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NASB | Genesis 15:9 So He said to him, "Bring Me a three year old heifer, and a three year old female goat, and a three year old ram, and a turtledove, and a young pigeon." |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Genesis 15:9 So God said to him, "Bring Me a three-year-old heifer, a three-year-old female goat, a three-year-old ram, a turtledove, and a young pigeon." |
Subject: Significance of animals? |
Bible Note: Greetings Emmaus - an interesting reference to be sure! Somehow I am wondering if these animals represented something else though. As we examine the Law and see the sacrifices God required I see the peace, burnt, and sin offerings represented here. Perhaps the heifer represents the the peace offering, the ram as the burnt offering and the goat as the sin offering. A picture of the sacrifice of Christ. I'm still pondering the whole birds. (These were only slain by the priest as a sin offering - I'm reminded that the Holy Spirit descended as a "dove" and Christ willingly laid down His life . . .Christ is our High Priest,) I suspect there is much to be mined from this passage of Scripture. But I'm also thinking about the greatest commandment: love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul, mind, and strength. In this covenant, the animals were divided (representing our divided heart?)perhaps they also represented what God demanded and presented a picture of how short we fall in our devotion to Him. Since it was He alone who walked between the animals, it demonstrated that He would keep the covenant to restore what was divided? A foreshadowing of the cross of Christ. The smoking pot or oven (an all consuming fire - where there is smoke, something is burning, something is being consumed - sin?)And the torch, not that we would see the effect of the light, but The Light. God is the Source of our restoration and unity IN Him. (Titus 3:3-7 comes to mind here.) Please forgive my ramblings, but this is mostly how I meditate on God's Word - pondering and searching out - going down "rabbit trails" to be sure, but learning a lot along the way . . . now the application . . . Blessings, mommapbs |
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Kristy Garrett |