17:6
Again there is the repeated “I will make ...” The human condition is to consider that God has nothing to do with the world. He didn’t create it, He has nothing to do with the goings on in the world. Even as Christians we may acknowledge that God did create the world, but we so often live as if He has nothing to do with day to day goings on. This is a deeply unbiblical view. So God tells Abraham that He will make nations of him and kings will come from him.
17:7,8
God now promises to establish His covenant with Abraham and with his descendants. He will be their God, applying to both Abraham and to his descendants. Having focused on the offspring issue, attention now turns to the land. The promise to Abraham involved both the land and his offspring. God acknowledges that currently the land was occupied by Canaan, and Abraham was there as a foreigner. God knows what the current situation is in our lives. And He knows what He will do in the future.
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