What other biblical instances show God fulfilling His promises like in Genesis 32:12? The Promise to Jacob Recalled Genesis 32:12 records Jacob praying God’s own words back to Him: “‘I will surely make you prosper and will make your offspring like the sand of the sea, which cannot be counted.’” Scripture repeatedly shows the Lord keeping this same kind of covenant word. Abraham & Sarah: A Son Against All Odds • Promise: “I will make you into a great nation.” (Genesis 12:2) • Fulfillment: “Then the LORD attended to Sarah as He had said… So Sarah conceived and bore a son to Abraham in his old age.” (Genesis 21:1-2) Joseph: Dreams Become Destiny • Promise (in symbols): Sheaves and heavenly bodies bowing (Genesis 37). • Fulfillment: “Joseph’s brothers came and bowed down before him.” (Genesis 42:6) Exodus: Deliverance Exactly on Schedule • Promise: “I have come down to rescue them from the hand of the Egyptians.” (Exodus 3:8) • Fulfillment: “On that very day the LORD brought the Israelites out of the land of Egypt by their divisions.” (Exodus 12:51) The Conquest: Every Word Came True • Summary statement: “Not one of all the LORD’s good promises to the house of Israel failed; everything was fulfilled.” (Joshua 21:45) David & Solomon: A Dynasty and a Temple • Promise to David: “Your house and kingdom will endure forever before Me.” (2 Samuel 7:16) • Fulfillment noted by Solomon: “Now the LORD has fulfilled the word He spoke; I sit on the throne of Israel… and I have built the house for the Name of the LORD.” (1 Kings 8:20) Return from Exile: Jeremiah’s Seventy Years Kept • Promise: “When seventy years are complete for Babylon, I will come to you.” (Jeremiah 29:10) • Fulfillment: “In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia… the LORD stirred the spirit of Cyrus… to fulfill the word of the LORD spoken through Jeremiah.” (Ezra 1:1) The Coming of the Messiah: Centuries-Old Prophecies Converge • Virgin birth foretold (Isaiah 7:14) and fulfilled: “You will conceive and give birth to a Son… Jesus.” (Luke 1:31) • Bethlehem predicted (Micah 5:2) and fulfilled (Matthew 2:1). • Suffering, death, and resurrection promised (Psalm 22; Isaiah 53; Hosea 6:2) and fulfilled: “Thus it is written, that the Christ will suffer and rise from the dead on the third day.” (Luke 24:46) New-Covenant Assurance in Christ • “For all the promises of God are ‘Yes’ in Christ.” (2 Corinthians 1:20) • Our future inheritance is guaranteed: “He who promised is faithful.” (Hebrews 10:23) Takeaway From Abraham’s tent to an empty tomb, Scripture shows a flawless record: when God pledges, He accomplishes. Jacob’s confidence in Genesis 32:12 rests on a pattern that still holds for every promise God makes today. |
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