Genesis 17:7-8
17:7 I will confirm
my covenant as a perpetual
covenant between me and you. It will extend to your descendants after you throughout their generations. I will be your God and the God of your descendants after you.
17:8 I will give the whole land of Canaan – the land where you are now residing
– to you and your descendants after you as a permanent
possession. I will be their God.”
Exodus 3:17
3:17 and I have promised
that I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt to the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites,
to a land flowing with milk and honey.”’
Joshua 24:11-13
24:11 You crossed the Jordan and came to Jericho.
The leaders
of Jericho, as well as the Amorites, Perizzites, Canaanites, Hittites, Girgashites, Hivites, and Jebusites, fought with you, but I handed them over to you.
24:12 I sent terror
ahead of you to drive out before you the two
Amorite kings. I gave you the victory; it was not by your swords or bows.
24:13 I gave you a land in
which you had not worked hard; you took up residence in cities you did not build and you are eating the produce of
vineyards and olive groves you did not plant.’
Joshua 24:2
24:2 Joshua told all the people, “Here is what the
Lord God of Israel says: ‘In the distant past your ancestors
lived beyond the Euphrates River,
including Terah the father of Abraham and Nahor. They worshiped
other gods,
Joshua 23:5
23:5 The
Lord your God will drive them out from before you and remove them,
so you can occupy
their land as the
Lord your God promised
you.
Isaiah 55:3
55:3 Pay attention and come to me!
Listen, so you can live!
Then I will make an unconditional covenantal promise to you,
just like the reliable covenantal promises I made to David.
Jeremiah 11:2
11:2 “Hear
the terms of the covenant
I made with Israel
and pass them on
to the people of Judah and the citizens of Jerusalem.
Hebrews 13:20
Benediction and Conclusion
13:20 Now may the God of peace who by the blood of the eternal covenant brought back from the dead the great shepherd of the sheep, our Lord Jesus Christ,