The Father of Nations

BIBLE PASSAGE Genesis 12:1–3
STORY “The Father of Nations”
GOSPEL CONNECTION God made some amazing promises to Abraham. Abraham believed,
and then he obeyed. Of course, at that time he had no idea how God would keep these promises.
​But the rest of the Bible tells us how. First, God gave Abraham a son, Isaac. Then Isaac had a son who had lots of sons. Soon, Abraham’s children and grandchildren and greatgrandchildren were a great nation called the people of Israel. God led Israel to the promised land and gave it to them, just as he said he would. But there’s even more to the story. God kept adding people to the family. Here’s how. When Jesus came, he made a way so that all the families of the earth could be part of God’s family, even people who weren’t Israelites. They became known as Christians. And Jesus promised he was going to prepare a place for them—a new and better promised land. Abraham was God’s man to carry out God’s plan to bless all nations through him. And that was just what God did!