In Genesis, we soar through the stories of generations in a few pages, as if we were flying

thousands of feet above them and getting the merest glimpse. Then suddenly we drop for a closer view

for many chapters of one man and his family. Abraham. He is not a stick figure with an

interesting story who lived so long ago we can't relate, but someone central to the covenant blessings

we depend on, whose story is so much richer than we ever know. Three world religions claim Abraham, Judaism, Islam,

and Christianity, and he is a uniquely central person in history.

Cunibli explained, Abraham is squarely in the middle. All things seem to zero in on him. He has been called the most pivotal and strategic figure in all of human history. In his position, especially in his covenant with God, he binds all things together and gives meaning and purpose to everything that happened.

Hello, we're Scott and Maureen Proctor, and welcome to Meridian Magazine's Come Follow Me podcast.

Today we're studying Genesis chapter 11 through 18 and Abraham chapters 1 and 2,

where we come to know Abraham.

When God made His covenant with Abraham, the course of history was changed,

and the entire world is blessed by his posterity and those promises.

What happened in his life is repeated in the lives of the covenant children and the promises are sure.

E. Douglas Clark wrote,

Since the days of Abraham, in times of grave danger for the House of Israel,

it is the God of Abraham who comes to their rescue, as both God and his people remember Abraham

and the covenant made to him. When the Israelites groaned under the heavy burden of Egyptian bondage,

God heard their groaning and remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.

He announced himself to Moses and his colleagues as,

the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

Later, when Israel was about to be destroyed in the wilderness

for worshipping the golden calf,

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