The Abrahamic Covenant (3 of 5 notes)

Part Two
Bibliology: 14 THE COVENANTS OF SCRIPTURE
A DISPENSATIONAL THEOLOGY
By Charles F Baker

Although God had previously communicated His purpose to thus bless Abram, it was not until he had been declared justified by faith that God actually entered into covenant with him. And it should be noted that as far as the Scripture goes, the covenant concerns only the land described above. The promise of blessing upon all nations appears to be something distinct from the covenant of Genesis 15:18. Since God guaranteed this land to Abram’s children for an everlasting possession, it should be evident that if Christians today are children of the covenant they should have the right to lay claim to this real estate. This is a problem which Covenant theologians should face squarely, for they do claim that they are children of the covenant. Paul nowhere states that believers in this dispensation are children of the covenant, but he does say that they are children of Abraham (Galatians 3:7), and that they are Abraham’s seed (Galatians 3:29). It is all important to understand, however, in what sense he calls them children and the seed. Galatians 3:8 states: “And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the heathen through faith, preached before the gospel unto Abraham, saying, In thee shall all nations be blessed.”

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