Promising in the Abrahamic Covenant

 

Seeking Christ and Covenants: Nephi’s Keys to Reading the Old Testament

By David R. Seely

Professor of Ancient Scripture, Brigham Young University

As we read the Old Testament, we can look for indications of the Lord upholding the promises made in the Abrahamic covenant. The three most prominent blessings are land, which symbolizes an inheritance in Heavenly Father’s kingdom; posterity, which is a promise of eternal increase; and blessings of the gospel and the priesthood, “which are the blessings of salvation, even of life eternal” (Abraham 2:11).