The Everlasting Covenant

“He Abideth Faithful.”

The unbelief of man cannot make the promise of God of none effect. ⁵ “If we believe not, yet He abideth faithful; He cannot deny Himself.” ⁶ If not a single soul of the natural descendants of Abraham and Jacob proved themselves children of Abraham, but were all children of the devil (John 8:39-44), God’s promise to the seed of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob would be fulfilled to the letter, for God is able even of the stones of the ground to “raise up children unto Abraham.” ¹ That would simply be a repetition of what He did in the beginning, when He made man of the dust of the ground. If Joshua had given them rest, then of course there would have been no need of any further day of salvation; but the unfaithfulness of professed followers of God delays the fulfillment, and so God in His mercy grants another day, and that is “To-day.” “Behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.” ² “To-day if ye will hear His voice, harden not your hearts.” EVCO 433.2