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    Gen 26:1-5

    †. Gen 26:1a . .There was a famine in the land-- aside from the previous famine that had occurred in the days of Abraham That particular famine occurred in chapter 12 before Isaac was born; even before Ishmael was born. Many good, prosperous years have gone by since the last famine. This may in...
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    Is Yeasted Bread A Critical Issue?

    . Just about every Christian I've ever known and/or encountered sincerely believes that yeast and leaven are the same thing and would be deeply offended to be fed a yeasted bread at communion. (When I say yeasted bread I of course mean a bread made with cultured yeast or the yeast active in...
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    Is Yeasted Bread A Critical Issue?

    †. Gen 19:3 . . He prepared a feast for them and baked unleavened bread, and they ate. Lot's is the very first mention of unleavened bread in the Bible and it won't show up again until Exodus 12:8 in the Passover meal. The Hebrew word for "unleavened" is matstsah (mats-tsaw') which means...
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    Gen 25:32-34

    †. Gen 25:32-33 . . And Esau said: I am at the point of death, so of what use is my birthright to me? But Jacob said: Swear to me first. So he swore to him, and sold his birthright to Jacob. It just amazes me how much faith the people of long ago put in oaths. Nowadays nobody trusts an oath...
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    Gen 25:27c-31

    †. Gen 25:27c . . who stayed in camp. Does that mean Jacob never ventured outdoors? No. After all, his family was pastoral; they lived in tents and spent their whole lives working outdoors. Staying in camp only means Jacob would rather come on home when the day was over, take a hot shower, eat...
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    Gen 25:26c-27b

    †. Gen 25:26c . . Isaac was sixty years old when they were born. Isaac married Rebecca at forty (Gen 25:20). If Becky was 18 at her wedding, she would have been 38. Imagine waiting twenty years to have your first child? Quite a few modern marriages end long before then. †. Gen 25:27a . .When...
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    Gen 25:23b-26b

    †. Gen 25:23b . . One people shall be mightier than the other, and the older shall serve the younger. Esau will come out first; hence he's the "older". However, the right of primogeniture was taken from him and given to Jacob. That was God's sovereign prerogative as the paterfamilias of Yhvh's...
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    Half-baked Eucharist

    . Wine or grape juice? Well; due to the fact that the last supper was a Passover seder; which is consumed in springtime right around March and April when fresh grapes are generally unavailable in Palestine; and considering that 2,000 years ago nobody had refrigeration, I think we have to concede...
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    Gen 25:22-23a

    †. Gen 25:22a . . But the children struggled in her womb, The word for "struggled" is from ratsats (raw-tsats') which means: to crack in pieces, literally or figuratively Haw-Haw-Haw-Haw-Haw. Those little tiny babies were trying to bust each other's skulls in there! The word ratsats is used...
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    The Samaritan Woman

    . And of course your statement is infallible; and speaks for God ex cathedra? (chuckle) I just love the way people don their holy robes and pontificate online. According to the grammar and syntax of John 3:3-8, the Lord was speaking of just one birth that people "must" go through-- not a...
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    Gen 25:19-21

    †. Gen 25:19 . .This is the story of Isaac, son of Abraham. Abraham begot Isaac. The word for "son" is ben (bane) and is used like American's use a middle name. Isaac's whole name is: Isaac ben Abraham. It's a common idiom in the Old Testament, and found in the New Testament too. †. John 6:42...
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    Gen 25:11-18

    †. Gen 25:11a . . After the death of Abraham, God blessed his son Isaac. With the death of Abraham, the covenant torch is passed on to the next patriarch. The promises now shift into Isaac's possession and it becomes his responsibility to take over as the family priest too. †. Gen 25:11b . ...
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    Gen 25:8c-10

    †. Gen 25:8c . . and he was gathered to his kin. "gathered to his kin" isn't recorded only of special people; not when Ishmael, Isaac, Jacob, Aaron, and Moses are all recorded to have been gathered to their kin too. An analysis of the contexts in which the phrase is found reveals that it is to...
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    Half-baked Eucharist

    . Common Objection : But surely God would understand if a person doesn't consume something because of an allergy or something like that? Especially since an allergy isn't something someone chooses, but a physically-based problem? I would hope that a God who sees all and knows all wouldn't hold...
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    The Samaritan Woman

    . Jesus informed the woman of a special kind of water at John 4:7-14. He spoke of another special water at John 3:5. Are perchance the two waters one and the same water? Buen Camino /
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    Gen 25:7-8b

    †. Gen 25:7 . .This was the total span of Abraham's life: one hundred and seventy-five years. Abraham resided in Canaan for 100 years; and outlived Sarah by 48. That's not the way it usually happens here in modern America. Wives typically outlive their husbands; and if you don't think that's...
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    Gen 25:1-6

    †. Gen 25:1 . . Abraham took another wife, whose name was Keturah. According to 1Chrn 1:32, Ms. Keturah wasn't really a full fledged wife as Sarah had been, but was a wife of a different color altogether. She was a piylegesh (pee-leh'-ghesh) which means: a mistress or a paramour; viz: a...
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    Gen 24:64b-67

    †. Gen 24:64b . . She alighted from the camel Suspecting that the man up ahead just might be her future husband, Rebecca took no chances of getting off on the wrong foot with impropriety. She could always get back up on the camel if it turned out the man wasn't her Isaac; but just in case . . ...
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    Half-baked Eucharist

    . I just don't understand why in God's good name some people find it so difficult to comply with His son's easy-as-pie instructions in regards to the means by which Christ wants people to memorialize his crucifixion. His wish is that people drink from the cup, not dip in the cup. †. Mtt...
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    Gen 24:61b-64a

    †. Gen 24:61b . . So the servant took Rebecca and went his way. The 500 mile trip to Isaac's camp, which must have taken at least two weeks, was a great opportunity for Rebecca to become familiar with the manager of her spouse's goods. People bond well under hardship and under close knit...
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