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Welcome to

• BIBLE 2202 / 2302
• THE PENTATEUCH
• Lecture Seven, Thurs. May 24
• NO PLATE LUNCHES IN CLASS
• DRINK, SMALL TIDBIT o.k.

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Lecture 7 5-23
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WHY ABRAM?

• THE SAME REASON AS WHY NOAH
• 2218. And in thy seed shall all the nations of
  the earth be blessed because thou hast obeyed my
  voice.
• Heb. 11 8. By faith Abraham, when he was called
  to go out into a place which he should after
  receive for an inheritance, obeyed and he went
  out, not knowing whither he went.
• . 622. Thus did Noah according to all that God
  commanded him, so did he.

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The Principle of Grace and Faith

• Noah obtained grace through his faith
• Abraham obtained grace through his faith
• Paul says Eph, 28. For by grace are ye saved
  through faith and that not of yourselves it is
  the gift of God
• 9. Not of works, lest any man should boast.
• No faith, good works are useless.

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To Perfect His Faith, Abram is Subjected To
Several Tests in Life

• ALTHOUGH HE FAILS ONCE, IN ALL OTHERS HE PASSES.
• EACH TIME HE PROVES FAITHFUL IN THE TEST, GOD
  GIVES HIM ADDITIONAL REVELATION
• WE WILL NOW STUDY THE DEVELOPMENT OF ABRAMS
  CHARACTER

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ABE PASSES THE INITIAL CALL TEST

• TEST 1. THE LOVE OF GOD
• 121 Get thee out of thy country, and from thy
  kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land
  that I will shew thee
• 124. So Abram departed, as the Lord had spoken
  unto him and Lot went with him and Abram was
  seventy and five years old when he departed out
  of Haran.

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THE ADDITIONAL REVELATION AFTER PASSING TEST 1

• 6. And Abram passed through the land unto the
  place of Sichem, unto the plain of Moreh. And the
  Canaanite was then in the land.
• 7. And the Lord appeared unto Abram, and said,
  Unto thy seed will I give this land and there
  builded he an altar unto the Lord, who appeared
  unto him.

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RECEIVING FURTHER REVELATION ABRAM GROWS IN FAITH

• 127 and there builded he an altar unto the Lord,
  who appeared unto him.
• 8. And he removed from thence unto a mountain
  on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent,
  having Bethel on the west, and Hai on the east
  and there he builded an altar unto the Lord, and
  called upon the name of the Lord.
• 9. And Abram journeyed, going on still toward
  the south.

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ABRAM FAILS 2ND TEST 1210-20GOD HAS PROMISED,
YET HE FEARS FOR HIS LIFE

• Caused by a famine driving him into Egypt.
• Since God had promised..why didnt Abram seek
  Gods counsel before going into a foreign
  country.
• Regardless of Gods promise , Abram fears that he
  will be killed by those who desire his wife.
• He fails the test and through fear lies and tells
  his wife to lie.a half lie

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ABRAM LIES

• 11. And it came to pass, when he was come near
  to enter into Egypt, that he said unto Sarai his
  wife, Behold now, I know that thou art a fair
  woman to look upon
• 12. Therefore it shall come to pass, when the
  Egyptians shall see thee, that they shall say,
  This is his wife and they will kill me, but they
  will save thee alive.
• 13. Say, I pray thee, thou art my sister that
  it may be well with me for thy sake and my soul
  shall live because of thee.

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Where Is Satan in all this?

• Remember, he wants to prevent the promise to
  Abram being fulfilled through Sarai. His worst
  fear is Jesus coming into the world. Thorough
  2,000 more years he will use many sinful
  circumstances to prevent this from happening.
  Here he exploits Abrams weakness. But Abe will
  learn and grow stronger
• If the marriage takes place to Pharaoh the
  promise to send a seed via Sarai will be broken.

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GOD PROTECTS HIS PROMISED SEED. HE PREVENTS
SARAI FROM CONTAMINATION

• 17. And the Lord plagued Pharaoh and his house
  with great plagues because of Sarai Abram's wife.
• 18. And Pharaoh called Abram and said, What is
  this that thou hast done unto me? why didst thou
  not tell me that she was thy wife?
• 19. Why saidst thou, She is my sister? so I
  might have taken her to me to wife now therefore
  behold thy wife, take her, and go thy way.
• 20. And Pharaoh commanded his men concerning
  him and they sent him away, and his wife, and
  all that he had.

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IN PENITENT DEEPER FAITH ABRAM RETURNS TO HIS
ORIGINAL ALTAR

• 133 And he went on his journeys from the south
  even to Bethel, unto the place where his tent had
  been at the beginning, between Bethel and Hai
• 4. Unto the place of the altar, which he had
  made there at the first and there Abram called
  on the name of the Lord.
• One might guess what Abram said to God.

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Character Test 3 Abram Passes A Brotherly
Love Test

• 7. And there was a strife between the herdmen of
  Abram's cattle and the herdmen of Lot's cattle
  and the Canaanite and the Perizzite dwelled then
  in the land.
• 8. And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no
  strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and
  between my herdmen and thy herdmen for we be
  brethren.
• 9. Is not the whole land before thee? separate
  thyself, I pray thee, from me if thou wilt take
  the left hand, then I will go to the right or if
  thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to
  the left.

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• 10. And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all
  the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered
  every where, before the Lord destroyed Sodom and
  Gomorrah, even as the garden of the Lord, like
  the land of Egypt, as thou comest unto Zoar.
• 11. Then Lot chose him all the plain of Jordan
  and Lot journeyed east and they separated
  themselves the one from the other.
• 12. Abram dwelled in the land of Canaan, and
  Lot dwelled in the cities of the plain, and
  pitched his tent toward Sodom.

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After Passing the 3rd Character Test, God Gives
Abram Additional Revelation

• 13 14. And the Lord said unto Abram, after that
  Lot was separated from him, Lift up now thine
  eyes, and look from the place where thou art
  northward, and southward, and eastward, and
  westward
• 15. For all the land which thou seest, to thee
  will I give it, and to thy seed for ever.
• 16. And I will make thy seed as the dust of the
  earth so that if a man can number the dust of
  the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered.
• 17. Arise, walk through the land in the length
  of it and in the breadth of it for I will give
  it unto thee.
• 18. Then Abram removed his tent, and came and
  dwelt in the plain of Mamre, which is in Hebron,
  and built there an altar unto the Lord.

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Abrams 4th Test. Refuses Money for His Kindness

• 1421. And the king of Sodom said unto Abram,
  Give me the persons, and take the goods to
  thyself.
• 22. And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have
  lift up mine hand unto the Lord, the most high
  God, the possessor of heaven and earth,
• 23. That I will not take from a thread even to
  a shoelatchet, and that I will not take any thing
  that is thine, lest thou shouldest say, I have
  made Abram rich
• 24. Save only that which the young men have
  eaten, and the portion of the men which went with
  me, Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre let them take their
  portion.

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ABRAM BELIEVES GODS PROMISE ALTHOUGH IT SEEMS
IMPOSSIBLE

• 15 6. And he believed in the Lord and he
  counted it to him for righteousness.
• 1810. And he said, I will certainly return unto
  thee according to the time of life and, lo,
  Sarah thy wife shall have a son. And Sarah heard
  it in the tent door, which was behind him.
• 11. Now Abraham and Sarah were old and well
  stricken in age and it ceased to be with Sarah
  after the manner of women.
• Abraham believed God could instill life in the
  dead

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Additional Revelation follows Passing the 4th
Test of Character

• 1512. And when the sun was going down, a deep
  sleep fell upon Abram. And, lo, a horror of great
  darkness fell upon him.
• 13. And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety
  that thy seed shall be sojourners in a land that
  is not theirs, and shall serve them. And they
  shall afflict them four hundred years.
• 14. And also that nation, whom they shall
  serve, will I judge. And afterward shall they
  come out with great substance.
• 15. But thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace.
  Thou shalt be buried in a good old age.
• 16. And in the fourth generation they shall
  come hither again. For the iniquity of the
  Amorite is not yet full.

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THE GENESIS OF THE ARABS THEIR SOURCE FOR
HATRED FOR THE JEWS

• 161. Now Sarai, Abram's wife, bare him no
  children. And she had a handmaid, an Egyptian,
  whose name was Hagar.
• 2. And Sarai said unto Abram, Behold now,
  Jehovah hath restrained me from bearing. Go in, I
  pray thee, unto my handmaid. It may be that I
  shall obtain children by her. And Abram hearkened
  to the voice of Sarai.
• 3. And Sarai, Abram's wife, took Hagar the
  Egyptian, her handmaid, after Abram had dwelt ten
  years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to
  Abram her husband to be his wife.

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• 4. And he went in unto Hagar, and she
  conceived. And when she saw that she had
  conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes.
  
• 5. And Sarai said unto Abram, My wrong be upon
  thee. I gave my handmaid into thy bosom. And when
  she saw that she had conceived, I was despised in
  her eyes. Jehovah judge between me and thee
• 6. But Abram said unto Sarai, Behold, thy maid
  is in thy hand. Do to her that which is good in
  thine eyes. And Sarai dealt hardly with her, and
  she fled from her face.

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ABRAM GROWS AND RECEIVES ADDITIONAL REVELATION-
HIS NAME IS CHANGED

• 17 1. And when Abram was ninety years old and
  nine, Jehovah appeared to Abram, and said unto
  him, I am God Almighty. Walk before me, and be
  thou perfect.
• 2. And I will make my covenant between me and
  thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly.
• 3. And Abram fell on his face. And God talked
  with him, saying
• 4. As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee,
  and thou shalt be the father of a multitude of
  nations.
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GOD CHANGES ABRAMS NAME

• 5. Neither shall thy name any more be called
  Abram, but they name shall be Abraham. For the
  father of a multitude of nations have I made
  thee.
• 6. And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and
  I will make nations of thee, and kings shall come
  out of thee.
• 7. And I will establish my covenant between me
  and thee and thy seed after thee, throughout
  their generations for an everlasting convenant,
  to be a God unto thee and to thy seed after thee

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SARAH, FEARING THE FAMILY BLESSING COULD GO TO
ISHMAEL, DEMANDS HAGARS AND ISHMAELS EXILE

• Gen. 2110. Wherefore she said unto Abraham,
  Cast out this handmaid and her son. For the son
  of this handmaid shall not be heir with my son,
  even with Isaac.
• 11. And the thing was very grievous in
  Abraham's sight on account of his son.
• 12. And God said unto Abraham, Let it not be
  grievous in thy sight because of the lad, and
  because of thy handmaid. In all that Sarah saith
  unto thee, hearken unto her voice. For in Isaac
  shall thy seed be called.
• 13. And also of the son of the handmaid will I
  make a nation, because he is thy seed.

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14. And Abraham rose up early in the morning,
and took bread and a bottle of water, and gave it
unto Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, and gave
her the child, and sent her away. And she
departed, and wandered in the wilderness of
Beer-sheba. 15. And the water in the bottle
was spent, and she cast the child under one of
the shrubs. 16. And she went, and sat her down
over against him a good way off, as it were a
bowshot. For she said, Let me not look upon the
death of the child. And she sat over against him,
and lifted up her voice, and wept.
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17. And God heard the voice of the lad. And the
angel of God called to Hagar out of heaven, and
said unto her, What aileth thee, Hagar? Fear not.
For God hath heard the voice of the lad where he
is. 18. Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him
in thy hand. For I will make him a great nation.
19. And God opened her eyes, and she saw a
well of water. And she went, and filled the
bottle with water, and gave the lad drink. 20.
And God was with the lad, and he grew. And he
dwelt in the wilderness, and became, as he grew
up, an archer.
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JESUS ON ABRAHAMS FAITH

• John 8 56. Your father Abraham rejoiced to see
  my day and he saw it, and was glad.
• 57. Then said the Jews unto him, Thou art not
  yet fifty years old, and hast thou seen Abraham?
• 58. Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say
  unto you, Before Abraham was, I am. (the res.
  life)
• 59. Then took they up stones to cast at him
  but Jesus hid himself, and went out of the
  temple, going through the midst of them, and so
  passed by

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SUMMARY It has Been Demonstrated That God is
Able and Will Keep His promise Regardless of Any
And All Complications

• 1. Protection from the flood (Gen. 6-10)
• 2. From the untied power of the world (11)
• 3. Weakness of human flesh marriage
  entanglements (12)
• 4. Frustration of sterility and human wisdom (16)
• 5. Family rivalry and deceit (24)
• 6. Sibling jealousy and injustice (37)
• 7. Refusal to bear children (Er Onan) (38)
• 8. Adultery and capital punishment (38)
• 9. Death decree of male seed by Pharaoh (Ex. 1)
• 10. Slaying the actual seed (N.T.)

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Abrahams Faith is Proved Genesis 221-19 Hebrews
1117,18
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Learn 1. Faith Proving Hurts

• 1. And it came to pass after these things, that
  God did prove Abraham, and said unto him,
  Abraham. And he said, Here am I. (Cp. Mary) 2.
  And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son,
  whom thou lovest, even Isaac, and get thee into
  the land of Moriah. And offer him there for a
  burnt-offering upon one of the mountains which I
  will tell thee of.
• Heb. 1211. Now no chastening for the present
  seemeth to be joyous, but grievous nevertheless
  afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of
  righteousness unto them which are exercised
  thereby.

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Being Faithful Hurts

• Hurt intensifies when we dont understand!
• The dark and mysterious and we cant see
• WHY!
• Why me? Why now? Why Mt. Moriah?

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The Burden of Hurt Brings Sleepless Nights

• 3. And Abraham rose early in the morning, and
  saddled his ass, and took two of his young men
  with him, and Isaac his son. And he clave the
  wood for the burnt-offering, and rose up, and
  went unto the place of which God had told him.

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The Trial of Faith is A Lonely Burden

• and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac
  his son.
• But He didnt share his problem.

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Hurts Hang On

• 4. On the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes,
  and saw the place afar off.

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How the Faithful Manage the Pain

• Faith Sees Gods Healing Beyond the Hurt
• 5. And Abraham said unto his young men, Abide ye
  here with the ass, and I and the lad will go
  yonder and we will worship, and come again to
  you.

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Faith Sees Profit in the Pain

• 7. It is for chastening that ye endure God
  dealeth with you as with sons for what son is
  there whom his father chasteneth not?
• 8. But if ye are without chastening, whereof
  all have been made partakers, then are ye
  bastards, and not sons.
• 9. Furthermore, we had the fathers of our flesh
  to chasten us, and we gave them reverence shall
  we not much rather be in subjection unto the
  Father of spirits, and live?

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• 10. For they indeed for a few days chastened us
  as seemed good to them but he for our profit,
  that we may be partakers of his holiness.
• 11. All chastening seemeth for the present to
  be not joyous but grievous yet afterward it
  yieldeth peaceable fruit unto them that have been
  exercised thereby, even the fruit of
  righteousness.
• 12. Wherefore lift up the hands that hang down,
  and the palsied knees

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The Source for Strength for the Strain of Faith

• How Can One handle that?
• When their faith in the after-life is strong
  enough to governs the present life faith is the
  victory

• Gen. 225 I and the lad will go yonder and we
  will worship, and come again to you.
• Gen. 227-8 God will provide the sacrifice

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THE DOME OF THE ROCK A MUSLIM MOSQUE STANDS OVER
THE ROCK WHERE ABRAHAM OFFERED ISAAC A SOURCE
OF SHAME HATE
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Mosque of Omar The Mosque of Omar was built in
the late 600s, about 600 years after the Romans
destroyed the temple.  Omar was the
caliph-successor of Muhammad who captured
Jerusalem from the Eastern Roman Empire. (the
last emperor of the western part of the Roman
Empire was deposed in 476 AD. The eastern Roman
Empire continued until 1453 - the year Columbus
was born.                  
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The Mosque of Omar is called the Dome of the
Rock. Its dome stands over the rock where the
sacrificial altar of the temple stood. The rock
contains four deep holes where the blood from the
sacrifices once flowed. In Muslim legends these
are the hoof prints of Al Boraq (meaning "the
lightning") the horse that carries Muhammad to
heaven in a vision. (In actual life Muhammad
never visited Jerusalem. He was only there in a
vision.)
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By 1453 the eastern Roman Empire had long since
lost most of its territory to the Muslims. In
1453 the Turks captured Constantinople (today
Istanbul, Turkey), the capital city of the
eastern Roman or Byzantine Empire).
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What Is God-Approved Faith?

• 2212 For now I know that thou fearest God
• 1. When we love God more than life
• Eccl. 1213 Jn. 1415 Mt. 2237
• 2. When we believe God will keep His promise
  regardless of death.
• 2. When we believe God has resurrected His Son
  after death.

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The Writer of Hebrews on Abraham

• By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up
  Isaac and he that had received the promises
  offered up his only begotten son,
• 18. Of whom it was said, That in Isaac shall
  thy seed be called
• 19. Accounting that God was able to raise him
  up, even from the dead from whence also he
  received him in a figure.

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Seeing Beyond Death Anchored Abrahams/Our Soul

• Heb. 619. Which hope we have as an anchor of
  the soul, both sure and stedfast, and which
  entereth into that within the veil 20. Whither
  the forerunner is for us entered, even Jesus,
• Jn. 856. Your father Abraham rejoiced to see
  my day and he saw it, and was glad.

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Faith in the after-life Governed Jesus Life in
this Present World

• John 519 The Son can do nothing of himself, but
  what he seeth the Father do for what things
  soever he doeth, these also doeth the Son
  likewise.

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How Pauls Faith Governed His Life

• 20. I am crucified with Christ nevertheless I
  live yet not I, but Christ liveth in me and the
  life which I now live in the flesh I live by the
  faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave
  himself for me.

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The Church is the body of Christ and Christians
are the Members

• Faith in the after-death promise of Christ must
  be strong enough to govern the Christians
  present life
• 4. Therefore we are buried with him by baptism
  into death that like as Christ was raised up
  from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so
  we also should walk in newness of life.
• 5. For if we have been planted together in the
  likeness of his death, we shall be also in the
  likeness of his resurrection

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• 6. Knowing this, that our old man is crucified
  with him, that the body of sin might be
  destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve
  sin.
• 7. For he that is dead is freed from sin.
• 8. Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe
  that we shall also live with him
• 9. Knowing that Christ being raised from the
  dead dieth no more death hath no more dominion
  over him.
• 10. For in that he died, he died unto sin once
  but in that he liveth, he liveth unto God.
• 11. Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be
  dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through
  Jesus Christ our Lord.

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• 12. Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal
  body, that ye should obey it in the lusts
  thereof.
• 13. Neither yield ye your members as instruments
  of unrighteousness unto sin but yield yourselves
  unto God, as those that are alive from the dead,
  and your members as instruments of righteousness
  unto God.
• 14. For sin shall not have dominion over you
  for ye are not under the law, but under grace.

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• THERE IS NO ACCEPTABLE SAVING FAITH WHERE THERE
  IS NO PRACTICE OF THAT FAITH IN THIS LIFE
• James 217 Even so faith, if it hath not works,
  is dead, being alone.
• God knew Abraham feared (respected and honored)
  Him when his faith in the after life translated
  into obedience in this life.
• The same is true for believers in all ages.
• John 1415 If you love me, keep my
  commandments

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Abrahams Test of Faith and Ours

• Rm. 121 ---present your bodies a living
  sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your
  spiritual service.
• 2. And be not fashioned according to this
  world but be ye transformed by the renewing of
  your mind, and ye may prove what is the good and
  acceptable and perfect will of God.

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How Is Our Faith Proved to Be Genuine?

• 23. And he said unto all, If any man would come
  after me, let him deny himself, and take up his
  cross daily, and follow me.
• 24. For whosoever would save his life shall
  lose it but whosoever shall lose his life for my
  sake, the same shall save it.
• 25. For what is a man profited, if he gain the
  whole world, and lose or forfeit his own self?
• 26. For whosoever shall be ashamed of me and of
  my words, of him shall the Son of man be ashamed,
  when he cometh in his own glory, and the glory of
  the Father, and of the holy angels.

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Our Calling

• I Cor. 617. Wherefore Come ye out from among
  them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, And
  touch no unclean thing And I will receive you,
• 18. And will be to you a Father, And ye shall
  be to me sons and daughters, saith the Lord
  Almighty.

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God is Sovereign When Selecting the Channel for
the Promise

• No question that Abraham Understood that the
  Calling was in Isaac, not Ishmael, even though
  Isaac was the younger Son
• 5. And Abraham gave all that he had unto Isaac.

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Sovereignty is shown Also in Selection of Jacob
over Esau

• Gen. 25 21. And Isaac intreated the Lord for
  his wife, because she was barren and the Lord
  was intreated of him, and Rebekah his wife
  conceived.
• 22. And the children struggled together within
  her and she said, If it be so, why am I thus?
  And she went to inquire of the Lord.
• 23. And the Lord said unto her, Two nations are
  in thy womb, and two manner of people shall be
  separated from thy bowels and the one people
  shall be stronger than the other people and the
  elder shall serve the younger.

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Sovereignty Prevails Over Family sins

• 27. And the boys grew and Esau was a cunning
  hunter, a man of the field and Jacob was a plain
  man, dwelling in tents.
• 28. And Isaac loved Esau, because he did eat of
  his venison but Rebekah loved Jacob.

Problem Parental Favoritism God had revealed
that the elder would serve the younger
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• 29. And Jacob sod pottage and Esau came from
  the field, and he was faint
• 30. And Esau said to Jacob, Feed me, I pray
  thee, with that same red pottage for I am faint
  therefore was his name called Edom.
• 31. And Jacob said, Sell me this day thy
  birthright.

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• 32. And Esau said, Behold, I am at the point to
  die and what profit shall this birthright do to
  me?
• 33. And Jacob said, Swear to me this day and
  he sware unto him and he sold his birthright
  unto Jacob.
• 34. Then Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of
  lentiles and he did eat and drink, and rose up,
  and went his way thus Esau despised his
  birthright.

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Ancient Religious Background of Modern Terrorism
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The Source of Hatred lies in the disputed
selection process for the heir of
Abraham Which wife of Abraham was it by? Was it
Ishmael by the slave woman? Or was it Isaac by
the free woman?
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The Arabs Claim Ishmael Was the heir Apparent.
They affirm

• 1. Ishmael was the eldest son by 14 years
  (Genesis 215).
• 2. He was included in the covenant by
  circumcision. (Genesis 1725)
• 3. Muhammad tops Moses and Jesus as prophet and
  his word is superior theirs.
• 4. The Pentateuch has been edited and is
  unreliable.
• 5. It was Ishmael that Abraham offered instead of
  Isaac.
• Moriah (Jerusalem) is third to Mecca and Medina
  as a sacred site)
• 6. Abraham felt great affection for Ishmael
  (Genesis 17, 18)

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Contrary to this God had Specifically Informed
Abraham Concerning the true Heir

• 1718 And Abraham said unto God, O that Ishmael
  might live before thee!
• 19. And God said, Sarah thy wife shall bear
  thee a son indeed and thou shalt call his name
  Isaac and I will establish my covenant with him
  for an everlasting covenant

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When the Argument Arose

• The next event, scripturally recorded, concerning
  Ishmael occurs during Isaac's weaning, when he
  two years old (Genesis 218, sq.). This was a
  happy occasion Abraham gave a feast, no doubt to
  express his joy.
• 218. And the child grew, and was weaned and
  Abraham made a great feast the same day that
  Isaac was weaned.
• 9. And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian,
  which she had born unto Abraham, mocking. This
  angered Sarah who saw it and said to Abraham,
  "Cast out this bondswoman and her son for the
  son of this bondswoman shall not be heir with my
  son, even with Isaac." Sarah apparently wanted to
  make certain that Isaac was Abraham's heir, which
  coincides with Abraham sending away other
  children that other wives bore him after Sarah's
  death.

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God Selects Between Abrahams Sons. The Blessing
Goes to Isaac, not Ishmael

• 2112 And God said unto Abraham, Let it not be
  grievous in thy sight because of the lad, and
  because of thy bondwoman in all that Sarah hath
  said unto thee, hearken unto her voice for in
  Isaac shall thy seed be called.
• 13. And also of the son of the bondwoman will I
  make a nation, because he is thy seed.
• 14. And Abraham rose up early in the morning,
  and took bread, and a bottle of water, and gave
  it unto Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, and
  the child, and sent her away and she departed,
  and wandered in the wilderness of Beersheba.

66
Abrahams Understanding Caused Him to Separates
All Other Sons from Isaac

• 254. And the sons of Midian Ephah, and Epher,
  and Hanoch, and Abida, and Eldaah. All these were
  the children of Keturah.
• 5. And Abraham gave all that he had unto Isaac.
• 6. But unto the sons of the concubines, which
  Abraham had, Abraham gave gifts, and sent them
  away from Isaac his son, while he yet lived,
  eastward, unto the east country.

67
Revelation Shows Divine Selection in a Specific
Grandchild of Abraham.

• 2521 And Isaac intreated the Lord for his
  wife, because she was barren and the Lord was
  intreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.
• 22. And the children struggled together within
  her and she said, If it be so, why am I thus?
  And she went to inquire of the Lord.
• 23. And the Lord said unto her, Two nations are
  in thy womb, (Israelites, Moabites) and two
  manner of people shall be separated from thy
  bowels and the one people shall be stronger than
  the other people and the elder shall serve the
  younger.
• 26. and his name was called Jacob and Isaac was
  threescore years old when she bare them.

68
Evidence that Esau was Unworthy of the
Birthright

• 2529. And Jacob sod pottage and Esau came from
  the field, and he was faint 30. And Esau said to
  Jacob, Feed me, I pray thee, with that same red
  pottage for I am faint therefore was his name
  called Edom. 31. And Jacob said, Sell me this day
  thy birthright. 32. And Esau said, Behold, I am
  at the point to die and what profit shall this
  birthright do to me? 32And Jacob said, Swear to
  me this day and he sware unto him and he sold
  his birthright unto Jacob. 33. Then Jacob gave
  Esau bread and pottage of lentiles and he did
  eat and drink, and rose up, and went his way
  thus Esau despised his birthright.

69
Selection Cannot be Offset by Human Preference or
Willnot even a Father

• REGARDLESS OF DIVINE REVELATION, ISAAC SEEMS
  DETERMINED TO GIVE THE BLESSING TO ESAU
• 271. And it came to pass, that when Isaac was
  old, and his eyes were dim, so that he could not
  see, he called Esau his eldest son, and said unto
  him, My son and he said unto him, Behold, here
  am I. 2. And he said, Behold now, I am old, I
  know not the day of my death3. Now therefore
  take, I pray thee, thy weapons, thy quiver and
  thy bow, and go out to the field, and take me
  some venison4. And make me savoury meat, such
  as I love, and bring it to me, that I may eat
  that my soul may bless thee before I die.
• How could Jacob do this?
• 2527. And the boys grew and Esau was a cunning
  hunter, a man of the field and Jacob was a plain
  man, dwelling in tents. 28. And Isaac loved
  Esau, because he did eat of his venison but
  Rebekah loved Jacob.

70
Right Goal, but Wrong Way

• 275 And Rebekah heard when Isaac spake to Esau
  his son. And Esau went to the field to hunt for
  venison, and to bring it.
• 6. And Rebekah spake unto Jacob her son,
  saying, Behold, I heard thy father speak unto
  Esau thy brother, saying,
• 7. Bring me venison, and make me savoury meat,
  that I may eat, and bless thee before the Lord
  before my death.
• 8. Now therefore, my son, obey my voice
  according to that which I command thee.
• 12. My father peradventure will feel me, and I
  shall seem to him as a deceiver and I shall
  bring a curse upon me, and not a blessing. 13.
  And his mother said unto him, Upon me be thy
  curse, my son only obey my voice, and go fetch
  me them.

71
Jacob And His Mother Earn the Hatred of Esau

• At the time Jacob received the blessing he still
  had not committed himself to live by faith in
  God. Though God had designated Jacob as heir of
  Abraham's blessing shortly before his birth
  (2523), Jacob and his mother were both weak in
  faith and resorted to deceit to obtain the
  blessing from Isaac (Genesis 27). This earned
  Jacob the hatred of his brother. Esau seethed
  with anger and set out to kill him (2741)

72
Esau Could Not Regain the Loss of the Blessing

• Hebrews 1216 Lest there be any fornicator, or
  profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of
  meat sold his birthright.
• 17. For ye know how that afterward, when he
  would have inherited the blessing, he was
  rejected for he found no place of repentance,
  though he sought it carefully with tears.

73
Prophecy about Esau
2740. And by thy sword shalt thou live, and
shalt serve thy brother. 41. And Esau hated
Jacob because of the blessing wherewith his
father blessed him and Esau said in his heart,
The days of mourning for my father are at hand
then will I slay my brother Jacob.
74
Out of Spite, Esau Marries into the Ishmaelites

• 288. And Esau seeing that the daughters of
  Canaan pleased not Isaac his father
• 9. Then went Esau unto Ishmael, and took unto
  the wives which he had Mahalath the daughter of
  Ishmael Abraham's son, the sister of Nebajoth, to
  be his wife.

75
These Were Bitter Enemies of Jacob by Time of
David

• Psa. 832 For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult
  and they that hate thee have lifted up the head.
• 3. They have taken crafty counsel against thy
  people, and consulted against thy hidden ones.
• 4. They have said, Come, and let us cut them
  off from being a nation that the name of Israel
  may be no more in remembrance.
• 5. For they have consulted together with one
  consent they are confederate against thee
• 6. The tabernacles of Edom, and the
  Ishmaelites of Moab, and the Hagarenes
• 7. Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek the
  Philistines with the inhabitants of Tyre

76
The Blessed promise was to A Faithful Israel . .
. BUT

• They Failed to Drive the enemy out
• They assimilated the heathens culture and
  worshipped their gods.
• They killed their own prophets.
• They killed their own Messiah.
• They made the Temple of worship a den of
  merchandise
• Their city was destroyed and tribal identity lost

77
Because Israel Did Not Keep Faith Ezekial Said

• Ez. 941. And he (he who seeks possession of the
  land) shall plant the tabernacles of his palace
  between the seas. . .
• in the glorious holy mountain
• This means because of submitting to other
  religions and unfaithfulness in general, the
  Jewish Temple in Jerusalem would be torn down
  and replaced by another.

78
Jesus Added to the Prophecy

• Mt. 241 His disciples came to him for to shew
  him the buildings of the temple.
• 2. And Jesus said unto them, See ye not all
  these things? verily I say unto you, There shall
  not be left here one stone upon another, that
  shall not be thrown down.
• Jesus The temple will be destroyed.
• EzekielAliens will build theirs in its place

79
TODAY THE DOME OF THE ROCK A MUSLIM MOSQUE STANDS
OVER THE ROCK WHERE ABRAHAM OFFERED ISAAC A
SOURCE OF SHAME HATE TO THE JEWS
80
Mosque of Omar The Mosque of Omar was built in
the late 600s, about 600 years after the Romans
destroyed the temple.  Omar was the
caliph-successor of Muhammad who captured
Jerusalem from the Eastern Roman Empire. (the
last emperor of the western part of the Roman
Empire was deposed in 476 AD. The eastern Roman
Empire continued until 1453 - year Columbus was
born.
81
The Mosque of Omar is called the Dome of the
Rock. Its dome stands over the rock where the
sacrificial altar of the temple stood. The rock
contains four deep holes where the blood from the
sacrifices once flowed. In Muslim legends these
are the hoof prints of Al Boraq (meaning "the
lightning") the horse that carries Muhammad to
heaven in a vision. (In actual life Muhammad
never visited Jerusalem.)
82
By 1453 the eastern Roman Empire had long since
lost most of its territory to the Muslims. In
1453 the Turks captured Constantinople (today
Istanbul, Turkey), the capital city of the
eastern Roman or Byzantine Empire).
83
Carved out by the U.N. After WWII and motivated
by sympathy aroused from the HolocaustNo peace
since!
ARABS NO! Its ours. We were here before you were.
JEWS Its ours We were here before you were!
The present jihad was held in abeyance for
centuries because of foreign domination of the
lands. They are now independent nations
84
History Has Demonstrated

• Neither the Arabs resistance to the selection of
  Grace, nor
• The Israelites unfaithfulness prevented Jehovah
  from fulfilling His promises

85
God is Faithful He Has Fulfilled Every Promise
made to Abraham in Christ

• Both Earthly and Spiritual

God kept the Land promise God kept the posterity
promise God has kept the Seed promise All nations
have been blessed
I Cr. 120. For all the promises of God in him
are yea, and in him Amen, There fore the
Christian knows
86
THE FACTS MAKE THE CLAIM FOR PALESTINE AS A
DIVINE RIGHT FOR ANYONE IS NO MORE IRRELEVANT.
NEITHER JEW, ARAB OR CHRISTIAN HAS A LIGITIMATE
DIVINE CLAIM FOR THE GEOGRAPHY OF THE LAND SINCE
CHRIST. TO WAGE A TERRORIST CAMPAIGN FOR THE
LAND, CALLING IT A JIHAD OR HOLY WAR INVOLVING
NATIONS IS A CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY BASED ON
HATRED, SELFISHNESS AND DECEPTION. THE ARABS
HATRED FOR THE JEWS IS SO INTENSE THAT THEY
SACRIFICE THEIR CHILDREN TO KILL JEWS AND ANYONE
WHO LENDS SUPPORT TO THE JEWS.
87
Jacobs Struggles Leads to the Discovery of the
Greatest Blessing of all

• His struggle for the birthright of the first born
• His struggle with his brother at birth
  
• His struggle with God for the divine blessing.
  
  
  1) His dream.
• 2) His Vision
• IV. The origin of the name Israel

88
Jacobs Struggles Leads to the Discovery of the
Greatest Blessing of all

• His struggle with his brother at birth
  
• His struggle for the birthright of the first born
• His struggle with God for the divine blessing.
  
  
  1) His dream.
• 2) His Vision
• IV. The origin of the name Israel

89
Esau Aptly Describes The Former Man Jacob, the
Supplanter

• 27 36. (ESAU) And he said, Is not he rightly
  named Jacob? for he hath supplanted me these two
  times he took away my birthright and, behold,
  now he hath taken away my blessing.
• Although weak in faith, Jacob has a quality that
  will earn him a new Name He desires the best in
  life and will struggle to get it. He doesnt
  realize here what the best thing is

90
But Jacob Makes an Amazing Discovery

• God reveals to him that the best part of the
  blessings is not in a Dwelling Place Here but in
  the dwelling place of God
• God Renews the covenant with Jacob in a Dream
• 28 14. And thy seed shall be as the dust of the
  earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to the west,
  and to the east, and to the north, and to the
  south and in thee and in thy seed shall all the
  families of the earth be blessed. Heres where we
  come in!

91
Jacobs Awareness Grows But is Still Limited

• 2816. And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and
  he said, Surely the Lord is in this place and I
  knew it not. 17. And he was afraid, and said,
  How dreadful is this place! this is none other
  but the house of God, and this is the gate of
  heaven. 18. And Jacob rose up early in the
  morning, and took the stone that he had put for
  his pillows, and set it up for a pillar, and
  poured oil upon the top of it. 19. And he
  called the name of that place Bethel but the
  name of that city was called Luz at the first.
• 20. And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will
  be with me, and will keep me in this way that I
  go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to
  put on, 21. So that I come again to my father's
  house in peace then shall the Lord be my God
  22. And this stone, which I have set for a
  pillar, shall be God's house and of all that
  thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth
  unto thee.

92
It Dawns on Jacob the Magnitude of the blessing.
Its a Covenant with God

• 17. And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful is
  this place! this is none other but the house of
  God, and this is the gate of heaven.
• Divine revelation is a fearful thing Proverbs.
  17 Where Gods speaks is a place
  of great reverence Ex. 35
  
  Where God speaks is his house.
  His Habitation is everywhere.
  The covenant with God is the
  Gate to heaven
• THIS DISCOVERY IS ESSENTIAL TO THE BLESSING OF
  GODS HOUSEHOLD TODAY.

93
One Can See Shadows of Jesus as the Embodied
Covenant of God

• The pillow stone becomes a Pillar stone.
• A rock of little consequence becomes a marker
  stone for Gods house. Isa. 28
  
  
  
• The Stone symbolized the promised Blessing of
  God.
• It is an anointed stone. (Lk. 418)

94
Jesus Uses Jacobs Dream in Regard to Himself As
the New Covenant

• Nathaniels Discovery---Must be ours for the
  bless.
• JN. 147. Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and
  saith of him, Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom
  is no guile!
• 48. Nathanael saith unto him, Whence knowest
  thou me? Jesus answered and said unto him, Before
  that Philip called thee, when thou wast under the
  fig tree, I saw thee.
• 49. Nathanael answered and saith unto him,
  Rabbi, thou art the Son of God thou art the King
  of Israel.

95
Jesus is the New Covenant

• 50. Jesus answered and said unto him, Because I
  said unto thee, I saw thee under the fig tree,
  believest thou? thou shalt see greater things
  than these.
• 51. And he saith unto him, Verily, verily, I
  say unto you, Hereafter ye shall see heaven open,
  and the angels of God ascending and descending
  upon the Son of man.
• JEREMIAH 3131----MATTHEW 2628

96
Jacob Arrives at Uncle Labans

• 1. Gen. 29 Dramatic meeting of Rachel shows the
  providence of God in keeping His promise.
• Agrees to work 7 years for his beloved Rachel
• 2. Deception runs in Rebekahs family 3141
• 3. Jacobs marriage turns into a nightmareugly
  unloved Leah was switched for Lovely Rachel.
• 4. Jacob is given Rachel also, but must work an
  additional 7 years.
• 5. Leah is given Ziplah, and Rachel Bilhah for
  handmaids
• 6. The setting is complete for forming the nation
  of Israel

97
Competition Between Two Wives Gives Birth to the
Nation of Israel

• 2930- The Sadness of unloved Leah
• 1. ReubenThe Lord has seen my misery.
• 2. SimeonThe Lord has heard (I am unloved)
• 3. Levi Attached (My husband will now love
  me)
• 4. Judah... Praise or let Him be praised.
• Leah manages her problem showing great faith.

98
Jesus claimed this identification for Himself
John 858. Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily,
I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am.
99
Rachels Bitterness

• Barren, she gives Jacob her handmaiden Bilah
• 5. Dan vindicated
• 6. Naphtali wrestling ( The fight with her
  sister)
• LEAH RESPONDS BY GIVING JACOB ZILPAH
• 7. Gad fortune
• 8. Asher blessing (God is prospering her)

100
Rachel Become Desperate to Give Jacob More
Children

• Gen. 3014. And Reuben went in the days of wheat
  harvest, and found mandrakes in the field, and
  brought them unto his mother Leah. Then Rachel
  said to Leah, Give me, I pray thee, of thy son's
  mandrakes. (Fertility stimulant)
• 15. And she said unto her, Is it a small matter
  that thou hast taken away my husband? and
  wouldest thou take away my son's mandrakes also?
  And Rachel said, Therefore he shall lie with thee
  to-night for thy son's mandrakes.
• 16. And Jacob came from the field in the
  evening, and Leah went out to meet him, and said,
  Thou must come in unto me for I have surely
  hired thee with my son's mandrakes. . . . 17.
  And God hearkened unto Leah, and she conceived,
  and bare Jacob a fifth son.

101
More Children by Leah/Rachel

• LEAH
• 9. Issachar . . . hire
• 10. Zebulun gift and honor (My husband will
  now honor me because I give him another son)
• ------Dinah . . . Justice
• NOW RACHEL HAS TWO MORE SONS
• Joseph add (another son) Jacob leaves Laban
• Ben Oni son of my sorrow Jacob renames him
  Benjamin son of my right hand

102
JACOBS CONFESSION THE NEW NAME
GEN. 3222. And he passed over the ford Jabbok.
24. And Jacob was left alone and there wrestled
a man with him until the breaking of the day.
25. And when he saw that he prevailed not
against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh
and the hollow of Jacob's thigh was out of joint,
as he wrestled with him. 26. And he said, Let
me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will
not let thee go, except thou bless me. 27. And
he said unto him, What is thy name? And he said,
Jacob. 28. And he said, Thy name shall be
called no more Jacob, but Israel for as a prince
hast thou power with God and with men, and hast
prevailed.
103
Jacob Wrestles With God, His Name is Changed to
Israel, Meaning Rule With God

• 3224. And Jacob was left alone and there
  wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the
  day.
• 25. And when he saw that he prevailed not
  against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh
  and the hollow of Jacob's thigh was out of joint,
  as he wrestled with him.
• 26. And he said, Let me go, for the day
  breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go,
  except thou bless me.

104
Jacobs Name is Changed

• And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou
  bless me
• 32 27. And he said unto him, What is thy name?
  And he said, Jacob.
• 28. And he said, Thy name shall be called no
  more Jacob, but Israel (to rule with God) for as
  a prince hast thou power with God and with men,
  and hast prevailed.
• A Confession of His Old Name Qualifies him for
  the New Name! --- Because he overcame. Rev.
  217

105
The Angels Name is Of No Consequence / only
messengers

• 29. And Jacob asked him, and said, Tell me, I
  pray thee, thy name. And he said, Wherefore is it
  that thou dost ask after my name? And he blessed
  him there.
• 30. And Jacob called the name of the place
  Peniel for I have seen God face to face, and my
  life is preserved. Ex. 3320
• 31. And as he passed over Penuel the sun rose
  upon him, and he halted upon his thigh.
• 32. Therefore the children of Israel eat not of
  the sinew which shrank, which is upon the hollow
  of the thigh, unto this day because he touched
  the hollow of Jacob's thigh in the sinew that
  shrank.

106
Lessons from This

• The Divine Blessing come by Struggle
• It will endure through the nightHang on!
• Your tenacity determines your evaluation of the
  blessing.
• The struggle will bring handicaps that will
  follow you throughout life.

107
Jacob Returns to Bethel

• 35 9. And God appeared unto Jacob again, when
  he came out of Padanaram, and blessed him.
• 10. And God said unto him, Thy name is Jacob
  thy name shall not be called any more Jacob, but
  Israel shall be thy name and he called his name
  Israel.
• 11. And God said unto him, I am God Almighty
  be fruitful and multiply a nation and a company
  of nations shall be of thee, and kings shall come
  out of thy loins
• 12. And the land which I gave Abraham and
  Isaac, to thee I will give it, and to thy seed
  after thee will I give the land.
• 13. And God went up from him in the place where
  he talked with him.
• DEBORAH AND RACHEL DIE

108
The story turns to Joseph
109
Recall Gods word to AbrahamOnce Spoken, the
Word of God Cannot be Offset

• 15 13. And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety
  that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that
  is not theirs, and shall serve them and they
  shall afflict them four hundred years
• 14. And also that nation, whom they shall
  serve, will I judge and afterward shall they
  come out with great substance.
• The dialogue will now reveal how this will
  transpire

110
How will they Come to be in A Land that is not
theirs?

• Gods ways are Mysterious
• God Selects Joseph for Preserver Gen. 37
• Intense hatred/rejection get him to Egypt.
• 378. And they hated him yet the more for his
  dreams, and for his words.
• 3728 and sold Joseph to the Ishmeelites for
  twenty pieces of silver and they brought Joseph
  into Egypt.
• NOTE How this reminds of Pauls journey to Rome

111
GEN. 38 Divine Judgment/Selfish Determination
Cannot Offset the Word of God Genesis 38

• Promise is to be through Judah 4910
• Two sons (Er, Onan) die childless both BY Tamar
• Judah postpones Levirate marriage to his youngest
  Son
• Tamar, impatient, tricks Judah into adultery by
  playing the harlot and secures his signet
  bracelets, and staff. And he gave them to her,
  and came in unto her, and she conceived by him.
• When her pregnancy is discovered they would put
  her to death, but she produced Judahs articles
  and was spared. One of the twins she bore, Perez,
  was in the lineage of Christ

112
Hatred and Envy Falls OUT to the Fulfilling of
the Word

• 3. Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his
  children, because he was the son of his old age
  and he made him a coat of many colours.
• 4. And when his brethren saw that their father
  loved him more than all his brethren, they hated
  him, and could not speak peaceably unto him.
• 5. And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it
  his brethren and they hated him yet the more.

113
Gods Word Cannot Be Offset by Destroying Joseph

• NOT BY HIS BRETHREN WHO HATED HIM
• 3719. And they said one to another, Behold,
  this dreamer cometh.
• 20. Come now therefore, and let us slay him,
  and cast him into one of the pits, and we will
  say, And evil beast hath devoured him and we
  shall see what will become of his dreams.
• 21. And Reuben heard it, and delivered him out
  of their hand, and said, Let us not take his
  life.
• 22. And Reuben said unto them, Shed no blood
  cast him into this pit that is in the wilderness,
  but lay no hand upon him that he might deliver
  him out of their hand, to restore him to his
  father.
• 28. And there passed by Midianites, merchantmen
  and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the
  pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites for
  twenty pieces of silver. And they brought Joseph
  into Egypt.

114
Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, captain of the
guard

• 3920. And Joseph's master took him, and put him
  into the prison, the place where the king's
  prisoners were bound and he was there in the
  prison. 21. But Jehovah was with Joseph, and
  showed kindness unto him, and gave him favor in
  the sight of the keeper of the prison. 22. And
  the keeper of the prison committed to Joseph's
  hand all the prisoners that were in the prison
  and whatsoever they did there, he was the doer of
  it. 23. The keeper of the prison looked not
  to anything that was under his hand, because
  Jehovah was with him and that which he did,
  Jehovah made it prosper.
• Because of his character, and gift of dream
  interpretation, he eventual was made governor of
  Egypt and brought his family into Egypt where
  they thrived for 400 years.

115
Josephs prophetic Dreams Are Fulfilled.

• 42 6. And Joseph was the governor over the
  land, and he it was that sold to all the people
  of the land and Joseph's brethren came, and
  bowed down themselves before him with their faces
  to the earth.

116
Genuine Repentance

• 4431. It shall come to pass, when he seeth that
  the lad is not with us, that he will die and thy
  servants shall bring down the gray hairs of thy
  servant our father with sorrow to the grave.
• 32. For thy servant became surety for the lad
  unto my father, saying, If I bring him not unto
  thee, then I shall bear the blame to my father
  for ever.
• 33. Now therefore, I pray thee, let thy servant
  abide instead of the lad a bondman to my lord
  and let the lad go up with his brethren.
• (Judah had saved Josephs life, 3726)
• 34. For how shall I go up to my father, and the
  lad be not with me? lest peradventure I see the
  evil that shall come on my father.

117
Josephs View of All that had Happened

• 455. Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry
  with yourselves, that ye sold me hither for God
  did send me before you to preserve life.
• 6. For these two years hath the famine been in
  the land and yet there are five years, in the
  which there shall neither be earing nor harvest.
• 7. And God sent me before you to preserve you a
  posterity in the earth, and to save your lives by
  a great deliverance.
• 8. So now it was not you that sent me hither,
  but God and he hath made me a father to Pharaoh,
  and lord of all his house, and a ruler throughout
  all the land of Egypt.

118
JOSEPH DIES IN EGYPT B UT DESIRES TO BE MOVED.
20. But as for you, ye thought evil against me
but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as
it is this day, to save much people alive. 21.
Now therefore fear ye not I will nourish you,
and your little ones. And he comforted them, and
spake kindly unto them. 22. And Joseph dwelt in
Egypt, he, and his father's house and Joseph
lived an hundred and ten years. 23. And Joseph
saw Ephraim's children of the third generation
the children also of Machir the son of Manasseh
were brought up upon Joseph's knees. 24. And
Joseph said unto his brethren, I die and God
will surely visit you, and bring you out of this
land unto the land which he sware to Abraham, to
Isaac, and to Jacob. 25. And Joseph took an oath
of the children of Israel, saying, God will
surely visit you, and ye shall carry up my bones
from hence. 26. So Joseph died, being an
hundred and ten years old and they embalmed him,
and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.
119
GENESIS CLOSES WITH THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL
(JACOB) IN EGYPT.
EXODUS OPENS WITH A PHAROAH THAT FEARS THE GROWTH
OF THE ISRAELITES AND SEEKS TO DIMENISH IT BY
EXTERMINATING THE MALE POPULATION

ABRAHAM CA. 2100 B.C.
Jacobs
migration into Egypt 1870 B.C MOSES
WAS BORN ABOUT 1527 B.C. ISRAEL
430 years in Egypt
EXODUS ca. 1445
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EXODUS
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EXODUS 1 God Saves Moses, His chosen deliverer,
from Pharaohs law of Male Infanticide

• Ex. 116. And he said, When ye do the office of
  a midwife to the Hebrew women, and see them upon
  the stools if it be a son, then ye shall kill
  him but if it be a daughter, then she shall
  live.
• 17. But the midwives feared God, and did not as
  the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the
  men children alive.
• GOD MOCKS PHARAOH (SATAN) BY RAISING MOSES IN HIS
  HOUSE AND EDUCATING HIM.

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GOD USES PHARAOAH TO EDUCATE MOSES
Exodus 23. And when she could not longer hide
him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and
daubed it with slime and with pitch, and put the
child therein and she laid it in the flags by
the river's brink.
4. And his sister stood afar off, to wit what
would be done to him. 5. And the daughter of
Pharaoh came down to wash herself at the river
and her maidens walked along by the river's side
and when she saw the ark among the flags, she
sent her maid to fetch it. 6. And when she had
opened it, she saw the child and, behold, the
babe wept. And she had compassion on him, and
said, This is one of the Hebrews' children.
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MOSES MOTHER REARS HER CHILD IN PHAROAHS HOUSE
7. Then said his sister to Pharaoh's daughter,
Shall I go and call to thee a nurse of the Hebrew
women, that she may nurse the child for thee? 8.
And Pharaoh's daughter said to her, Go. And the
maid went and called the child's mother. 9. And
Pharaoh's daughter said unto her, Take this child
away, and nurse it for me, and I will give thee
thy wages. And the woman took the child, and
nursed it. 10. And the child grew, and she
brought him unto Pharaoh's daughter, and he
became her son. And she called his name Moses
and she said, Because I drew him out of the
water. 11. And it came to pass in those days,
when Moses was grown, that he went out unto his
brethren, and looked on their burdens and he
spied an Egyptian smiting an Hebrew, one of his
brethren. 12. And he looked this way and that
way, and when he saw that there was no man, he
slew the Egyptian, and hid him in the sand.
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EXODUS 2 13-16 AT 40, MOSES KILLS AN EGYPTIAN
FOR WHIPPING AN ISRAELITE AND FLEES FOR HIS
LIFE Goes to Midian and becomes a sheep herder
for Jethro who becomes his Father-in-law. Another
40 years pass and God is now ready to use him as
a deliverer for the children of Israel from
Egyptian slavery and form them into a nation
under God.
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God Calls Moses
1. Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father
in law, the priest of Midian and he led the
flock to the backside of the desert, and came to
the mountain of God, even to Horeb.
2. And the angel of the Lord appeared unto him
in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush
and he looked, and, behold, the bush burned with
fire, and the bush was not consumed. 3. And
Moses said, I will now turn aside, and see this
great sight, why the bush is not burnt. 4.
And when the Lord saw that he turned aside to
see, God called unto him out of the midst of the
bush, and said, Moses, Moses. And he said, Here
am I. 5. And he said, Draw not nigh hither put