"Now the Lord had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew thee:"
God wanted Abraham to walk him as his forefathers Noah and Enoch did. So he had to walk with Him in fully trusting him.
At a time human migrations were looking for greener pastures and new lands to conquer God wanted him to get out of his comfort zone and 'unto a land that I will shew thee." The Spirit has showed us what he had in mind. "And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be./And he believed in the Lord; and he counted it to him for righteousness."(15:5-6). In the epistle to the Hebrews we know that his walk with God was into the light while the rest of the world were moving farther into darkness. "For he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God."(He.11:8-10)
The people moving towards the east had one speech and it was their will worship. Building the tower in the plains of Shinar was a fiasco. No they were not put off but wanted to impose their own will and build a kingdom. Did it augur well? They were moving into darkness and at the time of Jesus we are told that, it had settled over them. "The land of Zabulon, and the land of Nephthalim, by the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles;/The people which sat in darkness saw great light; and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death light is sprung up. "(Matt.4:15-16)
Meanwhile Abraham had to much to learn with regards to the life in the Spirit. His utter frustration in not having a seed of his own as against what God had promised. How well he respected the article of faith is what the Spirit teaches us with the life of Abraham.
"Now the Lord had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew thee:"
God wanted Abraham to walk him as his forefathers Noah and Enoch did. So he had to walk with Him in fully trusting him.
At a time human migrations were looking for greener pastures and new lands to conquer God wanted him to get out of his comfort zone and 'unto a land that I will shew thee." The Spirit has showed us what he had in mind. "And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be./And he believed in the Lord; and he counted it to him for righteousness."(15:5-6). In the epistle to the Hebrews we know that his walk with God was into the light while the rest of the world were moving farther into darkness. "For he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God."(He.11:8-10)
The people moving towards the east had one speech and it was their will worship. Building the tower in the plains of Shinar was a fiasco. No they were not put off but wanted to impose their own will and build a kingdom. Did it augur well? They were moving into darkness and at the time of Jesus we are told that, it had settled over them. "The land of Zabulon, and the land of Nephthalim, by the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles;/The people which sat in darkness saw great light; and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death light is sprung up. "(Matt.4:15-16)
Meanwhile Abraham had to much to learn with regards to the life in the Spirit. His utter frustration in not having a seed of his own as against what God had promised. How well he respected the article of faith is what the Spirit teaches us with the life of Abraham.
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