Jesus Fulfilled The Abrahamic Covenant

What is the Abrahamic Covenant?

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The Abrahamic Covenant is the promise of hope and salvation to which we hold, in the fulfillment of Jesus Christ. A covenants is an agreements, a word or a bond between two or more people; with either one or both parties having to abide by specific conditions. God's first covenant was with Adam, which ended poorly for mankind. Thereby requiring the need for more and everlasting covenants, which would be solely based on God's ability to perform, not our, as we fail. The Abrahamic covenant is our hope, because it is only based on God's ability. It's based on His holy name, which means that He will fulfill it, so as to bring no shame upon His own name, establishing the credibility of it, which gives Him glory.

The Covenant with Noah. There was a prior covenant with Noah (Genesis 9:1-17), which adds to the basic foundation of our trust in God. God's wrath must be satisfied, as He is Righteous, who must punish transgression, in order to be fair and good. At the time the world's wickedness reached heaven and there was only one righteous man, so God did not relent in judgment, but poured it out at the time of transgression. This enabled man to see the power and will of God, and His mercy interestingly enough. How? Because He made a promise, a covenant, to relent in His anger and wrath, so we can live in His protection for we know the world shall continue as is, until the end (Genesis 8:22). But also, He provided protection here on earth; protection from wild beasts, as they would fear us; and protection from murder, as He instituted capital punishment. So man could live with the general protection from wild beasts, each other and God, until the end. But what about the end?
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All for God's Glory. The Lord proclaimed that the whole earth would be filled with His glory (Numbers 14:21) and we are the vessels to shine His glory, which is the reason for all these promises. We could only shine, if we were in right standing with Him. Also, part of the covenants were always to be fruitful, multiply and cover the earth; so we could fill the earth with His glory. Which brings us back to Abraham, almost, with only the detour of the covenant with Moses, the hardest to understand.

The Covenant of Moses. Moses was given the law, which is the 'mind of God,' one might say. It reveals what is right and wrong in God's eyes, but with a dagger, because it contains a condition to obey or suffer His wrath. Oh my, that's terrible, because it is impossible for a mortal to uphold the standards of God, thereby making it a curse for all who are under it (Galatians 3:10-13; Deuteronomy 27:26; Leviticus 18:5). Are you saying that God gave the law to bind people to His wrath (Galatians 3:21-25)? Yes. Why, that sounds terrible? God bound all transgressions together into one violation, sin; and to bind us to Himself, under the curse of the wrath, until He could release us from it. He was going to set us free from the curse of the wrath, which brings us back to the Abrahamic Covenant.

The Abrahamic Covenant. Now that we have a particular problem, of being bound in sin under the curse of the law, God can be the agent to set us free from it (Galatians 3:21-25). He can release the wrath, which must be poured out, for it was only restrained for such a time. But now we are bound to Him, we are in fellowship with Him, which is His ultimate goal. He paid the price and bought us with His blood (1 Corinthians 6:20; 7:23). We are now able to be His people and He is able to be our God (Genesis 17:7; Exodus 6:7; Ezekiel 34:24; 36:28; Jeremiah 7:23; 30:22; 31:33). He is now able to lavish His promise upon us. We are not able to be fruitful, multiply and cover the earth, going forth proclaiming His glory - thereby filling the whole earth with His glory. The Lord is a Master! The Lord is Mighty. He is worthy of all praise, honor, power, authority and dominion forever! AMEN

What is the Abrahamic Covenant?

1. Now the Lord said to Abram, 'Go from your country and your kindred and your father’s house to the land that I will show you. And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, and him who dishonors you I will curse, and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.' (Genesis 12:1-3). 
2. The Lord said to Abram, after Lot had separated from him, 'Lift up your eyes and look from the place where you are, northward and southward and eastward and westward,  for all the land that you see I will give to you and to your offspring forever. I will make your offspring as the dust of the earth, so that if one can count the dust of the earth, your offspring also can be counted. Arise, walk through the length and the breadth of the land, for I will give it to you.' (Genesis 13:14-17). 
3. And behold, the word of the Lord came to him: This man shall not be your heir; your very own son shall be your heir.'  And he brought him outside and said, “Look toward heaven, and number the stars, if you are able to number them.' Then he said to him, 'So shall your offspring be.'  And he believed the Lord, and he counted it to him as righteousness. And he said to him, “I am the Lord who brought you out from Ur of the Chaldeans to give you this land to possess.' (Genesis 15:4-7). 
4. 'I will make you exceedingly fruitful, and I will make you into nations, and kings shall come from you. And I will establish my covenant between me and you and your offspring after you throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be God to you and to your offspring after you. And I will give to you and to your offspring after you the land of your sojournings, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession, and I will be their God.' (Genesis 17:6-8).
5. 'Indeed I will greatly bless you, and I will greatly multiply your seed as the stars of the heavens and as the sand which is on the seashore; and your seed shall possess the gate of their enemies, and in your offspring shall all the nations of the earth be blessed, because you have obeyed my voice.' (Genesis 22:17-18).
   1. The Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel beforehand to Abraham, saying, 'All the nations will be blessed in you.'  (Galatians 3:8).