<TITLE>18. Par 158-165</TITLE>L-158 Now, but notice what he done here. He took these three animals and cut them apart, and laid them, piece by piece. And then Abraham got back. Now, that was the sacrifice. And he watched until the sun was going down. And fowls come down out of the air, on Abraham's sacrifice, vultures. And Abraham cast them out, shooed them away.
What's this a type of? Abraham's Seed in the last day, casting out devils from the Sacrifice, casting away from the Sacrifice. God promised it, the Sacrifice, Christ, the same yesterday, today, from ever, and all them unbelieving spirits trying to devour It. The man of God, the Abraham's Seed, stands there casting out the devils away from It. Confirming the covenant now, the confirmation, showing that Abraham's Seed in... I mean the loyal royal Seed.
Remember, the natural seed failed, because it accepted law in the stead of the Word of grace. And so has it in this "rout about," in the Gentiles in the last day. But there is a Seed, royal Seed with the Word, stands true, casting out devils, doing great signs and wonders, getting all the unbelief away from the Word, keeping the Sacrifice clean, keeping the Word holy, keep It reverenced; not put anything with It, add anything to It; just keeping it away, standing on guard, letting nothing touch It.

L-160 Now notice, there come a deep sleep upon Abraham: death. And after the deep sleep, he saw a furnace of fire, which is hell, smoking, that every sinner ought to go to. But before there went a little white Light. Watch that little white Light, went in between and separated these sacrifices, went in between it: God making a confirmation that what through Abraham's Seed He would do.
Now, the Jews always believe God was One. And God is One. But He was showing here by these three clean sacrifices, that the trinity of God would be represented in One in the Godhead bodily.

L-162 Now, notice in the old--old days, in the oriental days, when a covenant was made, here's the way they did it. Like we come and we killed an animal; we split the animal in two, and we stood between the animal, and there we wrote a covenant. Now, in China...
How in Japan when they make a covenant, they get some salt and they stand and make their promise, and they throw salt on one another. That's the way in Japan they make a covenant; they throw salt. Salt's a savour. You see? And they throw salt on one another; that's a--that's a--a covenant.
Now, in America, how we make a covenant, we go out and have a bite to eat, and shake hands, "Give me your hand, boy. Is it agreed?"
"It's agreed." That's a covenant.

L-165 But in the old times in Abraham's time the way they made a covenant was kill a sacrifice and stand between this sacrifice; and then, when they did, they wrote out the covenant on a piece of lamb's skin, then they tore it. [Brother Branham tears a piece of paper--Ed.] One took one piece, and one took the other. Now, when this covenant was confirmed and brought together, there was no one could impersonate that. See, it has to dovetail letter by letter, just exactly the way it was. That shows that the rightful owner of this piece has a part; this is the same covenant, that he has to come together and dovetail just exactly the same.


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