S5 E 13 Abraham, Adam, and You Seeking for the Covenant and the Symbolism of Covenantal Sacrifice (Genesis 12-17)
The Scriptures Are Real
Kerry Muhlestein
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🗓️ 15 February 2026
⏱️ 60 minutes
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Speaking of Covenants (as we do this week), to get really in depth learning about the covenant, join Steven Harper and myself on a cruise where we discuss the New and Everlasting Covenant in a series of ten lectures/discussions/workshops. This will be fantastic! Plus we dock at Cozumel, Roatan, Costa Maya, and more! Learn more at https://restorationtravels.com/nec-cruise/
In this episode Kerry and Mike Goodman explore some elements of the Abrahamic Covenant. Then Kerry delves into the wonderful but mysterious symbolism of the sacrifice Abraham made when he covenanted with God, and the dividing of the animals in half, and what that has to do with your covenant and with the renewal of your covenant at the sacrament every week. Then Kerry and Phillip Allred explore why Abraham wanted to covenant with God, and why God chose to covenant with Abraham, and how that covenant relates to other scriptural stories of covenants.
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| 0:00.0 | Oh my goodness, this is one of the most important weeks of the entire year. |
| 0:14.9 | Everything changes with Genesis chapter 12. Really, the Bible changes. Sometimes we think genesis as the precursor to the rest of the |
| 0:24.3 | bible and i think that's accurate it sets up the story of how we get israel in egypt and then exodus |
| 0:30.4 | begins with the birth of that nation and we followed their story from then on i think that's accurate |
| 0:35.5 | but in many ways genesis 1 through 11 is the prehistory |
| 0:40.2 | to Genesis 12. Genesis 1 through 11, we have this cosmic and global story where we're looking |
| 0:46.8 | at the creation of the earth and then the peoples of the earth and what happens to the whole |
| 0:50.8 | people and restarting over and the people dividing in the land. |
| 1:01.1 | And then with chapter 12, you zero down onto one family, Abraham, Sarah, and their family. |
| 1:07.2 | And the rest of the Bible will be the story of that family and God's covenant relationship with them. Now, last week, we did all sorts of talking about the covenant. It was where the |
| 1:13.3 | Come Follow Me program has it outlined that we have special lessons on the covenant. Hopefully, |
| 1:18.4 | you enjoy that. If not, go back and do it. You may want to review it part way through the year anyway. |
| 1:22.8 | It's crucial, but this is the week where we read the scriptural text about that covenant being established. |
| 1:29.3 | Amazing stuff in Abraham Chapter 2, Genesis 12 and 17 and so on. |
| 1:34.3 | Just really, really powerful stuff. |
| 1:36.9 | We have to pay attention to this. |
| 1:39.0 | And so this week we have all sorts of things for you. |
| 1:43.0 | We're going to talk about Abraham in the covenant, not as much as I would like to, like we're doing maybe a quarter of what I would like to do, but you don't have the time, neither do I. We're already doing three episodes for this week, plus the Patreon lesson. In any case, we're going to talk about how the covenant is established with Abraham, what it is about Abraham, that is so important that makes that happen that just fascinating stuff talking with |
| 2:04.1 | Mike Goodman and then how the covenant is established with Abraham, what it is about Abraham that is so important, |
| 2:01.0 | that makes that happen, just fascinating stuff talking with Mike Goodman and then our carpool |
| 2:05.7 | conversation with Dr. Phil Allred. And then you've got to join us for our Patreon lesson as well. |
| 2:11.0 | Go to tsar. website. If you're really going to understand the rest of Genesis and in many ways |
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