Daily Devotions
My Song In The Night (Genesis)
我夜间的歌曲《创世记》
Text: Genesis 15: 17-20
MEDITATION
Genesis 15:17-21
17 And it came to pass, when the sun went down and it was dark, that behold, there appeared a smoking oven and a burning torch that passed between those pieces.
18 On the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying: “To your descendants I have given this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the River Euphrates—
19 the Kenites, the Kenezzites, the Kadmonites,
20 the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Rephaim,
21 the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Girgashites, and the Jebusites.”
MEANINGFUL APPLICATION TO LIFE
1. The presence of the LORD
a. This was represented by:
i. A smoking oven
ii. A burning torch
b. They moved in the aisle between the animal sacrificial pieces.
2. The LORD’s covenant made with Abram
a. God’s covenant with Abram was sacred.
b. It was sealed with the blood of the sacrificial animals.
c. The sundering of the animals held significant symbolic meaning:
i. To break the covenant would result in death.
ii. God would not break this covenant.
iii. Abram would not break this covenant either for his faith was genuine.
3. The land of Canaan
a. Presently a good number of nations inhabited the land of Canaan.
b. But four hundred years later, the descendants of Abram would possess the land.
This was a solemn promise the LORD made to Abram and it would certainly be fulfilled.
经文:创世记 15:17-21
沉思
《创世记 15:17-21》
17日落天黑,不料有冒烟的炉并烧着的火把从那些肉块中经过。
18当那日,耶和华与亚伯兰立约,说:“我已赐给你的后裔,从埃及河直到伯 拉大河之地,
19就是基尼人、基尼洗人、甲摩尼人、
20赫人、比利洗人、利乏音人、21亚摩利人、迦南人、革迦撒人、耶布斯人之地。