This chapter is key for our understanding of the whole Bible, certainly the rest of the Torah and the Old Testament is concerned with tracing God's fulfilment of these 4 promises. God is a faithful God who keeps his word.
But it also reminds us that God is a God of grace, as Joshua reminds us Abram was an idolater but God saves him and makes his covenant with him. Abram is not the standard bearer for those who do good things to work their way to God, he is the father of those who are saved by faith in the promises of God.
And the promises themselves are immense and undeserved. As I read the last "and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you." it reminds me of the scene in Revelation of multitudes from every tribe and tongue and nation, all blessed through Abraham by Christ.
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