Understanding the Concept of God

Understanding the Concept of God As mere humans, we tend to forget things said as time goes by. Our own

ability to keep promises that we make can weaken over time. This is

not so with the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. This phrase, “the God

of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob” embodies the concept of God as a covenant

maker, and a covenant keeper. It is not an oversimplification to

assert that all of the information in the Old Testament is really

about God fulfilling his promises made to Abraham, with the

culmination being the coming of His Son, Jesus, the Messiah (Hebrew),

or the Christ (Greek).

Have you ever thought about Genesis 12:1-3 as a three part outline of

the Bible? After commanding Abram to leave his land for a place that

God would show him, God’s promise to Abram that would be fulfilled

first was, “And I will make you a great nation…” From Genesis chapter

12 to Exodus 1:7 we have the detailed facts as to how Abram actually

became the father of a great nation. One can look at Genesis to

Deuteronomy as Part One of the Bible. In this section God not only

creates a biological nation from Abram, but God provides that nation

with a law to teach love of God and neighbor, separating this nation

from all of the other idolatrous nations.

The second promise that God made to Abram is found in Gen 12:1, “…to

the land which I will show you…” Of course this promise is stated

first in the text. Howe...

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...greater, He swore by Himself, saying, ‘I WILL

SURELY BLESS YOU AND I WILL SURELY MULTIPLY YOU.’” (Heb 6:11-14)

We conclude by quoting the Hebrew author once again. Upon illustrating

how many people have gone before us who put their faith in God,

including of course, Abraham, the Hebrew writer then exhorted,

“Therefore, since we have so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding

us, let us also lay aside every encumbrance and the sin which so

easily entangles us, and let us run with endurance the race that is

set before us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of

faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, despising the

shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. For

consider Him who has endured such hostility by sinners against

Himself, so that you will not grow weary and lose