As Long as God Lives

“If you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise.” – Galatians 3:29 Yesterday, I shared what a Bronze Age covenant looks like: a two-sided promise. The warriors protect the farmers. The farmers feed the warriors. Today, we look at Abraham. God comes to Abraham — an old man, already 70 years old — and tells him He will make him a great nation, that he will be blessed, and he will thrive. And Abraham believes God. That act of faith is what makes Abraham righteous. But time passes. Twenty, thirty years go by, and Abraham begins to ask, “When, Lord? When are you going to do this?” And this is where God says: We are going to make a covenant. What God does next reflects the Bronze Age covenant exactly. He tells Abraham to take a heifer, a goat, a ram, doves, and