Monday January 10
Genesis 14 – 16
Psalm 6
Tuesday January 11
Genesis 17 – 18
Psalm 7
Wednesday January 12
Genesis 19 – 20
Psalm 8
Thursday January 13
Genesis 21 – 22
Psalm 9
Friday January 14
Genesis 23 – 24
Psalm 10
Through the Bible – Week 2
Tuesday January 11
Genesis 17 – 18
Psalm 7
Wednesday January 12
Genesis 19 – 20
Psalm 8
Thursday January 13
Genesis 21 – 22
Psalm 9
Friday January 14
Genesis 23 – 24
Psalm 10
Through the Bible – Week 2
Wednesday January 12
Genesis 19 – 20
Psalm 8
Thursday January 13
Genesis 21 – 22
Psalm 9
Friday January 14
Genesis 23 – 24
Psalm 10
Through the Bible – Week 2
Thursday January 13
Genesis 21 – 22
Psalm 9
Friday January 14
Genesis 23 – 24
Psalm 10
Through the Bible – Week 2
Friday January 14
Genesis 23 – 24
Psalm 10
Through the Bible – Week 2
Through the Bible – Week 2
“Then Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine. He was priest of God Most High, and he blessed Abram, saying, “Blessed be Abram by God Most High, Creator of heaven and earth. And praise be to God Most High, who delivered your enemies into your hand.” Then Abram gave him a tenth of everything.”
Genesis 14:18-20
TTW notes:
* Melchizedek— King of Salem means King of Peace
*Melchizedek was priest of God Most High.
* He was both priest and king. Melchizedek is the only one in the Bible who can serve as post priest and king, except Jesus.
* Melchizedek brought out bread & wine. (Think of communion)
* His name means King of Righteousness.
* Abraham gave him a tithe, a biblical standard for giving to God.
* A priest is someone who connects people with God. Melchizedek is the first priest spoken about in the Bible.
* Most scholars agree that Melchizedek is a picture of Jesus, but some scholars believe it is Jesus.
1 This Melchizedek was king of Salem and priest of God Most High. He met Abraham returning from the defeat of the kings and blessed him,
2 and Abraham gave him a tenth of everything. First, the name Melchizedek means “king of righteousness”; then also, “king of Salem” means “king of peace.”
3 Without father or mother, without genealogy, without beginning of days or end of life, resembling the Son of God, he remains a priest forever.
Hebrews 7:1-4
* Hebrews says Melchizedek is without genealogy, without father or mother,
* is without beginning of days or end of life
* resembling the Son of God
* he remains a priest forever.
It helps to read Galatians 4:21-5:1 with Genesis 21. Paul explains that this true story is also a picture of the two covenants. Hagar represents the law and Sarah represents the promise. Hagar represents slavery and Sarah represents freedom. Ishmael was born naturally and Issac was born supernaturally. Ishmael was born through human works and Issac was born through a promise. Jesus, the promised Messiah, makes it possible for us to be born into the family of God. We are now children of God. “Stand firm, therefore, and fo not submit to a yoke of slavery.”, Gal. 5:1
Chapter 22 is a beautiful foreshadowing of Christ.
Moriah-“chosen by YHWH”, where Solomon built the temple in Jerusalem, where Abraham goes to sacrifice his son, close to Golgotha where Jesus was sacrificed
“We will come back to you…”-this shows Abraham’s complete faith and trust in God, if God could make Sarah pregnant when her womb was dead then God could bring Issac back to life …and there’s that promise, that covenant from God of his descendants
“The two went on..”-with Issac carrying the wood for the sacrifice on his back
When Issac asked where was the lamb for the sacrifice, Abraham answered, “God will provide.” (Jehovah Jirah)
The Angel of the Lord (theophany) stops Abraham and provides a ram. 2,000 years later God provides a perfect Lamb for the sacrifice. Jesus took our place.
“God loved the world so much that He gave His only Son so that anyone who believes will not perish, but will have eternal life.” John 3:16
~thanks to TTW for help with this
Reading Genesis 23 today made me think of this old song:
“This world is not my home, I’m just a passing through
My treasures are laid up somewhere beyond the blue;
The angels beckon me from heaven’s open door,
And I can’t feel at home in this world anymore.
Chorus:
O Lord, you know I have no friend like you,
If heaven’s not my home, then Lord what will I do?
The angels beckon me from heaven’s open door,
And I can’t feel at home in this world anymore.”
Pastor Kris on TTW mentioned that Abraham and Sarah didn’t live to see the promise fulfilled, but that didn’t negate the promise or covenant. Our promise that we look forward to is the heavenly home one day. That’s our promise-a heavenly home with our Savior and God.
“These all died in faith, although they had not received the things that were promised. But they saw them from a distance, greeted them, and confessed that they were foreigners and temporary residents on the earth.”
Hebrews 11:13
In ch 24, I have always loved the story of the servant finding a bride for Issac. In TTW, Kris gave another way to think of it.
•Abraham pictures the Father
•Issac pictures Jesus (ch 22)
•the servant pictures the Holy Spirit
•the camels picture the law (Galatians-the law brings us to God)
•the gold pictures the gifts of the Spirit
The bride (Rebekah) leaves the law (camel) and goes to her bridegroom (Issac).
That just kinda blew my mind.
As a father, the account of the sacrifice of Isaac gets me every time. The faith that Abraham must have had to go up that mountain blows my mind. The faith to raise tell Isaac God will provide. The faith to raise the knife, the faith that is pointed out in Hebrews that he believed God could even raise Isaac from the dead! Wow! That is incredible faith! I strive for that faith!