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Unhappy In-laws
"They turned out to be thorns in the sides of Isaac and Rebekah." LOL :)
Created 10 months ago
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Beersheba - Again
Once again, I'm confused. Wasn't there already a well named Beersheba (named, in fact, by Isaac's father, Abraham)? Is this the same well re-dug? Or is it a new one given the same name?
Created 10 months ago
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Foreshadowing of Christ's Sacrifice
Powerful foreshadowing of God's offering His Son as a sacrifice for our sins. Isaac even carries the wood meant for the offering just as Christ carries His own cross for His crucifixion. Imagine Isaac's…
Created 10 months ago
Genesis 22:1 (MSG), Genesis 22:2 (MSG), Genesis 22:3 (MSG), Genesis 22:4 (MSG), Genesis 22:5 (MSG), Genesis 22:6 (MSG), Genesis 22:7 (MSG), Genesis 22:8 (MSG), Genesis 22:9 (MSG), Genesis 22:10 (MSG), Genesis 22:11 (MSG), Genesis 22:12 (MSG)
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Beersheba Beersheba
I'm so confused. Verse 14: Beersheba is a desert Hagar and Ishmael wander into when they're driven away from Abraham. Verse 31: Beersheba is the Oath-Well. Can somebody explain this?
Created 11 months ago
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I know a child like this . . .
This persuasive, begging tone of Abraham's sounds like a child I know. Always pushing for more of something. It can become irritating so verses 30-32 make me giggle a little at the image of Abraham pleading…
Created 11 months ago
Genesis 17:23 (MSG), Genesis 18:24 (MSG), Genesis 18:25 (MSG), Genesis 18:26 (MSG), Genesis 18:27 (MSG), Genesis 18:28 (MSG), Genesis 18:29 (MSG), Genesis 18:30 (MSG), Genesis 18:31 (MSG), Genesis 18:32 (MSG), Genesis 18:33 (MSG)
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Isaac - Laughter
In Gen 17:19 God instructs Abraham to name his son Isaac (meaning laughter). In Gen 18:15 He pokes fun at Sarah for laughing. Is this why God chose the name Isaac? He knew Sarah would laugh at this idea…
Created 11 months ago
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God as Three
God appeared as three men - Trinity. I also am wondering about the time it must have taken to mix dough, wait for it to rise, then bake bread while (at the same time) a servant slaughters and roasts…
Created 11 months ago
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Constellations
"constellations and how they affect things on Earth" I tend to think that the three wise men (that number three is prevalent in the story of Job, too) who were able to find Jesus, were wise because they…
Created 11 months ago
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Earned a Badge — Created 10 [Public] Notes
2011-07-03
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Sarcasm and Job
Something else which has existed beyond measure of time . . . sarcasm. :) (I've heard Will Smith is making a movie based on Job. There are some aspects of Job's character and story that I can hardly wait…
Created 11 months ago
Job 26:1 (MSG), Job 26:2 (MSG), Job 26:3 (MSG), Job 26:4 (MSG)
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The Only Truth is From God
YES!! God is our best source of truth. He is Truth.
Created 11 months ago
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Pointing Fingers
Of all the responses Job gives his three friends, this is my favorite. It rings true today just as it did then. I've been thinking, as I read, that the first two friends are saying much the same things…
Created 11 months ago
Job 12:5 (MSG), Job 12:6 (MSG), Job 12:7 (MSG), Job 12:8 (MSG), Job 12:9 (MSG), Job 12:10 (MSG)
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When Worship Began
Gen 4:26 ends with "That's when men and women began praying and worshiping in the name of God." I had no idea there was a 'beginning' to that. I wonder if the NIV reads the same way.
Created 12 months ago
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Which 'god'?
So Jacob "tests" God. What is with all the "testing"? What's the need for faith if there are "tests"? What god would Jacob have followed if God had not come through to Jacob's satisfaction? Are we ever…
Created over 1 year ago
Genesis 28:20 (MSG), Genesis 28:21 (MSG), Genesis 28:22 (MSG)
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Testing
God "tests" Abraham. This is an uncomfortable passage because in it God "tests" Abraham's faith in a dramatic, life-threatening way. If God "tests" Abraham, then He must "test" us. But this is not how…
Created over 1 year ago
Genesis 22:1 (MSG), Genesis 22:2 (MSG), Genesis 22:4 (MSG), Genesis 22:5 (MSG), Genesis 22:6 (MSG), Genesis 22:7 (MSG), Genesis 22:8 (MSG), Genesis 22:9 (MSG), Genesis 22:10 (MSG), Genesis 22:11 (MSG), Genesis 22:12 (MSG), Genesis 22:13 (MSG), Genesis 22:14 (MSG), Genesis 22:15 (MSG), Genesis 22:16 (MSG), Genesis 22:17 (MSG), Genesis 22:18 (MSG)
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Creation and Evolution
In Genesis 2, beginning with verse 4, the order of Creation seems to be altered. The whole earth was watered by underground springs. There had not yet been rain and vegetation had not grown yet. God formed…
Created over 1 year ago
Genesis 2:4 (MSG), Genesis 2:5 (MSG), Genesis 2:6 (MSG), Genesis 2:7 (MSG), Genesis 2:18 (MSG), Genesis 2:19 (MSG), Genesis 2:20 (MSG)
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Earned a Badge — Created First [Public] Note
2011-01-05
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Lights and Light
Day One - "Let there be light" Day Four - lights to mark seasons, days, and years. Could Day One's light be related to a separation of good and evil? Day Four mentions the visual lights of the universe.…
Created over 1 year ago
Genesis 1:3 (MSG), Genesis 1:4 (MSG), Genesis 1:14 (MSG), Genesis 1:15 (MSG), Genesis 1:16 (MSG), Genesis 1:17 (MSG), Genesis 1:18 (MSG)
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Earned a Badge — Subscribed to First Reading Plan
2011-01-03
