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†. Gen 17:6 . . I will make you exceedingly fertile, and make
nations of you; and kings shall come forth from you.
The only king who really matters is Messiah.
"The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of
Abraham." (Matt 1:1)
†. Gen 17:7a . . I will maintain My...
Hey you, stuck dreaming of your perfect world,
But when they come, letting chances drop cold.
Hey you, wishing for a perfect ending,
But when it comes, you’re never daring.
You kept getting stuck cold out here,
So now you live in a fairyland far from here.
Stuck with your head in fantasy,
While...
Thirteen years go by since Ishmael's birth; enough time for Abram to easily
forget God's covenanted promises. Abram was prospering financially,
Ishmael was growing into young manhood, the land was at peace, and quite
possibly Abram and Sarai had by now given up all hope of ever having any...
†. Gen 16:13a . . And she called Yhvh who spoke to her: You Are El
roi
The author of Genesis was privy to the identity of the celestial being
speaking with Hagar but she wasn't, and that's why she gave him a name of
her own. But I can't be certain what it is because there seems no consensus...
†. Gen 16:9 . . And the angel of the Lord said to her: Go back to your
mistress, and submit to her harsh treatment.
That was no doubt the last thing Ms. Hagar wanted to hear from anybody;
let alone a celestial being. But the Lord had plans for Hagar's baby about
which she was unaware up to this...
†. Gen 16:4 . . He cohabited with Hagar and she conceived; and
when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress became lower in
her esteem.
It would seem that where before Hagar knew her place and was humble and
self effacing around Sarai, she now regarded her mistress as somewhat less
of a...
Just recently I was chatting with a friend about movies. This movie, that movie. Ok? You wanted names? Dark Knight, Dark Knight Rises, Batman Begins, Avengers, the Book of Eli, Man on Fire, etc.
Anyway, we got on the topic of violence. Yep. Then came the million dollar question: Does watching...
†. Gen 16:1 . . Sarai, Abram's wife, had borne him no children. She
had an Egyptian maidservant whose name was Hagar.
It's entirely possible that Abram purchased Ms. Hagar while they were all
down in Egypt during the famine back in chapter 12.
The word for "maidservant" is shiphchah...
†. Gen 15:15a . . As for you,
Abram must have begun to wonder if maybe he too was in danger of
oppression and slavery.
†. Gen 15:15b . .You shall go to your fathers in peace;
Have you ever wondered how you'll die-- by accident, poison, in a violent
mugging, disease, cancer, car wreck, a fall...
Hey, it’s me. Got a kevlar vest ornating my chest,
Walking a battlefield, with scars only partly healed.
Bullets and rockets explode, as the dead’s bones corrode.
But I got a kevlar vest ornating my chest.
Hey! Got nothing to fear right? I walk the alleys at night.
I’m a gun-toting machine, stop...
†. Gen 15:11 . . Birds of prey came down upon the carcasses, and
Abram drove them away.
The only responsibility that Abram had in this ritual was to set it up. So it
was his job to protect the carcasses from damage and keep the scene clear
of interference from people and critters who had no...
†. Gen 15:7a . .Then He said to him: I am The Lord who brought you
out from Ur of the Chaldeans
God here identifies Himself as yhvh. That may seem unimportant but there
are those who claim Abram was unaware of that name because of Ex 6:3.
But that just goes to show that sometimes the Bible is...
In the bottom of an old greasy swamp, lies a golden eagle, it’s shine now covered in grime.
It lies here, forgotten witness of the brave few who dare to venture where none ever do.
This golden eagle, doth many scars bear, tis many grooves where swords did tear.
Came they from a terrible fight...
Watching you stand next to me, your little hands clutch my fingers as you say,
Piggy back, give me a piggy back. Really, I just can’t resist a request said like that.
Pick you up, place you on my shoulders, carry you through the bush, over boulders.
Hear you squeal as the branches fall in your...
†. Gen 15:1a . . Some time later, the word of the Lord came to Abram
in a vision.
This is the very first record of a vision in the Bible. The Hebrew word is
machazeh (makh-az-eh') and it appears in only four places in the entire Old
Testament; which is pretty amazing considering the volume of...
Found this picture recently in my archives, restored it, and couldn’t resist sharing it. I love little ducklings. They’re soooo cute.
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†. Gen 14:20b . . And [Abram] gave him a tenth of everything.
According to Heb 7:1-4, this particular tenth regarded only the recent spoils
of war; not of all Abram's estate in its entirety. So then, tenths should be
reserved for times when you know in your heart that it was God who
engineered...
†. Gen 14:17 . .When he returned from defeating Chedorlaomer and
the kings with him, the king of Sodom came out to meet him in the
Valley of Shaveh, which is the Valley of the King.
The location of the Shaveh Valley is a total mystery; this being the only
place in the entire Old Testament where...
†. Gen 14:13c . . who was dwelling at the terebinths of Mamre the
Amorite, kinsman of Eshkol and Aner, these being Abram's allies.
Abram had become a shrewd sheik. The best way to survive on the frontier
is to team up-- especially with someone that all the others know and fear.
That way most...
†. Gen 14:4b . . and in the thirteenth year they rebelled.
El Ched wouldn't get wind of that right away of course. There was no email,
no radio, no sat-com, no land line, no snail mail, no cells, nor television, nor
telegraph, nor aircraft, nor motorized conveyances in that day so it would
take...