This book that we marvel at, the unbelieving world calls it
just a collection of Jewish fables. But God's people, the Lord continually
reveals the truth to us and opens our understanding to see the
mysteries and the glories, the beauties of our Lord and Savior
Jesus Christ. There's so much here in these
verses that we're going to do it in two parts. There's just
too much. There's just too much. I don't
want to go through it too quickly. But let's read the whole chapter,
okay? It's just 21 verses. After these
things, the Word of the Lord came unto Abram in a vision,
saying, Fear not, Abram, I am thy shield. and thy exceeding
great reward. And Abram said, Lord God, what
wilt thou give me? Seeing I go childless, the steward
of my house is this Eleazar of Damascus. Abram said, Behold,
to me thou hast given no seed, and lo, one born in my house
is mine heir. And behold, the word of the Lord
came unto him, saying, This Eleazar, that is, shall not be thine heir,
but he that shall come forth out of thine own bowels shall
be thine heir." And the Lord brought him forth abroad. This
is Christ who is speaking to him and walking with him. And brought him forth abroad
and said, Look now toward heaven, tell the stars, if thou be able
to number them. And the Lord said unto him, So
shall thy seed be. And Abram believed in the Lord,
and the Lord counted it to him for righteousness. And he said
unto him, I am the Lord that brought thee out of Ur of the
Chaldees to give thee this land to inherit it. And Abram said,
Lord God, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it? How
shall I know? And the Lord said unto him, take me an heifer of
three years old and a she-goat of three years old, and a ram
of three years old, and a turtle dove and a young pigeon. And
Abram took unto him all these, and divided them in the midst,
and laid each piece one against another. But the birds divided
he not. And when the fowls came down
upon the carcasses, Abram drove them away. And when the sun was
going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram. and horror of great
darkness fell upon him. And the Lord said unto Abram,
Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land
that is not theirs, and shall serve them, and they shall afflict
my people four hundred years. Also, that nation whom they shall
serve will I judge. And afterward shall they come
out with great substance. And thou, Abram, shalt go to
thy fathers in peace. Thou shalt be buried in a good
old age. But in the fourth generation
they shall come hither again, for the iniquity of the Amorites
is not yet full. And it came to pass that when
the sun went down and it was dark, behold, a smoking furnace
and a burning lamp that passed between those pieces. And the
same day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy
seed have I given this lamp, from the river of Egypt unto
the great river, the river Euphrates. And the Canaanites and the Kedmonites
and the Hittites and the Perizzites and the Ruthians and the Amorites
and the Canaanites and the Gergesites and the Jebusites. And we're
going to deal with those five sacrifices and this burning lamp,
smoking furnace and burning lamp next Sunday. But let's just look
at these things. Abram was, as we know, the father
of the faithful. He's the one from whom all the
Jews came. Paul wrote in Galatians, Abram
is the father of us all. That is, he is a type, a picture
who God reveals Himself to, of how God takes someone out of
idolatry and reveals Himself to that person. Abram was an
old man when the Lord came and brought him out of idolatry and
revealed the true God to him, and then taught him and led him. And it says, Abram believed God. God gave him faith to believe
a God he hadn't seen. And Abram believed God, and it
was counted on him for righteousness. The Lord called him righteous
just for simply believing. So Abram is a type or picture,
the father of the faithful, all whom God deals with, all whom
God chose before the world, and all whom God reveals Himself
to. and all whom God leads and guides and directs and counts
righteous in the Lord Jesus Christ. So you see why this is so important. He's called the Friend of God.
And I thought, I looked that up, several verses about the
Friend of God. Jacob's called the Friend of
God. Abram, and I thought what a good message that would be.
What it means to be the Friend of God. Abram was a friend of
God, and our Lord said to his disciples and to us, I call you
friend. Why? Because a friend reveals
himself to his friend. And the Lord did that, spoke
face to face with Abram, like a friend to a friend, spoke to
him. So Abram is a picture of every believer whom the Lord
chooses. And here's what the Lord said
to Abram in verse 1. When he appeared to him, he said,
Fear not, Abram. I am thy shield. I am your protection. I am your salvation. I am your salvation, Abram. And so he is with every one of
God's people. I am your shield. Fear not. We
are afraid of many things. Remember what David said, At
what times I am afraid, I'll trust in thee. And that's what
the Lord said. Do you know He said that to His
people more than any other thing? Fear not. Fear not. Those who
fear Him, He says, fear not. I am thy exceeding great reward. You get me. The world gets the
world, and they're going to perish with it. But you get me. I'm
life, eternal life, and you will never perish. And your eyes haven't
seen and your ears haven't heard the things that I've prepared.
as it really realized the things I've prepared for those that
I love and chose. So I am your exceeding great
reward. And then look at verse 5. Remember
this? The Lord Jesus Christ is speaking
to him. He's the Word made flesh. And
in verse 5 he says, You look at heaven. Look at the heavens.
And this was, I believe, in the wee hours of the morning. He
was dealing with him. And he said, You look at the
stars. Can you number them? If you can,
that's your seed. So shall thy seed be. Your people. People of God, he says, are as
the sands of the sea and the stars of the sky. If Abram was
feeling lonely, if he was feeling rejected like when Lot's and
he parted company and Abram's feeling like, I'm just left as
a lone man in the mountains. Well, he said, you look at the
stars. That's your people. And one of these days, the Lord
is going to come with ten thousand times ten thousands and thousands
of His saints, and you will meet them in the air, and you will
never be lonely again, Abraham. That's your seed. That's your
people. You're not alone. You're not alone. Although God's
people do feel alone in this world at times, like Enoch, like
Noah, like Abram. And it says he believed in the
Lord. He trusted in the Lord. Verse 6. He trusted in the Lord.
And the Lord said, You're righteous. Thee have I seen righteous in
this generation, Noah. Why? Because Noah was better
than anyone else? Because Noah was? No. Not because
he did anything. He believed. Even that wasn't
of himself. It was a gift of God. And he
was counted righteous. And that's the best news you
could hear. We've heard that so many times
we take it for granted. But that's the best news that a sinner could
hear. Because we're going to see in
the next message how many labor to be righteous, and they'll
never be so. But those who just believe are
made righteous. And in verse 7, here's where
we begin today. The Lord said unto Abram, I am
the Lord. Everything I say will come to
pass. I am the Lord. Everything I've
promised you will take place. I am the Lord. I am in absolute
control over you and everything else. Fear not. I am the Lord. And I'm the one, he said, that
brought you out. He didn't bring yourself out.
I brought you out. You didn't even know me, but
I know you. And I chose you, and I have ordained
you, and I have brought you out." Now, that right there is a good
token, a good sign. And such were some of you in
darkness, even as others. But He brought you out, and He
is your Lord. And He said, I am the Lord, and
I'm going to give you this land. Christ said, I give unto them
eternal life, and they shall never perish. For what? Believing. I am the Lord. I give unto them. I'm going to give you this land."
But Abram said, How can I know? Show me a sign. Now, Abram's
a man. He's flesh and blood, and he's
just like God. And I'm glad he asked that, because
I do it all the time. God's Word is good enough. God's
promises. He's given us many exceeding
precious promises. And God cannot lie. And we should
trust Him and believe Him for these promises. And yet, Abram
says in verse 8, Lord God, how shall I know that I shall inherit
it? I know you said so, but I want to know. And, you know, Peter said this,
I just quoted part of it. Let me quote the rest of it to
you. Peter said this, he said, let me find it, 1 Peter 1. He said, We're elect according
to the foreknowledge of God the Father, like Abraham. Through
sanctification of the Spirit, setting apart of the Spirit until
obedience, Abraham obeyed, he believed God. and the sprinkling
of the blood of Jesus Christ. Grace be unto you, dear elect.
Peace be multiplied. Blessed be the God and Father
of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy
hath begotten us, given us a new birth, unto a lively hope," hope,
we're hoping in his word, his promises, "...by the resurrection
of Jesus Christ from the dead." because Jesus Christ came, lived,
died, and rose to an inheritance incorruptible and undefiled that
fadeth not away. It's reserved in heaven for you
who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation,
ready to be revealed in the last time. So Peter said we have this
inheritance to look forward to, but we say often, like Abram,
Lord, that I want to know that I am part of this inheritor,
that I have an interest in this inheritor, that I am your child.
I know you said that, those that believe, but often I don't believe. Lord, I do believe. Help my unbelief.
I believe you, but would you show me a sign? David said the
same thing. You know that? David said, Lord,
show me a token for good. We did a message on that. Now,
Abram's not doubting the Lord. It's said in verse 6, he believed,
didn't he? He believed the Lord. He's not
doubting the Lord, but he wants full assurance. He wants full
assurance. And he asked the Lord to show
him something. Now, what's the difference between
Abram wanting to see something, a sign, David wanting a token
from the Lord, and what the Lord said about an evil generation
that seeks after a sign. What's the difference? Because
Abram really did believe God first. He really did. The world doesn't believe God.
They don't even believe there is a God. And they, with impudent
faces, say, well, if God will prove Himself to me, I'll believe
Him. No, sir. No, sir. We believe God first. And then he said, if you believe,
I'll show you. I'll show you, my Lord. Those
that believe, that trust Him, just merely His Word, take His
Word on it, He begins to reveal things to them. He begins to
show us things. He begins to give us assurance
through experience. But the chief thing, The sign,
the token, the proof that God loves us, God's mercy and grace
is upon us, that we are His chosen people, that we will receive
an inheritance from Him, that we have eternal life? It's not
something new. You already know it. Look at verse 9. He said, Here
it is, Abraham. He said unto him, Take an heifer,
three years old. Take a she-goat, three years
old. Take a ram of three years old. Take a turtle dove and a
young pigeon. In other words, take these innocent
animals and sacrifice them unto me. That's proof. That's going to be proof to you
that I've chosen you, I've brought you out, and I will bring you
in to the promised land. This is the sign. It's not something
new. What do all those represent? Christ and Him crucified. And
we're going to look in depth at those next time, not this
morning. But we're going to look at all
else that he said unto Abraham. But these things represent the
Lord Jesus Christ and Him crucified. And they're too deep, they're
too glorious, too mysterious. They go in conjunction with verse
17, that smoking furnace and burning lamp that passed between
them. And I wanted to devote a whole
message to those next time. But what the Lord is saying to
Abram, he says to all his people, don't look for some great sign,
you already see the sign that I've given you. You already see
the surest token, the only token, the pledge. if you will, the
earnest of your inheritance is this. How do we know that we
shall inherit eternal life? How do we know that God loves
us, that God is going to have mercy on us, that God is going
to show us grace, that God loves us? How do we know that we are
one of his people? He's revealed Christ and him
crucified. That's it. He doesn't reveal
Christ to everyone. He doesn't reveal. He hides these
things from the wise and the prudent. And an evil and adulterous
generation, that is, they commit adultery from God, an adulterous
generation that go with a whoring after other God, an evil generation
say, well, God approved himself of that. If God will do this
and that for us, if God will do this, do that, if God will
be my, you know, fill my belly and do all this, then I'll believe
him. No, you won't. Like the men in hell, Lazarus,
the rich man, said, go to my brethren and warn them not to
come here. And our Lord said, they have
Moses in front of them. They have the Word of God, the sure
token. He said, no, but if Lazarus went back, no, they won't believe
that one rose from the dead. And he did. One did rise from
the dead. But they still don't believe
God is. They still don't believe who Jesus Christ is. They still
don't know what they are. Because God has hidden these
things from them. But blessed are you. God has
revealed these things unto you. That showed you Christ and Him
crucified. The surest token of God's love,
God's mercy, God's grace, God's covenant of redemption. God's
promise of eternal life is the gospel. And you and I get it
over and over and over and over again. Like Manoah and his wife.
We looked at that Wednesday night. And if you weren't here, Manoah
said, I'm going to die. I'm such a sinner. I know I'm
going to die. God's going to kill me because
he's holy. He's a consuming fire and he's going to kill me because
I'm such a rotten sinner. And Manoah's wife said three
things to him. And if you ever have those thoughts,
go back and listen to them. Well, here it is. Manoah's wife
said to Manoah, in great wisdom and faith, she said to Manoah,
if the Lord were going to kill us, he wouldn't have received
the burnt offering. How do we know the Lord is not
going to send us to hell? If we trust Christ, we will not
perish. Anyone, everyone that trusted
in him, no one who's ever trusted in him, no one who's ever looked.
Manoah and his wife looked on as the Lord did wondrously in
that sacrifice. And Manoah's wife said, the Lord's
not going to kill us. Look what he showed us. He accepted
the sacrifice. He killed the burnt offering
and accepted that on our behalf. And she went on to say he wouldn't
have showed us these things. God doesn't show this to everyone.
God doesn't show it to the religious people of this world that their
only hope of eternal life is in a burnt offering. He doesn't
show that to everybody. And most people are going about
to try to do this or do that in sacrifice to God, trying to
redeem themselves by their traditions and this and that and the other,
corruptible things even. Catholics are trying to bribe
God by money and so forth. We're not redeemed with corruptible
things. You know that, don't you? That's what Peter said.
You know these things. You're not redeemed with corruptible
things, but with the precious blood of the Lamb. How do you
know that? Why do you know that? God revealed
it to him. And he's not going to destroy
you if he's revealed that to you. And she went on to say he
wouldn't have told us these things. He wouldn't have told us these
things. And you know, Manoah went to the Lord and said, Would
you tell me again? Or he cried unto the Lord. Would
you tell me what you told my wife? The Lord came back to her
and told her again. And then Manoah said again, Tell
us again. I didn't hear it. I wasn't there.
Tell me again. The Lord keeps telling us again
and again and again. He keeps telling His people.
He keeps reminding them. Like Peter said, I will have
you always in remembrance of this time. He wouldn't keep telling us these
things again and again. He wouldn't keep reminding us
if we weren't His children. And like Moses, the Lord has
shown us His glory in the face of the Lord Jesus Christ. The
Lord has shown us His glory in the cleft of the rock. And like
Abram, He's proved His promises by sacrifice. Well, look at verse
11. And as I said, we'll look at
verses 9 and 10 and 17 next Sunday. In verse 11, the fowls came down. Abram took these five sacrifices
and laid them out on the altar and was waiting on the Lord to
do something, perhaps like the burning furnace passed between
the pieces. And he's waiting on the Lord
to accept the sacrifice and do something wondrously with the
sacrifice, like Manoah and his wife. And it says the fowls came
down on the carcass. And Abram drove them away. Get
out of here. Get out of here. Go to Matthew 13. Every word
is significant. Every word is significant. The
birds came down on the carcasses that were there, and Abram drove
away. That has deep meaning here, people. You see, these tokens of God's
promise were highly prized by Abram. Abram asked the Lord to
give him something, and he did. And now here it is, and these
birds come down and threaten to take it away. These birds
come down and threaten to defile this sacrifice. This meant too
much to Abraham. He needed assurance. He wanted
the Lord to prove Himself to him. These sacrifices were his
assurance, and these fowls, these buzzards, if you will, these
ravens, came down and threatened to take them away. And he said,
Get out of here! Get away! I need this. You can't have this. You reckon what that is? Well,
it meant too much to him. He didn't want anything or anyone
to steal it from him. Well, this is what the Lord said
in Matthew 13, in the parables of the Lord, the
parable of the sower, verses 3 and 4, Matthew 13. The Lord
said, speaking of the kingdom of heaven, the gospel, Verse
3 and 4, He spake many things unto them in parables, saying,
Behold, a sower went forth to sow. And when he sowed, some
seeds fell by the wayside, and the fowls came and devoured them
up, took it all away. Well, down in verse 18 and 19,
He said, You hear therefore, speaking to His disciples, You
hear the parable of the sower, when anyone heareth the word
of the kingdom and understandeth it not, then cometh the wicked
one and catcheth away that which is sown in his heart. He's the
fowl. I read once of a preacher, a
great old preacher that I admired. I forget his name, but it's not
important. It was said that after every
single message He would pray, Lord, keep the fowls away. Keep the fowls away. Don't let
them steal what we've heard. And we need this. This is the gospel of our salvation.
And there are so many things that threaten to take it away. The hardest thing for you to
do is to sit and hear the Word of God. Because we're not wrestling
with flesh and blood, but with principalities and power. And
that foul buzzard, if you will, black raven called our adversary,
would steal these things from us. And the Word needs to fall
on good ground, a heart prepared, a poor and needy heart, a contrite
heart is a good heart, a hungry and thirsty soul, And a good
heart and a hungry heart doesn't want anything or anyone to take
it away. And when these thoughts arise,
what do you say? When these thoughts and things,
outside thoughts and cares of this life threaten to take this
away, what are you saying within your heart and within your mind?
Get away from me. Lord, don't let these things
be taken from me. Lord, drive them away. Well,
Abram, you see, got a sign from the Lord, a gospel that he desperately
needed to hear and see, and these fowls threatened to take it away.
And he said, Oh, leave me, leave me. Well, I don't know what he
really understood, but look at verse 12. The sun was going down. A deep sleep fell upon Abram. After asking the Lord for assurance,
for a token, the Lord showed him a token by sacrifice. And then He gave him a deep sleep. The Lord at first said, fear
not, April. He's alone. He has some fears. He has some
doubts. He needs some assurance. And
the Lord gave him assurance by this sacrifice. And then the
Lord gave him a deep sleep. He giveth his beloved sleep.
Now what does that mean? Well, several things. First of
all, it means a deep, abiding rest in Christ. And we're going
to look at that more fully in the next hour. Soul rest. Rest for your soul. Like Psalm 121. He that keepeth
Israel shall not slumber or sleep. So, go to sleep. Quit worrying. I am the Lord. I am the Lord. A deep, abiding rest in the Lord
Jesus Christ. Also, He giveth His beloved eternal
rest. Sleep. God's people don't die.
They fall asleep. And there's nothing more restful,
nothing more peaceful, nothing more needed than just to fall
asleep. You older people know what that
means, don't you? Young people, you have a hard
time waking them up. Old people, they don't have any
care. Somebody else is taking care of them. But old people,
you know, have all these frets and worries, and the Lord has
to keep coming to us and saying, I am the Lord. I am your shield. I am your warden. I have never
lied to you. Go to sleep. And some of us were
talking last night about death. And when the time comes, the
Lord said, He giveth His beloved sleep. Precious in the sight
of the Lord. is the death of His saints. Sleep.
Is not laying your children down to sleep a precious thing? Go
to sleep and read to them. Sophie and Isabella always want
me to read to them a story before they go to sleep. And I love
that. And does not our Lord tell us the old, old story over and
over again and then get to sleep? A deep sleep came upon Abraham. And when do you find rest more
than when you come and hear the gospel of Christ and Him crucified? We come. That's why I urge us
to come, because this is our rest. This is our rest. But often after a deep sleep,
look at verse 12, lo and horror of great darkness came on. You know, after we've been lifted
up, we always come down on them. After seeing a great light, if
the Lord gives us a sight of Christ and Him crucified, a great
light, what happens? We fall right back into darkness.
After the Lord gives us peace and assurance through hearing
the Gospel, what do we have? It's shortly thereafter that
we fall into darkness again. Such is the life of every believer,
deep sleep and then darkness, horror, fears, the same fears,
the same worries. And we wait for the morning again. In darkness, our souls wait more
than they that watch for the morning. He said to the watchman
in Isaiah 21, Watchman, what of the night? Listen to this.
What of the night? He said, morning cometh, and
also the night. If you'll inquire, inquire ye. Return. Come. Come. And then look at this, and I'll
close with these three or four verses. In verse 13, he said
to Abram in this horror of great darkness, fears and doubts came
back again. He was worried. darkness. And he said unto Abram, Know
with surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that
is not theirs, and shall serve them, and they shall afflict
them four hundred years. See, the Lord promises us great
peace and great joy and mercy and love and grace. The Lord
has given us that. It promises that. And there's
peace by believing. But the Lord has also promised
us deep trials, dark trials. Deep times of distress and fear. Why? Because we're strangers
in a strange land. All to see. Every one of them,
He said, no one is going to be exempt from that. You're going
to feel like a stranger in a land because you are. This is not
your land. And it's a dark time. We live
in a dark, dark day today, don't we? And if you'll just look around,
it will fill you full of horror. It's a horrible time. When the
Lord talked about the last days in 2 Timothy 3 and other places,
He said it would be a perilous time. And He said this on the
way Calvary, on the way to make that sacrifice, said, don't weep
for me, but weep for yourselves and for your children. Look around.
Look at this dark time we live in. And they are in darkness,
and others are in darkness, just like you were. Weep for them.
It's a horrible time that we live in. It's getting worse,
isn't it? A horrible time. And the reason it's horrible
for you is because you're a stranger in a strange land, And you have
to serve these godless people. Verse 13, "...and shall serve
them." Your seed shall serve them, servants in a land that
is not theirs. You have to work for these godless
people. You have to deal with them like
the Israelites. Yes, this is a picture of the
Jews of old, how they went to Egypt and so forth. But this
is all of God's people who serve godless people, who every day,
day in, day out, have to go to the slam pits and work and hear
their foul language. And it grieves our soul, like
Lot vexed in Sodom, vexed with the conversation of the wicked,
because we're strangers here. And if it vexes you, and if you
feel like you're in a dark place, and everything strikes horror
in you. What's happening in our country
right now? If it strikes horror in you, for you and your children,
your grandchildren, well, there's some comfort to be had in that. Because this place is not a horrible
place for the world. They don't want to leave this
place. But it is for God's people. And that should give you great
peace. A stranger in a strange land, they shall afflict them
400 years. Our Lord said, in this world
you shall have tribulation. I just read this morning, Psalm
73, where David said, they're not in trouble like I am, Lord.
And I was envious The prosperity of the wicked. They don't have
troubles like your people do. The waters of a full cup are
wrung out on your people while the world doesn't seem to have
these troubles. Why is that, Lord? And he brought him to the
sanctuary and said, You're a stranger here. This is not your continuing
city. This is not your reward. I am
your reward. Just hold on. Just wait. And
David said, Oh, that's foolish. I was like a dumb beast. How could I be so foolish to
think that there's anything here for me? Just wait. Wait, he said,
on the Lord. You'll see. You'll see all this
come crumbling down. And we were seeing it before
our eyes. Our society is crumbling like Rome of old, like Greece
of old, like every major world power throughout history has
come crashing down. Don't be surprised. But it does
fill us with power for our children that know this for surety. What
I have said is coming to pass. And you're a stranger here on
a strange land. You're serving them, but know
you're serving me. You're serving my purpose. And
they're serving my purpose because I am the Lord. Now look at this. In Vatnation, verse 14, they
shall serve, will I judge? God is judging this world, though
they don't see it. And how many times have we thought
about this? The plagues upon Egypt, right before the Lord
brought Israel out, the plagues were so obvious to the children
of Israel. They were so obvious. How could
people not see that this is the hand of God and judgment upon
their society? Well, Egypt didn't see it. Why
couldn't they see it? They were blind. Why did Israel
see it? God opened their eyes. And while they experienced something
of these judgments, yet it did not destroy them. They were for
their good to see the hand of God, His justice against the
sins of a wicked, godless people, and they saw it firsthand, and
so do we. We see cities destroyed by the
hand of God, don't we? The wrath of God is clearly revealed
from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men who
hold the truth in unrighteousness, or suppress it. Clearly see that,
don't we? Do you know what the next to
last plague was that God put upon Egypt before He brought
the children out? Folks, it's getting close. Our
redemption draws nigh. The next to last plague was darkness,
thick darkness all over all the land. Everybody was in darkness.
Nobody could see a thing. They didn't understand anything.
Couldn't see their hands in front of their faces. They could look
in the mirror and they couldn't see themselves. They could look
at the book and not see it. We're in darkness. No. It says that the children of
Israel had light in their dwellings. All the children of Israel had
light in their dwellings. Egypt was thick darkness right
before God killed the firstborn and instituted the Passover and
said, you're coming out. Lift up your heads. Your redemption
draws nigh. Verse 15, he said, die.
Verse 14, they will come out. They're coming out. Verse 14,
I'm going to judge that land, but not them. There is therefore
now no condemnation to them that what? Do better, promise to do
better, turn over a new leaf. No! Them that believe on the
Lord Jesus Christ. The sacrifice. They are coming
out, all of them. I give unto them eternal life,
and they shall never perish. And they're going to come out
with great substance. Not this world. We're not taking
this world with us, but a new earth. And Abram, you're going
to go to your fathers in peace. You're going to be buried with
your fathers in peace. Who? Noah. Why was Noah buried
in peace? He was in the ark. Why was Abel
buried in peace? He brought the blood. I was in
it. He walked with God. You'll be
buried in a good old way, whatever that may be, 50, 60, 70, 80,
whatever it is. The Lord is going to bury you,
but he said, see if the Son will raise up at the last day. So
shall he ever be with the Lord. They're coming out because I
am the Lord. And they've seen the sacrifice,
and I've counted them righteous. And then verse 16 says, But in
the fourth generation they will come hither again. The iniquity
of the Amorites is not full. And that has to mean something
in conjunction with Romans 11 about the fullness of the Gentiles.
The fullness of the Gentiles. Apostasy and so forth. Okay,
I hope that's a lesson.