This study will find that the Abrahamic Covenant still brings wealth to you today. The Bible confirms wealth is a blessing! Under the New Covenant, the Abrahamic blessing of wealth still applies to you as long as you give to the kingdom. Just because some people are greedy for money and think that the gospel is a means of making money at others’ expense does not cancel out that WE CAN pray for wealth to use for advancing the Kingdom of God here on earth.
Some relevant statements are in “Studying the Bible”. The New Covenant is active; however, nothing regarding wealth in the Abrahamic Covenant contradicts the New Testament or Covenant.
Abrahamic Covenant Still Applies.
The Blessings of the Abrahamic Covenant come through to us:
GALATIANS 3:16-18 NOW TO ABRAHAM AND HIS SEED WERE THE PROMISES MADE. HE DOES NOT SAY, “AND TO SEEDS,” AS OF MANY, BUT AS OF ONE, “AND TO YOUR SEED,” WHO IS CHRIST.
The seeds are those not of Isaac. Jesus is the Seed Paul refers to in this scripture.
We Abide in Him John teaches we abide in Christ and He in us:
JOHN 15:4 ABIDE IN ME, AND I IN YOU. AS THE BRANCH CANNOT BEAR FRUIT OF ITSELF UNLESS IT ABIDES IN THE VINE, NEITHER CAN YOU UNLESS YOU ABIDE IN ME.
Because we are one in Christ, the promises given to Abraham are our promises. Therefore, the Abrahamic Covenant still brings wealth.
The law could not Annul the Promise Given to Abraham.
GALATIANS 3:17-18 AND THIS I SAY, THAT THE LAW, WHICH WAS FOUR HUNDRED AND THIRTY YEARS LATER, CANNOT ANNUL THE COVENANT THAT WAS CONFIRMED BEFORE BY GOD IN CHRIST, THAT IT SHOULD MAKE THE PROMISE OF NO EFFECT. IF THE INHERITANCE IS OF THE LAW, IT IS NO LONGER OF PROMISE, BUT GOD GAVE IT TO ABRAHAM BY PROMISE.
In John 8:37-59, the Jews considered themselves the seed of Abraham, yet Jesus made it clear that only those who believed in Him were the seed of Abraham
The Curses of the Abrahamic Promise do not come Through to us:
GENESIS 12:3 I WILL BLESS THOSE WHO BLESS YOU, AND I WILL CURSE HIM WHO CURSES YOU; AND IN YOU, ALL THE FAMILIES OF THE EARTH SHALL BE BLESSED.”
Because Jesus took all the curses upon Himself, those curses died with Him.
Abrahamic Covenant Brings Wealth
God Promised that Abraham was to be Wealthy:
1 GENESIS 14:19 AND HE (MELCHIZEDEK) BLESSED HIM AND SAID: “BLESSED BE ABRAM OF GOD MOST HIGH, POSSESSOR OF HEAVEN AND EARTH.
Melchizedek is a type of Christ. In “God’s Plan for Kingdom Rule”, we examine Melchizedek more thoroughly.
HEBREWS 7:1-3 MELCHIZEDEK, KING OF SALEM, PRIEST OF THE MOST HIGH GOD, WHO MET ABRAHAM RETURNING FROM THE SLAUGHTER OF THE KINGS AND BLESSED HIM, TO WHOM ALSO ABRAHAM GAVE A TENTH PART OF ALL, FIRST BEING TRANSLATED “KING OF RIGHTEOUSNESS,” AND THEN ALSO KING OF SALEM, MEANING “KING OF PEACE,” WITHOUT FATHER, WITHOUT MOTHER, WITHOUT GENEALOGY, HAVING NEITHER BEGINNING OF DAYS NOR END OF LIFE, BUT MADE LIKE THE SON OF GOD, REMAINS A PRIEST CONTINUALLY.
The word Possessor refers to financial provision.
It recognizes that possessing wealth is not just on earth but must also be attained in the heavenly realms.
Abraham Recognized Jesus in Melchizedek and gave Him his Wealth.
GENESIS 14:20 AND BLESSED BE GOD MOST HIGH, WHO HAS DELIVERED YOUR ENEMIES INTO YOUR HAND.” AND HE (ABRAHAM) GAVE HIM (MELCHIZEDEK) A TITHE (TENTH) OF ALL.
Abraham recognized that his Wealth came from God:
GENESIS 14:22 Hebrews 7:1-3 Melchizedek is a type of Christ.
BUT ABRAM SAID TO THE KING OF SODOM, “I HAVE RAISED MY HAND TO THE LORD, GOD MOST HIGH, THE POSSESSOR OF HEAVEN AND EARTH,
God then gave Abraham a promise of even Greater Wealth:
GENESIS 15:1 AFTER THESE THINGS, THE WORD OF THE LORD CAME TO ABRAM IN A VISION, SAYING, “DO NOT BE AFRAID, ABRAM. I AM YOUR SHIELD, YOUR EXCEEDINGLY GREAT REWARD.”
After Abraham gives to Melchizedek. In the scripture above, “after these things” refers to Abram’s actions to see this come to pass. If we are to receive the financial promise associated with the Abrahamic Covenant, we need to be doing these things:
Discipleship.
GENESIS 14:9-16 AND THE KING OF SODOM, THE KING OF GOMORRAH, THE KING OF ADMAH, THE KING OF ZEBOIIM, AND THE KING OF BELA (THAT IS, ZOAR) WENT OUT AND JOINED TOGETHER IN BATTLE IN THE VALLEY OF SIDDIM AGAINST CHEDORLAOMER, KING OF ELAM, TIDAL KING OF NATIONS, AMRAPHEL KING OF SHINAR, AND ARIOCH, KING OF ELLASAR—FOUR KINGS AGAINST FIVE. THEN THEY TOOK ALL THE GOODS OF SODOM AND GOMORRAH AND ALL THEIR PROVISIONS AND WENT THEIR WAY. THEY ALSO TOOK LOT, ABRAM’S BROTHER’S SON WHO DWELT IN SODOM, AND HIS GOODS AND DEPARTED. THEN ONE WHO HAD ESCAPED CAME AND TOLD ABRAM THE HEBREW, FOR HE DWELT BY THE TEREBINTH TREES OF MAMRE THE AMORITE, BROTHER OF ESHCOL AND BROTHER OF ANER, AND THEY WERE ALLIES WITH ABRAM. NOW, WHEN ABRAM HEARD THAT HIS BROTHER WAS TAKEN CAPTIVE, HE ARMED HIS THREE HUNDRED AND EIGHTEEN TRAINED SERVANTS WHO WERE BORN IN HIS OWN HOUSE AND WENT IN PURSUIT AS FAR AS DAN. SO HE BROUGHT BACK ALL THE GOODS: HIS BROTHER LOT’S GOODS, THE WOMEN, AND THE PEOPLE.
We need to be involved in discipling people.
Meeting Jesus (Mechizidek).
GENESIS 14:18 THEN MELCHIZEDEK, KING OF SALEM, BROUGHT OUT BREAD AND WINE; HE WAS THE PRIEST OF GOD MOST HIGH.
Genesis 14:5-16: Genesis 14:18
Giving to Jesus.
GENESIS 14:20 AND BLESSED BE GOD MOST HIGH, WHO HAS DELIVERED YOUR ENEMIES INTO YOUR HAND.” AND HE GAVE HIM A TITHE OF ALL.
We need to be generous in our giving to Jesus.
Recognizing God is our Possessor.
GENESIS 14:22 BUT ABRAM SAID TO THE KING OF SODOM, “I HAVE RAISED MY HAND TO THE LORD, GOD MOST HIGH, THE POSSESSOR OF HEAVEN AND EARTH, THAT I WILL TAKE NOTHING, FROM A THREAD TO A SANDAL STRAP, AND THAT I WILL NOT TAKE ANYTHING THAT IS YOURS, LEST YOU SHOULD SAY, ‘I HAVE MADE ABRAM RICH’.
Generosity to those who were prominent in fighting the battle alongside Abraham
GENESIS 14:24 EXCEPT ONLY WHAT THE YOUNG MEN HAVE EATEN AND THE PORTION OF THE MEN WHO WENT WITH ME: ANER, ESHCOL, AND MAMRE; LET THEM TAKE THEIR PORTION.”
Abraham shared the loot only with three of the 318 men who went to battle. In Genesis 14:14, Abraham used trained men of war who were born in Abraham’s house.
GENESIS 14:14 NOW, WHEN ABRAM HEARD THAT HIS BROTHER WAS TAKEN CAPTIVE, HE ARMED HIS THREE HUNDRED AND EIGHTEEN TRAINED SERVANTS BORN IN HIS OWN HOUSE AND PURSUED AS FAR AS DAN.
Like Abraham, I look for men and women to invest in financially who have caught the vision of the ministry AND are doing the work of this ministry, building the kingdom of God.
2 TIMOTHY 2:2 AND THE THINGS YOU HAVE HEARD FROM ME AMONG MANY WITNESSES COMMIT THESE TO FAITHFUL MEN WHO WILL ALSO TEACH OTHERS.
Believing the promise.
Genesis 14:20: Genesis 14:22: Genesis 14:24.
Then he 318 men who went to battle, three of them Abraham shared the plunder with. In Genesis 14:15 we see that they were born into Abraham’s house, and they were trained. I look for men and women to invest in financially, who are part of this ministry who have caught the vision AND are doing the work of this ministry as well as building the kingdom of God.
GENESIS 15:1 AFTER THESE THINGS, THE WORD OF THE LORD CAME TO ABRAM IN A VISION, SAYING, “DO NOT BE AFRAID, ABRAM. I AM YOUR SHIELD, YOUR EXCEEDINGLY GREAT REWARD.”
God’s Abrahamic Covenant Included the Promise of Bringing Wealth. The covenant starts in Genesis 15:1, and the context concerns finances and blessings.
Shield from Financial Loss:
We need to be wise when blessed financially; we do not waste it unwisely. If we are wise, then He will shield us:
GENESIS 15:1 AFTER THESE THINGS, THE WORD OF THE LORD CAME TO ABRAM IN A VISION, SAYING, “DO NOT BE AFRAID, ABRAM. I AM YOUR SHIELD…
God promises Very Great Financial Growth:
GENESIS 15:1 … AND YOUR EXCEEDINGLY GREAT REWARD.
VERY – exceedingly, vehemently, quickly, rapidly.
GREAT – abundant, multiplying, heap, growing
REWARD – worth, compensation, salary, wages, therefore we can translate Genesis 15:1 as:
YOUR RAPIDLY AND EXCEEDINGLY ABUNDANT AND GROWING MONEY SUPPLY!
The Covenant Brings Financial Promise: However, the financial guarantee still applies because the covenant is primarily a promise of descendants. Solomon asked for wisdom rather than riches and received both. Likewise, Abraham asks for an heir and receives both an heir and wealth.
Financial Prosperity Would come to his Descendants as well:
GENESIS 15:14 AND ALSO THE NATION WHOM THEY SERVE I WILL JUDGE; AFTERWARDS, THEY SHALL COME OUT WITH GREAT POSSESSIONS.
Approximately 400 years later, they did come out with great possessions:
EXODUS 12:35-36 NOW, THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL HAD DONE ACCORDING TO MOSES’S WORD, AND THEY HAD ASKED THE EGYPTIANS FOR ARTICLES OF SILVER, ARTICLES OF GOLD, AND CLOTHING. AND THE LORD HAD GIVEN THE PEOPLE FAVOUR IN THE SIGHT OF THE EGYPTIANS SO THAT THEY GRANTED THEM WHAT THEY REQUESTED. THUS, THEY PLUNDERED THE EGYPTIANS.
Having Faith in God’s Desire to Prosper You is the Key to Financial Blessing.
GENESIS 15:1 AFTER THESE THINGS, THE WORD OF THE LORD CAME TO ABRAM IN A VISION, SAYING, “DO NOT BE AFRAID, ABRAM. I AM YOUR SHIELD, YOUR EXCEEDINGLY GREAT REWARD.”
Faith is the Shield
EPHESIANS 6:16 ABOVE ALL, YOU SHOULD TAKE THE SHIELD OF FAITH WITH WHICH YOU CAN QUENCH ALL THE FIERY DARTS OF THE WICKED ONE.
Faith is Required to Receive the Reward.
HEBREWS 11:6 BUT WITHOUT FAITH, IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO PLEASE HIM, FOR HE WHO COMES TO GOD MUST BELIEVE THAT HE IS AND THAT HE IS A REWARDER OF THOSE WHO DILIGENTLY SEEK HIM.
The Promise was Confirmed Through Abraham’s Natural Seed – Isaac. Glory of the Forefathers teaches about Isaac’s wealth.
God Confirmed the Abrahamic Covenant with Isaac.
GENESIS 26:3-5 DWELL IN THIS LAND, AND I WILL BE WITH YOU AND BLESS YOU; FOR TO YOU AND YOUR DESCENDANTS I GIVE ALL THESE LANDS, AND I WILL PERFORM THE OATH WHICH I SWORE TO ABRAHAM, YOUR FATHER. AND I WILL MAKE YOUR DESCENDANTS MULTIPLY AS THE STARS OF HEAVEN; I WILL GIVE TO YOUR DESCENDANTS ALL THESE LANDS; AND IN YOUR SEED, ALL THE NATIONS OF THE EARTH SHALL BE BLESSED; BECAUSE ABRAHAM OBEYED MY VOICE AND KEPT MY CHARGE, MY COMMANDMENTS, MY STATUTES, AND MY LAWS.”
Isaac Became Wealthy Even in Famine.
GENESIS 26:1 THERE WAS A FAMINE IN THE LAND, IN ADDITION TO THE FIRST FAMINE IN ABRAHAM’S DAYS. ISAAC WENT TO ABIMELECH, KING OF THE PHILISTINES, IN GERAR.
GENESIS 26:12 THEN ISAAC SOWED IN THAT LAND AND REAPED A HUNDREDFOLD IN THE SAME YEAR, AND THE LORD BLESSED HIM.
Isaac Tithes to the House of God:
Isaac meets with God and, as a result, gives a tenth of His income to God. He didn’t give to the kingdom yet because there was no kingdom to give to:
GENESIS 28:12 THEN HE DREAMED, AND BEHOLD, A LADDER WAS SET UP ON THE EARTH, AND ITS TOP REACHED HEAVEN; THE ANGELS OF GOD WERE ASCENDING AND DESCENDING ON IT.
GENESIS 28:16-17 THEN JACOB AWOKE AND SAID, “SURELY THE LORD IS IN THIS PLACE, AND I DID NOT KNOW IT.” AND HE WAS AFRAID AND SAID, “HOW AWESOME IS THIS PLACE! THIS IS NONE OTHER THAN THE HOUSE OF GOD, AND THIS IS THE GATE OF HEAVEN!”
GENESIS 28:22 AND THIS STONE WHICH I HAVE SET AS A PILLAR SHALL BE GOD’S HOUSE, AND OF ALL THAT YOU GIVE ME, I WILL SURELY GIVE A TENTH TO YOU.”
GALATIANS 3:9 SO THEN, THOSE WHO ARE OF FAITH ARE BLESSED WITH BELIEVING ABRAHAM.
We are the seed of Abraham because we are in Christ.
The blessings we receive are to bless others.
Giving a tenth as a result of our revelation of God our Father and Jesus our Lord will result in a very great reward.
GALATIANS 3:9 SO THEN, THOSE WHO ARE OF FAITH ARE BLESSED WITH BELIEVING ABRAHAM.
That blessing means the Abrahamic Covenant still brings wealth. In Wealth in the Mosaic and Davidic Covenants, we will continue to see how God’s plan for wealth is woven through the Old Testament.