In one of his promises to Abraham, God tells him: "Kings shall stem from you" (see Genesis 17:6). In his deathbed blessing upon his sons, Israel says that nations will pay homage to Judah and that "the scepter shall never depart from" him (see Genesis 49:9-12). The line of ...
But the long wait for Isaac wasn’t Abraham’s true test. This comes in the very next chapter (Gen. 22 ) when God tells Abraham to take his beloved son and sacrifice him. Why would God promise Abraham a son and then take the son away? Is this a cruel trick, a strange inconsistency...
12But God said to Abraham, “Do not be distressed because of the boy and because of your slave woman; whatever Sarah says to you, do as she tells you, for it is through Isaac that offspring shall be named for you. 创世记 21:12 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB) ...
b And in his letter to the Galatians he said, "Scripture tells us that Abraham had two sons, one of the slave woman, the ... TO Cyrus,JF Petruccione,RC Hill 被引量: 6发表: 2011年 The Parent–Child Relationship as an Archetype for the Relationship Between God and Humanity in Genesis...
or predation in God’s very good creation prior to the fall. As the writer of Hebrews tells us “Without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness”. Has there been millions of years of needless suffering, bloodshed, and death in a world that God called very good as Walton tells us...
He also takes pains to explain his misunderstood role in the Book of Job and his instruction to his beloved Abraham that he should sacrifice his son Isaac, as well as his relationship with his own son, “Junior,” whom he describes as “one tough son of a bitch.” Whether slamming ...
Abraham is known for his great faith in God—the God who called him out of his homeland, away from his family, security, and all that was familiar. In Genesis 12, God invites Abram on a journey of faith, instructing him to leave everything behind. But Abram brings along his nephew Lot...
Hebrews 1:3 (New Testament), tells us Jesus Christ is the EXPRESS IMAGE of his (God’s) person. The Greek word underlying "image" is "charakter." This is the ONLY place in the Bible it is used. It means an EXACT COPY, in this context. ...
In Gen 13.14, a childless Abraham has just given the best of the land to his closest relative, Lot, who deserts him. God tells Abraham to look around as far as he can see--and that God will STILL give him ALL the land. The command to see and believe is accompanied byna'. ...
The Abraham Allegory shows that when God changed Abram's name to Abraham, it was really a deeper picture of God changing His own Old Covenant name, Jehovah, to the New Covenant name of Jesus. God tells us that Sarah is a picture of the church, the Bride of Christ and together with ...