Promises Regarding Israel
Isaiah 62:1 “For Zion’s sake I will not keep silent, for Jerusalem’s sake I will not remain quiet, till her vindication shines out like the dawn, her salvation like a blazing torch.” Jeremiah 32 This is what the Lord says, he who appoints the sun to shine by day, who decrees the moon and stars to shine by night, who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar— the Lord Almighty is his name: Only if these decrees vanish from my sight ,” declares the Lord, “ will Israel ever cease being a nation before me .” - Jeremiah 31:35,36 Old Testament Affirmations: Abrahamic Covenant (Genesis 12:1-3): God promises to bless Abraham and make his descendants into a great nation, and through them, all nations will be blessed. He promises to make Abram into a great nation and bless him. This covenant includes the land promise: “I will give to you and your descendants after you the land in which you are a stranger, all the land of Canaan, as an everlasting possession ” (Genesis