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Genesis V, Bible Study 12.7.15

Posted on December 21, 2016 by growintheword

Synopsis of Bible Study 12/7/16

Delivered by Bishop Walker III

Introduction
Abraham is a dominant figure in Israel.
He is the first of the patriarchs Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
He is the father of faith.
Isaac and Jacob are important to the promise too.
Abraham’s life of faith serves as a catalyst for the Covenant of God.
The oldest male son was called the primogenitor meaning the status of being the first born child among several children of the same parents. It was the rule of inheritance of common laws through which the oldest male child has the right to succeed the father. – This simply menas, regardless of how many children a person has, the firstborn male gets all the inheritance.
In Latin “primogenitor” simply means “first born”.
Primogenitor is not a practice used in the United States today, but it is still used around the globe. Abraham had kids by his second wife Keturah too, but only Isaac would carry the blessing.
See Image 1.1 for the complete chart of the Ancestors of Israel[1]
The Life of Isaac

Isaac is one of the least developed patriarchs in history. Abraham’s life seemed just overshadow him.

The search for a wife for Isaac
In Genesis 23: Isaac’s Mom dies at 127 yrs old. As a result, Abraham is mourning over her. He is distraught and so is Isaac.
1. Genesis 23:2 (NKJV) 2 So Sarah died in Kirjath Arba (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan, and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah and to weep for her. – Abraham purchased a family burial from the Hittites.
  1. Genesis 23:20 (NKJV) ²⁰So the field and the cave that is in it were deeded to Abraham by the sons of Heth as property for a burial place. Genesis 25:8-9 (NKJV) ⁸Then Abraham breathed his last and died in a good old age, an old man and full of years, and was gathered to his people. ⁹And his sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah, which is before Mamre, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite,
2. Abraham sent one of his servants to go and find his son Isaac a wife. After seeing that Isaac was so miserable, Abraham thought that Isaac getting married would help him to get past his hurt.
3. Criteria for Isaac’s wife:
  1. She could not be the Daughter of the Canaanites. Genesis 24:3(NKJV) ³and I will make you swear by the Lord, the God of heaven and the God of the earth, that you will not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell;
  2. She should be a woman from the kindred of Hannah. Genesis 24:4 (NKJV) ⁴but you shall go to my country and to my family, and take a wife for my son Isaac.”
  3. She must be willing to dwell in the same land as they did. Genesis 24:5-8 (NKJV) ⁵And the servant said to him, “Perhaps the woman will not be willing to follow me to this land. Must I take your son back to the land from which you came?” ⁶But Abraham said to him, “Beware that you do not take my son back there. ⁷The Lord God of heaven, who took me from my father’s house and from the land of my family, and who spoke to me and swore to me, saying, ‘To your descendants^[^a^] I give this land,’ He will send His angel before you, and you shall take a wife for my son from there. ⁸And if the woman is not willing to follow you, then you will be released from this oath; only do not take my son back there.”
  4. He journeyed to the birth country of Abraham. In Genesis 24:12-19 (NKJV) it says ¹²Then he said, “O Lord God of my master Abraham, please give me success this day, and show kindness to my master Abraham. ¹³Behold, here I stand by the well of water, and the daughters of the men of the city are coming out to draw water. ¹⁴Now let it be that the young woman to whom I say, ‘Please let down your pitcher that I may drink,’ and she says, ‘Drink, and I will also give your camels a drink’—let her be the one You have appointed for Your servant Isaac. And by this I will know that You have shown kindness to my master.” ¹⁵And it happened, before he had finished speaking, that behold, Rebekah, who was born to Bethuel, son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham’s brother, came out with her pitcher on her shoulder. ¹⁶Now the young woman was very beautiful to behold, a virgin; no man had known her. And she went down to the well, filled her pitcher, and came up. ¹⁷And the servant ran to meet her and said, “Please let me drink a little water from your pitcher.” ¹⁸So she said, “Drink, my lord.” Then she quickly let her pitcher down to her hand, and gave him a drink. ¹⁹And when she had finished giving him a drink, she said, “I will draw water for your camels also, until they have finished drinking.” – The servant decided that this woman was the one.
4. Why did Abraham ask for Isaac’s expected wife to be a certain way? The answer is, the woman who would not only be Isaac’s wife, she would have to be able to take care of Isaac’s possession.
5. Laban was Rebecca’s brother. Bethuel is her father’s name. The servant went to Laban’s land to find Isaac a wife. Genesis 24:29-51 (NKJV) ²⁹Now Rebekah had a brother whose name was Laban, and Laban ran out to the man by the well. ³⁰So it came to pass, when he saw the nose ring, and the bracelets on his sister’s wrists, and when he heard the words of his sister Rebekah, saying, “Thus the man spoke to me,” that he went to the man. And there he stood by the camels at the well. ³¹And he said, “Come in, O blessed of the Lord! Why do you stand outside? For I have prepared the house, and a place for the camels.” ³²Then the man came to the house. And he unloaded the camels, and provided straw and feed for the camels, and water to wash his feet and the feet of the men who were with him. ³³Food was set before him to eat, but he said, “I will not eat until I have told about my errand.” And he said, “Speak on.”³⁴So he said, “I am Abraham’s servant. ³⁵The Lord has blessed my master greatly, and he has become great; and He has given him flocks and herds, silver and gold, male and female servants, and camels and donkeys. ³⁶And Sarah my master’s wife bore a son to my master when she was old; and to him he has given all that he has. ³⁷Now my master made me swear, saying, ‘You shall not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I dwell; ³⁸but you shall go to my father’s house and to my family, and take a wife for my son.’ ³⁹And I said to my master, ‘Perhaps the woman will not follow me.’ ⁴⁰But he said to me, ‘The Lord, before whom I walk, will send His angel with you and prosper your way; and you shall take a wife for my son from my family and from my father’s house. ⁴¹You will be clear from this oath when you arrive among my family; for if they will not give her to you, then you will be released from my oath.’ ⁴²“And this day I came to the well and said, ‘O Lord God of my master Abraham, if You will now prosper the way in which I go, ⁴³behold, I stand by the well of water; and it shall come to pass that when the virgin comes out to draw water, and I say to her, “Please give me a little water from your pitcher to drink,” ⁴⁴and she says to me, “Drink, and I will draw for your camels also,”—let her be the woman whom the Lord has appointed for my master’s son.’ ⁴⁵“But before I had finished speaking in my heart, there was Rebekah, coming out with her pitcher on her shoulder; and she went down to the well and drew And I said to her, ‘Please let me drink.’ ⁴⁶And she made haste and let her pitcher down from her shoulder, and said, ‘Drink, and I will give your camels a drink also.’ So I drank, and she gave the camels a drink also. ⁴⁷Then I asked her, and said, ‘Whose daughter are you?’ And she said, ‘The daughter of Bethuel, Nahor’s son, whom Milcah bore to him.’ So I put the nose ring on her nose and the bracelets on her wrists. ⁴⁸And I bowed my head and worshiped the Lord, and blessed the Lord God of my master Abraham, who had led me in the way of truth to take the daughter of my master’s brother for his son. ⁴⁹Now if you will deal kindly and truly with my master, tell me. And if not, tell me, that I may turn to the right hand or to the left.” ⁵⁰Then Laban and Bethuel answered and said, “The thing comes from the Lord; we cannot speak to you either bad or good. ⁵¹Here is Rebekah before you; take her and go, and let her be your master’s son’s wife, as the Lord has spoken.” – After being blessed by her family, Rebecca left her land to be with Isaac.
  1. Genesis 24:66-67 (NIV) 66 Then the servant told Isaac all he had done. 67 Isaac brought her into the tent of his mother Sarah, and he married Rebekah. So she became his wife, and he loved her; and Isaac was comforted after his mother’s death. – Marriages were consummated, and it is often what is meant by the phrase, “going into tent”. –As a result of Isaac’s marriage to Rebekah, he was comforted after his mother death. Isaac was 40 yrs old when they married.
6. Just to recap, Abraham was grieving too. He didn’t want his son grieving, so he got him a wife, as a result he becomes a drifter so to speak (explained in next point).
7. Abrahams marriage to Keturah (Genesis 25: 1-6)
8. Genesis 25:1-6N (NKJV) 25 Abraham again took a wife, and her name was ²And she bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah. ³Jokshan begot Sheba and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were Asshurim, Letushim, and Leummim. ⁴And the sons of Midian were Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abidah, and Eldaah. All these were the children of Keturah.⁵And Abraham gave all that he had to Isaac. ⁶But Abraham gave gifts to the sons of the concubines which Abraham had; and while he was still living he sent them eastward, away from Isaac his son, to the country of the east.
9. Abraham marries Keturah. Keturah was believed to be a foreigner. Abraham had 6 children by her. Abraham was 100 yrs old when he had Isaac. Isaac was 40 when he got married, so Abraham has to be at least 140 yrs when he married Keturah and he is still able to have 6 children.
10. Abraham not only had 6 kids by his wife, he had children by his concubines. Genesis 25:5-6 (NKJV) 5 And Abraham gave all that he had to Isaac. 6 But Abraham gave gifts to the sons of the concubines which Abraham had; and while he was still living he sent them eastward, away from Isaac his son, to the country of the east. – Abraham gave all that he had to Isaac. Abraham is the patriarch. He has a child named Ishmael by Hagar, he had Isaac by Sarah, and 6 kids by his wife Keturah.
11. Abraham’s Death (Genesis 25: 7-11)

Genesis 25:7-11 (NKJV) ⁷This is the sum of the years of Abraham’s life which he lived: one hundred and seventy-five years. ⁸Then Abraham breathed his last and died in a good old age, an old man and full of years, and was gathered to his people. ⁹And his sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah, which is before Mamre, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite, ¹⁰the field which Abraham purchased from the sons of Heth. There Abraham was buried, and Sarah his wife. ¹¹And it came to pass, after the death of Abraham, that God blessed his son Isaac. And Isaac dwelt at Beer Lahai Roi.

Abraham died at the age 175. Isaac got his inheritance. Isaac was the one of promise, even though he was not the first born.
Abraham is buried by his sons Isaac and Ishmael and though he had been remarried, Abraham was buried next to Sarah.
Remember when the famine occurred and Abraham and his wife had to flee to Egypt? Well Isaac had to go to Gerar. Genesis 26:1-2 (NKJV) 26 There was a famine in the land, besides the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went to Abimelech king of the Philistines, in Gerar. ²Then the Lord appeared to him and said: “Do not go down to Egypt; live in the land of which I shall tell you. – Isaac goes to Gerar and he says that his wife is his sister, just like Abraham did. Both Isaac and Abraham lied and told people that their wives were their sister. See the parallels in their stories?
Isaac sowed. Genesis 26:12 (NKJV) ¹²Then Isaac sowed in that land, and reaped in the same year a hundredfold; and the Lord blessed him. – He sowed a seed in the land and reaped a 100 fold blessings. Your commerce was in your land in those days. If you got a harvest on your seed, you were really blessed.
Isaac was so blessed, he was told to leave, because he had become to powerful. Genesis 26:13-14 (NKJV) ¹³The man began to prosper, and continued prospering until he became very prosperous; ¹⁴for he had possessions of flocks and possessions of herds and a great number of servants. So the Philistines envied him.
Isaac and Rebekah ended up having a child. A barrenness came over Rebekah just like Sarah. She was barren and Isaac pleaded with the Lord for his wife. Genesis 25:21 (NKJV) ²¹Now Isaac pleaded with the Lord for his wife, because she was barren; and the Lord granted his plea, and Rebekah his wife conceived. – Women: This is the type of man that you need. You need a man that can go to God on your behalf and as a result, something happens.
The children were fighting in her womb. Genesis 25:22 (NKJV)²²But the children struggled together within her; and she said, “If all is well, why am I like this?” So she went to inquire of the Lord.. Thee is a sermon coming about fighting in the womb. The lord says tow nations are in your body. Genesis 25:24-26 (NKJV)²⁴So when her days were fulfilled for her to give birth, indeed there were twins in her womb. ²⁵And the first came out red. He was like a hairy garment all over; so they called his name Esau.^[^a^] ²⁶Afterward his brother came out, and his hand took hold of Esau’s heel; so his name was called Jacob.^[^b^] Isaac was sixty years old when she bore them. she had twins
The birth of Jacob and Esau (Genesis 25)

The first born of Isaac and Rebekah were twins. Their names were Jacob and Esau.

The first baby came out red with hair on his body. His name was Esau.
The second to be born comes out and grabs Esau’s heel as if trying to pull Esau back in the womb.
Isaac was 60 yrs old when they were born.

The Birthright and Blessing

The selling of the birthright (Genesis 25: 29-34)

Genesis 25:29-34 (NKJV) 29 Now Jacob cooked a stew; and Esau came in from the field, and he was weary. 30 And Esau said to Jacob, “Please feed me with that same red stew, for I am weary.” Therefore his name was called Edom.[a] 31 But Jacob said, “Sell me your birthright as of this day.” 32 And Esau said, “Look, I am about to die; so what is this birthright to me?” 33 Then Jacob said, “Swear to me as of this day.” So he swore to him, and sold his birthright to Jacob. 34 And Jacob gave Esau bread and stew of lentils; then he ate and drank, arose, and went his way. Thus Esau despised his birthright.

Esau was a worker and field hand. Jacob was the Momma’s boy. Isaac loved Esau, but Rebekah loved Jacob.
One day Jacob was cooking stew. Esau came from the field hungry. He asks Jacob for something to eat. Genesis 25:30 (NKJV)³⁰And Esau said to Jacob, “Please feed me with that same red stew, for I am” Therefore his name was called Edom.^[^a^]³¹But Jacob said, “Sell me your birthright as of this day.”- He got Esau to sell him his birthright. To understand the magnitude of this, imagine that you had a 100 million dollar inheritance and then you sell it for a happy meal.
Esau’s Marriage (Genesis 26:34-35)
Genesis 26:34-35 (NKJV) ³⁴When Esau was forty years old, he took as wives Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Basemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite. ³⁵And they were a grief of mind to Isaac and Rebekah.- Esau got married at the age of 40. He took on wives. They didn’t have the 10 commandments yet., so this was acceptable then. He married daughters of the Hittites. When Isaac saw this, this grieved him.
Isaac and Rebekah were concerned about the passing down of the blessing to him, because of how he married. He married into the family of the Hittites. In those days, they were serious about the passing down of the inheritance.

The Transfer of the Blessing (Genesis 27)
God allowed Esau to be tricked to transfer the blessing.
Isaac is old in age by this time. He prepares to bless Esau, whom he loved. Remember Rebekah loved Jacob.
In Genesis 27:9-13 (NKJV) it says ⁹Go now to the flock and bring me from there two choice kids of the goats, and I will make savory food from them for your father, such as he loves. ¹⁰Then you shall take it to your father, that he may eat it, and that he may bless you before his death.”¹¹And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, “Look, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth-skinned ¹²Perhaps my father will feel me, and I shall seem to be a deceiver to him; and I shall bring a curse on myself and not a blessing.”¹³But his mother said to him, “Let your curse be on me, my son; only obey my voice, and go, get them for me.” – They devised a plan to put skin on Jacob so he would feel like Esau. It was full of deception. Jacob was a trickster, because it was in his momma.

Rebekah’s Plan to Save Jacob (Genesis 27:41-46)
Genesis 27:41-46 (NKJV) ⁴¹So Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing with which his father blessed him, and Esau said in his heart, “The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then I will kill my brother Jacob.” ⁴²And the words of Esau her older son were told to Rebekah. So she sent and called Jacob her younger son, and said to him, “Surely your brother Esau comforts himself concerning you by intending to kill you. ⁴³Now therefore, my son, obey my voice: arise, flee to my brother Laban in Haran. ⁴⁴And stay with him a few days, until your brother’s fury turns away, ⁴⁵until your brother’s anger turns away from you, and he forgets what you have done to him; then I will send and bring you from there. Why should I be bereaved also of you both in one day?” ⁴⁶And Rebekah said to Isaac, “I am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth; if Jacob takes a wife of the daughters of Heth, like these who are the daughters of the land, what good will my life be to me?” – Isaac was tricked into blessing Jacob instead of Esau with the birthright.Rebekah sent Jacob away after the trick so he journeys to Leban’s house. Leban was Rebekah’s brother.

Genesis 28:1-5 (NKJV) 28 Then Isaac called Jacob and blessed him, and charged him, and said to him: “You shall not take a wife from the daughters of Canaan. ²Arise, go to Padan Aram, to the house of Bethuel your mother’s father; and take yourself a wife from there of the daughters of Laban your mother’s brother.³“May God Almighty bless you, And make you fruitful and multiply you, That you may be an assembly of peoples; ⁴And give you the blessing of Abraham, To you and your descendants with you, That you may inherit the land In which you are a stranger,
Which God gave to Abraham.”⁵So Isaac sent Jacob away, and he went to Padan Aram, to Laban the son of Bethuel the Syrian, the brother of Rebekah, the mother of Jacob and Esau.

A New Life for Jacob
The Journey to Laban’s House
Isaac’s Blessing and Charge to Jacob (Genesis 28:1-5)

Genesis 28:1-5 (NKJV) 28 Then Isaac called Jacob and blessed him, and charged him, and said to him: “You shall not take a wife from the daughters of Canaan. ²Arise, go to Padan Aram, to the house of Bethuel your mother’s father; and take yourself a wife from there of the daughters of Laban your mother’s brother.³“May God Almighty bless you,And make you fruitful and multiply you,That you may be an assembly of peoples;⁴And give you the blessing of Abraham, To you and your descendants with you, That you may inherit the landIn which you are a stranger, Which God gave to Abraham.” ⁵So Isaac sent Jacob away, and he went to Padan Aram, to Laban the son of Bethuel the Syrian, the brother of Rebekah, the mother of Jacob and Esau.

Jacob’s Dream (Genesis 28: 10-17)

Genesis 28:10-17 (NKJV) Jacob’s Vow at Bethel ¹⁰Now Jacob went out from Beersheba and went toward Haran. ¹¹So he came to a certain place and stayed there all night, because the sun had set. And he took one of the stones of that place and put it at his head, and he lay down in that place to sleep. ¹²Then he dreamed, and behold, a ladder was set up on the earth, and its top reached to heaven; and there the angels of God were ascending and descending on it. ¹³And behold, the Lord stood above it and said: “I am the Lord God of Abraham your father and the God of Isaac; the land on which you lie I will give to you and your descendants. ¹⁴Also your descendants shall be as the dust of the earth; you shall spread abroad to the west and the east, to the north and the south; and in you and in your seed all the families of the earth shall be blessed. ¹⁵Behold, I am with you and will keep you wherever you go, and will bring you back to this land; for I will not leave you until I have done what I have spoken to you.” ¹⁶Then Jacob awoke from his sleep and said, “Surely the Lord is in this place, and I did not know it.” ¹⁷And he was afraid and said, “How awesome is this place! This is none other than the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven!” – Jacob is on the run from Esau. She sent him to Laban house. He gets to Laban house and looks out in field and sees this beautiful woman. Here name was Rachel.

Jacob Meets Rachel (Genesis 29:9-20)

Genesis 29:9-20 (NKJV)9 Now while he was still speaking with them, Rachel came with her father’s sheep, for she was a shepherdess. 10 And it came to pass, when Jacob saw Rachel the daughter of Laban his mother’s brother, and the sheep of Laban his mother’s brother, that Jacob went near and rolled the stone from the well’s mouth, and watered the flock of Laban his mother’s brother. 11 Then Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice and wept. 12 And Jacob told Rachel that he was her father’s relative and that he was Rebekah’s son. So she ran and told her father.13 Then it came to pass, when Laban heard the report about Jacob his sister’s son, that he ran to meet him, and embraced him and kissed him, and brought him to his house. So he told Laban all these things. 14 And Laban said to him, “Surely you are my bone and my flesh.” And he stayed with him for a month. 15 Then Laban said to Jacob, “Because you are my relative, should you therefore serve me for nothing? Tell me, what should your wages be?” 16 Now Laban had two daughters: the name of the elder was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel. 17 Leah’s eyes were delicate, but Rachel was beautiful of form and appearance.18 Now Jacob loved Rachel; so he said, “I will serve you seven years for Rachel your younger daughter.”19 And Laban said, “It is better that I give her to you than that I should give her to another man. Stay with me.” 20 So Jacob served seven years for Rachel, and they seemed only a few days to him because of the love he had for her.

Jacob asks Laban for Rachael’s hand in marriage, but Laban says he has to work 7 yrs for her.
Jacob goes into the tent to consummate his marriage with Rachael and afterwards, he finds it is Leah and not Rachael.
The Trickster is Tricked (Genesis 29:21-30)

Genesis 29:21-30 (NKJV)21 Then Jacob said to Laban, “Give me my wife, for my days are fulfilled, that I may go in to her.” 22 And Laban gathered together all the men of the place and made a feast. 23 Now it came to pass in the evening, that he took Leah his daughter and brought her to Jacob; and he went in to her. 24 And Laban gave his maid Zilpah to his daughter Leah as a maid. 25 So it came to pass in the morning, that behold, it was Leah. And he said to Laban, “What is this you have done to me? Was it not for Rachel that I served you? Why then have you deceived me?”26 And Laban said, “It must not be done so in our country, to give the younger before the firstborn. 27 Fulfill her week, and we will give you this one also for the service which you will serve with me still another seven years.” 28 Then Jacob did so and fulfilled her week. So he gave him his daughter Rachel as wife also. 29 And Laban gave his maid Bilhah to his daughter Rachel as a maid. 30 Then Jacob also went in to Rachel, and he also loved Rachel more than Leah. And he served with Laban still another seven years.

Jacob is furious because he is tricked. Laban informs Jacob that the oldest (Leah) must be married first. Genesis 29:17 (NKJV)¹⁷Leah’s eyes were delicate, but Rachel was beautiful of form and appearance says she is tender eyed.
Laban says that Jacob has to work 7 more years to get Rachel. Jacob went back into the field to be able to marry Rachel whom he loved. This ought to remind women a little something about their worth.
Leah is now the rejected one.

The making of the Twelve Tribes of Israel: Leah and Jacobs’s Children ( Genesis 29:31 – 30:31)
Genesis 29:31-30 (NKJV) ³¹When the Lord saw that Leah was unloved, He opened her womb; but Rachel was ³²So Leah conceived and bore a son, and she called his name Reuben;^[^a^] for she said, “The Lord has surely looked on my affliction. Now therefore, my husband will love me.” ³³Then she conceived again and bore a son, and said, “Because the Lord has heard that I am unloved, He has therefore given me this son also.” And she called his name Simeon.^[^b^] ³⁴She conceived again and bore a son, and said, “Now this time my husband will become attached to me, because I have borne him three sons.” Therefore his name was called Levi.^[^c^] ³⁵And she conceived again and bore a son, and said, “Now I will praise the Lord.” Therefore she called his name Judah.^[^d^] Then she stopped bearing.
Genesis 30:31 says 30 Now when Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister, and said to Jacob, “Give me children, or else I die!”²And Jacob’s anger was aroused against Rachel, and he said, “Am I in the place of God, who has withheld from you the fruit of the womb?”³So she said, “Here is my maid Bilhah; go in to her, and she will bear a child on my knees, that I also may have children by her.” ⁴Then she gave him Bilhah her maid as wife, and Jacob went in to her. ⁵And Bilhah conceived and bore Jacob a son. ⁶Then Rachel said, “God has judged my case; and He has also heard my voice and given me a son.” Therefore she called his name Dan.^[^e^] ⁷And Rachel’s maid Bilhah conceived again and bore Jacob a second son. ⁸Then Rachel said, “With great wrestlings I have wrestled with my sister, and indeed I have prevailed.” So she called his name Naphtali.^[^f^]9When Leah saw that she had stopped bearing, she took Zilpah her maid and gave her to Jacob as wife. ¹⁰And Leah’s maid Zilpah bore Jacob a son. ¹¹Then Leah said, “A troop comes!”^[^g^] So she called his name Gad.^[^h^] ¹²And Leah’s maid Zilpah bore Jacob a second son. ¹³Then Leah said, “I am happy, for the daughters will call me blessed.” So she called his name Asher.^[ⁱ^]14Now Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest and found mandrakes in the field, and brought them to his mother Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah, “Please give me some of your son’s mandrakes.”¹⁵But she said to her, “Is it a small matter that you have taken away my husband? Would you take away my son’s mandrakes also?”And Rachel said, “Therefore he will lie with you tonight for your son’s mandrakes.”¹⁶When Jacob came out of the field in the evening, Leah went out to meet him and said, “You must come in to me, for I have surely hired you with my son’s mandrakes.” And he lay with her that night. ¹⁷And God listened to Leah, and she conceived and bore Jacob a fifth son. ¹⁸Leah said, “God has given me my wages, because I have given my maid to my husband.” So she called his name Issachar.^[^j^] ¹⁹Then Leah conceived again and bore Jacob a sixth son. ²⁰And Leah said, “God has endowed me with a good endowment; now my husband will dwell with me, because I have borne him six sons.” So she called his name Zebulun.^[^k^] ²¹Afterward she bore a daughter, and called her name Dinah.²²Then God remembered Rachel, and God listened to her and opened her womb. ²³And she conceived and bore a son, and said, “God has taken away my reproach.” ²⁴So she called his name Joseph,^[^l^] and said, “The Lord shall add to me another son.”Jacob’s Agreement with Laban²⁵And it came to pass, when Rachel had borne Joseph, that Jacob said to Laban, “Send me away, that I may go to my own place and to my country. ²⁶Give me my wives and my children for whom I have served you, and let me go; for you know my service which I have done for you.” ²⁷And Laban said to him, “Please stay, if I have found favor in your eyes, for I have learned by experience that the Lord has blessed me for your sake.” ²⁸Then he said, “Name me your wages, and I will give ”²⁹So Jacob said to him, “You know how I have served you and how your livestock has been with me. ³⁰For what you had before I came was little, and it has increased to a great amount; the Lord has blessed you since my coming. And now, when shall I also provide for my own house?”³¹So he said, “What shall I give you?”And Jacob said, “You shall not give me anything. If you will do this thing for me, I will again feed and keep your flocks: – Sarah is barren. Rebekah is barren. Racheal is barren, but Leah is fertile. The one that Jacob loves can’t get him children, but she has position. The one he doesn’t love (Leah), has function.
1. He went in to Leah and had children with her even though he did not like her.
2. Every name in Hebrew means something. When they named somebody, they thought about generation.
3. Leah, is in love with a trickster. She tried to use the babies to make Jacob love her. As a result:
  1. Leah has a baby and names him Ruben. Ruben means “to see”. She thinks, maybe Jacob will see her.
  2. She has another baby and names him Simeon which means “to hear”. She thinks maybe Jacob will hear her (Gen 29:33). What are you doing to get somebody to hear you?

Now Leah has another baby and calls him Levi which means “to be joined together” (Ge. 29:35).

Leah has yet another child and calls him Judah which means “to praise God”. She decided on this one she would give him to God and stop trying to please Jacob.

Conclusion

It is tender-eyed Leah who is rejected. She was always in the shadow of her sister and she was always rejected. However, it is her bloodline who eventually begot King David and it was King David’s bloodline who eventually gave birth to Jesus.

This ought to teach us something very important. We need to be careful who we reject, because you never know what God may birth through them. Through the blood line of rejected Leah would come the ultimate sacrifice, the very thing needed to reconcile mankind back to God!

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Genesis IV, Bible Study 11/30/16

Posted on December 8, 2016 by growintheword

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Genesis IV

Synopsis of Bible study 11/30/16

Delivered by Bishop Walker III

Introduction
God calls Abraham from his home country. God calls him to a land that he would later show him.
The theme of Genesis is actually about, the Promised Land, faith, and
The promise to Abraham was to occupy the Promised Land.
Abraham is not the main character in the book of Genesis, although he is an important character. God is the main character.
Abraham, the father of faith, provided a template for how to walk in the faith in God. Hebrews 11:8-10 (NKJV) ⁸By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to the place which he would receive as an inheritance. And he went out, not knowing where he was going. ⁹By faith he dwelt in the land of promise as in a foreign country, dwelling in tents with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise; ¹⁰for he waited for the city which has foundations, whose builder and maker is-God’s call to Abraham is a trilogy consisting of himself, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
Jacob leaves us with 12 tribes of Israel.

God’s Covenant with Abraham (See Image 1.1)
Abraham’s Name Change to Abraham,
In Genesis 17:5 (NKJV) it says ⁵No longer shall your name be called Abram, but your name shall be Abraham; for I have made you a father of many nations. – God changes Abram’s name from Abram to Abraham.
Genesis 17:6-8 (NKJV) says ⁶I will make you exceedingly fruitful; and I will make nations of you, and kings shall come from you. ⁷And I will establish My covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you in their generations, for an everlasting covenant, to be God to you and your descendants after you. ⁸Also I give to you and your descendants after you the land in which you are a stranger, all the land of Canaan, as an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.”- Imagine what God is saying. He is saying that nations and kings will come out of Abraham. It will be an everlasting covenant.
God also changes Sarah’s name. Sarah means princess. Genesis 17:15-16 (NKJV) says ¹⁵Then God said to Abraham, “As for Sarai your wife, you shall not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall be her name. ¹⁶And I will bless her and also give you a son by her; then I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of peoples shall be from her.”
Circumcision: The Sign of Covenant
God establishes his covenant with Abraham that instructed all male kids to be circumcised at the age of 8. Genesis 17:10-14 (NKJV) ¹⁰This is My covenant which you shall keep, between Me and you and your descendants after you: Every male child among you shall be circumcised; ¹¹and you shall be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskins, and it shall be a sign of the covenant between Me and you. ¹²He who is eight days old among you shall be circumcised, every male child in your generations, he who is born in your house or bought with money from any foreigner who is not your descendant. ¹³He who is born in your house and he who is bought with your money must be circumcised, and My covenant shall be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant. ¹⁴And the uncircumcised male child, who is not circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin, that person shall be cut off from his people; he has broken My covenant.”- Egyptian circumcision was brutal, but it was necessary for every male Hebrew child. They amputated the foreskin. All male children at 8 days old had to do this or they would be out of covenant with God.
In the New Testament, there is a reinterpretation of this circumcision. Note that the circumcision in the New Testament is talking about putting the old life away and walking in a new life. It is more like circumcision of the heart.
Sarah , The Mother of Nations

Genesis 17:19-21 (NKJV) ¹⁹Then God said: “No, Sarah your wife shall bear you a son, and you shall call his name Isaac; I will establish My covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with his descendants after him. ²⁰And as for Ishmael, I have heard you. Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly. He shall beget twelve princes, and I will make him a great nation. ²¹But My covenant I will establish with Isaac, whom Sarah shall bear to you at this set time next year.” – Remember Ishmael had been born, though he was Abraham’s mistake. Ishmael represents the reality that we deal with today. What we mean is, everyone has a mistake they have to deal with despite living in their blessing. God decided to still bless Ishmael, because everything connected to Abraham was supposed to be blessed. God said it so it had to come true. God’s word will not return to him void.

In verse 21 above, Abraham was at age 99, but God was still saying this time next year, Abraham and Sarah would have a son. This would make Abraham 100 yrs old when Isaac was to be born.
Sarah was a listening to God say all this and she laughed. Genesis 18:12 (NKJV) ¹²Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, “After I have grown old, shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also?”)
Why did Sarah laugh? Genesis 18:13-14 (NKJV) says 13 And the Lord said to Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh, saying, ‘Shall I surely bear a child, since I am old?’ ¹⁴Is anything too hard for the Lord? At the appointed time I will return to you, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son.” – Abraham is 99 yrs and God has given Abraham an appointed time. Sarah didn’t laugh outwardly, it was inwardly, but God knew she laughed. Often, while we are laughing, God is speaking.
1. Psalm 139:2 says (NKJV) ²You know my sitting down and my rising up; You understand my thought afar off. – God is aware when you laugh.

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Sodom and Gomorrah

Abraham intercedes for Sodom and Gomorrah
Genesis 18:18-21 (NKJV) ¹⁸since Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him? ¹⁹For I have known him, in order that he may command his children and his household after him, that they keep the way of the Lord, to do righteousness and justice, that the Lord may bring to Abraham what He has spoken to him.” ²⁰And the Lord said, “Because the outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grave, ²¹I will go down now and see whether they have done altogether according to the outcry against it that has come to Me; and if not, I will know.”- God knew what was happening in Sodom. As a result, God says he will get off his throne and come down to earth just to look. It was so bad, on the earth that God got off the throne to see.
Things got so bad, Abraham started interceding for Sodom and Gomorrah. Remember when lot and Abraham split up, Lot went over near Sodom.
Abraham kept asking if God would spare the land. Abraham kept asking God if he would spare the land, if they found anyone righteous. He kept having to lower the number each time he asked God, because they could find no one. In the end, they only found one that was righteous.
In Sodom and Gomorrah, there were groups of people sleeping with people of the same sex, issues of drunkardness, and people were even having sex with their pets.
The name Sodom itself is where we get the word sodomy. It was so bad, God decided to destroy Sodom and Gomorrah.
Sodom and Gomorrah is destroyed (See Image 1.2)
In Genesis 19, God sends angels. When angels would invade the earth, they would be very handsome men. They didn’t look like angels though. These two men that didn’t look like angels go to Lot’s house. As a result, men came knocking on Lot’s door wanting to have sex with these two handsome men who were really angels. Abraham tried so hard to keep this from happening he offered his two virgin daughters up to these men instead, but they were not interested. They wanted to be with the two handsome men.
The angels (the two handsome men) led Lot and his family out of the city and the city was burned up. They were warned not to look back. Lot’s wife looked back anyway and she turned into a pillar of salt. Genesis 19:26 (NKJV) says ²⁶But his wife looked back behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.- If God blesses you to come out, don’t be foolish enough to look back.
Genesis 19:27-29 (NKJV) ²⁷And Abraham went early in the morning to the place where he had stood before the Lord. ²⁸Then he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain; and he saw, and behold, the smoke of the land which went up like the smoke of a furnace. ²⁹And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the plain, that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when He overthrew the cities in which Lot had dwelt.- Now we have another scenario starting.

The Descendants of Lot

Lot was in a place called Zoar. He knew it wasn’t a good place, so he left it and went to a cave.
Before we go into the next part, it is important that we ask ourselves, what are the social implications of events that had taken place? What are the domestic implications of the events? What is the sociological trauma of such events? What happens when you grow up in Sodom and Gomorrah? What happens when your own Dad offers you up to strangers that come to the house? You have to ask these questions to truly understand what happens next.
Lot moves into to a cave. His daughters begin to have a conversation and the eldest daughter said to the younger sister, “Let us have a child by our father after getting him drunk”.. Genesis 19:31-36 (NKJV) ³¹Now the firstborn said to the younger, “Our father is old, and there is no man on the earth to come in to us as is the custom of all the earth. ³²Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve the lineage of our father.” ³³So they made their father drink wine that night. And the firstborn went in and lay with her father, and he did not know when she lay down or when she arose.³⁴It happened on the next day that the firstborn said to the younger, “Indeed I lay with my father last night; let us make him drink wine tonight also, and you go in and lie with him, that we may preserve the lineage of our father.” ³⁵Then they made their father drink wine that night also. And the younger arose and lay with him, and he did not know when she lay down or when she arose.³⁶Thus both the daughters of Lot were with child by their father. – They got pregnant by their father. Could it be that the Tornados of incest could have spun out control at this point or was it flawed thinking caused by the events and the environment of Sodom and Gomorrah?
When they had the children, the first was called Moab whose decedents became the Moabites. Genesis 19:37 (NKJV) says ³⁷The firstborn bore a son and called his name Moab; he is the father of the Moabites to this day. – Ruth was a Moabite if you will remember and remember that Moabites originally worshiped idol gods. Ruth in the bible was Lot’s grandchild.
The next born was named Ben-Ammi whose descendants became the ammonites. Genesis 19:38 (NKJV) 38 And the younger, she also bore a son and called his name Ben-Ammi; he is the father of the people of Ammon to this day. – They worshiped the fire gods. The image of this god had its arms stretched out as if to capture babies. The people that worshiped this Idol god, sacrificed babies unto this god. These people is Lot’s great-great-grandchildren.

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The Birth of the Promised son, Isaac
Isaac, the son of Sarah and Abraham
Abraham had a son named Isaac at 100 yrs old.
Isaac didn’t get here by natural conception. This teaches us 3 things:
1. Nothing is too hard for God
2. All things are possible
3. God keeps his promises
Isaac means, “I laugh”.
1. Genesis 21:8 (NKJV) Hagar and Ishmael Depart ⁸So the child grew and was weaned. And Abraham made a great feast on the same day that Isaac was weaned.- Abraham had a feast when Isaac was weaned.
The expulsion of Hagar and Ishmael
Hagar was eventually allowed to come back into Abraham’s house.
It is believed that Ishmael was mocking Isaac and Sarah got mad about it. Abraham might not have really had feelings for Hagar, but he love Ishmael.
Abraham rose up and gave her water, bread, and water, and sent Hagar away. Genesis 21:10-13 (NKJV) ¹⁰Therefore she said to Abraham, “Cast out this bondwoman and her son; for the son of this bondwoman shall not be heir with my son, namely with Isaac.” ¹¹And the matter was very displeasing in Abraham’s sight because of his son. ¹²But God said to Abraham, “Do not let it be displeasing in your sight because of the lad or because of your bondwoman. Whatever Sarah has said to you, listen to her voice; for in Isaac your seed shall be called. ¹³Yet I will also make a nation of the son of the bondwoman, because he is your seed.”- Just because Ishmael is leaving doesn’t mean he will not be blessed.
Finally something happens. Abraham and Sarah finally has a son after a 100yrs.
Conclusion: The test of Abraham’s faith.
Now God wants Abraham to sacrifice Isaac. God wants us to sacrifice the thing we want the most. There is no sacrifice in giving what you don’t want.
Abraham has supernatural faith.
They travel to Mount Moriah. Abraham is willing to do what God wants him to do.
Abraham told the men with him to stop at the foot of the mountain. He told them that he and his son were going to worship.
Two things we should learn from this.
1. If God told Abraham to kill his son, it was up to God to raise him up again.
2. Some people, you got to leave at the foot of the mountain, because they will try to stop the plan of God.
Abraham goes up and he has wood and a knife, but he brings nothing to sacrifice.
Isaac asks where is the sacrifice? With tears in his eyes, Abraham looks at Isaac and tells him that he is the sacrifice.
Abraham places his son on the altar and ties him up. When God tells us to do stuff that we think is immoral or not right, should we do it? Yes, of course we are, because God is all knowing and his ways are not our ways.
Abraham takes his knife out and is about to kill his son. He is about to sacrifice his on the altar, but guess what happens? Genesis 22:11-12 (NKJV) says ¹¹But the Angel of the Lord called to him from heaven and said, “Abraham, Abraham!” So he said, “Here I am.” ¹²And He said, “Do not lay your hand on the lad, or do anything to him; for now I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your son, your only son, from Me.”- God now knows that Abraham is the real deal. He shows Abraham a ram caught in the thicket and told him to use it for the sacrifice.
Abraham called this place Jehovah Jireh, meaning, “God will provide”.
If he would do it on the mountain, how ironic that another father would give up his only begotten son on a mountain too as a sacrifice for us. What God really wants from Abraham and us is not our money or our gifts. We are the sacrifice that God wants. If he gets us, God knows he will have everything. We are supposed to give our bodies as a reasonable sacrifice. Romans 12:1 (NKJV) says 12 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service.
What God was going to do for Abraham could only happen after Abraham passed the test of being willing to give what he loved the most. This is when it will happen!

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Synopsis of Bible study 11/30/16

Delivered by Bishop Walker III

Introduction
God calls Abraham from his home country. God calls him to a land that he would later show him.
The theme of Genesis is actually about, the Promised Land, faith, and
The promise to Abraham was to occupy the Promised Land.
Abraham is not the main character in the book of Genesis, although he is an important character. God is the main character.
Abraham, the father of faith, provided a template for how to walk in the faith in God. Hebrews 11:8-10 (NKJV) ⁸By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to the place which he would receive as an inheritance. And he went out, not knowing where he was going. ⁹By faith he dwelt in the land of promise as in a foreign country, dwelling in tents with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise; ¹⁰for he waited for the city which has foundations, whose builder and maker is-God’s call to Abraham is a trilogy consisting of himself, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
Jacob leaves us with 12 tribes of Israel.

God’s Covenant with Abraham (See Image 1.1)
Abraham’s Name Change to Abraham,
In Genesis 17:5 (NKJV) it says ⁵No longer shall your name be called Abram, but your name shall be Abraham; for I have made you a father of many nations. – God changes Abram’s name from Abram to Abraham.
Genesis 17:6-8 (NKJV) says ⁶I will make you exceedingly fruitful; and I will make nations of you, and kings shall come from you. ⁷And I will establish My covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you in their generations, for an everlasting covenant, to be God to you and your descendants after you. ⁸Also I give to you and your descendants after you the land in which you are a stranger, all the land of Canaan, as an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.”- Imagine what God is saying. He is saying that nations and kings will come out of Abraham. It will be an everlasting covenant.
God also changes Sarah’s name. Sarah means princess. Genesis 17:15-16 (NKJV) says ¹⁵Then God said to Abraham, “As for Sarai your wife, you shall not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall be her name. ¹⁶And I will bless her and also give you a son by her; then I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of peoples shall be from her.”
Circumcision: The Sign of Covenant
God establishes his covenant with Abraham that instructed all male kids to be circumcised at the age of 8. Genesis 17:10-14 (NKJV) ¹⁰This is My covenant which you shall keep, between Me and you and your descendants after you: Every male child among you shall be circumcised; ¹¹and you shall be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskins, and it shall be a sign of the covenant between Me and you. ¹²He who is eight days old among you shall be circumcised, every male child in your generations, he who is born in your house or bought with money from any foreigner who is not your descendant. ¹³He who is born in your house and he who is bought with your money must be circumcised, and My covenant shall be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant. ¹⁴And the uncircumcised male child, who is not circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin, that person shall be cut off from his people; he has broken My covenant.”- Egyptian circumcision was brutal, but it was necessary for every male Hebrew child. They amputated the foreskin. All male children at 8 days old had to do this or they would be out of covenant with God.
In the New Testament, there is a reinterpretation of this circumcision. Note that the circumcision in the New Testament is talking about putting the old life away and walking in a new life. It is more like circumcision of the heart.
Sarah , The Mother of Nations

In verse 21 above, Abraham was at age 99, but God was still saying this time next year, Abraham and Sarah would have a son. This would make Abraham 100 yrs old when Isaac was to be born.
Sarah was a listening to God say all this and she laughed. Genesis 18:12 (NKJV) ¹²Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, “After I have grown old, shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also?”)
Why did Sarah laugh? Genesis 18:13-14 (NKJV) says 13 And the Lord said to Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh, saying, ‘Shall I surely bear a child, since I am old?’ ¹⁴Is anything too hard for the Lord? At the appointed time I will return to you, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son.” – Abraham is 99 yrs and God has given Abraham an appointed time. Sarah didn’t laugh outwardly, it was inwardly, but God knew she laughed. Often, while we are laughing, God is speaking.
1. Psalm 139:2 says (NKJV) ²You know my sitting down and my rising up; You understand my thought afar off. – God is aware when you laugh.

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Sodom and Gomorrah

Abraham intercedes for Sodom and Gomorrah
Genesis 18:18-21 (NKJV) ¹⁸since Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him? ¹⁹For I have known him, in order that he may command his children and his household after him, that they keep the way of the Lord, to do righteousness and justice, that the Lord may bring to Abraham what He has spoken to him.” ²⁰And the Lord said, “Because the outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grave, ²¹I will go down now and see whether they have done altogether according to the outcry against it that has come to Me; and if not, I will know.”- God knew what was happening in Sodom. As a result, God says he will get off his throne and come down to earth just to look. It was so bad, on the earth that God got off the throne to see.
Things got so bad, Abraham started interceding for Sodom and Gomorrah. Remember when lot and Abraham split up, Lot went over near Sodom.
Abraham kept asking if God would spare the land. Abraham kept asking God if he would spare the land, if they found anyone righteous. He kept having to lower the number each time he asked God, because they could find no one. In the end, they only found one that was righteous.
In Sodom and Gomorrah, there were groups of people sleeping with people of the same sex, issues of drunkardness, and people were even having sex with their pets.
The name Sodom itself is where we get the word sodomy. It was so bad, God decided to destroy Sodom and Gomorrah.
Sodom and Gomorrah is destroyed (See Image 1.2)
In Genesis 19, God sends angels. When angels would invade the earth, they would be very handsome men. They didn’t look like angels though. These two men that didn’t look like angels go to Lot’s house. As a result, men came knocking on Lot’s door wanting to have sex with these two handsome men who were really angels. Abraham tried so hard to keep this from happening he offered his two virgin daughters up to these men instead, but they were not interested. They wanted to be with the two handsome men.
The angels (the two handsome men) led Lot and his family out of the city and the city was burned up. They were warned not to look back. Lot’s wife looked back anyway and she turned into a pillar of salt. Genesis 19:26 (NKJV) says ²⁶But his wife looked back behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.- If God blesses you to come out, don’t be foolish enough to look back.
Genesis 19:27-29 (NKJV) ²⁷And Abraham went early in the morning to the place where he had stood before the Lord. ²⁸Then he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain; and he saw, and behold, the smoke of the land which went up like the smoke of a furnace. ²⁹And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the plain, that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when He overthrew the cities in which Lot had dwelt.- Now we have another scenario starting.

The Descendants of Lot

Lot was in a place called Zoar. He knew it wasn’t a good place, so he left it and went to a cave.
Before we go into the next part, it is important that we ask ourselves, what are the social implications of events that had taken place? What are the domestic implications of the events? What is the sociological trauma of such events? What happens when you grow up in Sodom and Gomorrah? What happens when your own Dad offers you up to strangers that come to the house? You have to ask these questions to truly understand what happens next.
Lot moves into to a cave. His daughters begin to have a conversation and the eldest daughter said to the younger sister, “Let us have a child by our father after getting him drunk”.. Genesis 19:31-36 (NKJV) ³¹Now the firstborn said to the younger, “Our father is old, and there is no man on the earth to come in to us as is the custom of all the earth. ³²Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve the lineage of our father.” ³³So they made their father drink wine that night. And the firstborn went in and lay with her father, and he did not know when she lay down or when she arose.³⁴It happened on the next day that the firstborn said to the younger, “Indeed I lay with my father last night; let us make him drink wine tonight also, and you go in and lie with him, that we may preserve the lineage of our father.” ³⁵Then they made their father drink wine that night also. And the younger arose and lay with him, and he did not know when she lay down or when she arose.³⁶Thus both the daughters of Lot were with child by their father. – They got pregnant by their father. Could it be that the Tornados of incest could have spun out control at this point or was it flawed thinking caused by the events and the environment of Sodom and Gomorrah?
When they had the children, the first was called Moab whose decedents became the Moabites. Genesis 19:37 (NKJV) says ³⁷The firstborn bore a son and called his name Moab; he is the father of the Moabites to this day. – Ruth was a Moabite if you will remember and remember that Moabites originally worshiped idol gods. Ruth in the bible was Lot’s grandchild.
The next born was named Ben-Ammi whose descendants became the ammonites. Genesis 19:38 (NKJV) 38 And the younger, she also bore a son and called his name Ben-Ammi; he is the father of the people of Ammon to this day. – They worshiped the fire gods. The image of this god had its arms stretched out as if to capture babies. The people that worshiped this Idol god, sacrificed babies unto this god. These people is Lot’s great-great-grandchildren.

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The Birth of the Promised son, Isaac
Isaac, the son of Sarah and Abraham
Abraham had a son named Isaac at 100 yrs old.
Isaac didn’t get here by natural conception. This teaches us 3 things:
1. Nothing is too hard for God
2. All things are possible
3. God keeps his promises
Isaac means, “I laugh”.
1. Genesis 21:8 (NKJV) Hagar and Ishmael Depart ⁸So the child grew and was weaned. And Abraham made a great feast on the same day that Isaac was weaned.- Abraham had a feast when Isaac was weaned.
The expulsion of Hagar and Ishmael
Hagar was eventually allowed to come back into Abraham’s house.
It is believed that Ishmael was mocking Isaac and Sarah got mad about it. Abraham might not have really had feelings for Hagar, but he love Ishmael.
Abraham rose up and gave her water, bread, and water, and sent Hagar away. Genesis 21:10-13 (NKJV) ¹⁰Therefore she said to Abraham, “Cast out this bondwoman and her son; for the son of this bondwoman shall not be heir with my son, namely with Isaac.” ¹¹And the matter was very displeasing in Abraham’s sight because of his son. ¹²But God said to Abraham, “Do not let it be displeasing in your sight because of the lad or because of your bondwoman. Whatever Sarah has said to you, listen to her voice; for in Isaac your seed shall be called. ¹³Yet I will also make a nation of the son of the bondwoman, because he is your seed.”- Just because Ishmael is leaving doesn’t mean he will not be blessed.
Finally something happens. Abraham and Sarah finally has a son after a 100yrs.
Conclusion: The test of Abraham’s faith.
Now God wants Abraham to sacrifice Isaac. God wants us to sacrifice the thing we want the most. There is no sacrifice in giving what you don’t want.
Abraham has supernatural faith.
They travel to Mount Moriah. Abraham is willing to do what God wants him to do.
Abraham told the men with him to stop at the foot of the mountain. He told them that he and his son were going to worship.
Two things we should learn from this.
1. If God told Abraham to kill his son, it was up to God to raise him up again.
2. Some people, you got to leave at the foot of the mountain, because they will try to stop the plan of God.
Abraham goes up and he has wood and a knife, but he brings nothing to sacrifice.
Isaac asks where is the sacrifice? With tears in his eyes, Abraham looks at Isaac and tells him that he is the sacrifice.
Abraham places his son on the altar and ties him up. When God tells us to do stuff that we think is immoral or not right, should we do it? Yes, of course we are, because God is all knowing and his ways are not our ways.
Abraham takes his knife out and is about to kill his son. He is about to sacrifice his on the altar, but guess what happens? Genesis 22:11-12 (NKJV) says ¹¹But the Angel of the Lord called to him from heaven and said, “Abraham, Abraham!” So he said, “Here I am.” ¹²And He said, “Do not lay your hand on the lad, or do anything to him; for now I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your son, your only son, from Me.”- God now knows that Abraham is the real deal. He shows Abraham a ram caught in the thicket and told him to use it for the sacrifice.
Abraham called this place Jehovah Jireh, meaning, “God will provide”.
If he would do it on the mountain, how ironic that another father would give up his only begotten son on a mountain too as a sacrifice for us. What God really wants from Abraham and us is not our money or our gifts. We are the sacrifice that God wants. If he gets us, God knows he will have everything. We are supposed to give our bodies as a reasonable sacrifice. Romans 12:1 (NKJV) says 12 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service.
What God was going to do for Abraham could only happen after Abraham passed the test of being willing to give what he loved the most. This is when it will happen!

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Genesis Part III, Bible Study 11/16/16

Posted on November 29, 2016 by growintheword

Part III

Synopsis of Bible study 11/16/16

Delivered by Bishop Walker III

Introduction
The descendants of Noah (see Map 1.1)
Genesis 9:1 (NKJV) 9 So God blessed Noah and his sons, and said to them: “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth.^[^a^] – The sons of Noah formed 3 national groups. . The National groups were the Japhethites, Hamites, and the Shemites.
Genesis 10:1-10 (NKJV) 10 Now this is the genealogy of the sons of Noah: Shem, Ham, and Japheth. And sons were born to them after the flood. ²The sons of Japheth were Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras. ³The sons of Gomer were Ashkenaz, Riphath,^[a] and Togarmah. ⁴The sons of Javan were Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.^[^b^] ⁵From these the coastland peoples of the Gentiles were separated into their lands, everyone according to his language, according to their families, into their nations. ⁶The sons of Ham were Cush, Mizraim, Put,^[^c^] and Canaan. ⁷The sons of Cush were Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabtechah; and the sons of Raamah were Sheba and Dedan. ⁸Cush begot Nimrod; he began to be a mighty one on the earth. ⁹He was a mighty hunter before the Lord; therefore it is said, “Like Nimrod the mighty hunter before the Lord.” ¹⁰And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
Canaan fathers two sons. Heath and Sidon. Sidon was locative duchess in the Phoenician coastal cities.
The canonized people extended to Japhethites, Amorites, and Hivites.

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The Tower of Babel
God brought down judgment. Babel means confusion. The number 11 means confusion also. The original meaning of babel meant the gate of god. There was a divine boundary between mankind and that which was divine.
In chapter 11, it opens up saying that everyone in the whole earth spoke one language. Genesis 11:1 (NKJV) 11 Now the whole earth had one language and one speech. – There was a plan of the people to come to together. They learned to make brick and they were good at it.
The problem comes in when they decided to start building stuff in their own name. They got the idea in verse 4 to build a city and a tower leading to heaven. Genesis 11:4 says (NKJV) ⁴And they said, “Come, let us build ourselves a city, and a tower whose top is in the heavens; let us make a name for ourselves, lest we be scattered abroad over the face of the whole earth.” – Notice what they say in their arrogance, they would build city in their name, less they be scattered. Remember that God said in Genesis 9:1 to be fruitful and multiply. God had intended for them multiply and populate the earth, but they decided not to leave the area they were in, after they learned how to build bricks.
1. Genesis 11:5-6 (NKJV) ⁵But the Lord came down to see the city and the tower which the sons of men had built. ⁶And the Lord said, “Indeed the people are one and they all have one language, and this is what they begin to do; now nothing that they propose to do will be withheld from them. – God decided to confuse their language and scatter them all over the earth. In building the tower, they were trying to violate a divine boundary. God literally spread them around the earth the way he intended in the first place. This is why we have different languages today.
Often when you get good at something you want to stay in one place and not expand.

The Introduction onto Patriarchal History

A patriarch is name of the male head-of-household. Matriarch is the name given to the female head-of-household. Back in the biblical days, this was the highest office in a family that one could hold.

Introduction to Abraham.
Genesis 12:2 (NKJV) ²I will make you a great nation; I will bless you And make your name great; And you shall be a blessing- God is talking to Abram at this time.
In Genesis 17:5, Abram became Abraham. Genesis 17:5 (NKJV) says ⁵No longer shall your name be called Abram, but your name shall be Abraham; for I have made you a father of many nations. – Abraham would become the father of many nations. Abraham’s name means father of the exalted. The reason God moves Abraham and renames him is because the land that Abram was from (Haran) believed in polytheism (the worship of many gods).
Even in Abraham’s family, they are starting to practice, polytheism. God was relocating Abraham to a place of monotheism (worship of the one true living God). God said he could not give him a promise if they are practicing polytheism. This is why God relocated him.
Abraham leaves his family’s house.

The Call and Promise to Abraham
The Call is always associated with a command and a promise. When you receive the Call, it means you have to get up and go.
The promise was that God would make Abraham a great nation. Wherever God tells you to go, know that he has a promised tied to.
In gen 12:2, God says He will make Abraham a great nation. Genesis 12:2 (NKJV) ²I will make you a great nation; I will bless you And make your name great; And you shall be a blessing. – In other words the promise would be greater than Abraham. God would make his name great and He would make Abraham a blessing.
If Abraham is going to be a blessing, he has to be blessed. How can you give what you don’t have? In order to give a blessing, you have to be blessed!
Abraham is going to bless more than himself. Abraham was called to go to a go to a predetermined work. Romans 8:30 (NKJV) says ³⁰Moreover whom He predestined, these He also called; whom He called, these He also justified; and whom He justified, these He also glorified. If God calls you to a work, he has already completed it. All you have to do is walk in it.

The History of the Promised Land (See Map 1.2)
The Promised Land was often referred to as the land of Canaan. The Promised Land wasn’t referred to as Israel. Territories in that day could shift. Abraham leaves Haran with a command and a promise.

The Story of Abraham and Family

Abrahams First Journey to the Promised Land
Genesis 12:4 (NKJV) says ⁴So Abram departed as the Lord had spoken to him, and Lot went with him. And Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed from Haran. – Abraham had a wife named Sarah and a nephew named Lot.
Genesis 12:7 (NKJV) says ⁷Then the Lord appeared to Abram and said, “To your descendants I will give this land.” And there he built an altar to the Lord, who had appeared to him. – God gave Abraham a glimpse of the Land, but would not allow him to occupy the land just yet. The land was already occupied at this time. Sometimes God will give you a glimpse of your blessing, but he might not allow you to occupy it until later.
Genesis 12:8-9 (NKJV) says ⁸And he moved from there to the mountain east of Bethel, and he pitched his tent with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east; there he built an altar to the Lord and called on the name of the Lord. ⁹So Abram journeyed, going on still toward the South.^[^a^], – Here God was still showing Abraham a glimpse of the promise.

Abrams Journey to Egypt
In Gen 12:10-13:1 (read later), we see that there was a famine in the land (read later). What happened to descendants during this famine? They would do what Abraham did and that is go to Egypt.
Why did they go to Egypt? They went to Egypt, because it was located by the Nile River. With Egypt being by the Nile River, they would have a water source and great location.
A lot of great things came out of Egypt that we use today. One of them is Most great things came out of Egypt. They were the Hamites.
Abraham goes down to Egypt. Egyptian people are good looking people. Egyptian people just looked good. Abraham goes to Egypt to escape the famine. His wife Sarah is a 15 on scale of 10. She is fine. He realizes her life was in jeopardy. He knew they Egyptians might take her and give her to the king.
1. When he ready to go in, Abraham told his wife that she must pose as his sister. What makes this interesting, is this: In Genesis 12:11-15 (NKJV) ¹¹And it came to pass, when he was close to entering Egypt, that he said to Sarai his wife, “Indeed I know that you are a woman of beautiful countenance. ¹²Therefore it will happen, when the Egyptians see you, that they will say, ‘This is his wife’; and they will kill me, but they will let you live. ¹³Please say you are my sister, that it may be well with me for your sake, and that I^[^a^] may live because of you.” ¹⁴So it was, when Abram came into Egypt, that the Egyptians saw the woman, that she was very beautiful. ¹⁵The princes of Pharaoh also saw her and commended her to Pharaoh. And the woman was taken to Pharaoh’s house. – Egyptians was so taken by her beauty, Sarah was taken to Pharaoh’s house.
2. According to vs 16, Abraham was treated well for Sarah’s sake. Genesis 12:16 (NKJV) says ¹⁶He treated Abram well for her sake. He had sheep, oxen, male donkeys, male and female servants, female donkeys, and camels
Though it is comical, this brings up some ethical issues. Abraham got paid, he lied, and conspired with his wife who got offered up to the Pharaoh. Shortly after she goes to Pharaoh, a plague hit his house. He knew something wasn’t’ right. Pharaoh discovers that this woman is Abraham’s wife. Pharaoh tells Abraham and Sarah to leave, but allows Abraham to take everything he had given him. Abraham left Egypt a very wealthy man. Genesis 12:17-19 (NKJV) says ¹⁷But the Lord plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai, Abram’s wife. ¹⁸And Pharaoh called Abram and said, “What is this you have done to me? Why did you not tell me that she was your wife? ¹⁹Why did you say, ‘She is my sister’? I might have taken her as my wife. Now therefore, here is your wife; take her and go your way.”
Abraham lied, God blocked harm from coming to Abraham, and God used the foolishness of Abraham and Sarah’s conspiracy to transfer the wealthy of the wicked to the righteous. Abraham was wealthy, because he was a recipient of God’s blessings. If we are connected to Abraham, and he was wealthy, because of his blessings, then we ought to at least be able to pay our bills. Broke is not in your blood line.
God reconciles ethical issues:

The separation of Abraham and Lot

Genesis 13:5-7 (NKJV) ⁵Lot also, who went with Abram, had flocks and herds and tents. ⁶Now the land was not able to support them, that they might dwell together, for their possessions were so great that they could not dwell together. ⁷And there was strife between the herdsmen of Abram’s livestock and the herdsmen of Lot’s livestock. The Canaanites and the Perizzites then dwelt in the land.- God did promise that we would have so many blessings, we wouldn’t have room enough to receive it. Abraham and Lots processions got so great, they couldn’t dwell together.
Abraham says to Lot, “There is no need of us having beef with each other” Genesis 13:8-9 (NKJV) ⁸So Abram said to Lot, “Please let there be no strife between you and me, and between my herdsmen and your herdsmen; for we are ⁹Is not the whole land before you? Please separate from me. If you take the left, then I will go to the right; or, if you go to the right, then I will go to the left.”- Abraham offered to take whatever Lot did not want. When the blessing is on you, it doesn’t matter what someone else takes. The blessing is on Abraham. Wherever we go, we will always be blessed.
Abraham refused to be stuck in an uncomfortable environment.
In Genesis 14, an alliance of 4 eastern kings conquered some Canaanites kings. During the attack, they took Lot and all the women and children. Even through Abraham and Lot parted ways, Abraham never stopped covering Lot.
Somebody escaped and told Abraham that Lot had been captured.

Abraham rescue of lot
Abraham paid to bring back Lot, the woman and children, and Lot’s possessions back. His wealth restored everything back.
Abrahams meeting of Melchizedek
Genesis 14:17-24 (NKJV) says ¹⁷And the king of Sodom went out to meet him at the Valley of Shaveh (that is, the King’s Valley), after his return from the defeat of Chedorlaomer and the kings who were with him. ¹⁸Then Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine; he was the priest of God Most High. ¹⁹And he blessed him and said: “Blessed be Abram of God Most High, Possessor of heaven and earth; ²⁰And blessed be God Most High, Who has delivered your enemies into your hand.” And he gave him a tithe of all. ²¹Now the king of Sodom said to Abram, “Give me the persons, and take the goods for yourself.” ²²But Abram said to the king of Sodom, “I have raised my hand to the Lord, God Most High, the Possessor of heaven and earth, ²³that I will take nothing, from a thread to a sandal strap, and that I will not take anything that is yours, lest you should say, ‘I have made Abram rich’— ²⁴except only what the young men have eaten, and the portion of the men who went with me: Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre; let them take their portion.”- Melchizedek was the priest on high, the king of Salem. It is important also to know that there was an exchange of wine and bread between them.
In the syntax, the name Melchizedek starts with capitalization. Melchizedek according to the bible doesn’t have a beginning or end. It has been said also that the first tithe was paid to Melchizedek. Abraham paid tithe to Melchizedek as we pay tithes today.

Gods First Covenant with Abraham
The Lord’s promise to Abraham – Abraham doesn’t have any children. He was 75 when he left Haran. Now it is 10 yrs later.
Genesis 15:4-5(NKJV) says ⁴And behold, the word of the Lord came to him, saying, “This one shall not be your heir, but one who will come from your own body shall be your heir.” ⁵Then He brought him outside and said, “Look now toward heaven, and count the stars if you are able to number them.” And He said to him, “So shall your descendants be.” – God asks Abraham if he could number the stars? God then promised that his descendants would be uncountable just like the stars in the sky.
God promised Abraham at child at 85, but Abraham’s wife Sarah was barren.

Compose of the covenant.
Sara has a proposal for Abraham – Genesis 16:1-2 (NKJV) says 16 Now Sarai, Abram’s wife, had borne him no And she had an Egyptian maidservant whose name was Hagar. 2 So Sarai said to Abram, “See now, the Lord has restrained me from bearing children. Please, go in to my maid; perhaps I shall obtain children by her.” And Abram heeded the voice of Sarai. – Sarah had a maid named Hagar. She tells Abraham to go and be with Hagar, because Sarah could not have children.
Genesis 16:3 (NKJV) ³Then Sarai, Abram’s wife, took Hagar her maid, the Egyptian, and gave her to her husband Abram to be his wife, after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan. – Abraham dwelt 10yrs in Canaan. At this time, he is now 85.
Hagar conceived a child. Genesis 16:4 (NKJV) says ⁴So he went in to Hagar, and she conceived. And when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress became despised in her eyes. – When Hagar got pregnant, Hagar changed. One could say that Hagar was picking at Sarah. It was Sarah’s plan, but now Sarah is tripping. After Sarah complained about how Hagar was acting, Abraham released Sarah to do what she wanted to Hagar, even though Hagar was carrying Abraham’s child.
Sarah made is so bad, she literally put Hagar out in the dessert and the wilderness.

The birth of Ishmael.
1. An angel of the Lord comes in. Genesis 16:9-12 (NKJV) says ⁹The Angel of the Lord said to her, “Return to your mistress, and submit yourself under her hand.” ¹⁰Then the Angel of the Lord said to her, “I will multiply your descendants exceedingly, so that they shall not be counted for multitude.” ¹¹And the Angel of the Lord said to her: “Behold, you are with child, And you shall bear a son. You shall call his name Ishmael, Because the Lord has heard your affliction. ¹²He shall be a wild man; His hand shall be against every man, And every man’s hand against him. And he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.”- God said she will have a son called Ishmael.

Facts about Ishmael
Ishmael grew to become a skilled hunter and archer. Genesis 21:20 (NKJV) ²⁰So God was with the lad; and he grew and dwelt in the wilderness, and became an archer.
Hagar later found an Egyptian wife for Ishmael. Genesis 21:21 (NKJV) ²¹He dwelt in the Wilderness of Paran; and his mother took a wife for him from the land of Egypt.
Ishmael fathered 12 sons. Genesis 17:20 (NKJV) ²⁰And as for Ishmael, I have heard you. Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly. He shall beget twelve princes, and I will make him a great nation.
Ishmael fathered the nomadic Arab nations. Genesis 25:13-15 (NKJV) ¹³And these were the names of the sons of Ishmael, by their names, according to their generations: The firstborn of Ishmael, Nebajoth; then Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam, ¹⁴Mishma, Dumah, Massa, ¹⁵Hadar,^[^a^] Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah.
Ishmael lived to be 137 years old. Genesis 25:17 (NKJV) ¹⁷These were the years of the life of Ishmael: one hundred and thirty-seven years; and he breathed his last and died, and was gathered to his people.)
In Islam, Ishmael is regarded as a prophet and an ancestor to Muhammad.
What’s the wow moment? God made a promise to Abraham. He said he would bless him. Ishmael was Abraham’s mistake. Despite it being Abraham’s mistake, God still blessed Ishmael. Out of Isaac comes Christianity.
While Hagar was out in the dessert, God came to her and said the He would still bless her. Even though Ishmael was Abraham’s mistake, God would not exclude him from Abraham’s blessing. Descendants of Ishmael were the Arabs and the Muslims.
Remember desert storm? The conflict between the philistines and Israelites is not theology, it is was about land. The descendants of Isaac got the best land. Ismael and his people got pushed into the dessert. They were left with the following question, “If Abraham was both Isaac and Ishmael’s Dad, how come Isaac and his people got the best land?” Imagine what it means to lose your land, and you had nothing to do with it. Any friend of Isaac is an enemy to Ismael.
Just to think, the same conflict we have now, started way back then.

[1] Map 1.1 Bible History Online: http://www.bible-history.com/old-testament/table-of-nations-genesis-10.html

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Bible Study 11/09/16, Genesis Part2

Posted on November 19, 2016 by growintheword

Synopsis of Bible study 11/9/16 genesis Part 2

Today we start after the fall of mankind…

Introduction
After Adam and Eve had eaten of the forbidden tree, they now find themselves outside of the Garden of Eden, and now they have to work for their survival. At this point, not only is there a divide between God and humanity, there is a divide between mankind’s soul and spirit.
Adam and Eve were the first two human beings.
When Adam and Eve ate of the fruit from the forbidden tree, they started experiencing Originally, mankind was not created to die. Adam and Eve was supposed to live forever.
This experience of immortality had to do with their mind. Before Adam and Eve ate of the fruit, they had no concept of the things of the flesh. This is why they didn’t have a problem walking around the garden naked. Romans 8:5-7 (NKJV) says ⁵For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit. ⁶For to be carnally minded is death, but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. ⁷Because the carnal mind is enmity against God; for it is not subject to the law of God, nor indeed can be. – Your mind is always in conflict with the rules of God. Your mind levies in your emotions.

From Creation to Flood
Divine human reproduction in the earth
Genesis 3:22 (NKJV) ²²Then the Lord God said, “Behold, the man has become like one of Us, to know good and evil. And now, lest he put out his hand and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live forever”— -There was a tree of good and evil in the midst of the garden and the eating of that tree would make Adam and Eve have a concept of good and bad. God created us in the beginning to only have a concept of good. Because Adam and Eve ate of the tree, our Paradise was lost, but it was regained when Jesus died on the cross and arose again. 1 Corinthians 15:50 (NKJV) says ⁵⁰Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; nor does corruption inherit incorruption. – In heaven there is no concept of bad. Carnality is what brings bad thoughts to our mind.
As soon as sin entered into the world, there came a struggle pushing us. Galatians 5:17 (NKJV) says ¹⁷For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one another, so that you do not do the things that you wish. – Something that we have to deal with in this world is the civil war between your flesh and your spirit.
1. Romans 7:13-15 (NKJV) ¹³Has then what is good become death to me? Certainly not! But sin, that it might appear sin, was producing death in me through what is good, so that sin through the commandment might become exceedingly sinful. ¹⁴For we know that the law is spiritual, but I am carnal, sold under sin. ¹⁵For what I am doing, I do not understand. For what I will to do, that I do not practice; but what I hate, that I do. – There is a part of us that wants to do right, but the flesh makes us hate what we are doing. One thing we thank God for is, we have a conscious now about what we do. There was time where we didn’t. The closer you get to God, the more you feel bad about the things that you do that are wrong.
Things get so bad on the earth, something happens. There were the daughters of Adam and Eve who were human and the sons of God who were fallen angels. The problem is, they began to connect with each other. As a result, the daughters of Adam and Eve started reproducing with the fallen angels and created a generation of giants.
Remember when Satan fell, he drew a third of the angels with him. As a result, a third of the angels became demons.
1. How did they translate into a vessel if they were angels? These demons got into flesh that looked appealing to the women. These women didn’t know that they were demons.
2. Nephilim- The product of the sons of God mingling with the daughters of Adam. In verse 4 of the next scripture, you will see that they are referred to as giants. Genesis 6:1-4 (NKJV) says 6 Now it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born to them, ²that the sons of God saw the daughters of men, that they were beautiful; and they took wives for themselves of all whom they chose. ³And the Lord said, “My Spirit shall not strive^[^a^] with man forever, for he is indeed flesh; yet his days shall be one hundred and twenty years.” ⁴There were giants on the earth in those days, and also afterward, when the sons of God came in to the daughters of men and they bore children to them. Those were the mighty men who were of old, men of renown.
3. Ezekiel 32:27 (NKJV) ²⁷They do not lie with the mighty Who are fallen of the uncircumcised, Who have gone down to hell with their weapons of war; They have laid their swords under their heads, But their iniquities will be on their bones, Because of the terror of the mighty in the land of the living..
4. Remember when Joshua sent the spies out to view the Promised Land and they reported seeing giants? These also were offspring of the fallen angels and the daughters of Adam. Numbers 13:33 (NKJV) ³³There we saw the giants^[^a^] (the descendants of Anak came from the giants); and we were like grasshoppers in our own sight, and so we were in their sight.”- This scripture was making reference to the Nephilim.
God finally said that they were doing the forbidden. They were cohabitating with demons. As a result God says something he has never said before.
1. Genesis 6:7 (NKJV) ⁷So the Lord said, “I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth, both man and beast, creeping thing and birds of the air, for I am sorry that I have made them.” – Do you think God looks at us and is sorry that he created us, now days?
Noah: The righteous Man
Genesis 6:8-9 (NKJV) ⁸But Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord. ⁹This is the genealogy of Noah. Noah was a just man, perfect in his generations. Noah walked with God. – God was about to destroy the entire creation, but he saw one man and decided that there might be something worth saving. God just looks for at least one righteous person in the midst of a wicked situation.
Preparation of ark. (Gen 6:13-22)
God gives Noah instructions on how to make the ark. Noah built this ark with 0% chance of rain. Can you imagine trying to build a boat in a place where it never rains? It really is the first evidence of evangelism in the bible.
One of things interesting in this story is found at verse 19, where God says that Noah had to bring two of everything and every kind of animal on to the ark. God wanted to have a male and female of each species. Genesis 6:19 (NKJV) says ¹⁹And of every living thing of all flesh you shall bring two of every sort into the ark, to keep them alive with you; they shall be male and female.
1. Genesis 6:13-22 (NKJV) says ¹³And God said to Noah, “The end of all flesh has come before Me, for the earth is filled with violence through them; and behold, I will destroy them with the earth. ¹⁴Make yourself an ark of gopherwood; make rooms in the ark, and cover it inside and outside with pitch. ¹⁵And this is how you shall make it: The length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits, its width fifty cubits, and its height thirty cubits. ¹⁶You shall make a window for the ark, and you shall finish it to a cubit from above; and set the door of the ark in its side. You shall make it with lower, second, and third ¹⁷And behold, I Myself am bringing floodwaters on the earth, to destroy from under heaven all flesh in which is the breath of life; everything that is on the earth shall die. ¹⁸But I will establish My covenant with you; and you shall go into the ark—you, your sons, your wife, and your sons’ wives with you. ¹⁹And of every living thing of all flesh you shall bring two of every sort into the ark, to keep them alive with you; they shall be male and female. ²⁰Of the birds after their kind, of animals after their kind, and of every creeping thing of the earth after its kind, two of every kind will come to you to keep them alive. ²¹And you shall take for yourself of all food that is eaten, and you shall gather it to yourself; and it shall be food for you and for them.” ²²Thus Noah did; according to all that God commanded him, so he did.

The great Flood (Gen 7 – 8)

Pre flood : – The final instructions for Noah and family
Genesis 7:1 (NKJV) The Great Flood 7 Then the Lord said to Noah, “Come into the ark, you and all your household, because I have seen that you are righteous before Me in this generation. – When you are righteous, God will save you from what is about to happen to everyone else.

Details about the Noah’s ark
There are myths that occur at the same time of this flood event.
Ancient Near Eastern Version of the Flood: Gilgamesh
Gilgamesh is an eastern version of a story similar to Noah. It be found at this web address if you want to read it. http://www.ancienttexts.org/library/mesopotamian/gilgamesh/
After the flood, Noah sent out a dove. Later the dove comes back with an olive branch. This meant that the dove had found land. After the water from the flood had gone away, Jewish legend says that the ark rested on top of a mountain which is in our present day, Turkey.

Life after the flood:
Gods covenant with Noah and sons.
God makes a covenant with Noah. Genesis 9:1 (NKJV) says 9 So God blessed Noah and his sons, and said to them: “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth.^[^a^],- Here we see that God reestablished his covenant with Noah.
Genesis 1:22 (NKJV) says ²²And God blessed them, saying, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.” – God said be fruitful and multiply in both instances above. In other words, have what you need and be productive, before you multiply. In you try and multiply before you have what you need and before you are productive, then you fill the earth with needy people.
Noah and his sons
Noah and his family would become the post-flood First Family. Genesis 9:13 (NKJV) says ¹³I set My rainbow in the cloud, and it shall be for the sign of the covenant between Me and the earth. – God put a rainbow in the sky as a sign of His new covenant with the Noah.
Noah had three sons. They were Shem, Hem, and Japheth. Shem was his first son.
Noah was perfect, upright, and righteous in God’s eyes. In chapter 9, Noah became drunk with fermented grapes.
When Noah was drunk, his son Hem saw his father naked and told his brothers about it. As a result, the brothers took a sheet, placed it over their shoulder, and walked in backwards so that they could cover him up without seeing him. Genesis 9:25-26 (NKJV) ²⁵Then he said: “Cursed be Canaan; A servant of servants He shall be to his brethren.” ²⁶And he said: “Blessed be the Lord, The God of Shem, And may Canaan be his servant.- There are many myths and ideas about why Hem saw his Dad naked. Some of them go as far as to say that maybe there was an ungodly, incest type of relationship, going on between Noah and him, but the truth is, we really don’t know.
1. Genesis 9:25-27 (NKJV) says ²⁵Then he said: “Cursed be Canaan; A servant of servants He shall be to his brethren.” ²⁶And he said: “Blessed be the Lord, The God of Shem, And may Canaan be his servant. ²⁷May God enlarge Japheth, And may he dwell in the tents of Shem; And may Canaan be his servant.”- . Some people who attempt to argue that Hem was cursed for seeing his father naked are missing one important point. God never cursed Hem. He cursed Canaan.
Hem was the youngest son of Noah. Each son would represent new civilizations. Genesis 5:32 (NKJV) ³²And Noah was five hundred years old, and Noah begot Shem, Ham, and Japheth. his name occurs. Genesis 9:18 (NKJV) Noah and His Sons ¹⁸Now the sons of Noah who went out of the ark were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. And Ham was the father of Canaan.
30 nations came out the son. Psalm 105:23 (NKJV) ²³Israel also came into Egypt, And Jacob dwelt in the land of Ham.
Hems name means black as in coming from Africa. Hem comes out of Egypt Africa.
Canon was cursed not Ham. To suggest Ham was cursed, would mean he would have to serve his brother. Genesis 9:25-26 (NKJV) says ²⁵Then he said: “Cursed be Canaan; A servant of servants He shall be to his brethren.” ²⁶And he said: “Blessed be the Lord, The God of Shem, And may Canaan be his servant.- God says that Canaan would have to serve his brother.
A curse was supposed to last 3 generation. Exodus 20:5 (NKJV) ⁵you shall not bow down to them nor serve them. For I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me,
Cannon does not exist as a nation today.
Conclusion
After the flood, Noah lived 350 yrs. Noah lived to be 950 yrs old. God uncreated and recreated. God is a covenant keeping God. There has never been breach on God’s side, it’s always on our side.
When Adam and Eve ate of the tree, God put them out of the garden. They started dating demons and as a result, God said he could wipe mankind out, but he saw something good, which was Noah. God decided to start things over with Noah. He builds the ark and the flood comes and wipes out everything. Things look good for a while until man messes up again.
How much does God love us. He keeps giving us additional chances no matter how much we do. God was setting up things for us, but carnality and sin messed things up. Regardless of how messed things got, He gave us grace.

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