# 139 An Everlasting Deal

The Book of Genesis Day 139 Ge 17:5 "No longer shall your name be called Abram, but your name shall be Abraham; for I have made you a father of many nations. 6 "I will make you exceedingly fruitful; and I will make nations of you, and kings shall come from you. 7 "And I will establish My covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you in their generations, for an everlasting covenant, to be God to you and your descendants after you. 8 "Also I give to you and your descendants after you the land in which you are a stranger, all the land of Canaan, as an everlasting possession; and I will be their God." The change of names is complete. Abram (exalted father) becomes “Abraham” (father of many) Please note that God says, “I have made!” In other words, it’s a done deal. 99 years old, yet God says, “What I have said about you fathering a child with Sarai is so certain, that you will henceforth be known as “the father of many nations! Perhaps you’ve seen the bumper sticker, “God said it, that settles it.” Well that’s what we’ve got going on here. Abraham believed it and it was accounted to him as righteousness! Fast forward to Re 7:9,10, and see the culmination of this promise! “After these things I looked, and behold, a great multitude which no one could number, of all nations, tribes, peoples, and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, with palm branches in their hands, 10 and crying out with a loud voice, saying, "Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!" These are all the children of Abraham. They are the children of faith! God’s covenant would include the giving of the Promised Land to Abraham’s descendants as an everlasting possession and God also promises to be their everlasting God! Everlasting, is a long time, but that’s how long God is willing to extend the offer. It is good to all who “walk before Him,” (that is, those who are rightly related to Him through the same kind of faith that Abraham held to. Anyone who refuses the offer, will be cast out. That’s the covenant! And if you don’t think He is serious about it, just ask the Israelites who refused to walk before Him . They were cast out of the Promised Land because they broke their part of the deal. And so it will be for you and I if we refuse to “walk before God!” God’s offer stands until time as we know it passes away, but if we refuse it, and walk in our own ways, our voices will be missing from that heavenly chorus that John wrote about in the Book of Revelation! Therefore, walk before God! Pray: Lord, Again we thank You for Your patience and Your everlasting offer to us. By the power of the Holy Spirit, help us to ever walk before You, believing Your Word!