To A Thousand Generations!

I have heard it said that the 5th commandment (Honor your father and mother) is the only commandment with a promise. The promise is that "your days may be prolonged and that it will go well with you." This is an amazing promise. However, it is not the only commandment with a promise. The 2nd commandment also contains a promise. The Lord promises that He will show lovingkindness to a thousand generations for those who worship and serve Him only. Proverbs 13:22 says that a good man leaves an inheritance to his children's children. What better inheritance could we leave our descendants than the lovingkindness of God? When Moses was giving the Israelites some of his final words of encouragement, guidance and instructions, he recalls with amazement how the Lord chose the Hebrew people to deliver out of slavery, to create a new nation based on knowing and having the presence, voice, and commandments of God. This new nation was destined to be a light to the whole world. Why would the Lord choose the Hebrew people out of all the people in the world? Because He loved Abraham, Isaac and Jacob (Deut 4:37). Men who loved, worshipped and served the Lord. It has been around 4,000 years since Abraham lived on this earth and the Lord is still showing His lovingkindness to the Jewish people and His greatest act of lovingkindness is coming soon...the salvation of the Jewish people as a group! Now that is faithfulness!! What the Lord has done for Abraham, He will do for you!