孫に関する12の聖書の箇所

In the Bible, grandchildren are heirs of what God promises and warns: his covenant, his Spirit and his judgment reach past a person’s children to their children. Genesis 17:7 makes the covenant with Abraham “and your descendants after you for the generations to come,” and Ezekiel 37:25 promises the land to “their children and their children’s children.” Exodus 34:7 carries the punishment for the parents’ sin “to the third and fourth generation,” while Deuteronomy 7:9 carries God’s covenant love “to…