Why Did God Choose AbrahamBerkeley Electronic Press Selected WorksD. DesilvaBible Review
3. This Was a Prophetic Reenactment The story of Abraham and Isaac takes on a larger significance when you place it in the context of prophetic reenactment. Throughout the Bible,God asked prophets to act out thingsthat he said he would do (e.g.,Ezek. 5:1-4 ...
According to the biblical book of Genesis, Abraham left Ur, in Mesopotamia,because God called him to found a new nation in an undesignated land that he later learned was Canaan. He obeyed unquestioningly the commands of God, from whom he received repeated promises and a covenant that his “...
By faith Abraham, when God tested him, offered Isaac as a sacrifice. He who had received the promises was about to sacrifice his one and only son, 18 even though God had said to him, "It is through Isaac that your offspring will be reckoned." 19 Abraham reasoned that God could raise ...
18. David, by God's direction, purchases Araunah's threshing floor; 25. and the plague stopsBerean Study BibleWhy has my lord the king come to his servant?This phrase reflects the humility and respect Araunah shows towards King David. The term "lord" in Hebrew is "adon," which ...
This scattering was both a judgment and a mercy, as it prevented further collective rebellion and allowed for the diversification of cultures and societies. It also set the stage for God's redemptive work through Abraham and his descendants, who were called to be a blessing to all nations. ...
(Abraham) said to him: Should we not then worship the human, who withstands the wind? (Nimrod) said to him: You are merely piling words; we should bow to none other than the fire. I shall therefore cast you in it, and let your God to whom you bow come and save you from it!
Because from the very beginning of our history, the first Jew,Abraham was called upon to leave the comfort of his home and go to a more backward and primitive country and in that less developed land to embrace an idea which was revolutionary for the time. The idea of Monotheism, the one...
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For example, Abraham asks God to have mercy on the citizens of Sodom and Gomorra, and God was willing to fulfill his request, if there were at least ten righteous persons found there. Another time God rescinded his punishment of Abimelech, king of Gerar, by the prayers ...