God promised Abraham that his descendants would outnumber the stars and inherit an eternal homeland (Genesis 15:18-21). The song of Psalm 105 recounts God’s faithfulness throughout Abraham’s family history and calls God’s people and the world to praise Abraham’s God 

While God was faithful to Abraham and his family grew significantly and lived in Canaan for a time, it is through Jesus, Abraham’s ultimate descendent, that God’s promise of innumerable descendants and an eternal homeland finally comes true.

Like his forefathers, Jesus wandered as a vulnerable nomad on the earth, and like Joseph, he was oppressed and mistreated by the rulers in power. But through Jesus, God worked an even greater rescue than what he did for his oppressed children in Egypt. When Jesus was sentenced to die by crucifixion, he was marching to battle to save his people from slavery to the ultimate enemy of God’s people—death itself.

By pouring out his life to death, Jesus, the greatest son of Abraham, secured the world as a homeland for his people. He rose from the dead to be promoted as ruler over all kings and powers of the world and to free everyone who had been held captive to death. 

Jesus is Abraham’s son seated on God’s throne above all powers and kingdoms. And because God is faithful to Abraham, Jesus will give his family the eternal homeland he promised. When Jesus returns to claim his kingdom and people as his inheritance, the entire world will be given to Jesus, with innumerable people from every tribe and nation celebrating him.

I pray that the Holy Spirit will open your eyes to see the God who has kept his promise to Abraham. And may you see Jesus as Abraham’s greatest son, who has promised the world to his chosen people.