Luke 1:55 Cross References

Luke 1:55

55: For he promised our ancestors--Abraham and his children--to be merciful to them forever."

But God replied, "Sarah, your wife, will bear you a son. You will name him Isaac, and I will confirm my everlasting covenant with him and his descendants.

O children of Abraham, God's servant, O descendants of Jacob, God's chosen one.
He is the LORD our God. His rule is seen throughout the land.
He always stands by his covenant--the commitment he made to a thousand generations.
This is the covenant he made with Abraham and the oath he swore to Isaac.
He confirmed it to Jacob as a decree, to the people of Israel as a never-ending treaty:

The LORD swore to David a promise he will never take back: "I will place one of your descendants on your throne.
If your descendants obey the terms of my covenant and follow the decrees that I teach them, then your royal line will never end."
For the LORD has chosen Jerusalem; he has desired it as his home.
"This is my home where I will live forever," he said. "I will live here, for this is the place I desired.
I will make this city prosperous and satisfy its poor with food.

Many of the Jews are now enemies of the Good News. But this has been to your benefit, for God has given his gifts to you Gentiles. Yet the Jews are still his chosen people because of his promises to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
For God's gifts and his call can never be withdrawn.

I will cause your descendants to become as numerous as the stars, and I will give them all these lands. And through your descendants all the nations of the earth will be blessed.

I will bless those who bless you and curse those who curse you. All the families of the earth will be blessed through you."

and through your descendants, all the nations of the earth will be blessed--all because you have obeyed me."

Your descendants will be as numerous as the dust of the earth! They will cover the land from east to west and from north to south. All the families of the earth will be blessed through you and your descendants.

God gave the promise to Abraham and his child. And notice that it doesn't say the promise was to his children, as if it meant many descendants. But the promise was to his child--and that, of course, means Christ.
This is what I am trying to say: The agreement God made with Abraham could not be canceled 430 years later when God gave the law to Moses. God would be breaking his promise.

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