Letter 103 — The Story: A Deed to a Grave (1 Peter 1)
Abraham had been promised the whole land, and the first piece of it he ever owned was a cave to bury Sarah in. Peter hands Abraham's words to scattered believers, then walks them through a living hope, an inheritance that cannot fade, and a faith tested like gold.
In this letter
- Genesis 23 and the cave of Machpelah
- Abraham's words in Genesis 23:4, and how the Septuagint carried them into Greek
- The Trinity in verse 2, and the sprinkled blood of Sinai
- A living hope, from a man whose own hope died and rose
- An inheritance incorruptible, undefiled, and unfading
- Faith tested by fire…
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