"In the same day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates."
The day refers to the day decreed for his Son. Jesus Christ having fulfilled his ministry on the earth tells his disciples, "All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth....and, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world."(Matt.28:18-20; Ac.1:8). So unto this seed have I given this land does not mean it is given to the nation of Israel. "For it pleased the Father that in him should all fulness dwell;/And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven." (Col.1:19-20) This the sacrifice demanded of Abraham needs to be studied in detail. Abraham's frustration of not having a heir of his own God could appreciate. So he specifies how he was to offer his sacrifice. In v.9 "Take me an heifer of three years old, and a she goat of three years old, and a ram of three years old, and a turtledove, and a young pigeon." The command number Three is a tag for his Son. When God would descend upon him in token of a pledge he does one curious thing. "Behold a smoking furnace, and a burning lamp that passed between those pieces.(v.17). The smoking furnace we associate with God when he descended upon Mount Sinai,-("And mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke, because the Lord descended upon it in fire: and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace,-Ex.19:18) ) as well as when the bottomless pit was opened. "And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace."(Re.9:2)
"In the same day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates."
The day refers to the day decreed for his Son. Jesus Christ having fulfilled his ministry on the earth tells his disciples, "All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth....and, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world."(Matt.28:18-20; Ac.1:8). So unto this seed have I given this land does not mean it is given to the nation of Israel. "For it pleased the Father that in him should all fulness dwell;/And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven." (Col.1:19-20) This the sacrifice demanded of Abraham needs to be studied in detail. Abraham's frustration of not having a heir of his own God could appreciate. So he specifies how he was to offer his sacrifice. In v.9 "Take me an heifer of three years old, and a she goat of three years old, and a ram of three years old, and a turtledove, and a young pigeon." The command number Three is a tag for his Son. When God would descend upon him in token of a pledge he does one curious thing. "Behold a smoking furnace, and a burning lamp that passed between those pieces.(v.17). The smoking furnace we associate with God when he descended upon Mount Sinai,-("And mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke, because the Lord descended upon it in fire: and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace,-Ex.19:18) ) as well as when the bottomless pit was opened. "And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace."(Re.9:2)
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