Gen 15:1 After these things the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward.
God Comes to Abram in a vision and Declares of Himself. I AM your Shield and Exceedingly Great Reward
Abram is now near 100 years old. His wife Sara is around 90. God comes with a sure Word to Abram.
Context verses
Gen 15:4 And, behold, the word of the LORD came unto him, saying, This shall not be thine heir; but he that shall come forth out of thine own bowels shall be thine heir.
Gen 15:5 And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be.
Gen 15:6 And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness.
God Personally Spoke to Abram
- Don’t Fear
- I am your Shield
- I am your Exceedingly Great Reward
When God is your Shield and Reward, there is no reason to fear!
Original Text
STRONGS CONCORDANCE
I Am
H595 (Strong)
אָנֹכִי
'ânôkı̂y
aw-no-kee'
A primitive pronoun; I: - I, me, X which.
Total KJV occurrences: 355
Your Shield
H4043 (Strong)
מְגִנָּה מָגֵן
mâgên meginnâh
maw-gane', meg-in-naw'
From H1598; a shield (that is, the small one or buckler); figuratively a protector; also the scaly hide of the crocodile: - X armed, buckler, defence, ruler, + scale, shield.
Total KJV occurrences: 63
Exceedingly Great Reward
H3966 (Strong)
מְאֹד
me'ôd
meh-ode'
From the same as H181; properly vehemence, that is, (with or without preposition) vehemently; by implication wholly, speedily, etc. (often with other words as an intensive or superlative; especially when repeated): - diligently, especially, exceeding (-ly), far, fast, good, great (-ly), X louder and louder, might (-ily, -y), (so) much, quickly, (so) sore, utterly, very (+ much, sore), well.
Total KJV occurrences: 300
H7235 (Strong)
רָבָה
râbâh
raw-baw'
A primitive root; to increase (in whatever respect): - [bring in] abundance (X -antly), + archer [by mistake for H7232], be in authority, bring up, X continue, enlarge, excel, exceeding (-ly), be full of, (be, make) great (-er, -ly), X -ness), grow up, heap, increase, be long, (be, give, have, make, use) many (a time), (any, be, give, give the, have) more (in number), (ask, be, be so, gather, over, take, yield) much (greater, more), (make to) multiply, nourish, plenty (-eous), X process [of time], sore, store, thoroughly, very.
Total KJV occurrences: 224
H7939 (Strong)
שָׂכָר
śâkâr
saw-kawr'
From H7986; payment of contract; concretely salary, fare, maintenance; by implication compensation, benefit: - hire, price, reward [-ed], wages, worth.
Total KJV occurrences: 28
If we read the many shades of meaning of these promises from the original text we see some amazing things.
My paraphrase, “I Am your speedy, complete, reward, heaping these benefits on you as pay for following Me.”
Maybe not perfect, but I tried!
God Himself Promising Abram to make His heritage greater in number than the countless stars he could see in the sky.
Jesus
Heb 6:13 For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he sware by himself,
Heb 6:14 Saying, Surely blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee.
Heb 6:15 And so, after he had patiently endured, he obtained the promise.
Heb 6:16 For men verily swear by the greater: and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife.
Heb 6:17 Wherein God, willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed it by an oath:
Gal 3:29 And if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.
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God bless!
Daddy William
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