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ome time after the altar in Mamre   itance; the sacrifices of the LORD God of
              (Gen 13:18), the Lord appeared to   Israel made by fire are their inheritance, as
        SAbram and said, “Fear not, Abram:    he said unto them” (Jos 13:14). The Levites
        I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great   lived and were supported by the sacrifices
        reward” (15:1).  What words of comfort   of the Lord.
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        and assurance these must have been to   As those who have been redeemed of
        Abram. As a shield, the Lord promised to   the Lord, our inheritance is based on the
        preserve and protect him. As his exceed-  sacrifice of the Lord Jesus. He is our inheri-
        ing great reward, the Lord promised to   tance, our exceeding great reward. Peter
        provide for him.                      reminds us that based on the resurrection
          From this first mention of the phrase   of the Lord Jesus, there is an inheritance,
        “fear not” to the last mention, “Fear not;   reserved for us in heaven (1Pe 1:3-4).
        I am the first and the last” (Rev 1:17), we   We have everything in Christ. He is our
        have God’s promises of protection and   advocate (1Jn 2:1). He is our anchor (Heb
        preservation as our shield and reward. It   6:19). He is our life (Col 3:4). He is our
        is most interesting to notice that the Lord   hope (1:27). He is made unto us wisdom
        did not promise to reward Abram, but to   and righteousness and sanctification and
        be his exceeding great reward. The Lord   redemption (1Co 1:30). He is our joy (1Pe
        Himself was his portion and his reward.  1:8). He is our peace (Rom 5:1; Eph 2:14;
          The psalmist Asaph recognized that all   Col 1:20). He is our strength (Php 4:13). We
        that he required was found in his God:   are complete in Him (Col 2:10).
        “My flesh and my heart faileth: but God   The Lord promised Abram that his seed
        is the strength of my heart, and my por-  would be more than the stars of heaven
        tion for ever” (Psa 73:26). The prophet   and that He would give him the land that
        Jeremiah said, “The LORD is my portion,   he sojourned in for an inheritance. Abram
        saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him”   believed in the Lord and it was counted to
        (Lam 3:24).                           him for righteousness. We, too, as believ-
          The tribe of Levi did not have any in-  ers, are counted righteous through faith
        heritance in the land of Canaan. The Lord   in the Lord Jesus (Rom 3:22).
        was the inheritance of the Levites. “Only   Abram wanted to know how he could
        unto the tribe of Levi he gave none inher-  be assured of God’s promises. The Lord

        1  Bible quotations in this article are from the   instructed him to take a heifer of three
        KJV.                                  years old, a she goat of three years old, a

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