Even though you enjoy many good things in life, is there one big thing that is missing? Abram (later called Abraham) was rich, powerful, and famous, but he longed for one key element to complete his life. In Genesis 15, God confirmed his promises to Abram by means of a covenant and a ceremony that apparently put God in a dangerous position but secured all that Abram and we need for our lives.
Adam was a type of Christ, each having the same role as the representative of his people, but with opposite outcomes.
Because humans were dead in our sins, the only possible solution was for God to make us alive because of his grace.
In his final sermon in Haggai 2:20-23, the prophet continued to show how God would shake things up in order to bring in his...