January 21: Hebrews 6:15 And thus Abraham, having patiently endured, obtained the promise.

Over and over, the writers of the New Testament comment on and interpret the life of Abraham—hero of the Old Testament. He believed what God had promised, and he followed the way that God had laid out for him and for his family. Abraham is the example of faith and covenant, the patriarch who was well known to the Lord Jesus and to his earthly family and teachers. Imagine the day when Jesus boldly proclaims, “Before Abraham was, I AM.”