“So when God wanted to make the unchanging nature of His purpose very clear to the heirs of the promise, He guaranteed it with an oath.”
Hebrews 6:17
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Connection with God's oath to Abraham
God's promise to Abraham was already true before He swore to it. The oath was for Abraham and for everyone who would hold the same promise after him, so that we "may be strongly encouraged" (Hebrews 6:18).
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In Genesis 24 Abraham bound his servant with an oath. Behind it stood the oath God swore by Himself to Abraham (Hebrews 6:13), made for "the heirs of the promise." In Jesus, the One the promise was about has already gone ahead of us into God's presence.
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