through Isaac

Pete Kersker - Dec 10, 2025

A covenant is an agreement between two parties. The LORD made a covenant agreement with Abraham, "...through your offspring all nations on earth will be blessed" (Genesis 22:18). Abraham already met the conditions to receive this blessing, so the covenant (conditional) became a promise (unconditional).

The LORD appeared to Isaac and said, "Do not go down to Egypt; live in the land where I tell you to live. Stay in this land for a while, and I will be with you and will bless you. For to you and your descendants I will give all these lands and will confirm the oath I swore to your father Abraham" (Genesis 26:2-3 NIV).

Abraham had only one son: Isaac. The LORD restated the promise, calling it an oath, to let Isaac know that the blessing was still coming. God is infinite (all powerful, all knowing, and everywhere all the time), so when the LORD makes a promise (oath), we can know it will happen.

"[Isaac,] I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and will give them all these lands, and through your offspring all nations on earth will be blessed, because Abraham obeyed me and did everything I required of him, keeping my commands, my decrees and my instructions" (Genesis 26:4-5 NIV).

Do you trust that God will always accomplish what the LORD has promised?
What helps you pause, in awe of the infinite nature of God?