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Yahweh brought him outside, and said, "Look now toward the sky, and count the stars, if you be able to count them." He said to Abram, "So shall your seed be."
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A Heavenly Object Lesson
God didn't just give Abram an abstract concept; He gave him a powerful, tangible illustration. Commentators explain that by leading Abram outside to physically see the innumerable stars, God grounded His incredible promise in the visible creation. This served as a practical demonstration that the God who created the cosmos is more than able to fulfill His word, no matter how impossible it seems.
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Genesis
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18th Century
Presbyterian
19th Century
Anglican
He brought him forth. —There is no reason for regarding this as a poetical description of a merely mental emotion. With his senses dormant…
Baptist
Now was his faith tried indeed. He had no child, he was himself old, and his wife also was old, yet the Lord's promise was, So shall thy seed b…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And he brought him forth abroad Out of his tent into the open air, which was done through his call, and at his direc…
Though we must never complain about God, we have permission to complain to Him and to state all our concerns. It brings ease to a burdened spirit t…
