Promise

It is very striking that the word promise is found much more often in the New Testament than in the Old. We find two reasons for this. The New Testament gives us the fulfillment of the promise with the coming of Jesus Christ. And, most often when a promise of God is spoken in the old dispensation, the word promise is not used, but we simply read "And the Lord God said…" (Gen. 3:15), or "And I will…" (Gen. 17:7). There "are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises" (II Pet. 1:4). And...