The God that Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and our other ancestors worshiped has brought honor to his Servant Jesus. He is the one you betrayed. You turned against him when he was being tried by Pilate, even though Pilate wanted to set him free. You rejected Jesus, who was holy and good. Y...
Take your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love…and offer him as a burnt offering….Such a request is inconceivable. Abraham obeys though. He builds an altar, lays the wood, binds his only beloved son, and takes up the knife to kill Isaac. He passes the test and the angel of t...
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 ...
With the fact that God called Abraham alone. He falls back upon what was the salient principle of God's dealing at this very time. It was as good as saying, "Be things as they may, count on the Lord. Impossible to be lower than that with which Israel began; for when God called ...
“When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord appeared to Abram and said to him, “I am God Almighty; walk before me, and be blameless.”– Genesis 17:1 El Shaddai emphasizes God’s omnipotence and sufficiency. When God revealed Himself to Abraham as El Shaddai, He promised to bless...
(false) “prophecies” that we have kind of pushed the coming of Christ aside, usually thinking we’ve got plenty of time.I certainly don’t claim to know when Jesus is coming – nor does anyone – if they claim they do they are false prophets. God’s Word tells us no man knows. ...
7:1-3 Melchizedec met Abraham when returning from the rescue of Lot. His name, King of Righteousness, doubtless suitable to his character, marked him as a type of the Messiah and his kingdom. The name of his city signified Peace; and as king of peace he typified Christ, the Prince ...
Exod 3:15 And God said further to Moses, “Thus shall you speak to the Israelites: YHWH, the God of your fathers’ [house]—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob—has sent me to you: This shall be My name forever; This My appellation for all eternity.” ...
Abraham, when God called him OUT of Babylon. And, you know, God was calling me OUT of this world; and He's called you OUT of this world. When God called, his name originally was… I believe it should be pronounced "A'bram" (I think many have called it "A-brahm."),till God ...
Next, in the vision, God takes Abraham outside his tent, asks him to try to count[9] the stars, and tells him, "So shall your offspring be" (15:5). So God gives Abraham two everyday reminders of his promise of offspring: