05-27-2008, 09:44 AM
We learn of G-d's covenant with Abraham in Genesis 15. The process is that There are a heifer, a goat, a ram, a turtledove, and a pigeon that are split in half and bled out. The blood runs down in a trench. This practice is a fairly common practice. It is still practiced in the middle east today. It's called a blood path or a blood covenant. It is always between a greater and lesser party. The greater party sets the terms and then, if the lesser party agrees, they both step into the blood. For example the greater party might say, "I will give you my daughter in marriage. You must be kind to her". Now in this practice, there is a kind of collateral system. They would step down into the blood. That symbol is saying that if I break my promise, you can do this to me. You can kill me. If, in the example above, the young man beat his wife, the father had the right to kill him.
In Genesis 15 there is a blood covenant. G-d promises Abraham kids, land, and indirectly the messiah "Through you all nations will receive a blessing". G-d set the terms of the covenant. All abraham had to do was to follow G-d in all his ways. In other words, be perfect. Beginning in verse 12, Moshe describes a vision Abraham had. It says a smoking fire pot (smoke a symbol for G-d. ie, mount Sinai, pillar of smoke...) and a flaming torch (also a symbol for G-d. ie, pillar of fire, tongues of fire on the apostles...) both passed between the pieces of the animals. This is radical. G-d set the terms for Abraham and said that if Abraham didn't keep his end of the covenant, he could kill G-d.
This means for reconciliation between the seed of Abraham and G-d to take place, G-d had to die. For a covenant was not a promise that could be amended or recanted. Many Christians mistakenly believe that animal sacrifices forgave sins. They didn't. They sacrificed the same animals that Abraham sacrificed to say that they longed for G-d to keep his promise and fulfill the covenant that he made with Abraham. The sacrifices were a way to show that they wanted G-d to keep his end of the deal. In this way, Yeshua came to reconcile all the lost back to Adonai. Yeshua was the sacrifice that forgave sin. Yeshau had to be G-d.
In Genesis 15 there is a blood covenant. G-d promises Abraham kids, land, and indirectly the messiah "Through you all nations will receive a blessing". G-d set the terms of the covenant. All abraham had to do was to follow G-d in all his ways. In other words, be perfect. Beginning in verse 12, Moshe describes a vision Abraham had. It says a smoking fire pot (smoke a symbol for G-d. ie, mount Sinai, pillar of smoke...) and a flaming torch (also a symbol for G-d. ie, pillar of fire, tongues of fire on the apostles...) both passed between the pieces of the animals. This is radical. G-d set the terms for Abraham and said that if Abraham didn't keep his end of the covenant, he could kill G-d.
This means for reconciliation between the seed of Abraham and G-d to take place, G-d had to die. For a covenant was not a promise that could be amended or recanted. Many Christians mistakenly believe that animal sacrifices forgave sins. They didn't. They sacrificed the same animals that Abraham sacrificed to say that they longed for G-d to keep his promise and fulfill the covenant that he made with Abraham. The sacrifices were a way to show that they wanted G-d to keep his end of the deal. In this way, Yeshua came to reconcile all the lost back to Adonai. Yeshua was the sacrifice that forgave sin. Yeshau had to be G-d.
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