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Got a grim smile on my lips.
Wearing a stoic face that doesn’t fit.
They tell me it’s no use, what was will be.
Nothing changes, tis like the tides of the sea.
They told me the signs, what was going to happen,
Still hung on, even as the hurricane was shaping.
Got stung, should’ve got the message...
†. Gen 21:13 . . As for the son of the slave-woman, I will make a
nation of him, too, for he is your seed.
Abraham certainly must have been worried what would become of Ishmael;
so God reassured him his boy would be just fine.
I think it's significant that God didn't refer to either Hagar or...
†. Gen 21:9 . . Sarah saw the son whom Hagar the Egyptian had
borne to Abraham playing.
At this point, Ishmael was around 17 or 18 years old. (cf. Gen 16:16, Gen
21:5, Gen 21:8)
It's hard to tell what kind of sport Ishmael was involved in. Some feel that
he, the firstborn son, was picking on...
†. Gen 21:1 . . God took note of Sarah as He had promised, and God
did for Sarah as He had spoken.
Because God's predictions are sometimes slow and long in coming to pass,
people are often inclined to scoff at what He says and lose confidence in His
testimony. God told Noah that a flood was...
†. Gen 20:9a . .Then Abimelech summoned Abraham and said to him:
What have you done to us? What wrong have I done that you should
bring so great a guilt upon me and my kingdom?
There were no Divine prohibitions at this time against adultery; yet
Abimelech's ancient culture believed it to be...
†. Gen 20:4b . . He said: O Lord, will You slay people even though
innocent?
Right about now ol' Ab is scared to death; so he mounts a feverish defense
to save his hide. This man is highly motivated, and by no means ignorant of
Abraham's god. He knows exactly who He is; and no doubt informed of...
†. Gen 20:1a . . Abraham journeyed from there to the region of the
Negeb and settled between Kadesh and Shur.
In Moses' day, Kadesh was a jumping off point just prior to crossing over
Wadi Araba into the region of Moab.
†. Num 20:14-16 . . From Kadesh, Moses sent messengers to the king of...
†. Gen 19:31 . . And the older one said to the younger: Our father is
old, and there is not a man on earth to consort with us in the way of
all the world.
It's doubtful the girls meant the whole planet was void of men; probably just
the region where their cave was. It was isolated and lonely...
<p>Sitting here staring out a bus window,<br />Watching all the cars and people below.<br />Hustling here hustling there,<br />Just another work day’s fare.<br />Faces, all grey and stressed, wondering if they passed the test:<br />Dark rings and slumped shoulders, the defeated and in need...
Sitting here staring out a bus window,
Watching all the cars and people below.
Hustling here hustling there,
Just another work day’s fare.
Faces, all grey and stressed, wondering if they passed the test:
Dark rings and slumped shoulders, the defeated and in need of rest.
Sitting here doing...
†. Gen 19:27-28 . . Next morning, Abraham hurried to the place
where he had stood before the Lord, and, looking down toward
Sodom and Gomorrah and all the land of the Plain, he saw the smoke
of the land rising like the smoke of a kiln.
Poor guy. Now he began the very same vigil that so many...
†. Gen 19:17 . .When they had brought them outside, one said: Flee
for your life! Do not look behind you, nor stop anywhere in The Plain;
flee to the hills, lest you be swept away.
The messengers won't be going along. They're to stay behind to supervise
the holocaust.
Up till now, it appeared...
†. Gen 19:14a . . So Lot went out and spoke to his sons-in-law, who
had married his daughters,
Sons-in-law and daughters are plural. So Lot had at least two more
daughters living outside the home with husbands. They will stay behind; and
burn to death; and so will Lot's grandchildren; if any...
†. Gen 19:5a . . And they shouted to Lot and said to him: Where are
the men who came to you tonight?
Everyone was bellowing and clamoring; like impatient fans at wrestling
matches, cage fights, and Roman coliseums; demanding their pound of flesh
and pools of blood.
†. Gen 19:5b . . Bring them...
You’re just talking, they’re just lies
I can see it in your eyes.
But here I am, still lingering,
Though you don’t really care, you’re just playing.
My friends, they warn me to stay away,
And every time, this is what I say:
There’s nothing alive inside
Deep in me, just a grave you’ll find!
What...
†. Gen 19:1a . .The two angels arrived in Sodom
The word for "angels" is from mal'ak (mal-awk') from a root meaning to
dispatch as a deputy; viz: a messenger; specifically of God, i.e. an angel
and/or a prophet, priest or teacher.
Mal'ak doesn't eo ipso indicate a celestial being; because the...
Clock hits twelve, hit the switch.
Turn on the bass, feel it lift.
Yeah, turn it up, today’s long gone,
But you can’t keep us down!
Plectrum hits six strings,
Feel the soul grow some wings.
Up far away from this misery,
Lift up into the galaxy.
Shake to the beat inside,
What’s cooped up, let it...
†. Gen 18:23a . . Abraham came forward
Abraham "came forward" in that he became somewhat assertive in this next
scene. He was sort of like a guardian to the Sodomites, in spite of their
decadence. That is amazing; yet, is so typical of the really holy men in the
Bible to intercede for people...
†. Gen 18:21a . . I will go down to see whether they have acted
altogether according to the outcry that has reached Me;
The word for "outcry" is from tsa'aqah (tsah-ak-aw') which means: a shriek.
The same word was in chapter 4 to describe the cry of Abel's blood from the
ground and also in...
†. Gen 18:16 . .The men set out from there and looked down toward Sodom, Abraham
walking with them to see them off.
Many of us just see our visitors out the front door. But, you know, it wouldn't hurt to see them
out to their cars too. Maybe even carry a few things for them.
The site of Sodom...