Smoking oven and a burning torch

Smoking oven and a burning torch

Gen. 15: 17

When the sun had gone down [the light of day is gone – no longer could see their direction]

and a thick darkness had come on, [could not see to the end of their troubles]

behold, [look and observe]

a smoking oven [divine presence of God in the furnace of affliction]

and a flaming torch [divine presence of Jesus Christ in a dark place, shining light and giving direction]

passed between those pieces of the sacrifice. [in a blood covenant, the ones involved would kill an animal, cut it in half, join hands and walk between the animal pieces - they were declaring that if either party broke the prearranged contract, they should end up like the animal]

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Pray the Word:

Lord, as with Abraham, we don’t have to walk through the sacrifice because You and Your Son, Jesus Christ, joined hands and walked through it for us, making good the agreement. The covenant curse was upon Christ, as He walked through the valley of death to offer Himself up on the altar of the Cross, taking the curses of past covenants offering Himself as the sacrifice for the blood covenant that would establish the New Covenant of salvation through grace!