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12 sty 2023 · God promised that the number of Abraham’s children would rival that of “the dust of the earth” (Genesis 15:16). Nations and kings would proceed from him (Genesis 17:6). It is significant that the promise was given to an aged, childless couple.
18 lut 2019 · God’s covenant with us shines brighter than any stars Abram saw that night. It is the sun standing in the middle of the sky, illuminating everything else. And we see, as Abram saw, that it was not what we brought to the relationship but what God gave to the relationship that made it work.
On the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram: God, represented by the smoking oven and the burning torch, passed through the animal parts by Himself; as Abram watched, God showed this was a unilateral covenant. Abram never signed the covenant, because he passively watched while God signed it for both of them in the ritual.
God promises Abraham descendents and the land of Canaan. The covenant is sealed with a sacrifice. Abraham believes God and it is counted to him as righteousness.
God's covenant with Abram is unconditional and based on divine promise, not on Abram's merits or actions. This divine commitment, manifested through the ritual with the animals, emphasizes God's unwavering commitment to His promises.
What does Genesis chapter 15 mean? Genesis 15 consists entirely of an extended encounter between the Lord and Abram, the man who will later be renamed Abraham. This concludes with the formal establishment of God's covenant promise to Abram: to give him and his descendants the land of Canaan.
