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Acts 7:5

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KJV ORIGINAL

And he gave him none inheritance in it, no, not so much as to set his foot on: yet he promised that he would give it to him for a possession, and to his seed after him, when as yet he had no child.

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God didn't give Abraham even a tiny piece of that land — not even enough space to stand on. But he promised that one day, Abraham and his descendants would own the whole thing. Plot twist: Abraham didn't even have kids yet when God made this promise.

⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE

God makes promises about futures we can't even imagine yet.

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God's promise to Abraham — that he and his descendants would inherit the world — wasn't because Abraham followed all the rules perfectly. It was because Abraham had faith and God counted that as righteousness.

So here's what I'm asking: did God just give up on his people? Absolutely not. I mean, look at me — I'm an Israelite too, descended from Abraham, from the tribe of Benjamin.

Here's the thing about God's promises to Abraham — they weren't made to Abraham and all his descendants in general. The promise was specifically to Abraham and his one particular descendant. God didn't say 'descendants' (plural), he said 'descendant' (singular), and that descendant is Christ.

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