Genesis 25.1-18

The last step in this transition between Abraham and his offspring is the death of Abraham. Let's take a look at it:

Abraham took another wife, whose name was Keturah. ²  She bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah. ³ Jokshan fathered Sheba and Dedan. The sons of Dedan were Asshurim, Letushim, and Leummim. ⁴ The sons of Midian were Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida, and Eldaah. All these were the children of Keturah. ⁵  Abraham gave all he had to Isaac. ⁶ But to the sons of his concubines Abraham gave gifts, and while he was still living he sent them away from his son Isaac, eastward to the east country.

⁷ These are the days of the years of Abraham's life, 175 years. ⁸ Abraham breathed his last and died in a good old age, an old man and full of years, and was gathered to his people.⁹ Isaac and Ishmael his sons buried him in the cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite, east of Mamre, ¹⁰ the field that Abraham purchased from the Hittites. There Abraham was buried, with Sarah his wife. ¹¹ After the death of Abraham, God blessed Isaac his son. And Isaac settled at Beer-lahai-roi.

¹² These are the generations of Ishmael, Abraham's son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah's servant, bore to Abraham. ¹³  These are the names of the sons of Ishmael, named in the order of their birth: Nebaioth, the firstborn of Ishmael; and Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam,¹⁴ Mishma, Dumah, Massa, ¹⁵ Hadad, Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah. ¹⁶ These are the sons of Ishmael and these are their names, by their villages and by their encampments,twelve princes according to their tribes. ¹⁷ (These are the years of the life of Ishmael: 137 years. He breathed his last and died, and was gathered to his people.) ¹⁸  They settled from Havilah to Shur, which is opposite Egypt in the direction of Assyria. He settled over against all his kinsmen.

There is not much to say about this passage, so I will not waste your time. The life of Abraham encompasses a man being called to live of faith in God so that God can use him to be a blessing to the whole world. 

The way this is accomplished is through the use of a covenant. 

God calls Abraham to go to a land he will show him, to basically obey in faith. God promises Abraham that if he does this, four things will occur:

1. He will be blessed
2. He will have children as numerous as the stars in the sky
3. He will receive the promised land
4. All nations will be blessed through him.

At the end of Abraham's life, he obeyed in faith even when he doubted. 

He was blessed immensely with wealth and long life and fortune. 

He saw his heir be born and take a wife to start his own family. 

He even received pieces of the promised land.

All that is left is that all nations are blessed through him.

Guess what....We are doing that today.

We consider Abraham as our father in the faith. We are descendants of the same faith that Abraham was called to. We are his offspring, and we are called to bless the nations. 

We have seen this man embrace God's call on his life and we are the results of that. The whole world is the result of multiple people embracing that call all the way down until Jesus embraced the call to die on the cross and defeat death through his resurrection. 

And now we are called to embrace that call on our own lives. The question is....Will we.