But Abram said, ‘Sovereign Lord, how can I know that I shall gain possession of it (the Promised Land)?’ So the Lord said to him, ‘Bring me a heifer, a goat and a ram, each three years old, along with a dove and a young pigeon.’ Abram brought all these to him, cut them in two and arranged the halves opposite each other; the birds, however, he did not cut in half (Gen. 15:8-10).
Imagine a bride walking down the aisle to her groom.
They’ve said their vows, exchanged rings and signed the register. The couple not only make promises to each other, but they also enter into a legally binding ‘till-death-do-us-part’ contract.
