God's Call of Abram
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text: Genesis 12:1-8
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.”
4 So Abram departed, as the LORD had directed him, and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he left Haran.
5 And Abram took his wife Sarai, his nephew Lot, and all the possessions and people they had acquired in Haran, and set out for the land of Canaan. When they came to the land of Canaan,
6 Abram traveled through the land as far as the site of the Oak of Moreh at Shechem. And at that time the Canaanites were in the land.
7 Then the LORD appeared to Abram and said, “I will give this land to your offspring.” So Abram built an altar there to the LORD, who had appeared to him.
8 From there Abram moved on to the hill country east of Bethel and pitched his tent, with Bethel to the west and Ai to the east. There he built an altar to the LORD, and he called on the name of the LORD.
God and His promises are worth leaving everything for.
Consider the effectiveness of God’s words to Abram.
God’s Word is Effective
God’s Call is Demanding
God’s Promises are Better
God’s Plan is to Bless
Typology: Understanding the Bible’s Promise-Shaped Patterns; How Old Testament Expectations are Fulfilled in Christ §1.1.5. The Cursing of Canaan and Those Who Dishonor Abraham
Yahweh promised Abraham, “I will bless those who bless you, and the one who makes light of you I will curse [אָאֹר]” (
Typology: Understanding the Bible’s Promise-Shaped Patterns; How Old Testament Expectations are Fulfilled in Christ §2.1. The Covenantal Significance of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob
The blessing of Abraham not only extends and elaborates upon God’s blessing on Adam (
Typology: Understanding the Bible’s Promise-Shaped Patterns; How Old Testament Expectations are Fulfilled in Christ §2.1. The Covenantal Significance of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob
Within the book of Genesis, Joseph represents an initial fulfillment of these promises when all the earth comes to him to buy grain (41:57), being blessed by his wise and discerning management (41:33, 39). Joseph also typifies the seed of Abraham who will overcome the enmity with the seed of the serpent: though he is thought to be dead (37:33–35), he lives and reigns over gentiles (45:8) and overcomes enmity by forgiving those who sought his life (45:3–15; 50:15–21).
