The life and growing victory of Abram, who later became the Father of faith, the Patriarch of many, whose promises every believer receives through his seed Jesus Christ, provides a telling and teaching survey in how every believers grows in grace and knowledge of the Lord (2 Peter 3: 18).
In Genesis12, the Lord spoke to Abram:
"Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew thee:
"And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:
"And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed." (Genesis 12: 1-3)
Abram obeyed the Lord. In the first steps of his journey, he responded to God's appearance with an altar, showing that Abram honored the Lord:
"And the LORD appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there builded he an altar unto the LORD, who appeared unto him.
"And he removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent, having Bethel on the west, and Hai on the east: and there he builded an altar unto the LORD, and called upon the name of the LORD." (Genesis 12: 7-8)
In our walk of faith, we learn to listen and repeat to ourselves that promises which God has made to us. We respond to God's love and generosity by worshipping Him, just as Abram did. He set up two altars, serving as reminders not just of God, but of what God promised.