God's Covenants With Israel, the Nations and the Church

Table of Covenants of God with Israel, the Church and the Nations

God's Covenant With Abraham Especially as the Father of the Jewish Nation of Israel from Genesis 12

After the flood of Noah by the time of Nimrod and the tower of Babel there was universal idolatry started in a new way and made much worse by Nimrod and his mother Semiramis who started western astrology, the mother goddess and mother child idolatry and perhaps other idolatry and immorality. At that time there was strong idolatry in Sumer, Shinar or Chaldea which covers much of the area of modern Iraq of worship of the moon god. This was the background Abraham at first Abram found himself and out of which God called him to start a new or separate holy or godly people set apart for the God of Heaven and Earth ( the God of the Bible El Shaddai or later Yahweh or Jehovah) to worship Him alone. God called Abraham out of Ur of the Chaldees to a promised land where he and his descendants would serve and live by the laws of the God of the Bible. This land is the land of Israel. God promised Abraham if he obeyed his command and the covenant he offered he would bless Abraham and his descendants and would make him a father of many nations the Jews or Israels especially but also other nations such as the Edomites through Esau and the Arabs through Ishmael although the Jews would be given the land of Israel. Also through the Jews would come the scripture and the Messiah or Annointed one and Saviour of the world which was fulfilled in the Lord Jesus Christ. God also provided a special covenant relationship with the Jews by adopting them as His chosen earthly people and offering Himself and His principles and protection as provisions from Him as their God. The scripture reference in Genesis 12 of God as the covenant God of the Jews through Abraham is as follows:

Scripture Reference from Genesis 12 of the Abrahamic Covenant of God's Promise to Make Abraham a Father of Many Nations and Give Him and His Descendants the Jews the Promised Land of Israel

Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew thee: And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing: And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all the families of the earth be blessed. Genesis 12:1-3

Extension of Abrahamic Covenant to Abraham's Son Isaac in Genesis 26

In this chapter God appeared to Isaac and notably told him not to go down to Egypt but to dwell in the land He would tell Isaac of - the land of Israel or Canaan. God then instructed Isaac to dwell in the land and that God would be with him and bless him. God also promised Isaac His covenant with Abraham including that unto Isaac and his seed or descendants he would give all these countries (all the countries of the Canaanites) that he swore in the covenant that God made with Abraham Isaac's father. God also extended the covenant he made with Abraham to his son Isaac that He would multiply his seed (descendants) as the stars of heaven and would give to his seed (descendants) all these countries (the countries of the Canaanites) in the land of Canaan or Israel and that in also Isaac's seed or descendants would all the nations of the earth be blessed. God reminds Isaac that the basis of the covenant originally was that Abraham was faithful to God and to His commandments or instructions. The scripture reference in Genesis 26 of God's extension of His covenant with Abraham to his son Isaac is as follows:

Scripture Reference from Genesis 26 of God's Extension of His Covenant with Abraham for the Land of Canaan or Israel and God's Blessings to His Descendants to His Son Isaac

And there was a famine in the land, beside the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went unto Abimelech king of the Philistines unto Gerar. And the LORD appeared unto him, and said, Go not down into Egypt; dwell in the land which I shall tell thee of: Sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all these countries, and I will perform the oath which I sware unto Abraham thy father; And I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these countries; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws. Genesis 26:1-5

Isaac Extends the Abrahamic Covenant with God for the People of Israel Concerning the Land of Canaan or Israel With His Son Jacob or Israel from Genesis 28

God impressed on Isaac to instruct his son Jacob later renamed by God Israel to continue to develop a separate people to God by taking a wife from Padan-aram in Mesopotamia and his kinsmen or near relatives instead of from the daughters of the pagan Canaanites. Then Isaac extended the blessings of the Abrahamic covenant to his son Jacob (Israel). These blessings included God giving Jacob fruitfulness so that he would have many children and descendants and be the ancestor of a great people. God also used Isaac to extend the Abrahamic covenant to his son Jacob (Israel) of the title to the land of Canaan or the land of Israel to Jacob and his descendants. Isaac in the will of God then sent his son Jacob (Israel) away to Padan-aram to his uncle Laban in Syria (Mesopotamia or modern day Iraq). The scripture reference in Genesis 28 of God extending his covenant with Abraham and his descendants (seed) through Isaac to his son Jacob (Israel) concerning having many descendants and being the heir of the land of Canaan or land of Israel is as follows:

Scripture Reference from Genesis 28 of God's Extending His Covenant with Abraham for His Giving Him and His Descendants Many Children and a Great Nation and the Land of Canaan or Israel Through Isaac to His Son Jacob (Israel)

And Isaac called Jacob, and blessed him, and charged him, and said unto him, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan. Arise, go to Padan-aram, to the house of Bethuel thy mother's father; and take thee a wife from thence of the daughers of Laban thy mother's brother. And God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou mayest be a multitude of people; And give thee the blessing of Abraham, to thee, and to thy seed with thee; that thou mayest inherit the land wherein thou art a stranger, which God gave unto Abraham. And Isaac sent away Jacob: and he went to Padan-aram unto Laban, son of Bethuel the Syrian, the brother of Rebekah, Jacob's and Esau's mother. Genesis 28:1-5

Description of Scripture from Genesis 28 of God Confirming His Covenant with Abraham and His Descendants to Give Them the Land of Canaan or Israel and Make Them a Great Nation Through Abraham's Grandson Jacob (Israel)

Under God's protection Jacob (Israel) set out to find a wife from his near relatives (kinsmen) in Syria (Mesopotamia) across the desert or wilderness and went to sleep on his way to Haran on the first part of his journey. Jacob then had a dream of a ladder going up to heaven with angels ascending and descending on it which was real but also symbolized God granting him access to and blessing from Himself. God then appeared to Jacob (Israel) in the dream and identified himself as the God of Abraham and Isaac and promised Jacob also that the land of Canaan including that on the way to Canaan God would give also to Jacob (Israel) and his seed or descendants. God also extended the covenant he made with Abraham of fruitfulness to him and his seed and descendants and that they would spread out through the promised land of Canaan or Israel to occupy or possess it with God's blessings. God also extended the blessings he gave Abraham in his covenant with him of the people and nation of Israel being a blessing to the other nations or families of the earth. God also for the immediate time then promised to be with Jacob (Israel) and to bring him back to the promised land of Canaan to become the land of Israel. Jacob (Israel) then awoke from his sleep and dream with a great sense of holiness and reverence for God and His Presence in that place saying God was in that place and he didn't realize it before and that that place was the house of God or gate of heaven. The scripture reference in Genesis 28 of God confirming the covenant he made with Abraham and Isaac of a promised land in Canaan and for Abraham's descendants to become a great nation and to become a blessing to the other families (nations) of the earth through Abraham's grandson Jacob (Israel) is as follows:

Scripture Reference from Genesis 28 of God Confirming His Covenant With Abraham of a Promised Land and to Make a Great Nation that Would be a Blessing to All the People of Earth Through Abraham's Grandson Jacob (Israel) and His Seed (Descendants)

And Jacob went out from Beer-sheba, and went toward Haran. And he lighted upon a certain place, and tarried there all night, because the sun was set; and he took of the stones of that place, and put them for his pillows, and lay down in that place to sleep. And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven: and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it. And, behold, the LORD stood above it, and said, I am the LORD God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed; And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed. And, behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee in all places whither thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land; for I will not leave thee, until I have done that which I have spoken to thee of. And Jacob awaked out of sleep, and he said, Surely the LORD is in this place; and I knew it not. And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful is this place! this is none other than the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven. Genesis 28:10-17

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