How firm a foundation, ye saints of the Lord is laid for your faith in his excellent work.

Welcome to Through the Bible, where it's always a great day to study the Bible.

I'm Steve Schwartz, your host, on the Bible bus journey through God's entire word.

Now, if you're new to Through the Bible, it's important for you to understand that our teacher, Dr. J. Vernon McGee,

designed the study of God's Word to jump back and forth between the Old and New Testaments.

Why you may ask?

Well, it's so that we can see more

clearly God's entire story woven together. It doesn't matter where you get on the Bible bus,

just stay on and in five short years you'll have traveled through the whole Bible.

Dr. McGee also wrote notes and outlines to guide us through each book. To get your free copy, grab them in our

app or at ttb.org by clicking on briefing the Bible. Right now, the Bible bus is in the Old

Testament book of Habakkuk. This Old Testament prophet wasn't shy about asking the hard questions.

And in a few minutes, we'll get some answers. As you turn in your Bible to Habakkuk 2,

let's listen to Dr. McGee's continuing introduction

on the unconditional covenant God made with Abraham.

Now, Abraham, if he's like some folk today,

he would have jumped up and down and said,

praise the Lord.

Well, that would have been very nice, I suppose,

but Abraham didn't do it that way. Abraham talked right back to the Lord. Well, that would have been very nice, I suppose, but Abraham didn't do it that way.

Abraham talked right back to the Lord. He said, Lord God, what wilt I give me? Seeing I go childless,

and the steward of my house is this Eliezer of Damascus. And according to the code of

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