This resulted in a covenant between Abraham and GOD, that would include Abraham’s physical descendants (in the way of temporal blessings) as well as his spiritual descendants who exhibited the same faith in GOD as Abraham did (and inherit the kingdom of Israel (ACTS 1:6; REV 20) and become equal inheritors with the church and other saints in the eternal kingdom; REV 21 and 22).
This included his personal family line, starting with the son of promise, Isaac. Remember that before Isaac came, Abraham had Ishmael (through Hagar), but he wasn’t the son that GOD promised to come through Sarah; the one that GOD promised would be the vehicle by which all the world will be blessed!
We see how GOD’s promise to Abraham will carry on through Isaac and Jacob, and the twelve patriarchs.
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