V2-17 Does God Keep His Promises?
Walking Talking Bible Project
In Genesis 17:15-21, God promised to establish His covenant with Abraham’s son, Isaac, “as an everlasting covenant for his descendants after him.” In Genesis 22:1-19, when God told Abraham to sacrifice Isaac, did Isaac have any descendants? If God was to keep His promise to Abraham, would Isaac have to survive the sacrifice so he could live, get married, and have descendants?
Knowing this, did Abraham believe that by obeying God he would be losing his son, or did he believe God would keep His promise, meaning God would somehow have to spare Isaac so he could live and have descendants? (Read Hebrews 11:17-19 for the answer.) These are just some of the questions to consider in this week's edition of the Walking Talking Bible Project.
Bible Passages
The following Scripture quotations from The Berean Standard Bible (BSB) are provided for your convenience. Please feel free to use the Bible and translation of your choice.
Memory Passage: Genesis 15:6
Genesis 15:6
6 Abram believed the LORD, and it was credited to him as righteousness.
Connection Passage #1: Genesis 12:1–3
Genesis 12:1–3
1 Then the LORD said to Abram, “Leave your country, your kindred, and your father’s household, and go to the land I will show you.
2 I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, so that you will be a blessing.
3 I will bless those who bless you and curse those who curse you; and all the families of the earth will be blessed through you.”
Connection Passage #2: Genesis 17:7
Genesis 17:7
7 I will establish My covenant as an everlasting covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you, to be your God and the God of your descendants after you.
Connection Passage #3: Genesis 22:15–18
Genesis 22:15–18
15 And the angel of the LORD called to Abraham from heaven a second time,
16 saying, “By Myself I have sworn, declares the LORD, that because you have done this and have not withheld your only son,
17 I will surely bless you, and I will multiply your descendants like the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will possess the gates of their enemies.
18 And through your offspring all nations of the earth will be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice.”
Connection Passage #4: Genesis 17:15–21
Genesis 17:15–21
15 Then God said to Abraham, “As for Sarai your wife, do not call her Sarai, for her name is to be Sarah.
16 And I will bless her and will surely give you a son by her. I will bless her, and she will be the mother of nations; kings of peoples will descend from her.”
17 Abraham fell facedown. Then he laughed and said to himself, “Can a child be born to a man who is a hundred years old? Can Sarah give birth at the age of ninety?”
18 And Abraham said to God, “O that Ishmael might live under Your blessing!”
19 But God replied, “Your wife Sarah will indeed bear you a son, and you are to name him Isaac. I will establish My covenant with him as an everlasting covenant for his descendants after him.
20 As for Ishmael, I have heard you, and I will surely bless him; I will make him fruitful and multiply him greatly. He will become the father of twelve rulers, and I will make him into a great nation.
21 But I will establish My covenant with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you at this time next year.”
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