Yet at times those promises seem empty. Our prayers for a rebellious child or an unsaved spouse seem to go unanswered. A friend dies of cancer. Inflation chews at our paycheck. Neighborhood crime gets worse.
Terrorists plague the world.
And Jesus hasn't come back yet. They see a promise as something that is made to be broken. But when God makes a promise, He's doing more than just expressing wishful thinking. The original language of the Old Testament does not have a specific word for the concept of promise , but that doesn't mean the idea isn't there. When God and others in the Bible speak about what they will do in the future, the word promise fits well.