Read Genesis 15
An amazing scene this story portrayed. God revealed to Abram that he would have descendants as numerous as the stars. And since Abram believed God, he was considered righteous. What a great truth! What God truly wants from us is to simply trust His word and as truth and act on it. The covenant ceremony described of dividing the sacrificed animals and God's presence passing between them was a common way of doing contracts among people during Abram's time, but this was a contract that God made personally with Abram to give his descendants a land of their own.
Also, an obscure verse here (vs. 14) described that God was also working among the Amorite people as well as personally with Abram. One day when the Israelites would come out of Egypt, God would use them to bring justice to the Amorites. God's plan for all nations and people is more complicated and intricate than our minds can comprehend. God has worked among the descendants of Abram and then the followers of Jesus. But God is also at work among all people in all nations superintending all human history toward His ultimate purposes. Every people group that left the building project of Babel (see Genesis 11) is precious to God. Each people group on earth today can trace their roots to this cradle of civilization. Each is loved by God.
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