Genesis 18-19

Book: Genesis

Sep 23

Now that God has promised Abram the ultimate Kingdom in the land in His Seed, Abram begins his long journey of life to obtain the promised Seed. He will attempt to receive it through human means, for his own fame (human reasoning) but ultimately will have to trust in God when he realizes that God alone must deliver him. James points this out in stating that Abraham’s journey to rely in God began at salvation, but continued until Abraham recognized that he would have to rely in God for the promise, and that the benefit was not the future reward of physical benefits, but God’s character itself. He would realize this when he sacrificed his only physical hold on that promise, his son, Isaac.