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Season 2: The Promise
God Chooses a People
The Promise: God Chooses a People
God called Abraham to leave the familiar and follow Him in faith. Through one family, God began unfolding a covenant promise that would ultimately bless all nations and point toward Jesus Christ.
Season 2: The Promise
God Chooses a People
Instead of focusing on nations and kingdoms, God begins His plan through one person.
God calls a man named Abraham and invites him to trust a promise that seems impossible.
Through Abraham and his descendants, God will create a people, establish a covenant, and begin unfolding a plan that will eventually bless the entire world.
Season 2 explores the lives of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and Joseph—ordinary people who experienced God’s guidance, provision, forgiveness, and faithfulness.
Their stories are filled with victories and failures, faith and doubt, blessings and challenges. Yet through every circumstance, God continues to keep His promises.
Most importantly, these stories help us understand how God’s covenant with Abraham points forward to Jesus Christ and God’s plan of salvation for all people.
Why This Season Matters
The Promise teaches us:
God often works through ordinary people.
Faith means trusting God even when the future is uncertain.
God keeps His promises, even when people fail.
God’s plans are bigger than what we can see.
God’s covenant with Abraham ultimately points to Jesus Christ.
The God who called Abraham still calls people to trust Him today.
The Journey Ahead
2.1 Abraham: A Journey of Faith
God calls Abraham to leave his home and trust His promises.
2.2 God’s Covenant Promise
God establishes a covenant and promises descendants, land, and blessing.
2.3 Isaac: The Child of Promise
God fulfills His promise by providing the long-awaited son.
2.4 Jacob: Wrestling with God
A deceiver is transformed through encounters with God’s grace.
2.5 Joseph: God Meant It for Good
God works through hardship and suffering to accomplish His purposes.
Key Themes in Season 2
Faith
Abraham follows God without knowing exactly where the journey will lead.
Covenant
God establishes a lasting relationship with His people through His promises.
Trust
Again and again, God’s people learn to depend upon Him.
Grace
God remains faithful even when His people make mistakes.
Promise
God’s promises extend beyond one family and ultimately bless all nations.
GROW Framework
Grounded in Scripture
Study the lives of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and Joseph as God’s covenant story unfolds.
Reasons We Believe
Discover how God’s faithfulness throughout generations strengthens our confidence in His promises today.
Obedience in Action
Respond to God’s leading with trust, faith, and obedience.
Walk It Out
Learn to trust God’s plans even when you cannot yet see the outcome.
Looking Ahead
Season 1 ended with people scattered across the earth.
Season 2 begins with God calling one man and making a promise that will change history.
What starts with Abraham will eventually lead to Israel, the coming of Jesus Christ, the birth of the Church, and God’s invitation to all people to become part of His family.
The story moves from confusion to covenant.
The journey of faith begins.
Related Pages
Learn the Story of God and of the Old Testament
Season 1: Beginnings- Overview
