The Abrahamic Covenant

 The Abrahamic Covenant 

 Ge 12:2 I will make you a great nation; I will bless you and make your name great; and you shall be a blessing.
3 I will bless those who bless you, and I will curse him who curses you; and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed."

* God's National Promise To Abraham:  "I will make you a great nation..." 
--- Posterity ("great" or numerous)

* God's Personal Promises To Abraham: "I will bless you and make your name great; and you shall be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, and I will curse him who curses you..." 
--- Prosperity ("I will bless you...") 
--- Popularity ("...make your name great...")
--- Profitability ("...you shall be a blessing..." 
--- Principality ("...I will bless those who bless you and I will curse him who curses you...") 

* God's Universal Promise To Abraham: "...in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed."
--- Primality (source of blessing of the earth) 


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