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GENESIS 28 He was afraid and said, “How awesome is this place! This is none other than the house of God; this is the gate of heaven” (Genesis 28:17). At the age of 77 Jacob left the land of promise to spend time with his relatives in Mesopotamia. Isaac had sent him back there to … Continue reading “CLIMBING JACOB’S LADDER”

GENESIS 39 Joseph found favor in his eyes and became his attendant. Potiphar put him in charge of his household, and he entrusted to his care everything he owned (Genesis 39:4). Joseph is put before us in Genesis as a model man. Though we can be sure that Joseph sinned many times, as we all … Continue reading “JOSEPH THE MODEL SERVANT”

GENESIS 37 “Come now, let’s kill him and throw him into one of these cisterns and say that a ferocious animal devoured him. Then we’ll see what comes of his dreams” (Genesis 37:20). Joseph was not only a faithful servant, he was also a suffering servant. As a matter of record, it was his faithfulness … Continue reading “THE SUFFERING SERVANT”

GENESIS 19 [Abraham] looked down toward Sodom and Gomorrah, toward all the land of the plain, and he saw dense smoke rising from the land, like smoke from a furnace (Genesis 19:28; compare Genesis 15:17 and Exodus 19:18). Genesis 18–19 contains one story with two halves. Abraham looked up one day and saw three “men” … Continue reading “SODOM AND GOMORRAH”

GENESIS 22 “Early the next morning Abraham got up and saddled his donkey. He took with him two of his servants and his son Isaac. When he had cut enough wood for the burnt offering, he set out lor the place God had told him about” (Genesis 22:3). There are many dimensions to the story … Continue reading “ABRAHAM AND ISAAC”

GENESIS 26 Then they dug another well, but they quarreled over that one also; so he named it Sitnah (Genesis 26:21). Genesis 2 calls attention to the well of water that sprang up in Eden and then became four rivers that went, figuratively speaking, to the four corners of the earth. Throughout the Bible water … Continue reading “WATER: A SYMBOL OF GRACE”

HEBREWS 7 This Melchizedek was king of Salem and priest of God Most High. He met Abraham returning from the defeat of the kings and blessed him (Hebrews 7:1). If there is anything that the book of Genesis is full of, it is genealogies. Therefore, it is very unusual when Melchizedek appears on the scene … Continue reading “WHO WAS MELCHIZEDEK?”

GENESIS 17 “This is my covenant with you and your descendants after you, the covenant you are to keep: Every male among you shall be circumcised” (Genesis 17:10). The Abrahamic Covenant is revealed at several points in the story of Abraham. God’s initial proclamation of covenant promise to Abram is found in Genesis 12:1–3. God … Continue reading “COVENANT WITH ABRAHAM”

MALACHI 2 “The Lord is acting as the witness between you and the wife of your youth, because you have broken faith with her, though she is your partner, the wife of your marriage covenant” (Malachi 2:14). The fact that God’s relationship with man is by covenant, as we have seen, implies that deep human … Continue reading “LIVING BY COVENANT”

GENESIS 12 Now there was a famine in the land, and Abram went down to Egypt to live there for a while because the famine was severe (Genesis 12:10). Genesis 12–13 records Abram’s entry into the land of promise and his first few years there. It is often remarked that Abram’s willingness to pick up … Continue reading “ABRAM: PRO AND CON”