Again, God didn’t reject Abraham and Sarah for doubting His promise. Thirteen years after Ishmael’s birth and 23 years after the first promise, God again reaffirmed the good news of the promise.

In Hebrews 6:13-15 we find God giving Abraham a promise. He promised Abraham many descendants. However, this promise was not instantaneous. Abraham went through a difficult season of waiting upon God.

Abraham would not have received his promises, had he refused to leave Chaldea. Later on in the Gospels, 10 lepers would not have been healed, had they not obeyed Jesus’ instructions to show ...

God Made Abram some promises and they belong to us, too. All who are born again are descendants of Abraham because we were grafted into the Olive Tree [Romans 11].