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God’s Impeding Judgment

What was God’s impeding judgment? It was about two cities in which sin dominated is revealed to Abraham. Abraham intercedes on behalf of  the righteous in Sodom and Gomorrah who would be destroyed along with the wicked. Only one who might be considered even slightly righteous is found, so God spares Lot and his family. The descendants born to lot by his daughters, known as the Moabites and the Ammonites, will be a ban to Abraham’s descendants.

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God’s Covenant with Abraham

 

Abraham is concerned about who will inherit his property, since he is childless. God repeats the promises of Genesis 12. Abrahams own son will be heir, and his descendants will be beyond counting. This is a statement of faith and clearly stated: Abraham believed in the Lord.

God confirms His promise by a formal oath, marked by the blood of slain animals. God binds himself alone, without condition, to fulfill his Promise.

Sarah bids Abraham to conceive a child with her maidservant, Hagar. This course was without God’s direction and lead to much conflict within the household. Abrahams  descendents to the line of Ishmael will also be countless.

God appears again and expresses His covenant purposes. Abraham is to be father of many peoples, which is reflected in the name God gives him (father of many nations), and his offspring will possess the land of Canaan.

God states that the covenant relationship is to be transmitted through a son of Abraham’s wife, Sarah.

#Abrahams #God #Genesis12 #Sarah # Hagar #Ishmael #Russfwood

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Abram (Abraham)

The heart of Genesis is the covenant God makes with Abraham, in Abraham’s day 2000 BC, several mature civilizations e.g., Egyptian, Hittite, Hurrian, and Assyrian bordered the land of Promise (modern day Palestine), which was at that time the land of the Canaanites and Amorites.

Abraham was born in Ur, a city in lower Mesopotamia, later known as Babylonia.

God reveals himself to Abraham, commanding him to leave his country, people, and relations, to travel to the land God would make known. The faithful Abraham departs from Haran, taking his wife, his nephew Lot, and their possessions.

While Abraham is traveling in Canaan, God appears to him, and states that this is the land to be given to his descendants. Abraham abandons the land because of famine and journeys to Egypt.
Upon his return to Canaan, Abraham permits lot to choose a portion of the land in which to dwell. Abraham remains in Canaan while Lot settles in the plain of Jordan.
Raiding kings from the East come to war against a local coalition of cities in the region where Lot settled. Abraham rescues Lot, Melchizedek greets Abraham with a banquet and blesses him.

#Abraham #Egyptian #Hittite #Hurrian #Assyrian #Canaanites #Amorites #God #Russfwood

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The Chosen Patriarchs

The first part of Genesis  depicts God’s dealings with humankind as a whole from the creation to Abraham, a period lasting thousands of years. The second part Genesis chapters 12 – 50 concentrates on only four generations and less than four centuries. God no longer deals with the whole human race, but with a single family, that of Abraham, through whom God intends ultimately to bring salvation to all. Beginning here Genesis 12, the remainder of the Old Testament focuses on the chosen people, Israel, through whom God will work out His purposes.

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The Confusion of Languages

Until this time, the nations were united by a common language. Noah’s descendants attempt to build a unified culture in a city known as Babel. They constructed a tower as symbol and seal of their common identity. The tower was probably a ziggurat, a vast construction of Clay bricks, on which certain Babylonian peoples housed the shrines of their cities God’s. God does not tolerate this outbreak of idolatry: he confuses the languages of the people and scatters them, thereby making unity impossible.

#Babel  #ziggurat  #Noah  #Russfwood

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Noah and the Flood Part 2

 

God’s decision not to destroy the earth by flood again is revealed to Noah in the form of a covenant, a promise which reveals God’s firm intention 8: 21 – 9: 17

Sin, however remains viable and Ham, the father of Canaan, engages in some sort of sexual perversity 9: 21 – 22 and is cursed by Noah. Ham’s immoral actions are projected in the future of one of his sons, Canaan described. Indeed, the Canaanites became known as a sexually and religiously degraded people. Thus, the descendants of Ham will serve the descendants of Shem and Japheth.

#TheFlood #Noah  #God  #Covenant  #Ham  #Canaan  #Canaanites  #Shem  #Japheth  #Russfwood

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Noah and the Flood Part 1

Wickedness permanent’s pre-flood generations. Although it grieves God to do so, He will act in judgment if human suffering fails to bring repentance. God explains the moral basis of the coming flood to Noah, the single exception during the the generations of depravity. The earth is corrupt and full of violence so God purges it of wicked humanity by means of the flood.

The flood accomplishes God’s purpose of judgment 7: 17 – 24. Humanity is given a new start, through Noah and his family. Saved from destruction by God, the survivors express thanks by sacrificial offerings 8: 1 – 20.

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The Pre-Flood World

The dark shadows of sin and death are cast upon the human race. Cain, angry because God excepted Abel’s animal sacrifice and not his own, he murders his brother Genesis 4:2-10 Cain deserves execution, but is protected Genesis 11-15 Cain’s bloodline produces another murderer, Lamech Genesis 23; but there is hope in another bloodline(that of Seth and his son) who calls “on the name of the Lord” Genesis 25 – 26. It is through this bloodline  the genealogy of Adam is recorded Genesis 5: 1 – 32.

#CainandAbel  #Adamthefirstman #Russfwood

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The Impact Of Sin

The impact of sin upon human life, upon the relationship between men and women, and upon nature is explained in Genesis 16- 19. Suffering is a natural consequence of sin. Sin disrupts the relationship between the Creator and his creatures, and the humans are banished from Eden. Genesis 23- 24

#Sin #Creator #Genesis16-19 #Genesis23-24 #Russfwood

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The Fall

Sin enters into God’s creation, and there are consequences. The serpent injects doubt into the first humans understanding of their relationship to God. God’s word is question (1), His motives and love subty denied, and his warnings flatly contradicted. Moral and psychological consequences accompany the act of sin. The man and the woman are crushed by guilt and shame and try to hide their deed from God. The just Lord must pronounce judgment upon them, but he begins with hope.

#Sin #God’sCreation #TheSerpent #TheGardenofEden #Russfwood