Hi, it was important because it was a divine relationship with God handed down as an heirloom. This is the foundation for the patriarchs of the nation of Israel. The Bible relates each relationship with the Hebrew patriarchs, and each relationship is unique and different. The issue is that in spite of imperfection there were men and woman that strived to uphold a relationship with God at all costs.
Abraham was the only human to be called God’s Friend, the effort he put into the relationship with God made him endured such as a good friend. But why wasn’t Abraham called God’s son? The reason for this is because salvation had not been given out yet and so Abraham could not meet the requirements of a son. What passage in the Bible shows that God dearly remembers his friend the same as he did with other characters of the Bible?
Daniel 12:7-13
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7 He replied, with both hands lifted to heaven, taking oath by him who lives forever and ever, that they will not end until three and a half years after the power of God’s people has been crushed.
8 I heard what he said, but I didn’t understand what he meant. So I said, “Sir, how will all this finally end?”
9 But he said, “Go now, Daniel, for what I have said is not to be understood until the time of the end. 10 Many shall be purified by great trials and persecutions. But the wicked shall continue in their wickedness, and none of them will understand. Only those who are willing to learn will know what it means.
11 “From the time the daily sacrifice is taken away and the Horrible Thing is set up to be worshiped, there will be 1,290 days. 12 And blessed are those who wait and remain until the 1,335th day!
13 “But go on now to the end of your life and your rest; for you will rise again and have your full share of those last days.”