So reading scriptures with my wife
i love it, cause i can share that joy with her. So as i'm reading along (again) i'm coming across something i've been desiring to understand. In Genesis 15:8-18, God establishes his covenant with Abram regarding how he would know that He would inherit the land and the blessing. My question is, what is the true
spiritual significance of God commanding Abram to bring...
"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. And he took unto him all these, and
divided them in the midst, and laid each piece one against another: but the birds divided he not."
then the vision of the apparent bondage of the Israelites, then...
"And it came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and
it was dark, behold a smoking furnace, and a burning lamp that passed between those pieces .
In the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram..."
Ray has trained me now to PAY ATTENTION TO THE WORDS; and i'm paying attention to the words, but why this? Why not just SPEAK IT TO ABRAM IN A VISION, as He did before? and the detailed command. maybe someone can help me
Eugene