Nineteen aspects of God's manifestation in Abraham's life – reciprocity (mutual response, moving towards the same goal)

 

Nineteen aspects of God's manifestation in Abraham's life – reciprocity (mutual response, moving towards the same goal) 

Acts 7:2 Stephen said, “Listen, brothers and elders, when our father Abraham was still in Mesopotamia before he settled in Haran, the glorious God appeared to him.

Genesis 12:7 The Lord appeared to Abram and said, ‘This land I will give to your offspring.’ So Abram built an altar there to the Lord who had appeared to him.”

Mutual Correspondence (calling and answering toward one goal)

Type of correspondence	Beginning	Response	What corresponds
Opening and closing	The God of blessing (second calling)	The blessing Triune God (last speaking)	At the start the promise is that others will be blessed; at the end God swears that all nations will be blessed in the seed
Starting point and goal	The God of glory  (draws him out)	The God for the eternal economy	It begins with the drawing of glory and ends with the seed, Christ, accomplishing the economy
Promise, repetition, covenant	The God of the land, then The God of comfort and encouragement	The faithful God	The promise of the land is repeated and finally guaranteed by covenant
Supply and security after battle	The Most High God (present supply)	The shield and great reward (future protection and reward)	One relieves present weariness; the other relieves fear of retaliation
Foretelling and fulfillment	The all-sufficient God (announces Isaac, Gen. 17:19)	The unchanging God (recognizes Isaac, Gen. 21)	What God said, God Himself fulfills
Fulfillment and continuation	The unchanging God (Isaac as the only son)	The God of friendship on the human level  (a wife for Isaac)	The seed is able to continue
Visiting and remembering	The God of human friendship  (visits His friend)	The God of friendship in humanity (remembers and rescues Lot)	God talks with him in the visit, then acts
Demand and provision	The testing God (asks for the offering)	The providing Triune God (provides the ram as substitute)	What God demands, God Himself provides

 

*Please refer to the 2026 Autumn Training for Elders and Responsible Brothers, General Topic: The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, Chapter Two: The God of Abraham as Seen in His Treatment of Abraham.