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January 17, 2024Ep. 17. Genesis 32,33,35 | Jacob and Esau
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No big surprises today; Jacob is still scared of his big brother. He is a bit of a punk to put his least favorite wife and kids in the front just in case Esau gets violent. I mean, come on, who does that?
The most significant thing in this reading is that Jacob wrestles with "a man" and gets renamed "Israel." I wish this part of the story gave us more details. It is such a mysterious event, and I am not smart enough to provide you with much information about it. I wish I could, and maybe in time, I can revisit this video and post, but it won't be today. A friend told me about twenty-five years ago, "Don't try to swim in knee-deep water; don't go beyond your ability." So, with that in mind, I'll shut up about Jacob wrestling this angel (or God) and say, "I'm not deep enough to talk about that yet."...

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January 16, 2024Ep. 6. Genesis 11 | Babel
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One of the more confusing parts of the story of the Tower of Babel is the first sentence of Genesis 11; "The whole earth had one language and the same words." That contradicts the words we find just two verses earlier; "These are the sons of Shem, by their clans, their languages, their lands, and their nations." What gets overlooked by a casual reading is that chapter 10 deals with generations of people after the flood and covers hundreds of years. It is interesting to note that Shem, the son of Noah, lived another 500 years after he stepped off the ark. He outlives Abraham by about 35 years. So when 10:31 speaks of the languages of the descendants of Shem, it is looking far into the future. Genesis 11 takes us back to when there was still one language of man, as indeed, there would have been when Noah's family departed the ark. I think there is a clue for us as to when these things occurred. Genesis 10:25 tells us that the earth was divided in the days of Peleg. I do not think this means the shift of continents as some do; it seems to make more sense in the immediate context of Genesis. It has to do with division in relationship to people and nations. That would mean the peoples of the earth would have been divided about 130 years after the flood. Clearly, in the days of Abraham, there were already groups of people with different languages. Abraham is born 292 years after the flood. These specific times and dates don't change what we know and love about Jesus, but they are interesting to consider as we aim to understand the Bible's details better...

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January 16, 2024Ep. 16. Genesis 29-31 | Jacob’s Family and Wealth
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If you are reading the corresponding chapters, then today was a bit of a long read. There is a lot of information packed into these pages today, but I'll try not to be too long-winded. Jacob has made his way to his uncle Laban and fallen in love with Rachel. I have always had an affection for Rachel and a disdain for Leah, but both were misplaced. I suppose my favoritism for Rachel was born out of Jacob's love for her and the fact she was described as more beautiful than her older sister. But we should not miss the critical detail that the line of Jesus comes through Leah and not Rachel, so we should find more joy in Leah than Rachel. We noticed today that Rachel was shady in one respect or another as she demanded children of her husband or stole her father's household idols...

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January 15, 2024Ep. 15. Genesis 28 | The House of God
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It would be easy to overlook the riches of Genesis 28. This dream, however, is seared in my brain from childhood. I remember the coloring page of Jacob sleeping on a rock and a ladder reaching heaven with angels going up and down on it. It would barely be worth talking about without a subtle statement by Jesus in John chapter 1, "Truly, I say to you, you will see heaven opened, and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man." Jesus reveals to his early followers that he is the ladder, the point of contact between heaven and earth. We know the only way to come to the Father is through Jesus. There is no other name given among men by which we must be saved. Jesus alone brings us near to the house of God. Jacob awakes from his dream and names the place Bethel. (Beth, meaning house, and El, meaning God) In our world, many people proclaim there are multiple ways to reach heaven and enjoy fellowship with the Father, but the Scripture insists that Jesus is the only means for one to come to salvation. God speaks to Jacob the same words already proclaimed to Abraham, "Your offspring shall be like the dust of the earth, and you shall spread abroad, and in you and your offspring shall all the families of the earth be blessed." We know by now the significance of this blessing and that, in truth, it speaks to the souls of people from every tribe, tongue, and nation redeemed by the blood of Jesus, for the Glory of the Father, by the working of the Spirit...

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January 14, 2024Episodes 8-14 summary
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January 14, 2024Ep. 14. Genesis 27 | Stolen Blessing
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Of course, it is only fitting that Jacob receives his father's blessing. God had already stated that the older would serve the younger. This was a move of God and, therefore, could not be thwarted. I am convinced it was unnecessary for Rebekah to help her son deceive Isaac. But the story is filled with deception and lies. We can not justify Jacob's lies or Rebekah's deception, and it does us little good to speculate how God may have brought about Jacob's blessing under more savory circumstances, so we will accept the narrative and move on. In this blessing to Jacob, there is a repeating of the blessing God gave to Abraham, "Cursed be everyone who curses you, and blessed be everyone who blesses you." I will remind you that this blessing carries more weight in its spiritual meaning rather than its temporal meaning...

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January 13, 2024Ep. 13. Genesis 24-25 Isaac/ Rebekah/ Twins
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I won't keep you long today, but you need to notice a couple of things in today's reading. In Genesis 25, Abraham remarries after Sarah's death and has six more sons. We know God has already declared Isaac to be the only son of Abraham, so Abraham is obligated to send the other six sons away because they can't be counted as heirs along with Isaac.
The next thing we read about Abraham is that he died at 175. The timeline in the Bible is complicated to follow at times, but it is entirely doable. In this case, the author of Genesis, likely Moses, kills off Abraham and moves on with the story of Isaac. Abraham lived long enough to meet his grandsons and be involved in their lives for fifteen years, but if we read the text casually, we will conclude that Abraham died before the twins were born. That isn't the case. And remember, Shem, the son of Noah, is still alive and kicking, too. But we haven't seen him since chapter 11...

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January 12, 2024Ep. 12. Genesis 22 | God will Provide
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As we saw yesterday, Isaac is a picture of the people of faith and not a picture of Jesus, so we will not read this narrative found in Genesis 22 and try to make Isaac be, instead, a picture of our Savior. Instead, we find ourselves in this story. We are Isaac, the redeemed and ransomed ones, and the ram foreshadows Jesus.
We see in verse two this story takes place on Mt. Moriah, which will eventually be the location of the temple of the Lord. It was on this very mountain where Christ was supplied as the sacrifice for the sins of humanity. When Abraham named the place "the Lord will provide," he reached far into the future and spoke prophetically of the ultimate sacrifice for sins.
You also see in verse 2 that Isaac is called Abraham's "only son." This is because he is the "son of promise," and Ishmael has already been sent away. From God's perspective, only Isaac is considered a son. So also, from a spiritual sense, only those people of faith are considered sons and daughters of God...

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January 11, 2024Ep. 11. Genesis 21 | Child of Promise
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We have already talked about the son of flesh (Ishmael), but in this chapter we are finally introduced to the son of promise (Isaac). Remember, these two sons depict two people groups and two covenants. Ishmael represents those who seek righteousness through their own efforts and those who will not believe in Jesus. Isaac represents those who pursue righteousness through the promise of God and the means of faith and grace, those who gladly put their faith in Jesus. Paul brings this truth to greater focus in Galatians 4 when he says of Hagar and Sarah (the mothers of the two boys in question), "The women represent two covenants. One covenant is from Mount Sinai (where the Law of Moses was given) and bears children who are to be slaves: This is Hagar." And "The Jerusalem that is above (the kingdom of heaven) is free, and she is our mother." In Romans, Paul states, "It is not the children by physical descent who are God's children, but it is the children of promise who are regarded as Abraham's offspring." It would greatly benefit us if we could understand the relationship between these two sons of Abraham and how they bear on our understanding of things related to faith and salvation.
You will doubtless note in Genesis 21:9 that Ishmael (the son of flesh and of slavery) mocked Isaac (the son of promise and faith). So, it stands true today that the people who put faith in Jesus as the means of salvation are mocked by those seeking to utilize their own efforts for righteousness...

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January 10, 2024Ep. 10. Genesis 18-19 | Sodom
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Sodom was an exceedingly wicked city, or so we're told in Genesis 13, but Sodom's wickedness is not as singular as perhaps we were told in our youth. The Sodomite's sins are pride, excess food, prosperous ease, overlooking the poor, arrogance, and engaging in abominable behavior. These things aren't outlined for us in Genesis but instead found in Ezekiel 16. Lot, Abraham's nephew, moved to Sodom and made a home there with his wife and two daughters, but God, having heard of the outcry against Sodom, came to examine the city and, if necessary, destroy it. At this point in the story, Abraham is 99 years old. It is about a year before the birth of the promised son, Isaac. The Lord, probably not God the Father but perhaps an incarnation of Jesus the Son, shows up to visit Abraham along with two angels. "The LORD said, 'Shall I hide from Abraham what I am about to do?" Then he declared to Abraham, "Because the outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and their sin is grave, I will go down to see whether they have done altogether according to the outcry that has come to me." Undoubtedly concerned about Lot, Abraham asks, "What if fifty righteous are found there? Will you sweep away the place and not spare the fifty? Far be it from you to put the righteous to death with the wicked so that they fare as the wicked! Shall not the Judge of all the earth do what is just?" His outcry to God is one we may have echoed...

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