12; Deut. 28:62-65; 30:1-3). Two dispossessions and restorations have been accomplished. Israel is now in the third dispersion, from which she will be restored at the return of the Lord as King under the Davidic Covenant (Deut. 30:3; Jer. 23:5-8; Ezek. 37:21-25; Lk. 1:30-33; Acts 15:14-17)
See, for the other seven covenants:
Edenic, Genesis 1:28
Adamic, Genesis 3:15
Noahic, Genesis 9:1
Abrahamic, Genesis 15:18
Mosaic, Exodus 19:25
Palestinian, Deut. 30:3
Davidic, 2 Samuel 7:16
New , Hebrews 8:8
1 Hagar is a type of the law "which gendereth to bondage" (Gal. 4:24, 25).
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#6 - The Davidic Covenant
(2 Samuel 7:8-17) This covenant, upon which the glorious kingdom of Jesus Christ "of the seed of David according to the flesh" is to be founded secures the following:
(1) A Davidic "house"; i.e., posterity, family.
(2) A "throne"; i.e., royal authority.
(3) A kingdom; i.e., sphere of rule.
(4) In perpetuity; "for ever."
(5) And this fourfold covenant has only one condition: disobedience in the Davidic family is to be visited with chastisement, but not to the abrogation [annulment or repeal] of the first in the division of the kingdom under Rehoboam, and, finally, in the captivities (2 Kings 25:1-7). Since that time only one King of the Davidic family has been crowned at Jerusalem and He was crowned with thorns. We find that the Davidic Covenant confirmed to David by the oath of Jehovah, and renewed to Mary by the angel Gabriel, is immutable (Psalms 89:30-37), and the Lord God will yet give to that thorn-crowned One "the throne of his father David" (Luke 1:31-33; Acts 2:29-32; Acts 15:14-17).
Other Covenents are:
Edenic, Genesis 1:28
Adamic, Genesis 3:15
Noahic, Genesis 9:1
Abrahamic, Genesis 15:18
Mosaic, Exodus 19:25
Palestinian, Deut. 30:3
Davidic, 2 Samuel 7:16
New , Hebrews 8:8
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