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Genesis chapter 26, verses 4 and 5,

God says to Isaac,

I will multiply your offspring as the stars of heaven

and will give to your offspring all these lands.

And in your offspring, all the nations of the earth shall be blessed,

because Abraham obeyed my voice and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.

Oh, these verses are so important to understand

because they represent a consistent theme

throughout the book of Genesis that sets the stage for the rest of the Bible.

God said to Abraham in Genesis 12 when he initiated his covenant

with this family, what would become the people of Israel. I'm going to bless you, God said,

and through you all the families of the earth will be blessed. And now in Abraham's son Isaac, we're seeing

the same promise from God. I'm going to bless your offspring. I'm going to multiply you like the

stars of heaven. I'm going to give you all these lands and in your offspring flowing from your

family. I'm going to bring blessing to the nations of the

earth. And then a couple chapters later, God's going to say the same thing to Isaac's son Jacob.

See from the very beginning of the Bible that God desires blessing for all the nations.

Just let that soak in. All the nations, all the peoples, all the

tribes, all the languages. God created all of them, and God wants them all to experience his

blessing. He wants them all to experience his goodness. He wants them all to experience his salvation.

We know that, again, setting the stage for the entire Bible that ends in what happening?

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