The Plan
of the Ages
God’s
Dispensational Dealings with Humanity
The Patriarch’s
Failures
Lesson XXII
I
The Promised gift of the
land was given to Abram, Isaac and Jacob
To Abram
Genesis
12:7 will
I give this land
To Isaac
Genesis
Genesis
26:2 dwell in the land
Genesis
26:3 sojourn
in the land, I will be with thee
To Jacob
Genesis
28:12-13 land
will I give
Genesis
35:1 go to
Genesis
35:12 the
land I gave Abraham, and Isaac, to thee I will give it
Genesis
37:1 Jacob
dwelt in the land
II
These promises were all
acts of grace
Deuteronomy
7:6-8 chosen
because of God, not
III
Reading the Promises we
learn that God’s perfect will for Abram, Isaac and Jacob was
that they dwell in the land. There God
would bless them.
Genesis
31:3 return
unto the land and I will be with thee
1 Kings
17:3,4 feed thee there
1 Kings
17:7-9 sustain
thee there
IV
ALL the Patriarch’s
failed
Abram
Genesis
Genesis
13:1 up out
of
Genesis 20:1-7
to
Gerar and lies about Sarah
Isaac
Genesis
26:1-7 to
Gerar and lies like his father
Genesis
26:23 up to
Jacob
Genesis
31:3 returns
to the land he had left
Genesis
47:1,27 moves to
V
Judgment fell upon the
Nation for the disobedience of the Patriarchs
Exodus
2:33-35 sighed
by reason of the bondage
Genesis
15:13,14 foretold by God that the bondage would be for 400 years
Exodus 12:
40-41 the
self same day they were delivered
VI
The lesson in all this
is:
1
The lapse of faith on the part of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob may be
likened to a believer breaking fellowship with His Lord (not relationship)
2
1 John 1:5-7 when we walk in the
light we have fellowship
3
If we break fellowship, we may end up in spiritual bondage