Blog (Page 27)

Blog (Page 27)

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…

Genesis 24 – Rebekah & Isaac Marry

Abraham sent his servant to find a wife for Isaac from his family without taking Isaac to his family. If the woman won’t come the servant would be free from his oath. The servant took a lot of provisions, and as they stopped for water by Nahor’s town (Aram-naharaim), when the women went to draw water. The servant asked God for success and asked for Isaac’s bride to be a woman to be one who gives both him and his…

Genesis 23 – Burying Sarah, and Acquiring the Field, Cave, & Bordering Trees of Machpelah

Sarah lived 127 years and died in Kiriath-arba (Hebron) in Canaan. Abraham asked for a site to bury her from the Hittites. They let him choose anywhere because the said he is God’s chosen one among them. He asked for the cave of Machpelah, and would pay the full price for it. Ephron the Hittite said “yes” and tried to refuse payment, but Abraham insisted. The land was worth 400 shekels of silver, and Abraham paid it in the presence…