In this episode of Bible Talk, Alex Duke chats with Jim Hamilton and Sam Emadi about the Lord’s covenant ceremony (Gen. 15), Sarah’s covenant scheme (Gen. 16), and Abraham’s covenant sign (Gen. 17).
SHOW NOTES:
3:00 / What’s the “state of play” by the time we get to Genesis 15? Is Abraham’s faith wavering?
6:20 / Does Genesis 15 present Abraham as a prophet-priest-king?
8:25 / The LORD treats Abraham like Rafiki in The Lion King, and then Moses summarizes it with an important verse: Genesis 15:6. Sam helps us understand it without just jumping to the New Testament.
12:20 / In the latter half of Genesis 15, things started to get a little bit weird. Jim and Sam reveal they’ve never seen Fantasia, and then they help us understand what’s going on in this strange covenant ceremony.
15:46 / Okay, just so we understand, the smoking fire pot and flaming torch are signifying what?
18:30 / Why does Abraham drive away the birds in Genesis 15:11? Does he suffer from ornithophobia?
20:58 / How does the covenant ceremony of Genesis 15 lead to the cross of Christ?
22:55 / Jim explains Sarah’s covenant scheme.
25:45 / What do we learn
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