Posts from August 2015 (Page 4)
Genesis 33 – Reconciliation of Esau and Jacob
Jacob looked and Esau was coming with 400 men. Jacob divided his family up to meet him in waves. Esau ran to meet Jacob “fell [embraced] on his neck” and kissed him and they wept. They are reconciled. Esau asked what everything Jacob sent ahead was for. He told him it was to find his favor. Jacob refused to receive the gifts back and said, “For I have seen your face, which is like seeing the face of God, and…
Genesis 32 – Jacob Wrestles with Yahweh
The angels of God met Jacob and he settled at Mahanaim. He sent 2 messengers to Esau to let him know he’s coming with 400 men. Jacob was afraid. He divided the people so if Esau attacked others could escape. He prayed, “I am not worthy of the least of all the deeds of steadfast love and all the faithfulness that you have shown your servant…Please deliver me from the hand of my brother.” He asked God to fulfill His…
Genesis 31 – Jacob’s Departure, Cutting a Covenant
Jacob heard Yahweh say, “Return to the land of your fathers and your kindred, and I will be with you.” Laban had cheated and he felt everyone as against him. Jacob recognized that his prosperity was all God’s doing. God commanded him to leave again. So he packed up his family and possessions and left, and Rachel stole one of Laban’s household gods. He pursued Jacob, but God warned Laban in a dream not to hurt Jacob. He accused Jacob…
Genesis 30 – Jacob’s Family Grows through Conflict
Jacob’s family grows as Rachel and Leah compete with each other. Here again we also see that God opens and closes the womb. Here are all the names of the children born in chapter 30 and what the names mean: 6. Dan (son of Rachel’s servant Bilhah) – “God has vindicated me” 7. Naphtali (son of Rachel’s servant Bilhah) – “with the struggling for God, I have struggled” 8. Gad (son of Leah’s servant Zilpah) – “what good fortune” or “luck has come” 9. Asher (son of Leah’s servant…
Genesis 29 – Jacob Marries Leah & Rachel, Jacob’s Children
Jacob met Rachel at a well near Haran. Rachel was a shepherdess and was watering her sheep. He saw her, came near rolled the stone from the well’s mouth and watered the flock of Laban (his mother’s brother). He kissed Rachel and wept aloud. Jacob told her he was her father’s kinsman – Rebekah’s son – she ran to tell her dad. Laban ran to meet him and embrace him and kissed him and brought him to his house. He…
Genesis 28 – The Covenant Reaffirmed with Jacob, Stairway to Heaven Dream
Isaac summoned Jacob and told him not to take a Canaanite wife, but to get one from the house of Rebekah’s maternal grandfather, a daughter of Laban. Then he prayed for him, “May God Almighty bless you and make you fruitful and multiply you so that you become an assembly of peoples. May God give you and your offspring the blessing of Abraham so that you may possess the land where you live as a foreigner, the land God gave…
Genesis 27 – Jacob Swindles Esau’s Blessing
When Isaac was old his eyes were weak so he couldn’t see he called Esau to him and asked him to make him a meal for him and he would bless him before he died. Rebekah overheard, so she plotted to get Jacob Esau’s blessing. She said, “your curse be on me, my son,” and proceeded to cover Jacob with goat hair, Esau’s clothes and made Jacob the food he loved. Jacob came to Isaac. He asked if he was…
Genesis 26 – Covenant with Abraham Reaffirmed with Isaac, Living as a Foreigner, Covenant with Philistines, Esau’s wives make life bitter for Isaac and Rebekah
There was a famine, and Isaac went to Abimelech (of the Philistines in Gerar). The LORD appeared and said not to go to Egypt, but stay in this land as a foreigner, He will be with him and bless him, confirming the oath he swore to Abrahm to make Isaac’s offspring as numerous as the stars of the sky. Further, that God will give Isaac’s offspring those lands, and all the nations of the earth will be blessed by his…
Genesis 25 – Abraham’s Other Sons & Death, Ishmael’s line, Isaac’s line
Abraham took another wife (Keturah) and had six sons: (1) Zimran (2) Jokshan (3) Medan (4) Midian (5) Ishbak (6) Shuah. They also had sons. Abraham gave everything he owned to Isaac, and he gave gifts to the sons of his concubines, but he sent them away from Isaac (east). Abraham lived 175 years, and Isaac and Ishmael buried him where Sarah was (the cave of Machpelah). God blessed Isaac, who lived near Beer-lahai-roi. Then Ishmael’s family is outlined. Ishmael lived 137 years. His family settled from Havilah to Shur (opposite of…
Calling of Noah Braymen to Senior Pastor/Elder
On Sunday evening, July 19, 2015 we gathered for a members’ meeting. Our church (Redeemer Baptist Church) called Noah Braymen to be our Senior Pastor/Elder. You can read his bio here. Please join us in giving thanks and praise to God for Noah and for our church. Please pray for his faithfulness and perseverance. Pray that God would preserve Noah by keeping him from stumbling, and that He would present Noah (and all of us) blameless before the presence of His glory through…