Message to Abraham in a Vision

Abraham’s association and communion with the Lord were so intimate and unbroken that “he was called the Friend of God.” James 2:23. In rebuking a king who was about to do Abraham a great wrong, the Lord said: “He is a prophet.” Genesis 20:7. Upon Abraham was bestowed the prophetic gift. We should especially observe how this gift operated:AGP 41.2

“The word of the Lord came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward.” Genesis 15:1. When the destruction of Sodom had been determined, the Lord said, “Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which I do?” Genesis 18:17. The divine attitude has ever been: “Surely the Lord God will do nothing, but He revealeth His secret unto His servants the prophets.” Amos 3:7. So it was that “Abraham had honored God, and the Lord honored him, taking him into His counsels, and revealing to him His purposes.” Patriarchs and Prophets, 139.

Throughout the long, eventful career of this great man, God “communicated His will to Abraham, and gave him a distinct knowledge of the requirements of His law, and of the salvation that would be accomplished through Christ…. And to thisAGP 41.3

was added the assurance, precious above every other to the inheritor of faith, that of his line the Redeemer of the world should come: ‘In thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.’” Patriarchs and Prophets, 125.AGP 42.1