God's master plan

God’s message of salvation can be thought of as the way God has decided that we can have a hope of life after death.

God makes several promises to Abram (or Abraham as he is later known).

First of all, God promises that he will bless Abram and that anyone from any nation can be blessed through Abram:

God promises king David that he will have a special descendant whose reign will not end:

2 Samuel 7 verses 12 - 13

A selection of verses showing that Jesus will return to the earth.

Matthew 16 verse 27

A selection of verses showing how we can be righteous or right with God.

The apostle Paul is quite clear that left to ourselves we aren't right with God or righteous:

The phrase Kingdom of Heaven occurs only in Matthew's Gospel and is equivalent to the Kingdom of God as the following comparisons show.

Matthew 4 v 17 and Mark 1 v 14 and 15:

A selection of verses showing this theme.

The apostle Paul confirms that the outcome of God’s plan of salvation is eternal life:

Titus 1 verses 1 - 2

Psalm 2 says that Zion, as part of Jerusalem, is the centre of the rulership as promised by God:

A selection of verses showing what the Bible means by God's Grace:

Jesus Christ is full of grace and truth:

John 1 verse 14

A selection of verses showing that God makes promises about a land to Abraham, the father of the Jews.

God invites Abram (later Abraham) to leave Ur of the Chaldees to go to another land: