“Horror Of Great Darkness”
Categories: Church of Christ Bulletin Articles, uncategorizedA querist asks, “In Genesis 15:12-KJV, isn’t this the Lord bringing Abram a vision? I don’t understand why a visitation from God would be called a horror of great darkness.”
Genesis 15:12-KJV states:
“And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, an horror of great darkness fell upon him.”
The “horror of great darkness” that Abram saw in the vision from the Lord (Genesis 15:1) was a prophetic revelation of the captivity of Israel in Egypt (Genesis 15:13-14; Exodus 6:5-6; Exodus 12:36). The phrase, “thy seed” (Genesis 15:13) being a reference to the posterity of Abram (Genesis 46:8-26; Exodus 1:1-11; Acts 7:6).