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...
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. ...
The passage of Nehemiah(see below)tells us all we need to know about how God responds to fidelity or the lack thereof. Nehemiah tells us how loving God is even when we are far from loving Him. The Scriptures remind us how faithful God is even in the “bad” seasons of life; and so...
When God made His promise to Abraham, since He had no one greater to swear by, He swore by Himself,Berean Literal BibleFor God, having made His promise to Abraham, since He had no one greater to swear by, swore by Himself,King James BibleFor when God made promise to Abraham, because...
If we say that He was or that He acted, or that He will be or will act, we mean in strictness that He is or that He acts; and this truth is well expressed by Christ when He says (John, viii, 58—A.V.): “Before Abraham was, I am.” Eternity, therefore, as predicated of...
of a world that is passing away. Abraham, when God ordered him to sacrifice the promised seed, his long-awaited son Isaac, did not despair or insist on his own way, but offered Isaac up knowing that an eternal and sovereign God could make everything right. Abraham is the father of ...
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...
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...
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'. ...
Genesis 22 Some time later God tested Abraham. He said to him, “Abraham!”“Here I am,” he replied. Then God said, “Take your son, your only son, whom you love—Isaac—and go to the region of Moriah. Sacrifice him there as a burnt offering on a mount