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My Song In The Night (Genesis)
我夜间的歌曲《创世记》

My Song In The Night (Genesis)
我夜间的歌曲《创世记》 
Day 
Day 77

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。

在生活里有意义地应用

1.上帝的同在

a．被象征为：
i．冒烟的炉
ii．烧着的火把
b．它们从劈成两半的祭牲肉块中的过道经过

2．上帝与亚伯兰立的约

a．上帝与亚伯兰立的约是神圣的
b．献祭牲畜的血是立约的印记
c．牲畜被劈开包含着重大的象征意义：
i．背约会导致死亡
ii．上帝是不会背约的
iii．亚伯兰也不会背约，因为他的信心是无伪的

3．迦南之地

a．当时，有许多邦国都居住在迦南之地
b．但是四百年后，亚伯兰的后裔将会拥有这土地

这是上帝赐给亚伯兰的一个郑重的应许，而这必定会应验。