- I Will Remember
Leviticus 26:42 Then will I remember my covenant with Jacob, and also my covenant with Isaac, and also my covenant with Abraham will I remember; and I will remember the land.
God made many promises according to His Covenant with us; and He won’t neglect it or forget to keep the promises. The Lord had just listed all the curses that will come into effect when the people do not keep His Commandments. There are many curses, and there are severe consequences. And they all came true for the Old Testament people of God: they lost the Land.
But although the sinful people would break the covenant, God would remember the covenant and keep it. God made a covenant with Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and with their physical descendants. And more importantly, He made a spiritual and eternal covenant with their spiritual descendants, that is, those who have the same faith as the Patriarchs, a faith in the Promised Messiah.
Remembering the covenant also means that the Lord will remember the land. God drove them out of the land because of idolatry, rebellion and disobedience. Then He promises to remember that the Promised Land was a part of the Covenant. When Jesus came to earth He said, “The kingdom of God (the Land) is here.” You may enter it by repentance and faith in the Gospel. Actually, the Kingdom enters the believer. Jesus Christ kept our side of the covenant and so God can legally give us His righteousness, faithfulness, and obedience. God sees the blood of Jesus and He remembers the covenant promises and the kingdom promises. For Christ’s sake the Lord grants them all to us by grace. We “remember” what God has done in Christ, and now all the promises of God are “Yea and Amen” in Christ.