Foundations for Christian Mission, Mentor's Guide, MG04

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F O U N D A T I O N S F O R C H R I S T I A N M I S S I O N

3. God acts in conformity with the keeping of his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

a. Ps. 105.8-11

b. Mic. 7.20

C. The Promise Identified–the tribe of Judah: the Seed of Abraham will come out of the tribe of Judah, Gen. 49.8-10.

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1. Scene of the prophetic word: Jacob’s blessing upon his sons before his death, Gen. 49

2. Judah’s tribe and lineage identified as the one from which the One who will reign will come (i.e., “the scepter shall not depart from Judah”)

3. The blessing: the scepter (right to rule) shall be his, and to him shall be the obedience of the peoples (universal salvation)

D. The Promise Clarified: the Davidic Covenant

2 Sam. 7.8-16 - “Now, therefore, thus you shall say to my servant David, ‘Thus says the LORD of hosts, I took you from the pasture, from following the sheep, that you should be prince over my people Israel. [9] And I have been with you wherever you went and have cut off all your enemies from before you. And I will make for you a great name, like the name of the great ones of the earth. [10] And I will appoint a place for my people Israel and will plant them, so that they may dwell in their own place and be disturbed no more. And violent men shall afflict them no more, as formerly, [11] from the time that I appointed judges over my people Israel. And I will give you rest from all your enemies. Moreover, the LORD declares to you that the