The Promised Land originates from God’s covenant with Abraham and is depicted vividly throughout the Israelite's journey in Exodus. This land flowing with milk and honey is not merely a geographical promise but a spiritual metaphor for God’s provision and blessings. As we navigate the challen...
Read What Is a Concubine? Why Did God Allow Concubines in the Bible? by Emily Hall. Christian women faith articles, encouragement, growth.
The call is followed by several promises of God, which are referred to as “The Seven Blessings of Abraham” or the seven-fold blessing:And I will make of thee a great nation And I will bless thee - Galatians 3:1–9God originally promised Abraham that He would make the patriarch great,...
What Did Jesus Mean By 'I Am the Light of the World'? God is the light that shines within and through His church as the light of the world. The same word the Bible uses for light in Matthew 5 to describe Christ’s Church also describes Christ Himself in John 8:12: “Then Jesu...
16And so the promise was based on faith, in order that the promise should be guaranteed as God's free gift to all of Abraham's descendants—not just to those who obey the Law, but also to those who believe as Abraham did. For Abraham is the spiritual father of us all;17as the scr...
s womb was also dead.20Yet he did not waver through unbelief regarding the promise of God, but was strengthenedin his faith and gave glory to God,21being fully persuaded that God had power to do what he had promised.22This is why “it was credited to him as righteousness....
Nowthe serpentwas more crafty than any other beast of the field that theLordGod had made. He said tothe woman, “Did God actually say, ‘You shall not eat of any tree in the garden’?” And the woman said to the serpent, “We may eat of the fruit of the trees in the garden, ...
As for you, what you intended against me for evil, God intended for good, in order to accomplish a day like this—to preserve the lives of many people.King James BibleBut as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, ...
The Bible is a chronicle of agreements or "covenants" that God makes with his prophets, beginning with the assurance to Noah that another Flood will not be sent. Christianity takes this a bit further. Jesus is the interaction of God and Man within one person. And it is not always an ...
13 For ethe promise to Abraham and his offspring fthat he would be heir of the world did not come through the law but through the righteousness of faith. 14 gFor if it is the adherents of the law who are to be the heirs, faith is null and the promise is void. 15 For hthe law...