Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Abraham » Canaan given to
Afflictions » God determines the continuance of
Covenant » Of men with men » Ratified » By offering a sacrifice
The Covenant » Made with » Abraham
You are the sons of the prophets and of the covenant which God made with your fathers, saying to Abraham, 'And in your seed all the families of the earth shall be blessed.'
Verse Concepts
To perform the mercy promised to our fathers and to remember his holy covenant, the oath which he swore to our father Abraham: to grant us that we, being delivered from the hand of our enemies, might serve him without fear, read more.
in holiness and righteousness before him all the days of our life.
in holiness and righteousness before him all the days of our life.
Now the promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed. He does not say, "And to seeds," as referring to many, but rather to one, "And to your seed," that is, Christ.
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Covenants » Made by passing between the pieces of the divided sacrifices
Egypt » Prophecies against
Egypt » History of israel in » Their sojourn in it, foretold
Israel » Prophecies » Concerning
Israel » Living » Egypt » 430 years
But God spoke to this effect, that his descendants would be aliens in a foreign land, and that they would be enslaved and mistreated for four hundred years.
Verse Concepts
What I mean is this: the Law, which came four hundred and thirty years later, does not invalidate a covenant previously ratified by God, so as to nullify the promise.
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Israel » Prophecy » Captivity » In egypt
But God spoke to this effect, that his descendants would be aliens in a foreign land, and that they would be enslaved and mistreated for four hundred years. 'But I will judge the nation which they serve,' said God, 'and after that they will come out and worship me in this place.'
Sacrifices » The covenants of God confirmed by
For when every commandment of the law had been declared by Moses to all the people, he took the blood of calves and goats, with water and scarlet wool and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book itself and all the people, saying, "This is the blood of the covenant which God has commanded you."