The Line of Promise, The Law of Promise

Brothers and Sisters in the Lord:

Today you will see the formal beginnings of the nation of Israel.

But keep in mind Israel was a means to an end. Israel was not the end in itself.

Israel was the means by which God would secure the line of promise from which Christ would come to die for the sins of the world.

We know Israel was the means to this end because Israel was formed by a foreigner. God simply chose Abraham and told him that in him all the nations of the earth would be blessed.

After God made that promise to him, then God formed Israel.

Today you will see the line of that promise, starting with Abram's family, and then hear the covenant command God gave him.

Our headings are:

1. The Line of Promise
2. The Law of Promise.

Our goals are:
That you will learn of the foundation of God's covenant with you, that you will see the importance of God's covenant with you, and that you will be motivated to fulfill the terms of the God's covenant with you.