1. The Father and His Household (Part III) Friend

2. In the Garden (Part I) God SeeReceive Relationship

3. God’s Household Angels (workers) God (the Trinity)

4. God’s Household Angels (workers) Children (image and likeness) God (the Trinity)

5. The Outcast (Part II) God Angels Outcast Relationship

6. Beginning of Redemption Abram (Abraham) 1 Now the LORD had said to Abram: "Get out of your country, From your family And from your father's house, To a land that I will show you. 2 I will make you a great nation; I will bless you And make your name great; And you shall be a blessing. 3 I will bless those who bless you, And I will curse him who curses you; And in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed." Genesis 12:1-3

7.  Open door  Connect to God  All the nations/peoples/families will be blessed

8. 14 And the LORD said to Abram, after Lot had separated from him: "Lift your eyes now and look from the place where you are--northward, southward, eastward, and westward; 15 for all the land which you see I give to you and your descendants forever. 16 And I will make your descendants as the dust of the earth; so that if a man could number the dust of the earth, then your descendants also could be numbered. Genesis 13:14-16

9. 1 After these things the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision, saying, "Do not be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your exceedingly great reward.“ 2 But Abram said, "Lord GOD, what will You give me, seeing I go childless, and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?“ 3 Then Abram said, "Look, You have given me no offspring; indeed one born in my house is my heir!“ 4 And behold, the word of the LORD came to him, saying, "This one shall not be your heir, but one who will come from your own body shall be your heir.“ 5 Then He brought him outside and said, "Look now toward heaven, and count the stars if you are able to number them." And He said to him, "So shall your descendants be.“ 6 And he believed in the LORD, and He accounted it to him for righteousness. Genesis 15:1-6

10. Abraham’s Descendants Dust of the earth  Will inherit land through war/battle Genesis 13:16 Stars in the sky  Will inherit heaven through righteousness Genesis 15:5

11. The Day of Christ ….the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision, saying,  Entity or Personality  Appeared in a vision  Spoke

12. 1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made. 4 In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. 10 He was in the world, and the world was made through Him, and the world did not know Him. 14 And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth. John 1:1-4, 10, 14

13. 54 Jesus answered, "If I honor Myself, My honor is nothing. It is My Father who honors Me, of whom you say that He is your God. 55 Yet you have not known Him, but I know Him. And if I say, "I do not know Him,' I shall be a liar like you; but I do know Him and keep His word. 56 Your father Abraham rejoiced to see My day, and he saw it and was glad.“ 57 Then the Jews said to Him, "You are not yet fifty years old, and have You seen Abraham?“ 58 Jesus said to them, "Most assuredly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I AM.“ John 8:54-58

14. The Essence  I am your shield Protector against God’s wrath  I am your exceedingly great reward Password to God’s presence

15. Friendship But you, Israel, are My servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, The descendants of Abraham My friend. Isaiah 41:8 And the Scripture was fulfilled which says, "Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness." And he was called the friend of God. James 2:23

16. The Value of the Friendship Abraham has access to God’s household God has access to Abraham’s world God can reveal His plan to Abraham

17. The Covenant of Friendship 7 Then He said to him, "I am the LORD, who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans, to give you this land to inherit it.“ 8 And he said, "Lord GOD, how shall I know that I will inherit it?“ 9 So He 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.“ 10 Then he brought all these to Him and cut them in two, down the middle, and placed each piece opposite the other; but he did not cut the birds in two. 11 And when the vultures came down on the carcasses, Abram drove them away. 12 Now when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and behold, horror and great darkness fell upon him.

18. 13 Then He said to Abram: "Know certainly that your descendants will be strangers in a land that is not theirs, and will serve them, and they will afflict them four hundred years. 14 And also the nation whom they serve I will judge; afterward they shall come out with great possessions. 15 Now as for you, you shall go to your fathers in peace; you shall be buried at a good old age. 16 But in the fourth generation they shall return here, for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet complete.“ 17 And it came to pass, when the sun went down and it was dark, that behold, there appeared a smoking oven and a burning torch that passed between those pieces. 18 On the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying: "To your descendants I have given this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the River Euphrates-- Genesis 15:7-18

19. God’s Household Angels (workers) Outcast Friend Servant God (the Trinity)