4 1 1 Through the Bible with Les Feldick Abraham, Lot, and Melchizedek: Genesis 12-14

Genesis 12:2 "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:" Previously, we looked at the references regarding Israel becoming a separated nation of people, different from all the other peoples. Genesis 12:3a,b "And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee:" The all encompassing part of this Covenant is next: "...and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed." I'm afraid when I teach the unique Covenant role of Israel, people may get the idea I'm saying God has forgotten about the non-Israelites. That is not true! He will set aside the Nation of Israel, and deal with them. This is a good time to illustrate this as we have before, showing that all the way from Adam until we get to Genesis 12, God has been dealing with one race of people - One Race.