Abraham and God Created a Great Nation
Abraham’s Covenant Leads to the Creation of Three Great Religions
Abraham’s contract with God eventually gives birth to Israel and indirectly to the creation of Christianity and Islam.
F.E.Peters states in his article titled, “Abraham’s Miraculous Journey,”published in U.S.News & World Report, Collector’s Edition, that “a deity making contact with a paltry sheepherder on the margins of the Fertile Crescent, that the entire history of monotheism flows.” This sheepherder is said to be Abraham, whose descendants became the 12 Tribes of Israel.
God Made a Covenant with Abraham
According to the Holy Bible, Genesis 12:1-3, “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 families of the earth be blessed.” The preceding is the covenant that God made with Abraham. Additionally, God changed Abram’s name to Abraham, meaning a father of many nations.
Abraham’s side of the bargain or covenant was that he must give fidelity to his only God. He also was required to circumcise all males in his household and require all future male descendants to be circumcised.
Abraham Doubts God
When Abraham heard from God that he and Sarah were to have a son, he fell down laughing. According to Genesis 17: 17, Abraham asked God, “Shall a child be born unto him that is an hundred years old?” and “Shall Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear?” The preceding passages demonstrates Abraham’s total shock and disbelief that he and Sarah were going to have a baby at their late age in life.
God immediately informed Abraham, that he and Sarah would have a son named Isaac. And most importantly, God would establish his covenant with Isaac and his children after him. The results being, Isaac’s son, Jacob. The subsequent 12 children of Jacob, turned out to be the 12 Tribes of Israel.
F.E.Peters states in his article titled, “Abraham’s Miraculous Journey,”published in U.S.News & World Report, Collector’s Edition, that “a deity making contact with a paltry sheepherder on the margins of the Fertile Crescent, that the entire history of monotheism flows.” This sheepherder is said to be Abraham, whose descendants became the 12 Tribes of Israel.
God Made a Covenant with Abraham
According to the Holy Bible, Genesis 12:1-3, “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 families of the earth be blessed.” The preceding is the covenant that God made with Abraham. Additionally, God changed Abram’s name to Abraham, meaning a father of many nations.
Abraham’s side of the bargain or covenant was that he must give fidelity to his only God. He also was required to circumcise all males in his household and require all future male descendants to be circumcised.
Abraham Doubts God
When Abraham heard from God that he and Sarah were to have a son, he fell down laughing. According to Genesis 17: 17, Abraham asked God, “Shall a child be born unto him that is an hundred years old?” and “Shall Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear?” The preceding passages demonstrates Abraham’s total shock and disbelief that he and Sarah were going to have a baby at their late age in life.
God immediately informed Abraham, that he and Sarah would have a son named Isaac. And most importantly, God would establish his covenant with Isaac and his children after him. The results being, Isaac’s son, Jacob. The subsequent 12 children of Jacob, turned out to be the 12 Tribes of Israel.