Lord God, whereby shall. know that. shall inherit it?

This is not. demand of unbelief, but the request for some visible sign upon which he can rest as. seal of the covenant. Man has always needed these. When God declared to Noah that there would never be. deluge he set the bow as. reminder of his promise; when Hezekiah asked. sign the Lord gave it; to the penitent sinner he still places baptism as. sign that his sins are pardoned; when asked for some token by which he may be reminded of the Lord's assurance that the land would belong to his seed, the Lord consents to the ratification of the covenant in the manner usual in that ancient period.

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