Will Abraham Pass the Test?

     Yesterday > the plan. We miserable creatures hope for mercy and grace. One man will be tested. If he passes, "the way" will come to pass...eventually. And after "the way" comes, each of us must pass our own test. 

     Genesis 14:13: Abram the Hebrew. Hebrew may have referred to people who wondered as nomads. Later, it came to refer specifically to Abraham and his descendants. 

     Genesis 15: After Abram's battle with the kings, God spoke to him in a vision: Do not be afraid. I am your shield, your very great reward.

     That was okay...apparently, but "O Sovereign Lord, what can you give me since I remain childless? You have given me no children."  

     The word of the Lord: ...a son coming from your own body will be your heir. He told him to count the stars, if he could. So shall your offspring be. "Abram believed the Lord, and he credited it to him as righteousness." So far so good. 

     Then God said he would give Abram possession of the land he was in. Puzzled again, "O Sovereign Lord, how can I know that I will gain possession of it?" 

     "So, the Lord said, 'Bring me a heifer, a goat and a ram...'" A covenant meant taking slaughtered animals, cutting them in half, and the halves placed opposite each other. The two parties would walk between the halves. If they didn't keep the covenant, they would perish like the slain animals.   

 Next: Who will walk between the carcasses?