<TITLE>05. Par 54-61</TITLE>L-54   Now we find that, in this, we brought him up last night, until the confirmation, that God confirmed to him the covenant, how He would prove to Abraham that He was going to keep His promise. That's found in this 15th chapter of Genesis. That how... And Abraham was called out in the evening, to take down, slay a calf or a young heifer, and a she goat, and a ram. And we got into that last night, how the two females and the male. And then the two doves, or pigeon and dove, which is the same family; and got the representation of that, that that always represented healing. Which, it never changed. Healing has always been by faith. But the atonement, of course, was divided from a animal life unto a human life.

L-55 Now, in the Old Testament, when the worshiper come with the blood. God only meets people under the shed Blood, the only place He ever did or ever will. He'll never meet you with your creed. He'll never meet you with your education. He'll meet you under the Blood; that is the only place. All Israel worshiped under the blood.

L-56   And we find there then, also, that we found (what?) back in the history of what, how a covenant was made by people, and we find out in the Orient type and different ways they make a covenant. And how we do today, by shaking hands, and so forth, and say, "Seal it!" And the Japanese throw salt on each other, for a covenant.

L-57 And--and traveling around the world, and you find much of the world still in the same condition it was back in them days, especially in the Orients and in the East. Your Bible becomes a new book if you ever go to the East, you'll never... back in Jerusalem, Palestine, back in there. You'll... The Bible, It's written in a... We're a English people over here, and the Western people, trying to understand an English book, so it's a very hard thing. If you go back there, you find out the marriage and everything, and just exactly the way they did it in the time of Christ. Many things there hasn't changed at all, in their customs and ways.

L-58   And now we, in this, we find that when they made this covenant in them days, they--they drew it out on a piece of sheepskin, or--or leather. And then they killed an animal, and stood between the pieces. And cut it, this their covenant, or in two, their words; pulled it in two, like that. [Brother Branham tears a piece of paper in two--Ed.] And when they come together, these had to dovetail exactly the very same. Had to meet, piece by piece, so it could not be duplicated. So therefore we find then, that, in our lesson last night, we found that what God did to prove to Abraham His covenant.

L-59   Now, Abraham, the promise was made to Abraham and his Seed after him. Not only Abraham, but his Seed. Now, now, the seed, natural seed of Abraham, was Isaac; but the spiritual Seed of Abraham's faith, was Christ. Not through Isaac, all the world was blessed; but through Christ, the Royal Seed, all the world was blessed, for He died for all people, all nations and all peoples.

L-60   Now we see in this, also, in this covenant, that He showed there what He would do, how God would tear apart Christ Jesus. And the body was raised up and sets on the right hand of God and the Majesty on High, and the Spirit of Christ was brought down upon the earth.

L-61 Now if we had time, you could prove that. Anything, one part of the Scripture says, it goes all the way through the Bible. If It doesn't, then there's--there's something wrong. The Old was just a shadow of the New, foreshadowing It. Then, if you get the shadow, you can pretty well tell what the New is. So that's where he was, is, and shall be.


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