Although there are several redemptively significant covenants in Scripture, space forbids my highlighting each one. I will, however, turn to the Abrahamic covenant, a major redemptive covenant. The essence of the Abrahamic covenant appears in Genesis 12:2–3 (though later revelation develops it further; cf. 15:5–7): I will make you into a great nation and I will bless you; I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses
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