In my last post I discussed Noah and the flood and the renewal of the covenant that God made with Adam in creation, after the covenant blessing Noah celebrated by drinking from his vineyard and got drunk while his son Ham had committed incest with his mother(he uncovered his fathers nakedness lev.18:6,7) Noah then curses Ham and his incest born son Canaan but blesses his first born son Shem Gen.9:26 ''blessed be the Lord the God of Shem'',who covered his fathers nakedness.Now there are 10 generations from Shem to Terah the father of Abram.
The Lord had said to Abram ''Leave your country,your people and your Fathers household and go to the land I will show you. I will make you into a great nation and I will bless you; I will make your name great and you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you and and whoever curses you I will curse; and all peoples on the earth will be blessed through you.''
Here God's plan of salvation begins a new chapter with Abram; He promised him a new land to live in, a large and prosperous family, A great nation and kingdom and A blessing to the whole world.Later God upgrades his covenant with Abram and changes his name to Abraham Gen.17:4-5 (which means father of many) He also promised him a son by his wife Sarah "I will bless her and will surely give you a son by her.I will bless her so that she be will a mother of nations;kings of people will come from her.'' Here God makes an everlasting covenant with him and his future son Isaac.But what about Ishmael who was born by Hagar his Egyptian slave? (she became his substitute wife when Sarah couldn,t conceive) In Gal.4:23 Paul says ''His son by the slave woman was born in the ordinary way;but his son by the free woman was born as the result of a promise.'' And in :28,30 Paul says ''Now you, brothers,like Isaac,are children of promise....for the slave woman's son will NOT share in the inheritance with the free woman's son.'' Gen.17:20-21 God says ''As for Ishmael , I have heard you; I will surely bless him; I will make him fruitful and increase his numbers....." ''BUT my covenant I will establish with Isaac''.Why is this important? because Isaac would have a son named Jacob who became Israel and had 12 sons who became 12 tribes. The tribe of Judah (where we get the Jews from) would produce the Christ Gen.49:8-12.....''the scepter will not depart from Judah nor the ruler's staff from between his feet''.....Notice in :11 '' ...he will wash his garments in wine and his robes in the blood of grapes''. It sounds like an image of His sacrifice! Which brings us to the next point here Gen.22:1-2 says Some time later God tested Abraham. He said "Abraham''! ''Here I am Lord''. Then God said to him ''Take your son, your son Isaac whom you love and go to the region of Moriah.Sacrifice him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains I will tell you about.''
Now this is important because Mount Moriah is in Salem the same place Melchizedek came from, the priest who brought bread and wine to Abraham 14:18-20 (he was a type of Christ heb.7:1-3), it,s the same place where Solomon would one day build the temple 2chron.3:1 and where Jesus would one day be crucified (calvary is a hill on mount moriah). Jeru-Salem means ''God will provide-peace''. Notice here how Isaac carried his own wood in :6 just like Jesus carried his own cross up the hill John 19:17 says ''Carrying his own cross,he went to the place of the Skull (which in Aramaic is called Golgotha) in Gen.22:8 Abraham prophesied and said "God himself will provide the lamb for the burnt offering,my son'' John 1:29 ''look the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world'' But when Abraham was about to sacrifice his son God stopped him and said "Do not lay a hand on the boy.Do not do anything to him.Now I know that you fear God, because you have not withheld from me your son,your only son'' Gen.22:12 Unlike Adam who refused to give his life for God and mankind became a curse, Abraham was willing to sacrifice his life and so mankind has been blessed!
Now let,s notice some of the language here because it sounds familiar ''your son ,your only son'' Gen 22:2 is the same as John 3:16 ''God so loved the world he gave his one and only son...'' and in Rom.8:32 says ''He who did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us all..'' Sounds a lot like...''you have not withheld from me your son'' Gen.22:12
Now before I move on to my next post we need to look at one more passage in Gen.15:13-16 God says to Abraham "Know for certain that your descendants will be strangers in a country not there own, and they will be enslaved and mistreated four hundred years.But I will punish the nation they serve as slaves and afterward they will come out with great possessions.You however will go to your fathers in peace and be buried in a good old age.In the fourth generation your descendants will come back here...''
Ok next time I will look at the Exodus. God bless!
The Lord had said to Abram ''Leave your country,your people and your Fathers household and go to the land I will show you. I will make you into a great nation and I will bless you; I will make your name great and you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you and and whoever curses you I will curse; and all peoples on the earth will be blessed through you.''
Here God's plan of salvation begins a new chapter with Abram; He promised him a new land to live in, a large and prosperous family, A great nation and kingdom and A blessing to the whole world.Later God upgrades his covenant with Abram and changes his name to Abraham Gen.17:4-5 (which means father of many) He also promised him a son by his wife Sarah "I will bless her and will surely give you a son by her.I will bless her so that she be will a mother of nations;kings of people will come from her.'' Here God makes an everlasting covenant with him and his future son Isaac.But what about Ishmael who was born by Hagar his Egyptian slave? (she became his substitute wife when Sarah couldn,t conceive) In Gal.4:23 Paul says ''His son by the slave woman was born in the ordinary way;but his son by the free woman was born as the result of a promise.'' And in :28,30 Paul says ''Now you, brothers,like Isaac,are children of promise....for the slave woman's son will NOT share in the inheritance with the free woman's son.'' Gen.17:20-21 God says ''As for Ishmael , I have heard you; I will surely bless him; I will make him fruitful and increase his numbers....." ''BUT my covenant I will establish with Isaac''.Why is this important? because Isaac would have a son named Jacob who became Israel and had 12 sons who became 12 tribes. The tribe of Judah (where we get the Jews from) would produce the Christ Gen.49:8-12.....''the scepter will not depart from Judah nor the ruler's staff from between his feet''.....Notice in :11 '' ...he will wash his garments in wine and his robes in the blood of grapes''. It sounds like an image of His sacrifice! Which brings us to the next point here Gen.22:1-2 says Some time later God tested Abraham. He said "Abraham''! ''Here I am Lord''. Then God said to him ''Take your son, your son Isaac whom you love and go to the region of Moriah.Sacrifice him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains I will tell you about.''
Now this is important because Mount Moriah is in Salem the same place Melchizedek came from, the priest who brought bread and wine to Abraham 14:18-20 (he was a type of Christ heb.7:1-3), it,s the same place where Solomon would one day build the temple 2chron.3:1 and where Jesus would one day be crucified (calvary is a hill on mount moriah). Jeru-Salem means ''God will provide-peace''. Notice here how Isaac carried his own wood in :6 just like Jesus carried his own cross up the hill John 19:17 says ''Carrying his own cross,he went to the place of the Skull (which in Aramaic is called Golgotha) in Gen.22:8 Abraham prophesied and said "God himself will provide the lamb for the burnt offering,my son'' John 1:29 ''look the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world'' But when Abraham was about to sacrifice his son God stopped him and said "Do not lay a hand on the boy.Do not do anything to him.Now I know that you fear God, because you have not withheld from me your son,your only son'' Gen.22:12 Unlike Adam who refused to give his life for God and mankind became a curse, Abraham was willing to sacrifice his life and so mankind has been blessed!
Now let,s notice some of the language here because it sounds familiar ''your son ,your only son'' Gen 22:2 is the same as John 3:16 ''God so loved the world he gave his one and only son...'' and in Rom.8:32 says ''He who did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us all..'' Sounds a lot like...''you have not withheld from me your son'' Gen.22:12
Now before I move on to my next post we need to look at one more passage in Gen.15:13-16 God says to Abraham "Know for certain that your descendants will be strangers in a country not there own, and they will be enslaved and mistreated four hundred years.But I will punish the nation they serve as slaves and afterward they will come out with great possessions.You however will go to your fathers in peace and be buried in a good old age.In the fourth generation your descendants will come back here...''
Ok next time I will look at the Exodus. God bless!
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