Genesis 15, God’s Assurance to Abram
Categories: Bible Study LessonsIn this chapter God assures Abram of three things he had already promised to him. His offspring would be innumerable, they would possess the land of Canaan, and would be a nation with great possessions.
God assures Abram through a ritual that was in use in those ancient times. Coffman writes, “The ritual in view here was actually used in antiquity by numerous ancient people as the means of assuring the performance of agreements.” God did not require Abram to pass through the carcasses but went alone indicating that He alone was responsible for the carrying out of the agreement.
The most important fact for us to draw from this chapter is the knowledge that God did indeed keep these promises. Time after time God builds a pattern that we can know that when He makes a promise He keeps it.
When Jesus says, “Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved” (Mark 16:16) you can believe it. When He says “I go to prepare a place for you” and “I will come again and will take you to myself,” you can believe it (John 14:1-3).