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Genesis 3 Promises Essay

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1. The three promises God makes to Abraham in genesis 12:1-3 is first, land and nationhood (“A land that I will show you”), second, a dynastic kingdom (“A great nation”), third, worldwide family (“All the families of the earth should be blessed”).
2. The three promises relate to the covenant oaths God swears in Genesis 15,17,and 22. God strengthens Abraham’s faith by upgrading his three promises with three covenant oaths. In Genesis 15, God promises that Abram’s descendants will be delivered from bondage in a foreign nation and will be given the Promised Land. In Genesis 17, God promises that kings will come forth from Abraham and Sarah. Finally, in Genesis 22, God declares that all nations will be blessed through Abraham’s descendants.
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The relationship between these covenant promises to the future events in salvation history is God points our eyes to the future of salvation history. With these three oaths, the Exodus, Mosaic covenant, the kingdom, the Davidic covenant, and Jesus Christ and the new covenant will fulfill it.
4. Abraham’s offerings of his beloved son Isaac help us understand God the Father’s offering of Jesus for the atonement for our sins. Abraham was willing to sacrifice his son because he “considered that God was able to raise men even from the dead.” Jesus rises from the dead on the third day, just as Abraham received his son back from the sentence of death. God the father does not stop the death of his beloved son but let’s Jesus self-offering to fulfill all of the covenants.
5. The phrase “the elder shall serve the younger” describes a subplot of Scripture. The bible says that the younger is chosen over the elder because God chooses the weaker, younger brother to show that his plans are fulfilled through his power, not that of men. The lesson we should draw from this subplot is that God primarily uses the policy of the “elder shall serve the younger” at times to try to subdue the pride or egotism that can so easily arise in

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