Promise

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Promise Gen 12-Ex 1

• I. CONDITIONDivine Promise
• a. Grace covenant to Abraham Gen 121-3
• b. Reconfirmed to
• Abraham Gen 1314-18151-21, 171-19.
• Isaac Gen 261-5
• Jacob Gen 281-14 3510-12
• c. This promise explains the survival of the
  Jew. God preserved Abrahams descendants.

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Promise Gen 12-Ex 1

• II. Responsibility STAY IN THE LAND
• God promised to bless them in the land.
• Israel and the land are inseparable when it
  comes to Gods blessing
• Jeremiah 303 Gen 261-6, 17
• c. Each patriarch was both civil and religious
  Father of the family to carry out Gods will.

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Promise Gen 12-Ex 1

• III. FAILURELeft the Land
• Abraham in Egypt - Gen 1210
• Abraham in Gerar - Gen 201ff
• Isaac in Gerar - Gen 261-6, 17
• Israel in Egypt - Gen 4711 ff

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Promise Gen 12-Ex 1

• IV. JUDGMENTSlavery in Egypt Exodus 17-14,
  37-8

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Promise Gen 12-Ex 1

• SALVATION
• 1. God called Moses as Deliverer- Exodus 31-10,
  1429-31
• Moses leads Israel back to land of Canaan.
• 2. Blood-Abrahams sacrifices- Gen 22
• 3. Faith-Abrahams altar and action- Gen 121-8,
  Rom 43