Abrath had a rare look at God The background of God s covenant to Abraham

In the Old Testament, Abraham saw God.

Old Testament Gen 12:7 And the LORD appeared unto Abram, and said, I will give this land unto thy descendants. There Abram built an altar to the LORD who had appeared to him.

and the lord appeared unto abram, and said, unto thy seed will i give this land: and there builded he an altar unto the lord, who appeared unto him.

Summary. 11And the fowl came down and landed on the flesh of the dead animal, and Abram frightened it away. The bird symbolizes Satan, and in our covenant with God, Satan constantly interferes, and then we fall into a deep sleep, and God also comes to prophesy to Abraham in his sleep.

12-14 And it came to pass, as the sun was setting, that Abram fell into a deep sleep; Suddenly, a great darkness fell on him. Jehovah said to Abram, "You must know that your seed will sojourn in other people's lands and serve those who are there; and the people of the land shall afflict them four hundred years.

and I will punish the nation in which they shall serve, and after that they shall come out of thence with much riches. After 400 years of suffering, there are 30 years of preferential treatment, so the Bible says that it is 430 years.

11And the fowl came down and landed on the flesh of the dead animal, and Abram frightened it away. The bird symbolizes Satan, and in our covenant with God, Satan constantly interferes, and then we fall into a deep sleep, and God also comes to Abraham in his sleep to speak or prophesy. 12-14 And it came to pass, as the sun was setting, that Abram fell into a deep sleep; Suddenly, a great darkness fell on him.

Jehovah said to Abram, "You must know that your seed will sojourn in other people's lands and serve those who are there; and the people of the land shall afflict them four hundred years. and I will punish the kingdom of the kingdom that they shall serve, and after that they shall come out of thence with much goods.

After 400 years of suffering, there are 30 years of preferential treatment, so the Bible says that it is 430 years.

It is said that when Abraham was 75 years old, he heard the voice of Jehovah, the supreme god of the Hebrews, who commanded Abraham to go to another place and establish his own nation, saying: "I will make you a great nation, and I will bless you, and your name will be great, and you will bless others." ”

Temptation: It is to create difficulties, to find out how good people are, the purpose is to destroy, to stumble;

Trial: to create difficulties, in order to train people, the purpose is to shape. And God knows what the level of man is, and God's purpose is not to destroy and stumble, so God does not tempt people, but the devil tempts people.

And Abraham always believed in God and obeyed God, so God constantly set higher requirements for him, and when he fulfilled the requirements, he gave him precious promises and great blessings.

God was not a temptation, but a trial of Abraham. God didn't test Abraham to trick him and cause him to stumble; Rather, it was to strengthen his obedience to God and build his character. Just as the sand is purified by fire, God tempers us through difficult circumstances.

When we are being tested, do not complain against God, perhaps He wants to strengthen our character.

Abraham was tried by God and won, and Abraham obeyed God unreservedly, so he received many blessings from God: (1) God gave his descendants the power to overcome their enemies; (2) God promises His descendants to bless the whole world. When the world knows the faith of Him and His descendants, lives will be changed.

We often think that blessings are for our own enjoyment, but God has blessed us to share them with others.

It's not a temptation, it's a trial! Because God refines the heart!

The place the Lord promised him in the Old Testament is present-day Israel.

Gen12:1 And the Lord said unto Abram, Depart from thy land, thy kindred, and thy father's house, and go into the land which I will show thee.

12:2 And I will call you back.

Answer: Great Nation, I will bless you, make your name great, and you will bless others 12:5 And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his nephew, and all the goods they had stored up in Haran, and the people they had gained, and they came to the land of Canaan, and 12:7 And the Lord appeared to Abram and said, I will give this land to your descendants Canaan is roughly the size of present-day Israel, the West Bank, and Gaza, plus the coastal parts of Lebanon and Syria that are close to it.

In the Bible, Abraham has a special status, Isaac has a special status, and Jamomo has a special status.

This is because God will choose a people to be in his own name and to be his people. It was Abraham that God had won the people, and God was going to make a spiritual beginning in Abraham, and God was going to do a work in Abraham to show us that Abraham had to have as a people of God, and that all people as God's people had to have experiences. So God first worked in Abraham, so that Abraham had a special experience with God, and that this special experience could be passed on to all God's people.

The foundation of the nation of Israel was built on Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, so that God did not only work in Abraham first, but God also worked in Isaac, so that Isaac had a special experience before God, and this experience could be transmitted to God's people. God also first worked in Jacob so that Jacob would have a special experience before God that could be passed on to God's people. Passing on all the experiences of the three of them before God, and then God will win the people. So, all the experiences of Abel and Paraphim, Isaac, and Jacob are the experiences of God's people. What the three of them received before God is what all God's people deserve.

It is not enough to receive what Abraham has received; It is not enough to receive what Isaac has gained; It is not enough to receive what Jacob has received to be God's people. It takes what Abraham had, Isaac's go, and Jacob's what he had, to be God's envy people.

Answer: Abraham was a human being, and he was born and old, sick and died, strong and weak, confident and ambitious.

Abraham was a man, not a god. Abraham's original name was Abram. "Abraham" means "father of many nations."

The Bible records that Abram was called by God to "leave his country, his people, and his father's house, and go to the place God will show him (Genesis 12:1)." God said to him, "I have made a covenant with you, and you will be the father of many nations.

From now on your name will no longer be Abram, but Abraham, for I have made you the father of many nations. And I will multiply thy seed exceedingly, and kingdoms will be raised from thee, and kings shall be emancipated out of thee. I will establish my covenant with you and with your descendants for ever, to be God to you and to your descendants (Genesis 17:4-6).

This is God's covenant with man—the famous Abrahamic covenant.