When Ishmael was 13 years old, Abram 99, God appeared to him to confirm his covenant. He renamed Abram ~ Abraham (father of many) and Sarai ~ Sarah. He remind Abraham that he had not forgotten about their covenant. He added that every mail who is over 8 days old must be circumsized. God said that if any man chose not to become circumcised would be cut off from the people. The Lord told Abraham that Sarah will have a son, because he will bless her, they were to name him Isaac. Isaac would carry on the covenant between God and his father... that Ishmael would be the father of 12 rulers. On that day they were circumcised.
Chapter 18 interwine two ideals... Abraham was approached by three men, who he prepared food for. The Lord came to Abraham and told him to Sarah would have a son in her old age. Sarah was in the door way of the tent and laughed at God's plan When he questioned why Sarah laughed ~ she lied. **Now I wonder how God felt about this?** Still in yet he blessed her and she became pregnant. **That leads me to believe that He is indeed a gorgiving God! He could have changed all of His plans that very moment, but He didn't!**
The other story here starts where the three men gegin to leave. The people were outcrying to God and he came to answer the cries. However, the three men turned toward King Solom and only Abraham stood in front of the Lord. So, the Loard wrestled weather or not to tell Abraham of his plan to rid the ciry of wicked and sin... and He does tell Abraham. In turn, Abraham pleds to Him no to do so, even if it's just 10 rightous men that are found in the city. **This shows the goodness of Abraham. Even though he knows people are wicked, he doesn't want to harm those who are good. That is AWESOME!!! I love that.**
***** I take from this that NO MATTER what sin is around you, take from it the GOOD!*****
Monday, March 1, 2010
Genesis 15-16: God's Promise
WOW.. I am so sorry it's been forever!! However I have quit a bit of stuff to put out. While I was on R&R, I did write what I am going to post. So, I will be updating tonight and tomorrow finally get us through Genesis and into Exodus. Sounds like a plan? Alrighty... Here we go..
Abram made a covenant with God. He was questioning not having children. however the Lord assured him that he would have children of his own blood and that he would possess all the land he dwelled in. He let him know that his people would suffer for many years, in slavery, but they would gain from it **I guess it's like the phrase...'No pain - No gain' huh?** The Lord's covenant was as follows, "To your descendants i give this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river of Euphrates...." **by the way, that is not far from where we are... small world - right?**
At this point, Sarai hadn't had any children. She was getting frustrated so she suggested to Abram to have a child with her maid servant. And he did. When Sarai found out Hagar was pregnant, she became jealous. She argues with Abram about the pregnancy and he told her to do what ever she wanted to about the situation. Ans she did! Sarai became ugly and mistreated Hagar. hagar ran away because of the cruelty. While she was away, an angel appeared to her. the angel told her to go back; said that the child's name would be Ishmel and that because of her misery, Ishmel would be wild and no one would care for/about him. **Remember Abram is 86 now**
*****I think it's important to note that because of Sarai's hatefulness to another, God has punished her by planning Ishmel's behavior... he's future. So now she's influenced the lives of all around her. It's kind of like that saying 'you reap what you sew' or when your parents say to you 'you better be careful, your children will come back and treat you the same way; only 2xs worse' ~ I wonder if this is where that stems from? hmmmmmmm?*****
Abram made a covenant with God. He was questioning not having children. however the Lord assured him that he would have children of his own blood and that he would possess all the land he dwelled in. He let him know that his people would suffer for many years, in slavery, but they would gain from it **I guess it's like the phrase...'No pain - No gain' huh?** The Lord's covenant was as follows, "To your descendants i give this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river of Euphrates...." **by the way, that is not far from where we are... small world - right?**
At this point, Sarai hadn't had any children. She was getting frustrated so she suggested to Abram to have a child with her maid servant. And he did. When Sarai found out Hagar was pregnant, she became jealous. She argues with Abram about the pregnancy and he told her to do what ever she wanted to about the situation. Ans she did! Sarai became ugly and mistreated Hagar. hagar ran away because of the cruelty. While she was away, an angel appeared to her. the angel told her to go back; said that the child's name would be Ishmel and that because of her misery, Ishmel would be wild and no one would care for/about him. **Remember Abram is 86 now**
*****I think it's important to note that because of Sarai's hatefulness to another, God has punished her by planning Ishmel's behavior... he's future. So now she's influenced the lives of all around her. It's kind of like that saying 'you reap what you sew' or when your parents say to you 'you better be careful, your children will come back and treat you the same way; only 2xs worse' ~ I wonder if this is where that stems from? hmmmmmmm?*****
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