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ram of three years old, a turtle dove and a   God” is the “El Shaddai,” and means the
        young pigeon. These animals individually   “All-Sufficient One.” At this revelation,
        and collectively speak to us of the Lord   Abram fell on his face and worshipped,
        Jesus.                                and God spoke with him.
          The animals of three years old remind   When the Lord sent Moses to speak to
        us of the three years of public ministry of   Pharaoh to let the children of Israel go,
        the Lord Jesus. Abram divided the animals   He told them that He had appeared in the
        in pieces. Think, dear child of God, of the   past to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob by the
        many and varied offices and virtues of the
        Lord Jesus, all that He is in His wondrous   name of God Almighty, but He was not
        person and all that He has done for you.   known by His name Jehovah and that He
        The birds were not divided. Though He   would bring His people out of the bond-
        was roughly treated and nailed to the   age of Egypt and into the land that He had
        cross, no bone of Him was broken (Exo   promised them (Exo 6:3-8).
        12:46; Num 9:12; Psa 34:20; Joh 19:36).  As mentioned, the name “God Al-
          When the sun was going down, a horror   mighty” means the “All-Sufficient One.”
        of great darkness fell on Abram. Think of   This relates to their being brought out of
        those hours of darkness which our blessed   bondage. The name “Jehovah” means the
        Saviour experienced on the cross when   “Ever-Present One,” and relates to the
        bearing the load of our sins (Mat 27:45;   presence of the Lord ever with them until
        Mar 15:33; Luk 23:44).                they are brought into the land of promise.
          A smoking furnace and a burning lamp   So we, too, have been brought out of bond-
        passed between those pieces of the ani-  age into liberty and soon will realize the
        mals that Abram had divided. The Lord   promise of heaven and home.
        Jesus endured the fire of divine wrath on
        account of your sins and mine. Propheti-  The  Lord  renewed  His  promise  to
        cally, He could say, “Is it nothing to you,   Abram and called him to “walk before me
        all ye that pass by? Behold, and see if there   and be thou perfect.” The word “perfect”
        be any sorrow like unto my sorrow, which   has sometimes been translated as “up-
        is done unto me, wherewith the LORD   right” or “blameless.” Abram could walk
        hath afflicted me in the day of his fierce   in honesty and sincerity, with the assur-
        anger. From above hath he sent fire into   ance of the Lord’s presence ever with him.
        my bones, and it prevaileth against them”   It is said of Enoch that he walked with
        (Lam 1:12-13).                        God (Gen 5:22). The writer of the book of
          We need not wonder or doubt the prom-  Hebrews says this of him: “He had this
        ises of God to us. Paul wrote these words   testimony, that he pleased God” (Heb
        of assurance, “He that spared not his own   11:5). Paul wrote to the Thessalonians,
        Son, but delivered him up for us all, how
        shall he not with him also freely give us   reminding them of how they ought to
        all things?” (Rom 8:32).              walk and please God (1Th 4:1).
          When Abram was 99 years old, the Lord   When we think of all that God has done
        appeared to him and said, “I am the Al-  for us, and all that God has promised us,
        mighty God; walk before me, and be thou   should it not constrain us to live unto Him
        perfect” (Gen 17:1). The title “Almighty   who died for us and rose again?

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