Abrahamic covenant
Promises
Ge 12:2–3, 7; 13:14–17; 15:1, 5, 7, 18–21; 16:10; 17:4–8; 22:17–18
Conditions
Ge 15:6; 17:9–14; 18:19; Ro 4:3; Gal 3:7, 9; Heb 11:8–12
Signs and seals
Recipients
Continuity with Covenant of Grace
Jesus fulfills the promises made to the fathers
Abrahamic covenant referred to as “the gospel”
Old and new covenant communities represented as a single olive tree
Mediator of the covenant remains the same
Ac 4:12; 10:43; 15:10–11; Gal 3:16; 1Ti 2:5–6; 1Pe 1:9–12
Condition of the covenant remains the same
Ge 15:6; Ps 32:10; Ac 10:43; Ro 4:3; Gal 3:7, 9, 26; Eph 2:8–9; Heb 4:2; Heb 11
Blessings of the covenant remain the same
Justification: Ps 32:1–2, 5; Isa 1:18; Ro 4:9; Gal 3:6; regeneration: Dt 30:6; Ps 51:10; spiritual gifts: Joel 2:28, 32; Ac 2:17–21; Isa 40:31; and eternal life: Ex 3:6; Heb 4:9; 11:10
Giving of Law didn’t nullify the promise
Christians comforted by immutability of Abrahamic promise
NT church represented as a nation
Mt 21:43; Ro 9:25–26 (cf. Hos 2:23); Eph 2:19; Tit 2:14
OT passages about Israel applied to church
2Co 6:16 (cites Ex 29:45; Lev 26:12); 1Pe 2:9 (cites Ex 19:6)
There is a land inheritance in the new covenant
Mt 5:5; Lk 12:44; Ro 4:13; 1Co 3:21–23; Php 3:20; Heb 11:9–10, 13–16; 12:22–23; 13:14; Rev 21 (see also Ps 102:25–27; Heb 1:10–12; Rev 6:12–14; 16:17–20)
If you are Christ’s then you are Abraham’s
Israel has always included Gentiles
Dt 23:7–8; Isa 56:3, 6–7; Eze 47:22–23
Not all are children of Abraham simply because they are his offspring
Ge 21:12 (cited at Ro 9:7); Ge 25:23 (cited at Ro 9:12); Ex 33:19; Isa 28:22; Mal 1:2–3 (cited at Ro 9:13); Mt 3:8–9; Jn 8:33–34, 37–40; Ro 9:6–13 (cites Ge 21:12; 25:23; Mal 1:2–3)