CHAPTER X.

ABRAHAM, 114; His personal history; the divine purposes in the new system inaugurated with him; Concentration of moral forces; a more definite _covenant_ between God and his people; Utilizing the family relation, 116; Developing a great example of the obedience of faith, 120; In leaving his country at God’s call, 120; In waiting long but hopefully for his one son of promise, 120; In obeying the command to offer this son a sacrifice, 120; God’s revelations to Abraham _progressive_, 122; The missionary idea in this system――blessings to all the nations, 125; The Messiah included in these promises, 126; Sodom and Gomorrah, 128; The angel of the Lord, 130.