MORNING
SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 3/21/2026 10:29 AM
My
Worship Time Focus:
“The Background of the Abrahamic Covenant”
Bible
Reading & Meditation Reference: Luke 1:72a
Message of the verse: “To
show mercy toward our fathers,”
I’m having a
problem with my new laptop and so I had to switch to my older laptop to write
this SD, and so I think this morning it is best to just quote from MacArthur’s
commentary for this SD.
“The
Abrahamic covenant, which God made to the fathers
of the nation of Israel (Abraham, Isaac, Jacob), is a foundational element
of biblical interpretation. A correct understanding
of it is essential to prop-Biblical interpretation. A correct understanding of it is essential to
properly comprehending all of redemptive history. In contrast to the Davidic covenant, which
was universal in scope, the Abrahamic covenant is national, promising blessings
to Israel (though Gentiles can enter into those blessings (through faith; see
the discussion of Gal. 3:6-7 and Rom. 4:11-12 which is seen below).
“The
Abrahamic covenant is preeminently a covenant of mercy, revealing that God is gracious and compassionate to undeserving
people. The stream of mercy that began
with God’s blessing to all who have faith in the Messiah, the Lord Jesus
Christ.
“After
beginning with universal themes, such as God’s creation of the universe in six
days, the entrance of sin into the world, and the worldwide flood of Noah’s day
and its aftermath, the book of Genesis narrows it focus to one individual and
his descendants: Abraham )then known as
Abram), who is introduced at the end of chapter 11. He was a native of the sophisticated and
powerful Chaldean city of Ur (v. 31), located in Mesopotamia (Acts 7:2). What his connection with the true God was in
not clear, since according to Joshua 24:2 he was an idolater. But God soveringly called him while he was
still living in Ur, commanding him, “Leave
your country and your relatives, and come into the land that I will show you”
(Acts 7:3). Later, after Abraham had
settled in Haran with his father, Terah (Gen. 11:31), God repeated His call to
him:
“1 ¶ Now the LORD had
said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from
thy father’s house, unto a land that I will shew thee:
2 And I will make of thee a
great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be
a blessing:
3 And I will bless them
that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all
families of the earth be blessed.
“In obedience to the Lord’s command “Abraham went forth as the Lord had spoken
to him…and came to the land of Canaan” (vv. 4, 5). 3/21/2026 10:52 AM
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