First Reference to Abrahamic Covenant

I apologize for not posting anything for a couple of days. Life happens sometimes and some things just get put on the back burner.

Genesis 12: 2-3, 7-8

              2 And I will make of thee a ^agreat ^bnation, and I will ^cbless thee, and make thy ^dname great; and thou shalt be a blessing:

             3 And I will ^abless them that bless thee, and ^bcurse him that ^ccurseth thee: and in thee shall all ^dfamilies of the earth be ^eblessed.

           7 And the Lord appeared unto Abram, and said, ^aUnto thy ^bseed will I give this ^cland: and there builded he an ^daltar unto the Lord, who appeared unto him.

           8 And he removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of ^aBeth-el, and pitched his tent, having ^bBeth-el on the west, and ^cHai on the east: and there he builded an altar unto the Lord, and ^dcalled upon the ^ename of the Lord.

So, this is the beginning of the Abrahamic Covenant. The Lord is promising Abram, later to be called Abraham that his seed will be a mighty nation.This is from verses 2-3 and then in verses 7-8, you can see why. There is a lot of wickedness going on in Abram's time and he builds an alter and calls upon His name. There is a lot more to this promise than is given here, but since this is what is given at this time, I won't go any further. But I will say, at the end of verse 3, it is a reference to Jesus Christ among other things, but mainly Jesus Christ. 

Christ is a descendant of Abraham, through the line of Judah, and I can't think of anything more important than the suffering in the Garden of Gethsamane, and the crucifixition of Christ to pay the price for all of mankind's sins.