Clifford insisted God would not command something against his own law and only expected Abraham to renounce parental rights and consecrate Isaac to God, not sacrifice him as a burnt offering. The sermon resulted in a controversy with other ministers. Examination of rabbinic writings, etymology, the...
Now God promised the earth to Abraham and his seed; yet neither Abraham nor his seed, that is, those who are justified by faith, do now receive any inheritance in it; but they shall receive it at the resurrection of the just. For God is true and faithful; and on this account He ...
success started to look like more team members, higher revenue, and more visibility. It wasn’t until last year that I truly learned what success was: being in a position to make the time to be
further that Abraham is father ofallpeople who embrace what God does for them while they are still on the “outs” with God, as yet unidentified as God’s, in an “uncircumcised” condition. It is precisely these people in this condition who are called “set right by God and with God...
“Go, assemble the elders of Israel and say to them, ‘The LORD, the God of your fathers—the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob—appeared to me and said: I have watched over you and have seen what has been done to you in Egypt.New Living Translation“Now go and call together all ...
“born-again” Osiris, the crowd erupted in gaiety. From that day forward, the Pharaoh was considered to be—just as the god ciphered in the Great Seal of the United States will be—the son and spiritual incarnation of the Supreme Deity. The all-seeing eye of Horus/Apollo/Osiris above ...
“But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man.” (Hebrews 2:9) It is a measure of how disgusting sin is to God. The fact it was the place...
“Son of man, those living in the ruins in the land of Israel are saying, ‘Abraham was only one man, yet he possessed the land. But we are many; surely the land has been given to us as a possession.’ / Therefore tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘You eat meat...
One of the most well-known examples is Abraham, often called the "father of faith." In Genesis 12, God called Abraham to leave his home and go to a land He would show him. Without knowing where he was going, Abraham obeyed, trusting God's promise to make him into a great nati...
When young Abraham was not working on the farm, he loved to fish and play games. Although he was not very good in school, he still loved to go. He school was called a “blab school, because the students learned their lessons by reciting them aloud.” After a couple, more years when...