advent clearly to him, Ge. 12:3; 18:18. Comp. Ga. 3:16: “Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, and to thy seed, which is Christ.” 2d. Abraham was permitted to have a view of the death of the Messiah as a sacrifice for sin, represented by the command to offer Isaac, Ge. 22:1–13. Comp. He. 11:19. The death of the Messiah as a sacrifice for the sins of men was that which characterized his work—which distinguished his times and his