The Watchtower Society and John and Morton Edgar - A2Z.org

'Chapter 12 of Genesis is an allegorical sketch of thisfirst dispensa tiop. . . I .I I- Ga' 11 :I-& Now the Lord had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thyqountry, .and from thy kindred, a+from thy father's house, unto a landtibat I w~ll show thee: 2 And I wpll make of thee a great natiqr~, and Iwill bless thee, and make thy name great; and tt~ou sl~alt be a blessing:3 And I will blcu then1 that bless thee. and curse rheru that curwth tilee;rod in thee allall all fiiiliaq of the earth be blessed. . ,The first three verses show. how Abraham was taljedto leave his own 'country and enter into another land,where he would become a great nation; and get a greatname. He would also become a blessing, and bless all.the families of the earth. .God cannot lie, and thek"promises .will' be fulfilled:But while on tht .surface the Scriptures 'seem to' centre'the'hope of the world ika Abraham and in the se'e4:krhomhe begat through his wife Sarah, we perceive that this isonly a little earthly picture of the W e hope of the world.For although'rddressed to Abraham, God was in realityapplying the promises to Himself. He, peisonalld, would(1) beget a great,,nation, (2) end would .glorify Himselfand make hie own name great, (3) and through Him allthe world would receive . . a blessing. . .. , !' : . . 8, Gem ra -49 . So Abram departed; or the Lord bad spoken unto himqnd L.& ;en; with him : and Abram mas vventy and Bre yean 012.when he departed out of Haran. 5 And; Abram took Sarai his wife,and Lot his brother's aonS8and a11 their suhtance that they'had gathered,a d thi soulr that they had gotten in Huan ; aad. they went forth .to gointo the land of CPnaal~ ; and illto theland of Canaan hey cmme. ,6 AndAbram parred-through the land unto the.plrce'of Sicbem, unto theof Moreh. And the Canaanite mar th(nSin the land. 7 And the f!$iappeared unto Abram, .and said, Unto thy' reed will I give thm land ;and thcrm builded he an altar unto the Lord, .who appeared unto him,,8 And he removed from thence unto a mountaln on the east of Beth-el,.and pitched his tent, hminp Beth-el on the west, and Hai on the east:and there he buildcd amaltar unto the Lord,,and called upon the nameof the 4or4., 9 And Abrarn joumey4, goiqr on rtil! toward the wuth.Abrahim descended from karan to Canaan. Both"