Abraham Shown Gehenna, the Kingdoms, Torah, and the Temple

(Genesis 15:17) "And it came to pass, when the sun went down, and there was thick darkness" -- it was pitch dark -- "behold, a smoking furnace and a flaming torch." Rabbi Shimon bar Abba in the name of Rabbi Yochanan said: He showed him four things -- Gehenna, the kingdoms, the giving of the Torah, and the Temple. He said to him: As long as your children occupy themselves with two of them [Torah and the Temple service] they will be saved from two of them [Gehenna and the kingdoms]; if they withdraw from the two, they will be judged by the two; and the Temple is destined to be destroyed and the sacrifices abolished. By which do you wish your children to descend, by Gehenna or by the kingdoms? Rabbi Chanina bar Pappa said: Abraham chose the kingdoms for himself. Bar Chanina said: The Holy One, blessed be He, chose the kingdoms for him, as it is written, "were it not that their Rock had sold them" (Deuteronomy 32:30) -- this is Abraham; "and the LORD had delivered them up" -- this teaches that the Holy One, blessed be He, agreed with his words. Rav Huna in the name of Rav Acha said: So Abraham sat wondering all that day, by which shall I choose, Gehenna or the kingdoms? The Holy One, blessed be He, said to him: Cut off this doubt from your heart -- choose the kingdoms for yourself, as it is written, "you have caused men to ride over our heads" (Psalms 66:12), you have made the nations ride over our heads, "we went through fire and through water." Rabbi Yehoshua ben Levi said: He showed him also the splitting of the Sea of Reeds, as it is written, "which passed between the pieces" (Genesis 15:17), as you say, "to Him who divided the Sea of Reeds into pieces" (Psalms 136:13).