GOD APPEARS TO ABRAHAM AND REAFFIRMS HIS PROMISE

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“And the Lord said unto Abram, after that Lot was separated from him” —here is the third appearance of God to this man.

“Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward.” This is the land God is going to give him.

As God continued to appear to Abram and later on to the other patriarchs, God put sideboards around that land.

In other words, He put a border to it and told them exactly what the land was. He was very specific about it.

Genesis 13:14-18 KJV

[14] And the LORD said unto Abram, after that Lot was separated from him, Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward:

[15] For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever.

[16] And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered.

[17] Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of it; for I will give it unto thee.

[18] Then Abram removed his tent, and came and dwelt in the plain of Mamre, which is in Hebron, and built there an altar unto the LORD.

Genesis 13:14

And the LORD said unto Abram, after that Lot was separated from him, Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward:

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• Directly Lot departs, God draws near to Abraham.
• The Lord tells Abraham that the Promises are given to him, and not to Lot.

Genesis 13:15

For all the land which you see, to you will I give it, and to your seed for ever.

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• The modern Palestinians should look at the statement, “And to your seed forever.”

Genesis 13:16

And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered.

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• Sarah is barren, and yet God promises a number beyond comprehension.
• This includes not only the Jews who serve the Lord, but also every Gentile Believer who has ever lived.

Genesis 13:17

Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of it; for I will give it unto you

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• This is a walk of Faith.

Genesis 13:18

Then Abram removed his tent, and came and dwelt in the plain of Mamre, which is in Hebron, and built there an Altar unto the LORD.

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• There was no Altar in Sodom, which Lot chose.
• All who travel in that direction are in quest of something quite different from that. It is never the worship of God, but the love of the world that leads them thither.
• Abraham builds an Altar unto the Lord, which means that his Faith is reestablished in Christ, and what Christ will do to redeem humanity by dying on the Cross.
• Hebron was about 22 miles south of Jerusalem, on the way to Beer-sheba.

I hope that you have really enjoyed this post,

 

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