ABRAHAMIC COVENANT

Bread of Life

Wednesday 4th March 2015

Topic:Abrahamic covenant

Message:
The covenant found in Gene
sis 12-17is known as theBrit bein HaBetarim, the "Covenant Between the Parts" in Hebrew, and is the basis for brit milah(covenant of circumcision) in Judaism. The covenant was for Abraham. and his seed, or offspring, [ 5 ]both of natural birth and adoption. [ 6 ]
  In Genesis chapters 12–17 three covenants can be distinguished based on the differing Jahwist, Elohistand Priestly sources. [ 7 ]In Genesis 12 and 15, God grants Abraham land and descendants but does not place any stipulations (unconditional). By contrast, Gen. 17 contains the covenant of  circumcision(conditional).
1. To make of Abraham a great nation and bless Abraham and make his name great so that he will be a blessing, to bless those who bless him and curse him who curses him and all peoples on earth would be blessed through Abraham. [Gen  12:1-3]
2. To give Abraham's descendants all the land from the river of Egypt to the Euphrates. [Gen 15:18-21]Later, this land came to be referred to as the Promised  Land(see map) or the Land of Israel.
3. To make Abraham the father of many nations and of many descendants and give "the whole land of Canaan" to his descendants. [Gen 17:2-9] Circumcisionis to be the permanent sign of this everlasting covenant with Abraham and his male descendants and is known as the brit milah. [Gen 17:9-14]
Covenants in biblical times were often sealed by severing an animal, with the implication that the party who breaks the covenant will suffer a similar fate. In Hebrew, the verb meaning to seal a covenant translates literally as "to cut". It is presumed by Jewish scholars that the removal of the foreskinsymbolically represents such a sealing of the covenant.

Note:
The new covenant is the lastest and is for you and your children.