“In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.”
These are the first words of the Bible. It goes on to tell the most important story in the world. The Bible is human history presented from God’s point of view.
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In the Bible, God tells us the story of how He has been pursuing and seeking a loving relationship with humanity…the people He created for Himself. He has been at it through all of human history. He created the universe to be the home of the human race.
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When God spoke most of the universe into place, it took five days (See here and here for more details). It was an abundance of creation: light and darkness, the sun, moon, and stars, the boundaries of land and ocean, the flourishing of plant life, the birds winged in flight, the flashing of the fish in the sea…
Read MoreAbram was a chosen man. Adam and Eve, the first humans, had plunged the world under a terrible curse by rebelling against God in the garden of paradise that he had provided with him.
Read MoreAbram had returned from Egypt with the wealth and riches bestowed on him by the Pharaoh. The flocks and herds of Lot had also grown, so that it wasn’t possible for the two clans to live near each other anymore.
Read MoreIn the dead of night, Abraham and his men went after the four kings. The kings had decimated the corrupt cities of the Jordan River Valley, and now they had taken his own nephew captive.
Read MoreWow. Imagine the difference in the life of Abram from the time we began his story until now. He went from being a wandering nomad with his wife and nephew to a man of vast wealth.
Read MoreWhen God called Abram to leave his home and journey to the land of promise, He gave conditions. If Abram obeyed, then God would bless him. Abram did obey. He ventured out into the unknown with his barren wife, taking everything with him.
Read MoreIn the days of Abram, covenants were an important part of human society. They were treaties or agreements between two groups that would keep the peace between them.
Read MoreAbram and Sarai had taken some major risks in obedience to God. They had left their own land and all of their comforts to become Bedouins, journeying to the land of Canaan, trusting that God would one day give it to their descendants so that they could bless the world.
Read MoreThe human race had plunged itself into a terrible situation. God created humanity to live in perfect harmony with Himself.
Read MoreOne day, Abraham was resting out by the entrance to his tent. It was the time of day when the heat grew to its worst. Abraham sat looking out on the glorious trees of Mamre where he and Sarah had chosen to live. They were far from the cities of immorality and shame that his nephew Lot had found so attractive.
Read MoreThree visitors had come to visit Abraham. He had provided them with a feast and honored their presence at his home. These guests were truly worthy of such an honor.
Read MoreAbraham had been bargaining with God. It was a remarkable day all around. The LORD had come with two angels to visit Abraham and his wife, Sarah, in order to bring them a message.
Read MoreAfter the mighty hand of God came in judgment on the plains of Sodom and Gomorrah, Abraham moved his clan to a place called Negev.
Read MoreAbraham and Sarah had waited on the LORD for twenty-five years. All during those years, Abraham believed in a message he had heard from God.
Read MoreYears of joy went by for Abraham and Sarah. Isaac learned to crawl and toddle around on his little feet. When he was two or three, they weaned him from his mother.
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For three days, Abraham did not waver in his faith. God had commanded him to do the unthinkable...to offer his own son as a sacrifice...the very son that God had promised him as a gift so many years before.
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The Lord guided him to a beautiful young virgin named Rebekah as she took water from the village well. He knew she was the one for Isaac, and so he gave her bracelets of precious gold and asked to be taken back to her home. She ran ahead and told her mother everything that had happened during her time at the well.
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The LORD had a very unique and specific plan to bring salvation to humanity, and Abraham and Isaac were on board and willing to do what He willed.
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