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THE FORGOTTEN ENCOUNTER
THE COVENANT OF THE FLAMING TORCH AND ITS FULFILLMENT
VIEWED THROUGH GOD'S WORK OF SALVATION
Rev. Yoon-Sik Park, D.Min., D.D.
Huisun, printed in Korea. 2008. 5. 17.

Chapter 1. God's Divine Plan of Redemption and the Covenant of the Flaming Torch

Ⅰ. JESUS CHRIST, THE CENTER OF THE DIVINE PLAN OF REDEMPTION

1. Jesus Christ, the center of the history of redemption
2. Jesus Christ's work of atonement

Ⅱ. THE DIVINE PLAN OF REDEMPTION AND THE COVENANT

1. Meaning of the covenant
2. Characteristics of the covenant with God
3. Kinds of covenants
4. Progressive magnification of covenantal revelation

Chapter 2. The Covenant of the Flaming Torch and the "Four Generations"

Ⅰ. CONTENT AND CONFIRMATION OF THE COVENANT

1. Content of the covenant
2. Confirmation of the covenant
3. The covenant and the trustworthy God

Ⅱ. TIME OF THE RATIFICATION

1. Calculation of the year of the Exodus
2. Calculation of the time of the ratification

Ⅲ. MEANING OF "IN THE FOURTH GENERATION THEY WILL RETURN"

1. Calculating one generation as one hundred years View that four hundred years (Gen 15:13) are equivalent to four generations (Gen 15:16)
2. Evaluation of the view that four hundred years are equivalent to four generations

Ⅳ. THE BEGINNING OF "FOUR GENERATIONS"

1. View that four generations are counted from the time Abraham's descendant settled in Egypt
2. View that four generations are counted from Abraham

Chapter 3. The Fulfillment of the Covenant of the Flaming Torch (1)
- The History of the Patriarchs (Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and Joseph)

THE CHRONOLOGY OF THE PATRIARCHS(Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and Joseph)

Ⅰ. HISTORY OF ABRAHAM

1. Birth of Abraham (Gen 11:26)
2. Calling of Abraham (Gen 11:26-32, 12:1-5, Act 7:2-4)
3. Ratification of the Covenant of the Flaming Torch (Gen 15:7-21)
4. Abraham Takes Sarah's Maidservant Hagar (Gen 16:1-3)
5. Birth of Ishmael through Hagar (Gen 16:1-16)
6. Abram and Sarai Renamed (Gen 17:5, 15-16), Covenant of Circumcision (Gen 17:9-14)
7. Birth of Isaac, the Covenantal Son (Gen 21:1-5)

Ⅱ. HISTORY OF ISAAC

1. Hagar and Ishmael Cast Out to the Wilderness of Paran (Gen 21:8-21)
2. Isaac Given as Burnt Offering on a Mount in Moriah (Gen 22:1-18)
3. Death of Sarah (age 127) and Purchase of the Cave of Machpelah
4. Marriage of Isaac and Rebekah (Gen 24, 25:20)
*Ref. 1 * ABRAHAM'S GENEALOGICAL CHART

Ⅲ. HISTORY OF JACOB AND ESAU

1. Birth of Jacob and Esau (Gen 25:19-26)
2. Death of Abraham (age 175; Gen 25:7-8)
3. Marriage of Esau (age 40; Gen 26:34)
4. Jacob Receives the Blessing of the Firstborn

*Ref. 2 * A SINGLE BLESSING OF THE FIRSTBORN (GOD'S SOVEREIGN PROVIDENCE)
-Initially, Isaac was unaware that he was blessing Jacob.
-Later, Isaac blessed Jacob through faith.
-There is only one firstborn whom God acknowledges.

5. Jacob Flees from His Brother Esau (Gen 27:41-28:5)
6. Jacob's Twenty Years of Refuge (Gen 29-31)
7. Birth of Joseph (Gen 30:22-24)
8. Jacob Returns to Canaan (Gen 33:18-20)
9. Leah's Daughter Dinah Disgraced (Gen 34)
10. Birth of Benjamin and Death of Rachel (Gen 35:16-20), Reunion with Isaac (Gen 35:27)

*Ref. 3 * THE NUMBERS OF YEARS THAT ABRAHAM, ISAAC, JACOB, AND JOSEPH LIVED TOGETHER

Ⅳ. HISTORY OF JOSEPH

1. The Two Dreams that God Gave to Joseph and the Thirteen Years of Trial (Gen 37, 39, 40)
2. Death of Isaac (Gen 35:28-29) and Accession of Joseph to Prime Minister (Gen 41:1-46)
3. Seven Years of Plenty (Gen 41:47-53), Seven Years of Famine (Gen 41:54-57)
4. Jacob and the Seventy Members of His Family Migrate to Egypt
5. Israel Dwells in the Land of Goshen and Raises Livestock (Gen 46:28-34, 47:1-12)
6. Death of Jacob (age 147) and His Funeral (Gen 47:28-31, 49:29-33, 50:1-14)
7. Death of Joseph (age 110; Gen 50:22-26)

Chapter 4. The Fulfillment of the Covenant of the Flaming Torch (2)
- The History of the Exodus until the Conquest of Canaan

THE CHRONOLOGY FROM THE EXODUS UNTIL THE CONQUEST OF CANAAN

Ⅰ. EMERGENCE OF MOSES

1. New King Who Did Not Know Joseph (Exo 1:8)
2. Birth of Moses (Exo 2:1-22)
3. Moses Flees to the Land of Midian at the Age of Forty (Exo 2:11-15)
4. Moses Trained for Forty Years in the Land of Midian (Exo 2:16-22)
5. Calling of Moses for the Great Exodus

Ⅱ. THE EXODUS
 Israel's Great Exodus (Moses' age 80)

1. God's remembrance and the Exodus (Exo 2:23-25, 3:7-9, 3:16)
2. The sin of the Egyptians against the chosen people
3. Ten plagues in Egypt
4. The sons of Israel leave Egypt in martial array
5. Moses carries Joseph's bones out of Egypt
6. God's plan to lead the Israelites throug the Red Sea
7. Dry land through the midst of the sea

Ⅲ. THE FORTY YEARS IN THE WILDERNESS
 Moses' Age from 80 to 120

1. The 40-year journey condensed into Numbers 33
*Ref. 4 * THE 40-YEAR JOURNEY AT A GLANCE
2. The forty-two camp sites
3. A wilderness journey without lack
4. Grumblings and complaints in the wilderness
5. Death of three leaders in the wilderness
6. Death of 603,548 soldiers among those numbered in the first census
7. Battles immediately prior to entry into Canaan
8. Death of 24,000 people in Moab/Shittim (Num 25:1-9)
9. Second census of soldiers (Num 26:1-51)

Ⅳ. ARRIVAL AND CONQUEST OF CANAAN
- Entry and Conquest of Canaan, the Promised Land

1. Joshua, a new leader for the conquest of Canaan
2. Caleb, the godly man who helped Moses and Joshua
3. Duration of the conquest of Canaan

Chapter 5. The Final Fulfillment of the Covenant of the Flaming Torch


Ⅰ. THE FULFILLMENT OF THE PROPHECY REGARDING ABRAHAM AND HIS DESCENDANTS

1. The fulfillment of the prophecy regarding Abraham
2. The fulfillment of the prophecy regarding Abraham's descendants

Ⅱ. THE FULFILLMENT OF "IN THE FOURTH GENERATION THEY WILL RETURN HERE" (GEN 15:16)

1. According to the genealogies, after how many generations did they return to Canaan?
2. Who was the fourth generations?
3. Reuben and the inheritance of faith
4. Joseph and the inheritance of faith
5. The fulfillment of the "fourth generation" through Joseph
6. Shechem, the location of the fulfillment of the Covenant of the Flaming Torch

Ⅲ. THE BLESSING OF THE COVENANT OF THE FLAMING TORCH

1. The blessing that Joseph received
2. Joseph's faith
*Ref. 5 * SIMEON, LEVI AND JUDAH
-Rape of Dinah at Shechem (Gen 34)
-Jacob's prophecy regarding Simeon and Levi
-The fate of the tribe of Simeon
-The fate of the tribe of Levi (tribe restored)
-The blessing that Judah received
*Ref. 6 * JACOB'S TWELVE SONS WHO BECAME THE TWELVE TRIBES OF ISRAEL

Conclusion. The Covenant of the Flaming Torch to Be Fulfilled in the Future

THE COVENANT OF THE FLAMING TORCH TO BE FULFILLED IN THE FUTURE

1. The Covenant of the Flaming Torch yet to be fulfilled
2. Faith needed for the future fulfillment of the covenant
3. God's zeal for the fulfillment of the covenant