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1.1 THE WORLD IN THE PROMISE:
The world of people John 3:16
2.1 Personal promises: Abraham
The father of a multitude of nations
2.2 National promises: Jews
A great nation of physical descendants
2.3 Universal promises: Gentiles
All the families of the earth blessed through Abrahams physical line of descent
1.2 IDENTIFICATION OF SEED
2.1 Isaac
2.2 Jews
2.3 Messiah
2.4 All believers
1.3 THE NATURE OF THE ABRAHAMIC COVENANT: Unconditional
1.4 THE ABRAHAMIC COVENANT STANDS IN SPITE OF A SEED OF SINNERS/LAWBREAKERS
2.1 Isaac
3.1 COVENANT RECONFIRMED TO ISAAC Genesis 26:1-4
3.2 BUT A SINNER
2.2 Jacob
3.1 THE COVENANT RECONFIRMED TO JACOB
Bethel #1 Genesis 28:13-15
Bethel #2 Genesis 35:9-12; 48:3-4
3.2 BUT A SINNER
2.3 Joseph
3.1 JOSEPH TOLD HIS BROTHERS THE PROMISE WOULD BE FULFILLED
3.2 BUT THESE BROTHERS HAD SINNED
Genesis 37:18-36; Genesis 38:12-26
2.4 Moses
3.1 THE COVENANT PROMISE WAS STILL IN EFFECT
3.2 BUT ISRAEL BROKE THE LAW
Exodus Numbers
2.5 David
3.1 DAVID REMINDED ISRAEL OF THE COVENANT
3.2 BUT DAVID BROKE THE LAW
2.6 In the time of captivity
3.1 THE COVENANT STILL STOOD
3.2 BUT THEY WERE LAWBREAKERS
2.7 At the time of Jesus birth
3.1 ZECHARIAH PROPHESIED
3.2 BUT ISRAELS HEART WAS FAR FROM GOD
2.8 At the beginning of the church
3.1 PETER IDENTIFIES JEWS AS SONS OF THE COVENANT
3.2 THIS IS AFTER THEY HAD CRUCIFIED CHRIST
2.9 To Hebrew believers
3.1 THE COVENANT IS CONFIRMED BY GODS OATH AND HE CANNOT LIE
3.2 THE HEBREW BELIEVERS APPARENTLY WERE ON THE VERGE OF TURNING AWAY FROM CHRIST
1.5 SO THEN THE PROMISE IS FULFILLED BY FAITH RIGHTEOUSNESS
For the promise that he would be the heir of the world was not to Abraham or to his seed through the law, but through the righteousness of faith. (NKJV)
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