Dranesville Church of the Brethren

The best way to bless the world and secure blessings for yourself is to do what God says. However, Israel’s continued disobedience to the law would ultimately lead to their exile from the land which God gave them and from God’s presence. Just like in the Garden, sin leads us to be distant from God. Even then, God would bring them back from exile and allow them to enjoy the blessings of the covenan...

God's blessing for Abraham's family becomes more obvious over time with passages like this. Random Israelites have a stronger relationship with God than even the most talented professional religious people could have dreamed. This passage begins to hint at a Messiah coming that will expand God's blessing to the whole world. As Christians, we have been grafted in to that family, giving us the same...

God made an unbreakable covenant with his people through Abraham. God maintained his end of the covenant even when his people completely messed up their end. This reversed the pattern of curses that began in the Garden, and started God’s plan to unite the peoples of the earth after Babel. Through this covenant, we have access to God and his blessings. We don’t know the future, but we do know that...